This Motherboard Has 7 M.2s! Asus ROG Strix Z890-E Gaming WIFI

[@ErockOnTech]

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[@djmidnightwolf]

I am staying away from Intel for now. My favorite feature was the OC features that save directly to USB instead of just to the BIOS. So many times do I have to clear and loose things.

[@ErockOnTech]

@@djmidnightwolf I understand and yeah saving settings to a USB is super handy for sure!

[@Pepingco]

I have decided to get this MB for the potential upgrade into CU DIMM in the future - as I upgrade my MB and CPU every 5-8 years. I needed a new CPU and MB so I went with this - knowing I will update the RAM and then maybe upgrade the CPU once Arrowlake lowers in price as the next gen is introduced and the older CPUs get phased out. I also think the ease of updating the BIOS and the other drivers through one program just makes things easy for a numpty like me who probably has not updated my BIOS and drivers since I got my current PC about 7 years ago.

[@djmidnightwolf]

Great review. You really did leave no stone unturned. I don't mind longer reviews like this as long as the content is there to justify it. You nailed it. Keep it up.

[@ErockOnTech]

Thank you so much for the very kind words! I am happy you appreciated this detailed review so much! :)

[@TheRealFloc]

Good video man! I know ASUS has been in some hot water as of late but there is no denying that they do really well with innovation on their boards. Personally I would have rather had less drives and dropped the price because who is gonna need that man m.2 drives unless you are building a server or something. Other wise the board seems really well made! Thanks for the content erock!

[@ErockOnTech]

Thank you. Well, with 7 M.2s you could argue that you would never need to uninstall another game again haha.

[@Pepingco]

Thank you for the detailed break down. I just purchased this MB for my 285k build. I decided to get this for productivity and creative work. Since I edit video a lot, I figured I needed something that wasn't scorching hot like the 13 or 14th gen cpus and I am preparing to upgrade into CU DIMM in a few years. Meanwhile, Im going to take advantage of all the M.2 slots and if it wasn't for you pointing out that the PCIE lanes would be shared with M.2 slot 3 and 4, I would have used them without thinking. So I am glad I only got 2 Gen5 M.2 SSDs for the time being and then I'll take advantage of the 4 other Gen4 slots for larger capacity drives in the future.

[@ErockOnTech]

Thank you for the feedback! I really appreciate it! I'm glad I was able to help!

[@techwandoUS]

Honestly, that BIOS flashback thing is pretty sweet. Not having a CPU makes the board more desirable for new builds using an older board. Also glide X is pretty cool also. Gotta look into this. Incredible work on the video. Super detailed as always. I have learned things today 🫡 Edit: here is the Thumbs up 👍 👍

[@ErockOnTech]

Haha thanks for the thumbs up man. I appreciate your support as always! Also, check DMs sometime haha.

[@techwandoUS]

@@ErockOnTech I'm about to just slide you my # Discord is a dark hole for me haha 😅

[@ErockOnTech]

@ Ah I just figured you were ignoring me lol 😂 Send it on over.

[@RKBenchmarker]

Wow, incredible video!! There is so much great info packed into 40 mins. I think my favorite feature of the mobo is DIMM FIT, which could save me a lot of time by letting it do the fine tuning! Greatly appreciate all the time that you took in learning all those features to share and test! I can only image the late hours into the morning! Just awesome!

[@ErockOnTech]

Thank you so much for the incredibly kind words! One of the filming sessions for this video ran from 8 pm to 3 am lol. I have some sleep to catch up on. DIMM FIT is definitely a great new feature with a lot of promise. I think it is only on these new Intel Z890 motherboards at this time. However, it is my hope that Asus eventually brings this feature over to AMD motherboards as well.

[@blakkheartt12]

Awesome and thorough review. Keep it up. The motherboard is a beast with great features. You always put out great content.👍

[@ErockOnTech]

Thank you! I really appreciate that! Yes, this motherboard really does have a lot of features.

