royfrosty
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Introduction
7 years ago, the first Asus Crosshair IV was introduced. A couple of months later, Asus launched it's very first "Extreme" series called the Asus Crosshair IV Extreme. Back then AMD never release any HEDT CPUs to the market.
This year AMD rise out from the ashes and decided to enter into the HEDT segment, where Intel had dominated the HEDT segment for a long time. Hence Ryzen Threadripper was introduced. And out from no where, Asus shows off the top of the line X399 Zenith Extreme motherboard for Threadripper earlier this year in Taiwan Computex. This is a little odd as Asus usually do not start from the "Extreme" series. And indeed this is by far the best motherboard that Asus has ever created for AMD Threadripper.
It is a good opportunity for me to share with you guys the Asus X399 ROG Zenith Extreme together with the 1950X.
Is this board worth its $969 price tag? *Spoiler alert*
Unboxing
Lets start of with the unboxing. The very first thing that came to my mind was the weight of the overall package. It is so heavy! I admit, this is by far the heaviest unboxing i have ever done for a motherboard. Lets see what goodies have Asus packed inside for users later on.
Moving to the rear of the box, there is a ton of brief features available.
Lifting up the front flap reveals a nice welcome from Asus.
Motherboard are well packed in place.
Accessories
Below the motherboard packaging would be the accessories box. The very first time when i lifted up the packaging flap, i'm overwhelmed by the accessories provided by Asus. Lets go through in batches.
All right the boring stuffs first. There is a lot of manuals, user guides, installation guides for the Fan Extension and the ROG Areion 10G card.
There are a lot of stickers, cable labels, cup coasters and a nice 20% discount from Cablemod.
There is a Fan Extension Card that can be hooked up with the motherboard ROG extension that can be found at the bottom of the motherboard (A pic of it later on). It comes with a "L" shape bracket together with some screws, this allow users to mount the Fan Extension Card on any mounting holes that you have. In the manual, they have mentioned that it can be mounted at the 5.25" bay screw mounting points. But in my opinion, i don't think it is a nice recommendation as there aren't much modern cases that comes with a 5.25" bay.
Personally, i would route this Fan Extension Card to the back of the case and mount it on any available holes.
7 years ago, the first Asus Crosshair IV was introduced. A couple of months later, Asus launched it's very first "Extreme" series called the Asus Crosshair IV Extreme. Back then AMD never release any HEDT CPUs to the market.
This year AMD rise out from the ashes and decided to enter into the HEDT segment, where Intel had dominated the HEDT segment for a long time. Hence Ryzen Threadripper was introduced. And out from no where, Asus shows off the top of the line X399 Zenith Extreme motherboard for Threadripper earlier this year in Taiwan Computex. This is a little odd as Asus usually do not start from the "Extreme" series. And indeed this is by far the best motherboard that Asus has ever created for AMD Threadripper.
It is a good opportunity for me to share with you guys the Asus X399 ROG Zenith Extreme together with the 1950X.
Is this board worth its $969 price tag? *Spoiler alert*
I guess so!
Unboxing
Lets start of with the unboxing. The very first thing that came to my mind was the weight of the overall package. It is so heavy! I admit, this is by far the heaviest unboxing i have ever done for a motherboard. Lets see what goodies have Asus packed inside for users later on.
Moving to the rear of the box, there is a ton of brief features available.
Lifting up the front flap reveals a nice welcome from Asus.
Motherboard are well packed in place.
Accessories
Below the motherboard packaging would be the accessories box. The very first time when i lifted up the packaging flap, i'm overwhelmed by the accessories provided by Asus. Lets go through in batches.
All right the boring stuffs first. There is a lot of manuals, user guides, installation guides for the Fan Extension and the ROG Areion 10G card.
There are a lot of stickers, cable labels, cup coasters and a nice 20% discount from Cablemod.
There is a Fan Extension Card that can be hooked up with the motherboard ROG extension that can be found at the bottom of the motherboard (A pic of it later on). It comes with a "L" shape bracket together with some screws, this allow users to mount the Fan Extension Card on any mounting holes that you have. In the manual, they have mentioned that it can be mounted at the 5.25" bay screw mounting points. But in my opinion, i don't think it is a nice recommendation as there aren't much modern cases that comes with a 5.25" bay.
Personally, i would route this Fan Extension Card to the back of the case and mount it on any available holes.
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