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ASUS Z370 motherboards!

Korth
Level 14

‎09-30-2017 11:00 PM - last edited on ‎03-05-2024 09:54 PM by Community Admin

A slew of ASUS Z370 motherboards coming "soon"!

Intel 8th Gen Core-8xxx processors (Products formerly Coffee Lake) are socket LGA1151 but are NOT compatible with 6th/7th Gen 1xx/2xx motherboards.
Backwards LGA1151 compatibility might or might not ever be implemented through future firmware updates. Nobody can really say.
Blame Intel, not ASUS.

ASUS PRIME
ASUS PRIME Z370-A (ATX)
ASUS PRIME Z370-P (ATX)
* no -DELUXE, -PREMIUM, or -PRO pages (yet)

ROG STRIX GAMING
ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (ATX)
ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING (ATX) << prettiest-looking girl in this whole ASUS Z370 lineup, I think
ROG STRIX Z370-G GAMING (mATX)
ROG STRIX Z370-G GAMING WI-FI AC (mATX)
ROG STRIX Z370-H GAMING (ATX)
ROG STRIX Z370-I GAMING (mITX)

ROG MAXIMUS
ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (ATX)
ROG MAXIMUS X HERO WI-FI AC (ATX)
ROG MAXIMUS X APEX (EATX) - Oct/2017
ROG MAXIMUS X CODE (ATX) - Nov/2017
ROG MAXIMUS X FORMULA (ATX) - Nov/2017
* no -EXTREME page (yet), -CODE and -FORMULA pages look "unfinished"

TUF GAMING
TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING (ATX)
TUF Z370-PRO GAMING (ATX)


[Edit: updated, updated, updated]
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Korth
Level 14

‎09-30-2017 11:15 PM

I could find no details on the product pages (or anywhere else online) about VRM phases.

I know they're a "secondary" spec which can be (roughly) deduced through other overclocking/performance specs.

I consider VRM spec fairly important when weighing motherboard choices. I'm probably not alone. And other mobo makers are advertising their specs.

It would be nice to have this information on the product pages, lol, it takes a while before reviewers can provide these details (and a while longer to find and sift through them all), I might not be alone in purchasing a non-ASUS board simply because such basic information if unavailable.
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Chino
Level 15

‎10-02-2017 08:48 AM

Missing the ROG Maximus X Hero and ROG Strix Z370-G Gaming (WI-FI AC).

No Prime Pro, Deluxe or Premium models this time. :rolleyes:

Browse the product gallery. There's usually an image with a very good angle on the VRM. 😛
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Korth
Level 14
In response to Chino

‎10-02-2017 03:53 PM

Chino wrote:
Browse the product gallery. There's usually an image with a very good angle on the VRM. 😛

You mean very good angle on the big fancy heatsinks?
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Timur_Born
Level 7

‎10-04-2017 10:35 AM

Does no ROG Z370 board offer a Thunderbolt header (the Prime does)? Why is the header missing on ROG boards?
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Korth
Level 14

‎10-04-2017 04:13 PM

Everything known about these boards is from their product pages.

I've seen some changes on them already. I don't know if this indicates the mobos or the pages are being revised.

If you don't see a certain feature (like Thunderbolt header) then it's probably not there.

Thunderbolt is basically only used on laptops these days. Desktops have PCIe for fixed devices (GPU, storage, network) and USB3 for connected devices. A Thunderbolt interface really offers nothing useful on a desktop except for compatibility with Thunderbolt itself, at the cost of other things. Thunderbolt PCIe adapters are available.
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Timur_Born
Level 7

‎10-05-2017 12:26 AM

Some people have real use for Thunderbolt and even more so for Intel based USB 3.1 ports. Personally I would have bought a ROG Hero if a TB header was present, now I either have to get a Prime (no ROG support and lack of other niceties) or buy from another manufacturer. Gigabyte and Asrock both offer TB ports on most (all?) of their Z370 boards.

The ROG Strix is the most curious case, because it basically is a Prime, but the TB port was removed.
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Korth
Level 14

‎10-05-2017 01:23 AM

Again, there are Thunderbolt adapter cards. Total performance and total cost are essentially identical whether you buy it as separate add-in card or as motherboard-embedded hardware.

Although Thunderbolt 3 is one of Intel's selling points for Z370 chipset.

So I think that if other mobo makers offer Thunderbolt 3 on multiple Z370 motherboard models then ASUS will too, lol. I wouldn't say "most" yet, btw, only a few, but still more than the only one ASUS appears to be offering (so far).
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Timur_Born
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In response to Korth

‎10-05-2017 02:04 AM

Korth wrote:
Again, there are Thunderbolt adapter cards. Total performance and total cost are essentially identical whether you buy it as separate add-in card or as motherboard-embedded hardware.

Please read again. Asus' ROG boards are missing the Thunderbolt header, without this header Thunderbolt add-in cards cannot be used!
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