The Z790 VALKYRIE does come with an impressive number of slots for storage purposes, integrated heatsinks, reinforced slots everywhere, well-placed headers, dedicated buttons for Power/Reset, a LED display for diagnostic purposes, two RGB zones (chipset/VRM area) but also antenna ports for the optional WiFi LAN adapter:

The VRM heatsink in the I/O area is covered by a plastic shroud which also integrates RGB lighting:

The top VRM heatsink comes with a similar design:

The VALKYRIE wings are present on the chipset heatsink, also RGB enabled:

In the top left corner, we do have dual ATX 12V 8-pin headers:

Nearby, we will note the NB7N621M HDMI Control Driver Retimer IC Chip:

The audio interface and LAN controller are covered by a small shield; we are dealing with an ALC1220 7.1 channel hi-def audio CODEC and an Intel I226-V LAN controller with 2.5Gbit capabilities:

A lot of headers are found on the lower area of the board:

From left to right, we will note the F_AUDIO header, two PWM fan headers, a Thunderbolt header, a COM header but also an USB 2.0 header:

Moving on, we will note a secondary USB 2.0 header, the F_PANEL header, the two-digit diagnostic display, a third system fan PWM header, but also a TPM_SPI header:

No less than eight SATA ports are available: