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Asus Prime Z390-A Motherboard
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Asus ROG Maximus XI Hero Motherboard
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Asus ROG Strix Z390-E Gaming Motherboard
Asus ROG Strix Z390-E Gaming
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Asus teases the enthusiast budget market with its Prime Z370-A. Does it have the features and performance to justify a slightly-above-budget price?Read more
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Built on the Z390 chipset for the very latest Intel CPUs, the Asus ROG Maximus XI Code ATX motherboard brings serious gaming attitude and excellent overclocking features to your PC. (And don't get us started on the LEDs.)Read more
ASUS Rog Maximum XI Hero While the new Intel 9th Gen CPUs may be here, I'm more surprised at we're up to the XI edition of the RoG motherboards! How time flys, right!? ASUS have done extremely well with their RoG brand, and are well respected by many enthusiast PC builders around the world. Today, we're looking at the new Z390 Maximus XI Hero WiFi motherboard. There are low-end Z390 motherboards, the Mid-range Strix, and high-end Maximus motherboards. The Hero is the pretty much the middle priced and specification model of the high-end ones. That means it packs in prettyRead more
Positioned towards the upper end of the Z390 market, ASUS is targeting deep-pocketed enthusiast gameRead more
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Designed with the new Intel 9th Generation CPUs, Is this ROG motherboard the ideal platform for the new Core i9-9900K?Read more
Intel’s Core i9-9900K has pushed mid-level enthusiast motherboard pricing well into what was once considered the high-end. Can Asus’s Z390-E Gaming win this market?Read more
Intel's new Z390 chipset has pushed motherboard companies to refresh their entire Intel Z370 productRead more
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General

Motherboard typeATXATXATX
Processor socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
LGA 1151

Memory

Supported memory bus clock
  • 2400 MHz
  • 2133 MHz
  • 2666 MHz
  • 2800 MHz
  • 3000 MHz
  • 3200 MHz
  • 3300 MHz
  • 3400 MHz
  • 3333 MHz
  • 3466 MHz
  • 3733 MHz
  • 3600 MHz
  • 3866 MHz
  • 4000 MHz
  • 4133 MHz
  • 4266 MHz
  • 2400 MHz
  • 2133 MHz
  • 2666 MHz
  • 2800 MHz
  • 3000 MHz
  • 3200 MHz
  • 3300 MHz
  • 3400 MHz
  • 3333 MHz
  • 3466 MHz
  • 3733 MHz
  • 3600 MHz
  • 3866 MHz
  • 4000 MHz
  • 4133 MHz
  • 4400 MHz
  • 4266 MHz
  • 2400 MHz
  • 2133 MHz
  • 2666 MHz
  • 2800 MHz
  • 3000 MHz
  • 3200 MHz
  • 3300 MHz
  • 3400 MHz
  • 3333 MHz
  • 3466 MHz
  • 3733 MHz
  • 3600 MHz
  • 3866 MHz
  • 4000 MHz
  • 4133 MHz
  • 4266 MHz
RAM technologyDDR4DDR4DDR4
Memory slots typeDIMMDIMMDIMM
Maximum RAM size64 GB64 GB64 GB
Number of memory slots444
Unbuffered memoryyesyesyes
Memory channelsDualDualDual
Non-ECCyesyesyes
Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)yes
N/A
yes

Audio properties

Audio codecRealtek ALCS1220A
SupremeFX
SupremeFX
Audio output channels7.17.17.1

Graphics

Parallel processing technology support
  • 2-Way SLI
  • 3-Way CrossFireX
  • 2-Way SLI
  • 3-Way CrossFireX
  • 2-Way SLI
  • 3-Way CrossFireX
Maximum resolution
  • 4096
  • 2160
  • 4096
  • 2304
  • 4096
  • 2160

Technical details

Compatible processor series
  • Intel Celeron
  • Intel Pentium
  • Intel Celeron
  • Intel Pentium
  • Intel Celeron
  • Intel Pentium
Maximum number of processors111

BIOS

BIOS typeUEFI AMIUEFI AMIUEFI AMI
BIOS features
  • WfM 2.0 support
  • Multilingual BIOS
  • ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution
  • UEFI BIOS
  • ASUS EZ Flash 3
  • DMI 3.0 support
  • ACPI 6.1 support
  • SMBIOS 3.1 support
  • USB BIOS Flashback
  • UEFI BIOS
  • ASUS EZ Flash 3
  • DMI 3.0 support
  • ACPI 6.1 support
  • SMBIOS 3.1 support
  • UEFI BIOS
  • ASUS EZ Flash 3
  • DMI 3.0 support
  • ACPI 6.1 support
  • SMBIOS 3.1 support
BIOS memory size16.0 mB16.0 mB16.0 mB
ACPI version6.16.16.1

Storage

RAID levels
  • 0
  • 1
  • 5
  • 10
  • 0
  • 1
  • 5
  • 10
  • 0
  • 1
  • 5
  • 10
Supported storage drive interfaces
N/A
  • M.2
  • Serial ATA III
N/A

Expansion slots

Number of M.2 (M) slots222

Internal I/O ports

CPU fan connectoryesyesyes
Number of EATX power connectors121
Number of chassis fan connectors232
ATX Power connector (24-pin)Y
N/A
Y
Number of SATA III connectors666
TPM connector
N/A
yes
N/A

Rear panel I/O ports

S/PDIF out portyesyesyes
HDMI ports quantity111
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports111
PS/2 ports quantity11
N/A
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-A ports quantity333
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-C ports quantity1
N/A
N/A
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity222
DisplayPorts quantity111
Microphone input
N/A
yesyes
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-C ports quantity
N/A
11
Headphone outputs
N/A
N/A
1

Dimensions

Width12.01 in12.01 in12.01 in
Depth9.61 in9.61 in9.61 in

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