Review on 💻 ASUS ROG Strix X570-E Gaming ATX Motherboard- PCIe 4.0, Aura Sync RGB Lighting, 2.5 Gbps & Intel Gigabit LAN, WIFI 6 (802.11Ax), Dual M.2 Heatsinks by Darrin Lucas

Bought this with my new 3800x. Arrived 2 days later and my 3800x arrived 2 days early so I had to set everything up over the weekend. From the installation to the BIOS setup, everything went smoothly. The RGB lighting looks great, although some of it is completely blocked by my graphics card. I don't know why they put it there and not somewhere more prominent. A few tips: I didn't have to update the bios on install and didn't have to install a fresh Windows 10, which was nice. After logging into Windows for the first time, connect an Ethernet cable to a 1 Gigabit (not 2.5) connection, then run Armory Crate to download the drivers. You can then connect to Wi-Fi or switch the cable to LAN 2.5. The regular price is 329, although it could go up a bit until stocks improve. PCIe 4 lanes currently only really make sense for M2 drives. I don't see any difference for anything else, including next-gen graphics cards. So if you're buying a board just for that, 470MB might be the best option right now. I was a bit nervous about buying a new board so soon after release but I couldn't be happier.