Finished Looks

I want to give a special thanks to EVGA for providing an RTX 2080 FTW3 Ultra to replace my old GTX 980; it was a much-needed upgrade. In addition to the new hardware and the new bench, I have changed up the cooling, going with a larger loop. The Eisbaer performed well, but the ever-increasing heat density of mainstream CPUs was pushing it to the limit.


The black white and silver theme of the ASUS Prime X570-Pro lends itself well to a refined overall aesthetic. The colors are neutral enough to match many different component combinations, and matched particularly well with the dark gray and silver of my EVGA RTX 2080 FTW3 Ultra and the black and white brushed finish on my Team Group T-Force Xtreem memory.


The ASUS Prime X570-Pro has a nice compliment of lighting to add an extra splash of color to the mix. There are two zones: one on the rear I/O cover and one under the chipset shroud. There are also two AURA RGB headers and one addressable RGB Gen 2 header for lighting expansion. Overall, the RGB LED implementation looks good, but it isn't on the level with the best board designs I have seen.

Test System