ASUS Motherboard Segmentation Explained - "Prime" Series takes Backseat

cdawall · Oct 2, 2017

thebluebumblebee said:
The original Strix GPU's were, such as my GTX 980 Strix. Here's what w1zzard said:

The strix 1080ti is the quietest aircooled card on the market as well...

hyp36rmax · Oct 2, 2017

eidairaman1 said:
Well this sucks!

My The Ultimate Force Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 pushed this CPU to 5.0GHz, very rugged. Now the Tuf line is bottom barrel stuff, poposterous!

Lets add more confusion with Strix which the word looks stupid, is it pronounched Stricks or Strikes? Then sub categories for products.

I honestly felt TUF sounds better than Strix.

IIRC ROG has been around longer than Prime

This seems to be Z370 only. Intel X299, AMD AM4 probably do not apply here.

EarthDog · Oct 2, 2017

The TUF line was never really that. It was more PHYSICAL protection and gimmicks than it was more robust hardware...

eidairaman1 · Oct 2, 2017

EarthDog said:
The TUF line was never really that. It was more PHYSICAL protection and gimmicks than it was more robust hardware...

Not with my board difference compared to current tuf...

EarthDog · Oct 2, 2017

Intel.

Tuf 990fx was one of the few good amd boards out.

dj-electric · Oct 2, 2017

Z77 TUF was incredible, and had a top of the line power delivery system, similar to a maximus-extreme level.

StrayKAT · Oct 2, 2017

Who are the TUF boards targeted towards? If it's physical and not necessarily robust hardware, I assume these aren't server oriented.

Hood · Oct 2, 2017

eidairaman1 said:
Not with my board difference compared to current tuf...

EarthDog said:
Tuf 990fx was one of the few good amd boards out.

That's strange; nearly half of Newegg confirmed owners say this board is the worst in their experience, with BIOS problems, dropped SATA ports, CPU fan issues, no POST, lock-ups, etc. Many bought or RMAed several of them, only to experience repeated failures, and many vowed to never buy another Asus product after the nightmare customer service experience. You must of gotten one of the good ones, half of them weren't so lucky. I do extensive research before buying anything, and I made up my mind years back to avoid all TUF boards, even though I like the design concept. All TUF boards seem to have the same quality control issues, regardless of platform. The "military grade component" marketing ploy is a joke, like MSI's dodgy offerings (a brand I definitely won't buy again). Most of my boards are Asus, and they've held up well over the years. But I'd never risk buying a TUF board, unless it got much better reviews than the hundreds I've read. I'm glad you guys didn't get burned, but many others were very disappointed.

Toothless · Oct 3, 2017

Still the only brand I've ever had issues with. Change the names all they want I personally won't buy them.

System Name	All the cores
Processor	2990WX
Motherboard	Asrock X399M
Cooling	CPU-XSPC RayStorm Neo, 2x240mm+360mm, D5PWM+140mL, GPU-2x360mm, 2xbyski, D4+D5+100mL
Memory	4x16GB G.Skill 3600
Video Card(s)	(2) EVGA SC BLACK 1080Ti's
Storage	2x Samsung SM951 512GB, Samsung PM961 512GB
Display(s)	Dell UP2414Q 3840X2160@60hz
Case	Caselabs Mercury S5+pedestal
Audio Device(s)	Fischer HA-02->Fischer FA-002W High edition/FA-003/Jubilate/FA-011 depending on my mood
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime 1200w
Mouse	Thermaltake Theron, Steam controller
Keyboard	Keychron K8
Software	W10P

