The ASUS ROG Senneth Extreme motherboard is an X399 board that offers a unique combination of features and add-ons, making it one of the most expensive options on the market at the time of recording. One of the notable features of this board is its 16x PCIe slots, which are spaced closer to the CPU socket than other X399 motherboards. This proximity can potentially cause issues with some CPU coolers, as was experienced by the reviewer who installed the Noctua Au 14s cooler and found it blocked out the first slot.
The inclusion of a 10-gigabit network card is another notable feature of this board. The card connects using a PCIe 3.0 4x interface and can be placed in one of the otherwise unusable top 16x slots, which was covered in a heatsink to help cool it down. The reviewer noted that the card itself costs around $140 USD, adding significant cost to the overall price of the board. However, as the reviewer plans to upgrade their network to 10 gigabit in the near future, they will definitely be making use of this feature.
The Wi-Fi capabilities on the board are also worth mentioning. Two antennas are included with the board: one for Jewel Band and another for Fado 2.11 AD (also known as HWAGOK). The first antenna handles 802.11a/b/g/n and AC standards over 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz frequencies, while the second antenna operates on the 60 GHz frequency with speeds up to 4.6 gigabytes per second. Unfortunately, the reviewer was unable to test this for themselves as they don't have any devices that can take advantage of the AD standard.
Both antennas have stands to hold themselves up and also support Bluetooth 4.1. The board features RGB lighting, which is customizable through software provided by ASUS or ASRock. This feature adds a touch of personalization to the motherboard, allowing users to synchronize other components with their lighting effects. In this case, the reviewer is using the G.Skill memory, but it's clear that many users will take advantage of this feature.
The OLED panel on the back of the board provides useful system information, including the current CPU temperature by default. However, users can customize this display to show different information, such as CPU frequency or fan speed, water cooling details, or even a custom GIF. This level of customization is a testament to the motherboard's flexibility and attention to detail.
Despite its many features, the reviewer had some issues with installing the board in their thermal take U71 case. The case supports the E-ATX form factor, but the motherboard covers the cable routing grommets and comes into contact with the rubber grommets, which required removing them for a proper fit. Additionally, there were difficulties installing the CPU cooler overhanging the first PCIe slot or difficulty getting it to sit flush against the case.
However, once these issues were resolved, the reviewer experienced no further problems with the motherboard. The BIOS update process was also surprisingly simple, using a USB stick to update the latest version of the BIOS. This experience left the reviewer impressed by ASUS's attention to detail and commitment to user support.
In conclusion, the ASUS ROG Senneth Extreme X399 motherboard offers a unique combination of features and add-ons that make it stand out from other options on the market. While it may be one of the most expensive boards available, its customizability, flexibility, and attention to detail make it worth considering for users looking to build a high-performance system.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys Jarrod here and today we're going to check out the a sous rog zennith Xtreme x3 99 motherboard this is a thread ripper board which I'm using in my new PC I'll cover what's on offer as well as the problems I've had with it so far that you should be aware of before buying inside the box there's quite a lot of components starting with the motherboard itself under that there's a box full of extra items including a brace for the graphics card a 10 gigabit network card the dim expansion card SLI bridges 4 to 3 and four-way SLI configurations a faired hub to antennas for the Wi-Fi and a USB stick containing the drivers as well as heaps of additional cables for just about everything this is an e ATX board it's thirty point five centimeters by twenty seven point seven centimeters and I've installed it into my Thermaltake for you 71 case let's start by taking a closer look at the rear i/o the i/o shield is attached to the board so no need to install that first from left to right we've got the BIOS flashback in clear CMOS buttons next there are three connectors for the included Wi-Fi antenna after that there are eight USB 3.1 gen2 on type a ports which are colored blue and a built-in Gigabit Ethernet port there's two USB 3.1 gen2 ports one is type-a and colored red while the other is a type C port as well as an optical s/pdif out and your usual audio outputs which light up with LEDs now let's check out the rest of the board along the top from the left to right there's a waterblock connector RGB header and in the top right corner there's a CPU fan and CPU octet ah working down from here along the right-hand side of the board there's two eight pin power connectors physical power on and reset buttons which were nice to have while troubleshooting a 24 pin power connector and a USB 3.1 gen2 header with