ASUS X399

In terms of performance, the Asus ROG Zenith Extreme Alpha is certainly more consistent than the Gigabyte board, at least when we tested it a while back, and overall we consider it on par with the excellent MSI MEG X399 Creation. This means that Asus has done what was needed here and made the new Zenith board a force to be reckoned with amongst the competition. Out of the box the MSI board has a better storage arrangement with more M.2 ports, plus it has 10 fan headers as standard meaning that despite Asus' inclusion of the fan-expansion card it still doesn't offer much more here than the MSI board overall. The same isn't true for the RGB lighting, though, where Asus rules supreme, plus you get 10 Gigabit Ethernet too. As a result, we can't say one is substantially better than the other - it will likely come down to personal choice. With a £50 lower price, the MSI board is perhaps better value, but we can see plenty of reasons why you'd still want the Asus ROG Zenith Extreme Alpha to sit at the heart of your Threadripper system.

Das ASUS ROG ZENITH EXTREME ist insgesamt ein solides Mainboard, allerdings zu einem stolzen Preis. Es bietet dafür aber auch zahlreiche Features und ein sehr umfangreiches Zubehör. Das ASUS ROG ZENITH EXTREME erhält 9.2 von 10 Punkten. Es erhält auch unsere Empfehlung. Für eine Empfehlung der Spitzenklasse hat es leider nicht gereicht.