System Name	#projectEVO v4
Processor	AMD R9 3950X
Motherboard	ASUS X570 Crosshair Impact
Cooling	EK Supremacy EVO CPU, Alphacool Monsta 240, Alphacool UT60 360, Aquacomputer Aqauero 6X
Memory	GSkills Trident Z Neo 32GB DDR4 CL16 @3600MHz
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra
Storage	Samsung 970 500GB NVME M.2, Seagate 4TB 7200rpm HDD (x2)
Display(s)	Samsung G9 Odyssey 49" Ultrawide @240hz \| ASUS MG279Q 1440P @144hz \| HTC VIVE
Case	CaseLabs Mercury S5
Audio Device(s)	Marantz PM7000N \| Schitt Stack UBER \| Beyerdynamic DT1990 \| Sennheiser HD6XX \| HiFi Man HE4XX
Power Supply	EVGA 1600 Watt T2
Mouse	HyperX Haste, Logi GroX Superlight, Logi GPro Wireless, Razer Viper Ultimate
Keyboard	Drop ALT , HHKB Pro 2, RealForce Topre 104UB, Topre Realforce RGB
Software	Windows 10 PRO

System Name	PCGOD
Processor	AMD FX 8350@ 5.0GHz
Motherboard	Asus TUF 990FX Sabertooth R2 2901 Bios
Cooling	Scythe Ashura, 2×BitFenix 230mm Spectre Pro LED (Blue,Green), 2x BitFenix 140mm Spectre Pro LED
Memory	16 GB Gskill Ripjaws X 2133 (2400 OC, 10-10-12-20-20, 1T, 1.65V)
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon 290 Sapphire Vapor-X
Storage	Samsung 840 Pro 256GB, WD Velociraptor 1TB
Display(s)	NEC Multisync LCD 1700V (Display Port Adapter)
Case	AeroCool Xpredator Evil Blue Edition
Audio Device(s)	Creative Labs Sound Blaster ZxR
Power Supply	Seasonic 1250 XM2 Series (XP3)
Mouse	Roccat Kone XTD
Keyboard	Roccat Ryos MK Pro
Software	Windows 7 Pro 64

System Name	Grunt
Processor	Ryzen 5800x
Motherboard	Gigabyte x570 Gaming X
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12A
Memory	Corsair LPX 3600 4x8GB
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte 6800 XT (reference)
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro 2TB
Display(s)	Samsung CFG70, Samsung NU8000 TV
Case	Corsair C70
Power Supply	Corsair HX750
Software	Win 10 Pro

System Name	DEVIL'S ABYSS
Processor	i7-4790K@4.6 GHz
Motherboard	Asus Z97-Deluxe
Cooling	Corsair H110 (2 x 140mm)(3 x 140mm case fans)
Memory	16GB Adata XPG V2 2400MHz
Video Card(s)	EVGA 780 Ti Classified
Storage	Intel 750 Series 400GB (AIC), Plextor M6e 256GB (M.2), 13 TB storage
Display(s)	Crossover 27QW (27"@ 2560x1440)
Case	Corsair Obsidian 750D Airflow
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC1150
Power Supply	Cooler Master V1000
Mouse	Ttsports Talon Blu
Keyboard	Logitech G510
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64 version 1803
Benchmark Scores	Passmark CPU score = 13080

ASUS Motherboard Segmentation Explained - "Prime" Series takes Backseat

cdawall

where the hell are my stars

hyp36rmax

EarthDog

eidairaman1

The Exiled Airman

EarthDog

dj-electric

StrayKAT

Hood

Toothless

Tech, Games, and TPU!

System Name	Veral
Processor	5950x
Motherboard	Asus Crosshair VIII Hero Wi-Fi
Cooling	Corsair H150i RGB Elite
Memory	2x16GB G.Skill TridentZ
Video Card(s)	Powercolor 7900XTX Red Devil
Storage	Crucial P5 Plus 1TB, Samsung 980 1TB, Teamgroup MP34 4TB
Display(s)	Acer Nitro XZ342CK Pbmiiphx + 2x AOC 2425W
Case	Fractal Design Meshify Lite 2
Audio Device(s)	Blue Yeti + SteelSeries Arctis 5 / Samsung HW-T550
Power Supply	Corsair HX850
Mouse	Corsair Nightsword
Keyboard	Corsair K55
VR HMD	HP Reverb G2
Software	Windows 11 Professional
Benchmark Scores	PEBCAK