another fan header behind that the rest of the IR on the right faces out to the side we've got a USB 3.1 gen2 I'm had on 6 SATA 3 connectors and one u dot 2 output along the bottom from right to left there's the usual front panel connectors various pump connectors for water cooling Ellen 2 jumpers for liquid nitrogen support buttons for safe boot more fan headers another USB 3.1 gen2 on connector USB 2.0 connector addressable RGB and or RGB headers TPM connector easy power plug if you're running heaps of GPUs front-panel audio connectors so there's quite a lot going on of course in the center of the board we've got the tr4 socket which I'm using for my 16 core AMD 1950 X CPU I had a lot of trouble getting the CPU installed as you may have heard the Foxconn sockets don't seem to be as good as the loads ones you're meant to tighten the screws in a specified order however I had to half-turn screws two and three first then put my full body weight behind number one to get it to thread and I'm not alone with this issue I eventually got it in but I was pretty worried I was going to damage the board just installing it hopefully this will be fixed in future revisions the socket is surrounded by the eight memory slots which run in quad channel that support up to 128 gigabytes of ddr4 memory at two thousand six hundred and sixty-six megahertz with the possibility of overclocking to three thousand six hundred megahertz I had difficulty getting above 3000 megahertz using my g.skill tradency kit but that wasn't on the supported parts list so if you plan on overclocking make sure you pick supported memory from the qvl as AMD's platforms seem to be fairly picky with memory you also have the option of using ECC memory here a nice touch if you're running a thread Ripper workstation or server so what's the right of the memory slots is the expansion dim to slow this is an interesting feature basically you connect the included add in pod into what is essentially another ddr4 interface slot in order to run up to two m dot two drives these can be 30 40 to 60 80 or 110 millimeters in length I haven't been using this yet as there's also a single end dot two PCIe slot onto the metal plate with our G logo this panel also acts as a heat sink for the X 399 chipset and it's got a thermal pad underneath which comes into contact with the m dot to drive this support here for m dot two drives 40 to 60 and 80 millimeters in length the RGB lighting also shines through the ROG logo cut out as for available PCIe slots from the top down there's PCI 3 16 8 4 16 1 & 8 slots this supports up to either four-way SLI or crossfire the top 16x slot is closer to the CPU socket than other X 399 motherboards so check your CPU cooler won't overhang the slot like mine does I've got the naktu au 14s cooler and it blocks out the first slot preventing me from using it that's not an issue for me as I'm only running one graphics card in the second 16x slot but if I want to use both in the future I'll need to look at changing the CPU call that is something more speaking of PCIe slots the included 10 gigabit network card will let you boost your network speed as long as your network supports such speeds it connects using a pcie 3.0 4x interface and I ended up putting mine into the otherwise unusable top 16x slot it's covered in a heatsink to help call it and has some LEDs on top which advise the speed of the network connection if you have no use for this card I'd probably recommend looking at a different X 399 motherboard as this card itself costs around 140 US dollars so it would be adding significant cost to the overall price of the board I'll be upgrading my network to 10 gigabit in the near future so I'll definitely be making use of this while we're talking about network connectivity let's dive into the Wi-Fi there are two antennas included with the board the first is jewel band and connects to two of the connectors on the back of the motherboard this one handles 802 11 a/b/g/n and ac standards over 2.4 gigahertz or 5 gigahertz frequencies the second antenna plugs into the third connector and is fado 2.11 ad also known as hwagok which operates on the 60 gigahertz frequency with speeds up to 4.6 gigabytes per second unfortunately I wasn't able to test this for myself as I don't have any devices to take advantage of the ad standard yet both antennas have stands to hold themselves up and there's also support for Bluetooth 4.1 as you may have noticed the board has RGB lighting but I think it looks nice and isn't overdone it features a Seuss's or a sync so you can use their software to customize the lighting effects and also synchronize other components which is what I'm doing here with my g.skill memory the lighting is present around the bright edge of the board on the middle plate with the ROG Lugar and on the shroud covering the i/o the Irish route also covers a tiny fan which you'll hear spinning up on system boot just under that there's a small OLED panel which gives useful system information I found this really helpful during Burtt when I had problems as I would print out the error code while running it will show the current CPU temperature by default but you can change it to show CPU frequency fan speed water cooling information or even a custom gif on the back of the board there's a nice backplate not that you'll see it once installed I had difficulty installing this into my thermal take