Asus has shared a list of its upcoming motherboards that are powered by Intel’s not announced Z390 chipset. The company will offer several families of platforms featuring over a dozen of models that are aimed for different market segments with the support of different features.
The company has intentions of offering Intel Z390 based motherboards across five families of its products. Top of the line Z390 is aimed at enthusiasts and overclockers is named ROG Maximus XI series. For gamers, there are four offerings of ROG Strix Z390 mainboards in several form factors. Those who love lower budgets can count on the cheaper form factor of Z390. There is a dedicated version of Z390 named Dragon that will be available only in China.
| ASUS’ Upcoming Z390 Motherboards | |||||||
| Form-Factor | ROG Maximus | ROG Strix | TUF | Prime | Dragon | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATX | ROG Maximus XI Apex | ROG Strix Z390-E Gaming | TUF Z390-Plus Gaming | Prime Z390-A | Z390-Dragon | ||
| ROG Maximus XI Code | ROG Strix Z390-F Gaming | TUF Z390-Plus Gaming Wi-Fi | Prime Z390-P | – | |||
| ROG Maximus XI Extreme | ROG Strix Z390-H Gaming | TUF Z390-Pro Gaming | – | ||||
| ROG Maximus XI Formula | – | – | |||||
| ROG Maximus XI Hero | |||||||
| ROG Maximus XI Hero Wi-Fi | |||||||
| Micro-ATX | – | TUF Z390M-Pro Gaming | Prime Z390M-Plus | ||||
| TUF Z390M-Pro Gaming Wi-Fi | – | ||||||
| Mini-ITX | ROG Strix Z390-I Gaming | – | |||||
This list was published in the description to a new BIOS feature that is introduced on July 23. The BIOS feature we are talking about enables to create user profiles in BIOS and has better tailor PCs for particular users in different use cases. The capability is not only supported in upcoming Z390 boards but also on existing Intel’s 300 series platforms.
ASUS Z390 ROG MAXIMUS XI Lineup
- ROG MAXIMUS XI APEX
- ROG MAXIMUS XI CODE
- ROG MAXIMUS XI EXTREME
- ROG MAXIMUS XI FORMULA
- ROG MAXIMUS XI HERO
- ROG MAXIMUS XI HERO (WI-FI)
ASUS Z390 ROG Strix Lineup
- ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING
- ROG STRIX Z390-F GAMING
- ROG STRIX Z390-H GAMING
- ROG STRIX Z390-I GAMING
ASUS Z390 PRIME Lineup
- PRIME Z390-A
- PRIME Z390M-PLUS
- PRIME Z390-P
ASUS Z390 TUF Lineup
- TUF Z390M-PRO GAMING
- TUF Z390M-PRO GAMING (WI-FI)
- TUF Z390-PLUS GAMING
- TUF Z390-PLUS GAMING (WI-FI)
- TUF Z390-PRO GAMING
ASUS Z390 Dragon Lineup
- Z390-DRAGON
Considering the fact of Asus publishing motherboards list of Intel Z390 based platforms indicates that product family has been formed and shipping is going to start soon. Meanwhile, it is highly likely that Intel will launch its Z390 chipset along with its upcoming eight-core Coffee Lake processor*, so it is going to take a while.