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ASUS Unveils X570 ROG Crosshair VIII Extreme Motherboard

August 2, 2021 John Nester 8

In a surprise turn of events on Friday, ASUS revealed the ROG X570 Crosshair VIII Extreme E-ATX motherboard. For Asus, this marks a return to the Extreme designator for AMD boards and is the latest flagship supplanting the Formula series. The ROG X570 Crosshair VIII Extreme supports all modern Ryzen CPUs (2000 series and newer) and APUs (2000 G Series and newer) and features an 18+2 phase VRM design with 90A power stages, microfine alloy chokes, and 10K Japanese-made black metallic capacitors. Pricing and availability have not been released at this time, but we’ll keep you posted. Below are additional specifications taken from the ASUS website. Read More

ASUS ROG STRIX Z590-E Gaming WiFi Motherboard Review

May 3, 2021 Shawn Jennings 1

Up today we have the ROG Strix Z590-E Gaming WiFi motherboard courtesy of ASUS. The Strix Z590-E sits in the middle of ASUS’s product stack and at the top of their Gaming series of boards. Read More

CES 2021: ASUS Z590 ROG Maximus XIII, ROG Strix, TUF Gaming, and Prime Launch

January 11, 2021 Marissa Matthews 9

With CES 2021 ramping up this week, we are seeing lots of new releases including the array of six new Z590 motherboards from ASUS. You’ll see support for new Rocket Lake processors from familiar faces like ROG, TUF, and Prime. Check out the press release from ASUS Blog below for more details on the full lineup. Read More

Phanteks Announces New Glacier G30 STRIX Water Blocks and Backplates

November 12, 2020 John Nester 0

Phanteks has just announced the Glacier G30 Strix water block and backplate. As the name implies, the new block is designed specifically for the ASUS ROG Strix RTX 3080 and 3090 graphics cards. It features a nickel-plated copper cold plate with an acrylic top and trimmed out with either black or chrome aluminum cover plates. A fully functional backplate is also available and comes equipped with multiple thermal pads strategically placed over the RAM and VRM to efficiently cool these components. Read More

Asus ROG Strix RTX 3080 OC Review

October 26, 2020 Joe Shields 6

It’s been a long time coming for Overclockers.com, but we’ve finally managed to get our hands on an RTX 3080. For this review, Asus was kind enough to send the ROG Strix RTX 3080 OC along for testing. This version of the RTX 3080 includes a massive ~3 slot cooler to help keep this 320W+ monster running cool and quiet as well as more robust VRMs and slightly higher out of the box clock speeds. Read More

CES 2020: ASUS Shows Off ROG Swift 360 Hz Monitor

January 9, 2020 Shawn Jennings 0

There are a couple of very interesting new additions to their ROG display lineup notably the ROG Swift 360 Hz panel and the ROG Swift PG32UQX. We also saw some extreme prebuilt desktops, case innovations, and an SFF (small form factor) RTX 2070 designed with the Intel NUC in mind. Read More

CES 2020: Nvidia Demos New Gaming Tech

January 8, 2020 Shawn Jennings 4

The first stop on our CES 2020 tour this year was with Nvidia, they had tons of demos from laptops to really big-screen OLED TVs Read More

ASUS ROG STRIX RTX 2060 OC Gaming Video Card Review

March 1, 2019 Shawn Jennings 3

The ROG STRIX RTX 2060 OC is currently priced at $399 which is only $50 over the lowest priced model over at Newegg.com, let’s take a dive into this card and see what that $50 is going to get us. Read More

CES 2019: ASUS Unveils ROG Matrix 2080 Ti, ROG Mothership DTR, and More

January 9, 2019 Joe Shields 1

As our last stop of the day Tuesday, we swung by and visited with ASUS where it felt like they rented out an entire hotel floor. Multiple suites filled with all of the tech goodies they have to offer from phones to desktops, and peripherals in between. We’ll focus on the things more geared towards computing and first and foremost, the ROG Matrix 2080Ti. Read More

Z390 Motherboard Roundup: 50+ New Releases from ASUS, GIGABYTE, MSI, and more

October 10, 2018 Joe Shields 54

October 8th was the release date for some embargos for the new Z390 chipset. And with this date coming and going we saw the major board partners show off most/all of their new lineups. With this brings new naming conventions, new looks, and new features on the motherboards. We’ll list the boards from each partner along with any high-level features. Read More