[Stefan Mileschin]

It's real easy to skimp out on a motherboard when building a new machine. After all, it has a minimal impact on your box's game performance, so why spend a bundle? Prices for X399 mobos are through the roof right now, but Asus is promising to bring the platform down into the range of, well, demigods. The new ROG Strix X399-E Gaming strips off some of the flash and pizazz of the top-end ROG Zenith Extreme model to offer a Threadripper motherboard focused on performance.

http://techreport.com/news/32469/rog...p-some-threads