[@davidneal9956]

This is an awesome video. I purchased the asus rog strix z890-e

[@ErockOnTech]

Thank you! :)

[@KleoYan]

Though intel needs some fixes with application that needs HT, still this is a solid review.. need more reviwers like yourself to pay attention on in-depth details.. I simply hate reviewers who just do b-roll, standard talk over paper specs and call it a review (Marketing Gimmicks).. They don't talk about UEFI nor the utility application, these are the keypoints which what PC Builders will want to know. Thank you Eric, another excellent motherboard review, keep it up the good work. 👍👍👍 btw your build in your O11 Vision Compact looks even better on Vid than to pics hahahah. 😂

[@ErockOnTech]

Thank you for all the many kind words! I really do appreciate it! Yes, I agree on the detailed reviews. Some of this information was hard to learn. There were no videos on the subject and then it was a combination of trial and error on my part as well as contacting Asus for answers. I do wish more reviewers would take the time to cover features outside of the spec sheet. I love this 011 Vision Compact by the way! I'm working on that video next! Thank you again!

[@alexiahathcock2034]

Great detailed video!

[@ErockOnTech]

Thank you! :)

[@IzunaGaiden]

Can you tell me how many M.2 slots I can use on this motherboard until have the GPU PCIe limited to x8? Maybe 5? Thanks in advance, amazing video btw 🇧🇷 edit: oh, you say it at 08:05 of the video 😊

[@ErockOnTech]

Yes, explained at 08:05. I'm glad you found it! Thank you for the kind words!

[@Jarrahfe]

Probably the best explaining Z890 boards, thanks Erock. you are the best. take my subscribe 🫳

[@ErockOnTech]

Oh wow what a great comment! Thank you so much! :)

[@derektratchel7745]

I approve of the shirt choice for this video. Great content brother

[@ErockOnTech]

Haha thank you sir! A throwback for sure! :)

[@No-vq1iv]

Users with 8 M.2 SSD's are being left out yet again, smh.

[@ErockOnTech]

LOL, that's a good one.

[@Ben-ld1qi]

lol

[@hrmf32]

if had to pick between Asus ROG Strix Z890-E Gaming WIFI or Asus ROG Strix X870-E Gaming WIFI, what board would you pick?

[@ErockOnTech]

Both are great options. For me, the question is more so AMD or Intel. Because that is what you also have to decide here. X870-E is AMD and I have a full video on it. Z890-E is intel and that is this video. I am partial to AMD currently. But technically, this Z890-E does offer a few extra features over the X870-E.

[@Guerrilla_OP]

Just in case anyone else trying to build an Ultra 9 285k desktop, but you can't find any Ultra 9's for retail. I found some that come with an Asus z890 Motherboard bundle, on Central Computers site. I'm pretty sure they have all of the Asus z890 line, from the Extreme to the regular Strix. There's also $50 off. I just got the Ultra 9 with the z890-e. I was going to get the Maximus Hero, but the z890-e has the I/O that fits my needs better. I'm building a music production PC, so having a bunch of high speed USB slots is perfect for me.

[@LordLucifer95]

I'm looking at the asus rog strix z890-f or should I spend $100 more for the z890-e ? Thanks

[@ErockOnTech]

-E has 2 more M.2 slots, a special power design to accommodate it,. and DRAM Nitro Path technology for higher RAM speed. Do those things matter to you? If yes, get the -E. If not, get the -F.

[@LordLucifer95]

@ErockOnTech 2 more m.2 slots would be good, but I don't think I will even use 4 of them if I get the F, I'll check prices and if e is lower then 100 I'll get that. :) thanks man great video 📹 👍

[@mikebruzzone9570]

good update on new boards to chase? constant audit of course I watched the entire video, right $499, pricy but well equipped. mb

[@ErockOnTech]

Thank you for watching the whole video! That’s incredible! Yes, I agree. It’s a well equipped motherboard.

[@EspritBerlin]

Although I am still on 13th gen nice to see new tech. Naming is awkward, but they want to stress new tile approach. Will get used to it.

[@ErockOnTech]

I agree the new naming convention for Intel is a bit awkward. But like you said, we will get used to it!

