Strix E vs F. Whats the Difference?

[Omikse]

In my bid to upgrade some of my old computer parts, I have been thinking of going from my Crosshair VI Hero to the VIII Hero. But after looking at the board more closely, I am seeing that it does not have a USB 3.0 Header. Well for me that simply will not work since my new case has 4 3.0 ports on the front. This has forced me to look at other boards and now I am looking at the Strix X570 line. Now I see they come in either an E or F variant but I do not know which would be better. The only difference I can see is that the E is wireless and has Bluetooth and the F does not. Oh and before you say "Get an this board or get that board", I am wanting to keep it in the ASUS family. And yes, it must be RGB since my system is an RGB build. So to ask this question, what is the benefit of one over the other? What would be your opinion on which one I should get if I go that route? Are they essentially the same board but one has wireless/bluetooth and the other does not? Please inform me.

[Lurick]

This article gives a nice rundown:

https://www.anandtech.com/show/14422/asus-rog-strix-x570e-and-rog-strixf-gaming-motherboards-announced

 

Basically the -E has WiFi 6, a 2.5Gbps port, and a few more ports on the rear over the -F

[Princess Luna]

There's absolutely no reason to phase out the current Crosshair you have, that thing can run even a r9 3950X... do you really to replace it just for more rgb?

[TheBean]

E has 2.5gbps ethernet. is also has AX wifi - or wifi 6.

 

if you can afford the E, get that

[Omikse]

1 minute ago, Princess Luna said:

There's absolutely no reason to phase out the current Crosshair you have, that thing can run even a r9 3950X... do you really to replace it just for more rgb?

Me upgrading is two-fold. 1) I like having the newer items. 2) I plan to give my son my older stuff because he is running off an FX CPU and Motherboard so I am helping him to upgrade as well. 3) I want to make sure that I do not need to upgrade certain components for a while. Ok so make that 3 fold.

[Jurrunio]

F is just a reskinned TUF... and Intel 1G LAN. E has a proper 6 phase VRM for the core while F and TUF (also the Pro) has 4. Makes no difference to your experience, just good to know Asus actually spend money to make the E better than the TUF and its reskins

[Omikse]

Plus I want to go from a 4 pin RGB header to a 3 pin RGB header

[Princess Luna]

2 hours ago, Omikse said:

Ok so make that 3 fold

Well for a new build if you really like and want ASUS then grab the E since it has more of a noticeable build quality between the two, the F is like you're trying to cheap up but didn't like the looks of the TUF haha.