The TUF X570-Plus uses certified military-grade chokes to deliver steady power to the CPU and capacitors with a temperature tolerance span extending from -70 C to 125 C. Speaking of the VRM and power delivery, this motherboard uses 12+2 power stages using driver/MOSFET (or DrMOS) modules for efficient and clean power conservation to your components.
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Squeaking in at just under £500, on test we have one of ASUS’ three TRX40 motherboards – the ROG STRIX TRX40-E Gaming. Featuring the ROG STRIX branding, ASUS is clearly gearing this board towards consumer enthusiasts who have a need for the Threadripper platform.
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The ASUS ROG Zenith II Extreme is the successor to ASUS’s previous generation X399 board, the original Zenith Extreme, and comes packed with all the benefits of AMD’s TRX40 chipset. This includes PCIe 4.0, a strong USB 3.1 G2 implementation, and support for up to DDR4-4733 in quad-channel across eight memory slots. With a 16-phase power delivery for the CPU and a LiveDash 1.77” OLED color screen, the ROG Zenith II Extreme looks to set the standard for enthusiasts on AMD’s new high-end desktop platform.
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Whilst the Prime-Pro might not have the elements so familiar to us from the ASUS ROG range, it’s not without a large selection of features designed to give you the best possible user experience. If you’ve been following along with our TRX40 reviews then much of this will be familiar as so much is built into the latest AMD chipset.
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The Asus ROG Strix X570-E Gaming is a more affordable option than its biggest rivals, but this board still costs $280 in the US and £300 in the UK – so it’s still an expensive investment. Is this board the ideal option for your new AMD Ryzen rig, or should you look elsewhere if you need a base for gaming or productivity?
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When ASUS set out to make the ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Impact, they had one goal in mind: take all the features from their flagship X570 motherboard and cram them into the smallest possible package. While it has taken a little while to achieve, the ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Impact is the closest we have ever come to a no compromise SFF motherboard.
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For our motherboard review today we look st the new flagship ASUS ROG Rampage VI Extreme Encore. ASUS actually released three new X299 motherboards alongside Cascade Lake-X processors, the ROG Rampage VI Encore Extreme Encore which we review today, but also the ROG Strix X299-E Gaming II and the Prime X299-A II.
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AMD leveraged GlobalFoundries 14nm to build the TRX40 chipset, which in a maximum I/O configuration, offers 16 downstream PCIe 4.0 lanes for peripherals. Like other AMD chipsets, motherboard vendors can select between these PCIe lanes and additional SATA ports, giving board makers some flexibility between PCIe and storage.
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ASUS jumps on the TRX40 as well, meet the all-new ROG Zenith II Extreme all ready to tame that new mega-core Threadripper 3000 processor. In this review, we cock the gun that is the ROG Zenith II Extreme from ASUS.
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With the Rampage VI Extreme Encore ASUS have gone back to the drawing board and produced a model which straddles the design line between the original Rampage VI Extreme and its Omega stable mate. Improvements to the quality of power stages, now utilising TDA21472 rather than the IR 3555 have allowed bigger power amperage, and this has been tamed by the introduction of two 30mm Delta fans.
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