the U 71 case although the case does support the e ATX form factor the motherboard covers the cable routing grommets and the backplate comes into contact with the rubber grommets so I had to remove the rubber from the case so that the board sit flush against the case once getting up and running the board has worked great I did have some issues when building the system as already mentioned including the CPU cooler overhanging of the first PCIe slot difficulty installing the CPU in the Foxconn socket and backplate coming into direct contact with some of the case these type of issues are only minor and once you work around them you'll probably be fine for as long as you continue using the system I haven't had any further issues since building the system a few months ago while building I also had a few different issues with the memory being recognized initially long story short I updated to the latest bios by simply copying the files to a USB stick inserting it into the BIOS USB port and pressing the BIOS button and that fixed everything for me so make sure you're running the most up-to-date version of the BIOS the BIOS update process was extremely simple to do this way I was quite impressed so what did you guys think of the asou sinneth extreme motherboard it's the most expensive x 399 board at the time of recording and there are definitely cheap options out there however in my personal opinion this one looks the nicest and has really useful features and add-ons such as the inclusion of the ten gigabit network card which I'll be using be sure to let me know your thoughts down in the comments as well as what motherboards you're looking to buy and why if you found the information in the video useful leave a like and don't forget to subscribe the future tech videos like this onehey guys Jarrod here and today we're going to check out the a sous rog zennith Xtreme x3 99 motherboard this is a thread ripper board which I'm using in my new PC I'll cover what's on offer as well as the problems I've had with it so far that you should be aware of before buying inside the box there's quite a lot of components starting with the motherboard itself under that there's a box full of extra items including a brace for the graphics card a 10 gigabit network card the dim expansion card SLI bridges 4 to 3 and four-way SLI configurations a faired hub to antennas for the Wi-Fi and a USB stick containing the drivers as well as heaps of additional cables for just about everything this is an e ATX board it's thirty point five centimeters by twenty seven point seven centimeters and I've installed it into my Thermaltake for you 71 case let's start by taking a closer look at the rear i/o the i/o shield is attached to the board so no need to install that first from left to right we've got the BIOS flashback in clear CMOS buttons next there are three connectors for the included Wi-Fi antenna after that there are eight USB 3.1 gen2 on type a ports which are colored blue and a built-in Gigabit Ethernet port there's two USB 3.1 gen2 ports one is type-a and colored red while the other is a type C port as well as an optical s/pdif out and your usual audio outputs which light up with LEDs now let's check out the rest of the board along the top from the left to right there's a waterblock connector RGB header and in the top right corner there's a CPU fan and CPU octet ah working down from here along the right-hand side of the board there's two eight pin power connectors physical power on and reset buttons which were nice to have while troubleshooting a 24 pin power connector and a USB 3.1 gen2 header with another fan header behind that the rest of the IR on the right faces out to the side we've got a USB 3.1 gen2 I'm had on 6 SATA 3 connectors and one u dot 2 output along the bottom from right to left there's the usual front panel connectors various pump connectors for water cooling Ellen 2 jumpers for liquid nitrogen support buttons for safe boot more fan headers another USB 3.1 gen2 on connector USB 2.0 connector addressable RGB and or RGB headers TPM connector easy power plug if you're running heaps of GPUs front-panel audio connectors so there's quite a lot going on of course in the center of the board we've got the tr4 socket which I'm using for my 16 core AMD 1950 X CPU I had a lot of trouble getting the CPU installed as you may have heard the Foxconn sockets don't seem to be as good as the loads ones you're meant to tighten the screws in a specified order however I had to half-turn screws two and three first then put my full body weight behind number one to get it to thread and I'm not alone with this issue I eventually got it in but I was pretty worried I was going to damage the board just installing it hopefully this will be fixed in future revisions the socket is surrounded by the eight memory slots which run in quad channel that support up to 128 gigabytes of ddr4 memory at two thousand six hundred and sixty-six megahertz with the possibility of overclocking to three thousand six hundred megahertz I had difficulty getting above 3000 megahertz using my g.skill tradency kit but that wasn't on the supported parts list so if you plan on overclocking make sure you pick supported memory from the qvl as AMD's platforms seem to be fairly picky with memory you also have the option of using ECC memory here a nice touch if you're running a thread Ripper workstation or server so