why is there no SATA Express on ROG maximus VII hero?

[ANNIHILATOR284]

its been bugging me sinse the announcement of the ROG maximus VII hero motherboard that why did ASUS no impliment the sata express technology on one of their mainstream motherboards which are mostly known for their sheer performance capabilities. i mean even the asus z97-A has 2 sata express ports on it.

 

any one got the answer.

 

ps:yes ive checked it on their website aswell

 

 

[jezza39]

Probably to differentiate it from the higher boards? I don't think the standard is in wide usage yet so maybe to cut costs? Do gamers need such devices when most cram their steam games on a 7200rpm HDD?

[lufihengr]

I'd be happy with the m.2 slot and the 8 sata 6gbps ports

[Createinator]

Because there is no need for them in a gaming oriented motherboard... same reason we don't have SAS on such boards or dual NIC.

[dragosudeki]

Not really necessary. Otherwise the board will be $400-500 or something ridiculously overpriced for that matter. 

[ANNIHILATOR284]

i think you guys haven't  read it properly,its even present on Z97-A

[ANNIHILATOR284]

Not really necessary. Otherwise the board will be $400-500 or something ridiculously overpriced for that matter. 

i think you guys haven't  read it properly,its even present on Z97-A

 

Probably to differentiate it from the higher boards? I don't think the standard is in wide usage yet so maybe to cut costs? Do gamers need such devices when most cram their steam games on a 7200rpm HDD?

i think you guys haven't  read it properly,its even present on Z97-A

[jezza39]

i think you guys haven't  read it properly,its even present on Z97-A

 

i think you guys haven't  read it properly,its even present on Z97-A

 

Did you realise I meant differentiate it in it's own line of boards? Like from Maximus VII Hero vs Maximus VII Extreme etc. The rest stands, it's really a useless standard so far, in the future we will hopefully see more drives that can take advantage of it.

[Verethy]

Why do people even want Sata Express? From my point of view it is faster and less cable clutter to just get 2 SSDs plugged in separately and Raid 0 them (I could be wrong about the cable clutter). It seems like taking a step back from Sata 3.

[Bagmup]

i think you guys haven't  read it properly,its even present on Z97-A

 

i think you guys haven't  read it properly,its even present on Z97-A

Buy a Z97-A then, not only will you have sata express, you'll save yourself some money not buying overpriced rog board.

[VSG]

Where are any SATA-E devices available? Even that upcoming Asus device is just 2 raid 0 mSATA devices, that's it. The current connector is also quite bulky and the speed increases are still inferior compared to PCI-E SSDs including M.2 SSDs.