[@vladdracul2379]

29:39 I am actually shocked that it took this long for this feature. I have always been insanely annoyed by needing to use another PC for my wifi drivers because it made zero sense to me. They don't even give you a disc, so you can use that to download what you need on your own. No, you need a completely separare computer to do it. So this is a beautiful update on a MB.

[@andgoedu]

As an amd User i am just glad intel is competing in some way or another i personally dont want the 9800x3d to go to a 1000 Dollars 😂😂👍👍👍👍.

[@Fluferrari]

Thanks ❤

[@ErockOnTech]

You're welcome! :)

[@dirtysock1able]

Soo i coukd use the intel9 14900k chip correct ??

[@ErockOnTech]

Exactly. You get it! ;)

[@bodasactra]

Seven M.2,k what a waste of PCIe lanes. PCIe slots can be used for all the M.2 expansion you want and for all kinds of expansion but M.2 slots are very limited for expansion. Its so dumb, why?

[@RKBenchmarker]

It simply gives choices. They don't have to be used and therefore they are not taking up lanes. You can use the PCIE_2 for that very thing as you said and get an extra 1 or 2 M.2s.

[@Fluferrari]

Using Gen5 M.2 will slow down GPU?

[@ErockOnTech]

No. Using all 3 Gen 5 M.2 slots will slow it down. But if you use one of the Gen 5 slots and then use all the other non Gen 5 slots, you will be fine. By the way, in gaming, the slowing down to X8 vs X16 is a minimum difference.

[@tonkatoytruck]

We are still boycotting ASUS for screwing over their customers.

[@RKBenchmarker]

I think they have heard you and others as they have stepped it up a goodly amount in that department. It's too bad that is had to come to that for them to hear us, but good to see they finally did.

[@AlexHonger-fj3nx]

I'll see y'all in 2 years when Gamers Nexus makes a video telling us about how these will catastrophically fail again, damaging itself and anything you plug into it.... Asus really went to sht, and I don't think I'll ever trust them again... Why spend the Asus tax when there's dozens of other manufacturers putting out longer lasting products??

[@RKBenchmarker]

@AlexHonger-fj3nx Hey, i don't blame you there, I am really liking MSI, but keep in mind that it was ALL the manufacturers that up the voltage and was killing cpus, not just asus.

[@AlexHonger-fj3nx]

@RKBenchmarker this is far, far, far from their only issue. Damn near every Asus has put out in the past few years has had SOMETHING wrong with it... The RTX 20 series cards not having proper heat sink mounting, causing 2080's left and right to cook themselves. They had a continuous issue on their AM 4 boards with micro code causing CPU's to run 12% slower then they should. These new motherboard issues for Intel and AM5. Horrible customer service if the past few years. And those are only a few, they just don't give a fk anymore and are chasing in on their brand recognition, their products are half baked at best anymore.

[@RKBenchmarker]

@AlexHonger-fj3nx That's interesting because I use and benchmark using mobos from every manufacturer. I've had no issues with my 2 Heros and 1 Apex mobos. And my 7800x3d WR was on an Asus. And I've had no issues on the other manufacturers' boards either... maybe I'm just fortunate :)

[@ZomgZomg007]

for me, nvme as long as they all run on gen4 i am fine. i dont care about gen5 enuf. but if it shares with gpu...its a no go zone.

[@Vialli100.]

My USB audio on my Crosshair viii Extreme has stopped working, so I now have to use AMD audio through my monitor..

[@ErockOnTech]

Oh I'm sorry to hear that. Have you contacted Asus to see if they will help to support you on this?

[@Vialli100.]

@@ErockOnTech I got the mobo 2nd hand, so they don't want to know.. I get an unknown USB device in device manager, tried everything to get it working, but to no avail.. Drivers for Audio are installed, so it must be hardware..

[@ErockOnTech]

@@Vialli100. Oh I see. Yeah second hand is always a bit risky. Did the audio ever work for you? Or has it been broken the whole time?

[@Vialli100.]

@@ErockOnTech Yes it did for a while, then the front Thunderbolt header and the top one at the IO stopped along with the audio..