what's the right of the memory slots is the expansion dim to slow this is an interesting feature basically you connect the included add in pod into what is essentially another ddr4 interface slot in order to run up to two m dot two drives these can be 30 40 to 60 80 or 110 millimeters in length I haven't been using this yet as there's also a single end dot two PCIe slot onto the metal plate with our G logo this panel also acts as a heat sink for the X 399 chipset and it's got a thermal pad underneath which comes into contact with the m dot to drive this support here for m dot two drives 40 to 60 and 80 millimeters in length the RGB lighting also shines through the ROG logo cut out as for available PCIe slots from the top down there's PCI 3 16 8 4 16 1 & 8 slots this supports up to either four-way SLI or crossfire the top 16x slot is closer to the CPU socket than other X 399 motherboards so check your CPU cooler won't overhang the slot like mine does I've got the naktu au 14s cooler and it blocks out the first slot preventing me from using it that's not an issue for me as I'm only running one graphics card in the second 16x slot but if I want to use both in the future I'll need to look at changing the CPU call that is something more speaking of PCIe slots the included 10 gigabit network card will let you boost your network speed as long as your network supports such speeds it connects using a pcie 3.0 4x interface and I ended up putting mine into the otherwise unusable top 16x slot it's covered in a heatsink to help call it and has some LEDs on top which advise the speed of the network connection if you have no use for this card I'd probably recommend looking at a different X 399 motherboard as this card itself costs around 140 US dollars so it would be adding significant cost to the overall price of the board I'll be upgrading my network to 10 gigabit in the near future so I'll definitely be making use of this while we're talking about network connectivity let's dive into the Wi-Fi there are two antennas included with the board the first is jewel band and connects to two of the connectors on the back of the motherboard this one handles 802 11 a/b/g/n and ac standards over 2.4 gigahertz or 5 gigahertz frequencies the second antenna plugs into the third connector and is fado 2.11 ad also known as hwagok which operates on the 60 gigahertz frequency with speeds up to 4.6 gigabytes per second unfortunately I wasn't able to test this for myself as I don't have any devices to take advantage of the ad standard yet both antennas have stands to hold themselves up and there's also support for Bluetooth 4.1 as you may have noticed the board has RGB lighting but I think it looks nice and isn't overdone it features a Seuss's or a sync so you can use their software to customize the lighting effects and also synchronize other components which is what I'm doing here with my g.skill memory the lighting is present around the bright edge of the board on the middle plate with the ROG Lugar and on the shroud covering the i/o the Irish route also covers a tiny fan which you'll hear spinning up on system boot just under that there's a small OLED panel which gives useful system information I found this really helpful during Burtt when I had problems as I would print out the error code while running it will show the current CPU temperature by default but you can change it to show CPU frequency fan speed water cooling information or even a custom gif on the back of the board there's a nice backplate not that you'll see it once installed I had difficulty installing this into my thermal take the U 71 case although the case does support the e ATX form factor the motherboard covers the cable routing grommets and the backplate comes into contact with the rubber grommets so I had to remove the rubber from the case so that the board sit flush against the case once getting up and running the board has worked great I did have some issues when building the system as already mentioned including the CPU cooler overhanging of the first PCIe slot difficulty installing the CPU in the Foxconn socket and backplate coming into direct contact with some of the case these type of issues are only minor and once you work around them you'll probably be fine for as long as you continue using the system I haven't had any further issues since building the system a few months ago while building I also had a few different issues with the memory being recognized initially long story short I updated to the latest bios by simply copying the files to a USB stick inserting it into the BIOS USB port and pressing the BIOS button and that fixed everything for me so make sure you're running the most up-to-date version of the BIOS the BIOS update process was extremely simple to do this way I was quite impressed so what did you guys think of the asou sinneth extreme motherboard it's the most expensive x 399 board at the time of recording and there are definitely cheap options out there however in my personal opinion this one looks the nicest and has really useful features and add-ons such as the inclusion of the ten gigabit network card which I'll be using be sure to let me know your thoughts down in the comments as well as what motherboards you're looking to buy and why if you found the information in the video useful leave a like and don't forget to subscribe the future tech videos like this one\n"
