Asus ROG Strix X299-E Gaming II Review: Adding Polish for 10th Gen Core

Now with 10th Gen support, does the latest rendition rise to the occasion?

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Tom's Hardware Verdict

This board is a clear step forward for Asus compared to their last-gen design. However, given the price tag, unless this board is being pushed to the limit, there are better equipped or cheaper boards available which leave this shy from an editor’s choice.

Reasons to buy

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    Robust design for overclocking

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    Consistent ROG aesthetic

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    Good performance across the board (lol)

Reasons to avoid

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    Not well suited for older processors

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    Overbuilt compared to the competition

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4 Comments Comment from the forums
  • chuck850
    Minor editorial comment, but some of the formats for article titles are inconsistent (sometimes you cap prepositions, sometimes you don't overall as a site). In this case though, Polish is a proper noun, and capitalizing immediately reads as from the country of Poland, not polish. I'd either lower case it, or choose other phrasing for clarity.
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  • Crashman
    chuck850 said:
    Minor editorial comment, but some of the formats for article titles are inconsistent (sometimes you cap prepositions, sometimes you don't overall as a site). In this case though, Polish is a proper noun, and capitalizing immediately reads as from the country of Poland, not polish. I'd either lower case it, or choose other phrasing for clarity.
    Standards and practices are to capitalize all works in titles, sorry for any inconsistencies.
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  • g-unit1111
    Is it worth investing in X299 at this point? Is it still going to be viable for the next couple of years or will Cascade Lake-E replace it? Or is it worth investing in TRX4?
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  • Crashman
    g-unit1111 said:
    Is it worth investing in X299 at this point? Is it still going to be viable for the next couple of years or will Cascade Lake-E replace it? Or is it worth investing in TRX4?
    I'd go sTRX4
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