Asus’ $849.99 ROG Zenith II Extreme is the company’s prime-time motherboard for AMD’s new third-generation TRX40 Ryzen Threadripper processors like the core-monster Threadripper 3970X. This board combines an abundance of overclocking features with a tasteful yet flashy exterior to create something that will appeal equally well to performance extremists, overclockers, and gamers willing to spill a few thousand dollars on a new PC.
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The ASUS ROG Zenith II Extreme is targeted at the top tier of TRX40 boards. Featuring no less than twenty 70 A power stages, active VRM cooling, a virtual cornucopia of extreme overclocking features, premium accessories, and even an OLED display, the ASUS ROG Zenith II Extreme has all the bells and whistles. Of course, with a US$850 price tag it has a lot to live up to.
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Additional high-profile features include a two-drive M.2 riser card, a machined aluminum case badge, an anodized aluminum screwdriver with replacement tips, drivers and apps on a thumb drive rather than optical media, and the Asus Fan Extension card.
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The ASUS ROG Zenith II Extreme is the successor to ASUS’s previous generation X399 board, the original Zenith Extreme, and comes packed with all the benefits of AMD’s TRX40 chipset. This includes PCIe 4.0, a strong USB 3.1 G2 implementation, and support for up to DDR4-4733 in quad-channel across eight memory slots. With a 16-phase power delivery for the CPU and a LiveDash 1.77” OLED color screen, the ROG Zenith II Extreme looks to set the standard for enthusiasts on AMD’s new high-end desktop platform.
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ASUS jumps on the TRX40 as well, meet the all-new ROG Zenith II Extreme all ready to tame that new mega-core Threadripper 3000 processor. In this review, we cock the gun that is the ROG Zenith II Extreme from ASUS.
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The third in our trio of TRX40 motherboards we’re reviewing for launch day is the ASUS ROG TRX40 Zenith II Extreme. The original Zenith Extreme was a seriously heavyweight addition to the X399 platform which made the Threadrippers look as good as they possibly could.
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