Asus ROG Strix Z390-E Gaming
Maximum PC|April 2019

When did motherboards get so expensive?

Zak Storey
Asus ROG Strix Z390-E Gaming

WHEN ASUS SAID it would send us one of its brand new ROG Strix Z390-E Gaming boards for a system build this issue, we knew we’d have to get the thing on a test bench and see what it’s all about.

At $250, it’s hardly the cheapest motherboard out there, but it certainly doesn’t throw any punches when it comes to the aesthetics portion of mobo design language. From the Japanese engraved I/O cover, to the diagonal stylizations, to the crisp black look lining the thing, it sure is a head-turner. The words inscribed on it can be a bit hit and miss, though, depending on how mature you are—most signify speed in some way or another: Edge, Speed, Velocidad (speed in Spanish), Game on, Hybrid…. Hybrid what, exactly? It’s all a bit odd, and reminds us of those kids’ sneakers from the ’90s with the word “Turbo” written on the side of them, which lit up when you walked in them.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة April 2019 من Maximum PC.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة April 2019 من Maximum PC.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.