[@DaMAger23]

Can this mobo help boost Intel Ultra performance to at least catch up to the X3d chips? No? Ok... nice review but 7 m.2s is a waste of lanes. Why would anyone want to slot them all knowing it will gimp their GPU performance?!

[@uwhat1]

Good vid. The gaming metrics of the new Intel are pretty much pointless as the CPU's influence is only measurable at 1080p as the main fps will be GPU at higher res which most people play not all obviously. I love Gamers Nexus etc but they know that the only thing letting Intel down is the stupid price of their new release. I don't care to much about 1080 p settings as I generally play all games at 1440p - 4K which the CPU has almost no effect on so the new X3D would not be something I had any interest in as the productivity is way down

[@ErockOnTech]

Thank you for the feedback. I would also say that power usage and overall CPU price is also a factor as well. But yes, some people value productivity workloads more.

[@RainWalker24c]

I don't understand the point of all those when well over 90% are only using 1 internal storage, 2 max, & possibly a wifi card/usb if mobo doesn't have for regular use & gaming. Everyone I know either uses a external usb drive, cloud, & or nas for backup. Seems like they'd come up with something cooler than just a ridiculous amount of additional storage options barely anyone at all will ever use non work related..even work related in most cases.

[@RealGaryGibson]

[@ErockOnTech]

Thank you!

[@xpodx]

I asked Gamersnexus,(didnt answer yet) nerd on a budget,moores law is dead, ltt,(didnt anwser yet) and ufd tech, but i was asking if they think the i9 9900k can handle the 5090 at 4k 144hz max 125-150 render. What do you think

[@ErockOnTech]

That’s a good question. I just looked at some benchmarks at 4K with the 4090 and the 9900K. I would say we won’t know for sure until we can test the 5090. But it will likely depend on the game. For example, I can see the 9900K and 4090 perform similarly to a 7950x and 4090 at 4K in Call of Duty and Assassins Creed. However, other games have a clear bottleneck. So if the game is more CPU limited, then yeah you’re gonna have a problem for sure. Reading some Reddit posts I see a lot of debate on this topic. A lot of people are sharing their experiences upgrading from a 9900K. Most of them say they saw a noticeable improvement in performance even at 4K. To me that makes sense because so many games today are more and more CPU demanding. What did the other guys say?

[@xpodx]

@ErockOnTech i agree with you. There's many games that it's still gpu bound and a faster gpu would help me more than a faster cpu that might give me 10 more fps and better lows. A 5090 will be more like 30% or more. They said I should upgrade my cpu platform.

[@xpodx]

@ErockOnTech but yea you're right, they're games that would benefit from a faster cpu, and all my games would get better lows and little to no stutters, but my avg fps is still pretty high and I enjoy my 4k 144hz experience. But I think I'm gonna upgrade my 4090 to a 5090 next year sometime. Eventually get 8k 144hz when it comes out too, putting more of the gpu load on it again ha

[@x8jason8x]

How could you even use 7 m.2 drive slots? 🤣

[@ErockOnTech]

I can't LOL!!!

[@barnun2525]

They can’t sell them without any processors 😂

[@jggg31]

👍

[@ErockOnTech]

Wow thank you! :)

[@WheeledHamster]

And why the hell can't AMD handle more than 1 M2?

[@pvdgucht]

I stayed on intel for a long time and wanted to believe in them but this is crap and having to buy a new motherboard every one or two generations is also crap. 9800X3D is up to 70% faster sometimes I meannnnn and intel has sait they wont give us any more cache for the next generation aswell. I am just sick of Intel and their decisions and leadership. I don’t think anyone should buy the core ultra series well maybe the cheaper ones or at the right price but even for professionals I think the 9950X3D will smoke the 285K for multi core workloads. Only reason to go intel is maybe thunderbolt 5 but you can buy a PCIE card for that and maybe Quicksync. And motherboards are nicer but then just buy a high end X870E motherboard with 10 gigabit Ethernet and stuff…

[@pl_797a]

👍

[@ErockOnTech]

Thank you!