Excellent design and build quality
by V SBuild quality: excellent components and materials throughout. Very stylish looks with the ROG emblem emblazoned. Not too tacky with RGB on the actual board – versatile and could fit into many different builds (stealth or RGB). Very tough – no worries even when screwing in the AM4/AM5 cooler. Northbridge fan inaudible. Compatibility: Worked well with my high profile Dominator RAM. Cooler clearance very good due to the central location of the CPU mounting location. Ports located ideally and allowed for easy cable routing in my Meshroom case. M.2. SSD in front location very well cooled with the motherboard’s built in cooler. BIOS: Very intuitive and lots of support with ASUS (had the Z170i PRO GAMING which was very well supported for a long time). BIOS flashback utility very good if you want to flash with just a USB stick. Overclocking: Haven’t attempted yet but very easy to do with the built in BIOS features or via the AI suite. Good selection of VRMs for overclocking too.