ASUS ROG STRIX Z390-E Gaming review

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The motherboard follows a standard ATX form factor (30.5 x 24.4cm). The motherboard is located in the ROG mainstream range of the desktop processor product stack. 

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Size ATX
Chipset Intel Z390
Memory 4 x DDR4 up to 4133+(OC)
Multi-GPU CrossFireX, 2 x SLI
Expansion PCIe 3.0 x16 (CPU): 2 (x16/x0, x8/x8)
PCIe32.0 x16 (Chipset): 1 (up to x4)
PCIe 2.0 x1 (Chipset): 3
Storage 2 x M.2 (NVMe x4 or SATA 6Gbps)
6 x SATA 6Gbps
Networking Intel Gigabit Ethernet
2x2 AC Wi-Fi
Audio SupremeFX S1220
USB 3.1: Gen1 x4
3.1: Gen2 x4
2.0:6x
Aura yes


The ASUS ROG STRIX Z390-E Gaming motherboard is a bit of a mainstream segmented solution in that Z390 series motherboard range. ASUS once again packs it with features like DDR4 XMP support Up to 4133MHz, dual PCIe Gen3 x4 M.2 and single Gbe LAN (Intel). Nice to see included is AC WIFI (Intel 9560), other then that there's everything you can expect from a performance motherboard really.

 

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The I/O back panel reveals 3.1/3.0/2.0 ports. The audio unit has special noise-reducing capacitors and shielding on top of that Realtek chip (rebadged as ROG SupremeFX 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC S1220). You will spot one 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet jack (unfortunately ASUS did not opt the new 2.5 Gbps Realtek NIC. Lacking is a PS/2 keyboard/mouse combo port. Included are optical S/PDIF out port and five analog audio jacks.

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Included with the motherboard are the regulars including; manuals, driver CDs, SATA cables and a rear I/O plate. We received the WIFI version, and you probably guessed it, it has WIFI, 2x2 AC which is nice. 

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The board has 3 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots which can be arranged in these slot configurations with graphics cards:

  • 1-way mode - x16 / x0 / x4
  • 2-way mode - x8 / x8 / x0
  • 3-way mode - x8 / x8 / x4

As you can see, these are PCI Express Gen 3.0 configurations, that's okay for regular graphics card setups up-to 2-way SLI/Crossfire. The motherboard comes with one 8-pin power connector. You'll get four DIMM slots that can be used for dual-channel memory. Up-to 4133+ MHz supported in OC mode. Please do check compatible memory and thus the QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists).

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