Asus Rog Strix X299 -E Gaming II - Motherboard - ATX - LGA2066 Socket - X299 Chipset - USB -C Gen2, USB 3.2 Gen 2 - Bluetooth, Gigabit LAN, 2.5 Gigabit LAN, Wi -Fi - HD Audio ( 8-channel)

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Most enthusiasts and gamers often have special requirements for a mainboard: stable performance, simple overclocking, appealing design and numerous high -quality functions. The ROG Strix X299-E Gaming II fulfills exactly these requirements.
The cyber-text leit motif of the board with its sleek, angular lines and a smooth finish is a real eye-catcher both without and with RGB lighting. A transparent, illuminated ROG logo on the I/O cover lifts the cyber text in the acrylic plate. The 1.3-inch Livedash OLED display is located directly below the CPU base and allows the most important system information to be read with just one glance. It can also represent specially created graphics and texts. The cooling system of the power supply is made up of a two-part heat sink, which is run through a heat pipe and is also supported by a 40 mm fan in the event of strong stress. If you want to overclock your processor, ai overclocking will get under your arms.
The 12V Procool II power connections have massive contacts and can therefore transmit more electricity without getting too hot. Two rows with four dimmm slots each enable a total of 256 gigabytes of RAM. In the slots, bars with clock frequencies of more than 4,266 MHz.
The mainboard offers three M.2 slots for up to 110 mm long NVME drives, all of which are connected with four PCIe lanes each. Intel VROC support enables several NVME drives for high drive transfer rates. The good old SATA hard drives and SSDs can be used on one of the eight SATA connections. USB 3.2 GEN2 connections in type A and type C version round off the variety of connections, and there is also a connection for the front panel of housings.
The X299-E Gaming II does not have the 10G network adapter of the Extreme Encore Mainboards, its network equipment is still one of the best on the mainboard market. A Realtek 2.5G chip is supported by an Intel Gigabit Ethernet adapter. In addition, an Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 adapter is integrated, which offers bandwidths of 2.4 GBit /s and supports Bluetooth 5.0.
to create a visually appealing system is one thing, but building a PC that is cool stays, is another. The ROG Strix X299-E Gaming II is equipped with a total of seven fan connections, including a dedicated connection for all-in-one water cooler and one for water pumps. All M.2 slots are covered by heat sinks, so that the flash memory is always well cooled and the drives can perform their full performance. Connections for standard RGB LED strips and another couple for addressable LED strips of the second generation. The ROG engineers have also integrated a node connection through which the mainboard can monitor and control other compatible components.

atx

x299 chipset

USB-C Gen2, USB 3.2 Gen 1, USB 3.2 Gen 2