ASUS ROG Strix Z790-E Gaming WiFi 6E LGA 1700(Intel 14th,13th&12th Gen) ATX gaming motherboard(PCIe 5.0, DDR5,18+1 power stages,2.5 Gb LAN,Thunderbolt 4,5xM.2, 1xPCIe 5.0 M.2,Front panel USB 3.2 port)

This is a fantastic motherboard! An LGA1851 board with SEVEN M.2 drive slots, with THREE of them being PCIe 5.0 for under $400? Tremendous value from a brand that has never failed me before, ASUS. My primary need for my new LGA1851 board was the number of M.2 slots and this one did not disappoint. It has the most ports, and the most 5.0 ports that I could find under $500. Most only had 4 ports total with only one or two 5.0 ports. This board's PCIe 5.0 performance is outstanding when you are running a proper compatible 5.0 M.2 drive, like from Samsung, as long as it is properly cooled. The drive cooling is a challenge on this board and I found the built-in heatsinks to be inadequate to cool that many M.2 drives, especially the 5.0 speed drives that get over 10,000MB/s read/write when they are kept cool. My solution was to use third party heatsinks with fans on them for my hottest M.2 drives, including the two 5.0 drives I have. I use both Thermalright HR10 2280 PRO Black SSD Coolers and EZDIY-FAB Shield M.2 SSD Heatsinks with Build-in 20mm PWM Fan on my drives. Both do a great job of lowering the temps on the drives enough for them not to throttle speeds down due to heat. My drives rarely get over 50C under typical stress loads on the drives with these coolers. But with seven M.2 slots, this motherboard doesn't have a lot of room to spare, and you'll find that it is impossible to use third-party heatsinks on ALL seven of the M.2 drives because they are just too close together. So be strategic about which drives to use them on: the ones that will get the hottest (usually the fastest) and the most usage. Other than the plethora of M.2 drive ports on this motherboard. there is also a huge amount of USB and Thunderbolt 4 ports... another huge plus for me considering how many USB accessories I have, including two portable monitors attached to Thunderbolt 4 hubs that supplement my four full-sized monitors plugged into my Nvidia 3060ti video card. With this motherboard, everything just works, fast and beautifully. Just make sure your RAM and CPU are compatible. I highly suggest going to the ASUS website in advance and downloading the latest BIOS onto a USB drive and installing that BIOS first before you set up Windows. Also, make sure you download all of the drivers onto your Windows boot USB drive. When I was building my PC and installing Windows 11, it did not find the Wi-Fi drivers on its own and I had to point to the files I downloaded from ASUS on the USB drive. Oh, yeah, the Wi-Fi speeds on this motherboard are incredible, too! This motherboard is a great value if you can get it under $375 around the time of my review. It's so worth the extra $100 or so you may be tempted to skimp out and get a cheaper one... just invest and get this one, you won't regret it! Have fun. Here are some of my recent components in this build, in case you are interested: ASUS ROG Strix Z890-E Gaming WiFi Intel® Z890 LGA 1851 ATX Motherboard Intel Core Ultra 7 Desktop Processor 265K - 20 cores (8 P-cores + 12 E-cores) up to 5.5 GHz CORSAIR VENGEANCE DDR5 RAM 64GB (2x32GB) 5600MHz CL40-40-40-77 1.25V Intel XMP Desktop Computer Memory Samsung SSD 9100 PRO 4TB, PCIe 5.0x4 M.2 2280, Seq. Read Speeds Up to 14,800MB/s Thermalright HR10 2280 PRO Black SSD Cooler EZDIY-FAB Shield M.2 SSD Heatsink with Build-in 20mm PWM Fan Thermaltake CT120 EX ARGB Sync PC Cooling Fan (3-Fan Pack) Thermalright Assassin Spirit 120 Vision ARGB Black CPU Cooler with LCD screen Thermalright Lga1851 BCF Black CPU Holder,CPU Anti Bending Fixed Bracket HYTE Y70 Upgraded Modern Aesthetic Dual Chamber Panoramic Tempered Glass Mid-Tower ATX Computer Gaming Case

After 30 years of building PCs, this MB was excellent to work with and fun at times. Clear and easy to read manual, easy to connect the front panel and more. Lots of extras. Can't go wrong with ASUS, with their reliability. Id did have one ASUS build turn into a nightmare, but they got redeemed with this Z790-E. Dropped a simple reliable i7 in and off we went. Avoided the problems of 13th and 14th Gen chips. BIOS is stable out the box, and easy to work with, again, right out of the box, with a notable exception of a minor hiccup recognizing a overpowered M2 Drive, that was my mistake. This board stands out for several reasons: Cool looking. Yeah, MB used to be beige and green, and smell like feet, now these designs & quality, woow! The back panel and ports feel incredibly solid and well-built. I also love the new tool-less M.2 slots and the two front panel USB 3.1 connectors. Performance: It works flawlessly with Windows 11, yeah WIN 10 is not longer supported come OCT 2025! Did I mention BIOS has been stable, requiring no crazy tweaks to get it working right. Has lots of things you may not need now a days, like sound ports for speakers. Wifi, cool, Bluetooth nice! Okay, it's expensive, and yeah a significant amount of bloatware. ASUS's "Armory Crate of $h" software is deeply rooted and can be difficult to uninstall, good lord, why can't they make that optional, which is a major frustration for me. Overall, despite the initial bloatware, this motherboard is a solid performer. I would buy it again, but, high cost and intrusive software are scratching at taking a single star off, but who am I to judge, ASUS did well on this one. 5 *****

After experiencing two motherboard failures from MSI during my recent build, I spent the extra bucks to get this Asus motherboard. I had used Asus motherboards exclusively on my previous builds without issue, but for this build they were outside my budget. Well, I had no issues with the Asus board in this build and that computer is running perfectly without issues. I guess that sometimes it is worth paying more for quality. I am quite pleased with the build quality and the features. The motherboard does feature an actual TPU module whereas not all do.

Initially wanted the Z890-E but realized I couldn’t justify the high price. Features were nice but not exactly a must have for me. Stumbled across the Z890-H during my research but couldn’t find it at any of my local computer shops. Amazon to the rescue! This board checks all the boxes for me and was about $200 less than the Z890-E.

The motherboard everything is good quality but no digital audio output!

Installed this board with an i9 14900k, 64 GB ram, 3 x M.2 2TB SSD, XFX merc 310 7900xtx , 12 argb fans, lights and a liquid cooler. No issues so far. Easy set up.

Easy to install and is running my system super fast and without any issues. Feels a huge improvement from my previous setup.

I bought this board after weeks of pure frustration with a much more expensive MSI Z890 Ace that had all kinds of design problems. I say that because after FIVE new BIOS updates that have been released, the exact same problems still persist, so obviously it's not something MSI can fix with BIOS updates. This ROG Strix Z890-E from ASUS, despite being $330 less expensive, is overall a much better product. I've been using high-end MSI boards for the past six years (Z390 Godlike and Z690 Ace), but after my horrendous experience with the Z890 Ace, I won't even consider another MSI board for at least another decade. Paired it with an Intel 265K, and haven't looked back. Completely stable, tons of features, and a power-user's dream with all the overclocking and tweaking options that ASUS gives you in the BIOS.