ASUS STRIX X570-E Gaming review - Product Showcase

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The motherboard follows a standard ATX form factor (12-inch x 9.6 inches ( 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm )). The motherboard is located in a high-end range of the Ryzen Gen 3 desktop processor product stack. 

Size	ATX
Chipset	AMD 570
Memory	4 x DDR4 up to 4400 (OC with Zen2) Original Ryzen up to 3200 MHz
Multi-GPU	CrossFireX, SLI
Expansion	3rd Gen AMD Ryzen™ Processors 2 x PCIe 4.0 x16 (x16 or dual x8)  2nd Gen AMD Ryzen™ Processors 2 x PCIe 3.0 x16 (x16 or dual x8)  2nd and 1st Gen AMD Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics Processors 1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 (x8 mode)  AMD X570 chipset 1 x PCIe 4.0 x16 (max at x4 mode) *1 2 x PCIe 4.0 x1.
Storage	3rd Gen AMD Ryzen™ Processors :  1 x M.2 Socket 3, with M Key, Type 2242/2260/2280/22110(PCIE 4.0 x4 and SATA modes) storage devices support 2nd Gen AMD Ryzen™/2nd and 1st Gen AMD Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics Processors :  1 x M.2 Socket 3, with M Key, Type 2242/2260/2280/22110(PCIE 3.0 x4 and SATA modes) storage devices support AMD X570 chipset :  1 x M.2 x4 Socket 3, with M Key, Type 2242/2260/2280/22110(PCIE 3.0 x4 and SATA modes) storage devices support 8 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s),  Support Raid 0, 1, 10
Networking	Intel I211-AT Realtek RTL8125-CG 2.5G LAN Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2 x 2 Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) with MU-MIMO supports dual-frequency band 2.4/5GHz
Audio	ALC1220
USB	3rd Gen AMD RyzenTM Processors :  4 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 port(s) (4 at back panel, ) 2nd Gen AMD RyzenTM/2nd and 1st Gen AMD Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics Processors :  4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 port(s)  AMD X570 chipset :  1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 front panel connector port(s)  AMD X570 chipset :  4 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 port(s) (4 at back panel, , 3 x Type-A+1 x Type-C) AMD X570 chipset :  2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 port(s) (2 at mid-board) AMD X570 chipset :  4 x USB 2.0 port(s) (4 at mid-board)

With the 570X board ASUS outs a high-end class product, it has plentiful enough features to keep you busy for a while. Ryzen has 24 of them yet 4 are being used to interface with the chipset. Then depending on the chipset used it adds gen 4.0 PCIe lanes through the chipset. But yes, the Ryzen processor has 16 PCIe Gen 4.0  lanes available just for for your graphics solution. The primary graphics slots have metal shielding.

  
The motherboard includes all of the standardized X570 chipset options with two full-speed PCIe Gen 4.0 M.2 SSD slots, it is SLI and Crossfire compatible as well, one x16 slot (configured as Gen 4 x16 on the first slot, if a second slot is used you'll split the lanes in Gen 4 x8).  The board follows the standard ATX Form Factor.

The I/O back panel reveals:

• 1 x DisplayPort
• 1 x HDMI
• 1 x Optical S/PDIF out
• 5 x Audio jack(s)
• 1 x Anti-surge 2.5G LAN (RJ45) port
• 1 x USB BIOS Flashback® Button(s)
• 1 x ASUS Wi-Fi Module
• 7 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 (up to 10Gbps) ports (Type-A)
• 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 (up to 10Gbps) ports (Type-C)
• Anti-surge LAN (RJ45) port

 
The board comes with two power connectors (8+4), don't worry you can use just a single 8-pin. There's also all kinds of LED enablement on (and under) the board as well as RGB LED strip connectors you can configure with software. 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 / x1
• 2-way mode - x8 / x8 / x1
• 3-way mode - x8 / x8 / x1

As you can see, these are PCI Express Gen 4.0 configurations, that's plenty for regular graphics card setups up-to 2-way SLI/Crossfire. The motherboard comes with an 8-pin and extra 6-pin power connector. You'll get four DIMM slots that can be used for up-to 128GB of dual-channel memory on Ryzen 3000. With regular Ryzen procs, up-to 3200 MHz is supported in OC mode, with the new Ryzen 3000 models 4400 MHz, however something at 3200 to 3600 we recommend. Please do check compatible memory and thus the QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists)