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Difference between Asus ROG Strix Z390-E/I/H?

Niekao
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So Im planning to build a new pc. It will atleast consist out of a RTX 2080, i7-8700k and 2x8gb 2400 mhz. 

I was looking at the Asus Z390 motherboard for this pc, but I could not understand the differences between the multipile version there are of this board. Could someone simply (I do not have a very good understanding of motherboard features) explain to me  what the difference is between these boards? Thanks in advance.

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All of them are extremely overpriced for what they are, you're paying an over-tax just for the 'right' of using the ROG branding.

 

If you really want a good Z390 board go for the Aorus line up, better VRM solution, better power phases, better BIOS, memory support, cooling, etc etc... 

 

I'd go more in depth but busy at work~

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4 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

All of them are extremely overpriced for what they are, you're paying an over-tax just for the 'right' of using the ROG branding.

 

If you really want a good Z390 board go for the Aorus line up, better VRM solution, better power phases, better BIOS, memory support, cooling, etc etc... 

 

I'd go more in depth but busy at work~

Alright thanks, will try to keep an open mind about that. That does give me another question, which board would you recommend then?

 

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E is the standard ATX variant, H is based on the Prime boards which are much cheaper (still overpriced), I means mITX sized.

 

But how much can you spend really?

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2 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

E is the standard ATX variant, H is based on the Prime boards which are much cheaper (still overpriced), I means mITX sized.

 

But how much can you spend really?

Not really sure. Everything just depends on what I want, if I dont have the money I’ll just wait till I have the money.  Though everything might change, because I will most likely buy my pc in September/October. 

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5 minutes ago, Niekao said:

Not really sure. Everything just depends on what I want, if I dont have the money I’ll just wait till I have the money.  Though everything might change, because I will most likely buy my pc in September/October. 

lol that's way into 3rd gen Ryzen's product cycle and Intel's response for it (though not quite 10nm as that's for 2020). Think about it later.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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8 minutes ago, Niekao said:

Not really sure. Everything just depends on what I want, if I dont have the money I’ll just wait till I have the money.  Though everything might change, because I will most likely buy my pc in September/October. 

Agree with @Jurrunio, just start saving and once ryzen 3000 comes out you can start planning

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The biggest differences is in size, overclocking, and even sometimes just internal networking.

 

I'd recommend an AsRock board, or an Aorus like Princess Cadence said.

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