ROG Strix Z890-E Gaming WiFi Intel® Z890 LGA 1851 ATX Motherboard, Advanced AI PC-Ready, 18+2+1+2 Stages, DDR5, WiFi 7, 7X M.2, Thunderbolt™ 4, USB Type-C®, AI Overclocking, Cooling & Networking

This is a fantastic motherboard! An LGA1851 board with SEVEN M.2 drive slots, with THREE of them being PCIe 5.0 for under $400? Tremendous value from a brand that has never failed me before, ASUS. My primary need for my new LGA1851 board was the number of M.2 slots and this one did not disappoint. It has the most ports, and the most 5.0 ports that I could find under $500. Most only had 4 ports total with only one or two 5.0 ports. This board's PCIe 5.0 performance is outstanding when you are running a proper compatible 5.0 M.2 drive, like from Samsung, as long as it is properly cooled. The drive cooling is a challenge on this board and I found the built-in heatsinks to be inadequate to cool that many M.2 drives, especially the 5.0 speed drives that get over 10,000MB/s read/write when they are kept cool. My solution was to use third party heatsinks with fans on them for my hottest M.2 drives, including the two 5.0 drives I have. I use both Thermalright HR10 2280 PRO Black SSD Coolers and EZDIY-FAB Shield M.2 SSD Heatsinks with Build-in 20mm PWM Fan on my drives. Both do a great job of lowering the temps on the drives enough for them not to throttle speeds down due to heat. My drives rarely get over 50C under typical stress loads on the drives with these coolers. But with seven M.2 slots, this motherboard doesn't have a lot of room to spare, and you'll find that it is impossible to use third-party heatsinks on ALL seven of the M.2 drives because they are just too close together. So be strategic about which drives to use them on: the ones that will get the hottest (usually the fastest) and the most usage. Other than the plethora of M.2 drive ports on this motherboard. there is also a huge amount of USB and Thunderbolt 4 ports... another huge plus for me considering how many USB accessories I have, including two portable monitors attached to Thunderbolt 4 hubs that supplement my four full-sized monitors plugged into my Nvidia 3060ti video card. With this motherboard, everything just works, fast and beautifully. Just make sure your RAM and CPU are compatible. I highly suggest going to the ASUS website in advance and downloading the latest BIOS onto a USB drive and installing that BIOS first before you set up Windows. Also, make sure you download all of the drivers onto your Windows boot USB drive. When I was building my PC and installing Windows 11, it did not find the Wi-Fi drivers on its own and I had to point to the files I downloaded from ASUS on the USB drive. Oh, yeah, the Wi-Fi speeds on this motherboard are incredible, too! This motherboard is a great value if you can get it under $375 around the time of my review. It's so worth the extra $100 or so you may be tempted to skimp out and get a cheaper one... just invest and get this one, you won't regret it! Have fun. Here are some of my recent components in this build, in case you are interested: ASUS ROG Strix Z890-E Gaming WiFi Intel® Z890 LGA 1851 ATX Motherboard Intel Core Ultra 7 Desktop Processor 265K - 20 cores (8 P-cores + 12 E-cores) up to 5.5 GHz CORSAIR VENGEANCE DDR5 RAM 64GB (2x32GB) 5600MHz CL40-40-40-77 1.25V Intel XMP Desktop Computer Memory Samsung SSD 9100 PRO 4TB, PCIe 5.0x4 M.2 2280, Seq. Read Speeds Up to 14,800MB/s Thermalright HR10 2280 PRO Black SSD Cooler EZDIY-FAB Shield M.2 SSD Heatsink with Build-in 20mm PWM Fan Thermaltake CT120 EX ARGB Sync PC Cooling Fan (3-Fan Pack) Thermalright Assassin Spirit 120 Vision ARGB Black CPU Cooler with LCD screen Thermalright Lga1851 BCF Black CPU Holder,CPU Anti Bending Fixed Bracket HYTE Y70 Upgraded Modern Aesthetic Dual Chamber Panoramic Tempered Glass Mid-Tower ATX Computer Gaming Case

I have been buying ASUS for years. They're quality has proven itself over and over. I upgraded an 8 year old ASUS board for this one. And sold the old board on eBay. Love the outputs, the simplicity of design, and ease of installation. Tons of customizable features and the price is pretty good as well. Great mobo, great company

This board is full of features that far more than I can imagine to make use of. Grabbed this one for its rich features, extraordinary m.2 expandability and some advanced ones only available to high end boards. Installed Intel Core 9 Ultra 285K, Asus Astral 5080 OC GPU, G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB RAM, Samsung 9100 and 990 (boot). Compatibility is excellent. First boot was fast and successful. The on-board monitor is excellent. Online documentation is readily available. Benchmark result meets expectation. Still playing with Asus/Intel OC settings for CPU and GPU. Comparing to previous PC building experience, this one is rather easy and straight forward but requires detailed and thorough planning.

Absolutely unacceptable experience with the ASUS ROG Strix Z890‑E Gaming WiFi. I bought this motherboard **twice**, and both units failed in completely different ways. The first one lasted only a few months before turning into a mess of boot failures, debug codes, black screens, and instability. I went through every troubleshooting step myself, then took it to a repair shop, and both of us reached the same conclusion: the motherboard was the problem. Against my better judgment, I bought the **same board** again. That was a mistake. The replacement didn’t even power on — no RGB, no Q‑Codes, nothing. Completely dead out of the box. To be sure, I took everything to a second repair shop. They confirmed the second board was DOA, then tested my components on a different motherboard, and everything worked perfectly. After all the wasted time, money, and frustration, the issue was obvious. I replaced it with the ASUS ROG Maximus Z890 Hero, and the difference was immediate. The system finally ran the way it should have from day one — stable, responsive, and completely problem‑free. It’s been flawless. **If you’re considering the Z890‑E, do yourself a favor and skip it. Save a little more and get the Maximus Hero instead. It’s worth every extra dollar.**

I bought this board after weeks of pure frustration with a much more expensive MSI Z890 Ace that had all kinds of design problems. I say that because after FIVE new BIOS updates that have been released, the exact same problems still persist, so obviously it's not something MSI can fix with BIOS updates. This ROG Strix Z890-E from ASUS, despite being $330 less expensive, is overall a much better product. I've been using high-end MSI boards for the past six years (Z390 Godlike and Z690 Ace), but after my horrendous experience with the Z890 Ace, I won't even consider another MSI board for at least another decade. Paired it with an Intel 265K, and haven't looked back. Completely stable, tons of features, and a power-user's dream with all the overclocking and tweaking options that ASUS gives you in the BIOS.

This item arrived defective. Consider a manufacturing defective and not a seller issue. Pins in CPU socket bent/not in alignment

Came with the first Bios version. No issues with 285k processor. Solid performance. Updated Bios to the latest version. No issues at all. Stable and perfect. Delivered after about 1 month. Worth the wait. Price was much lower at the time of the order.

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This is a super nice motherboard. It has lots of features and I haven't had any issues. I'd always stick with asus as I found the quality of their electronics is top tier.