
Networking, Audio and Ports: A Brief Look The chipset is also covered by a sprawling heatsink that itself makes contact with a pair of additional heatsinks that cover two M.2 SSD slots. They add some much-needed color when powered up. Once you get this ATX-size board fired up, you'll spot some RGB LEDs set over the chipset heatsink and the rear I/O panel. Instead of the usual red-and-black Republic of Gamers (ROG) color scheme, the ROG Strix Z490-E Gaming is almost entirely black with few other highlights to break up the look. Competing with boards such as Asrock's Z490 Phantom Gaming Velocita, however, the ROG Strix will need to work hard if it wants to dominate in this section of the market. It's priced notably lower, though, and that makes it a prime pick for anyone who wants the impact of a high-end board but doesn't want to pay top dollar for it. This aspirational ATX board is great for gaming and overclocking, even if it can't quite match advanced luxury boards such as Asus' own Maximus XII series motherboards in terms of features.

If motherboards were broken into economic classes, Asus' $299.99 ROG Strix Z490-E Gaming would be an upper-middle-class striver, driving an imported SUV with golf clubs in the back.

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