Asrock x299 professional gaming xe review in Spanish (full analysis)

ASRock X299 Professional Gaming XE is one of the best motherboards that have been designed for Intel LGA 2066 socket. This with the aim of offering the best features and benefits to users, all without neglecting aesthetics, something that today is more important than ever. Include the latest fashions as an advanced configurable RGB lighting system so you can give your outfit a great look. Wanting to see our full review? Let's start!

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ASRock X299 Professional Gaming XE technical features

Unboxing and design

The ASRock X299 Professional Gaming XE comes in a cardboard box with a high-quality full-color print and based on the colors of the brand's gaming series, that is, black and red. On its cover we find an image of the motherboard along with its most remarkable characteristics.

While in the back area details all the benefits of the motherboard in English. If we need to know what each technology means, do we recommend that you visit the ASRock website or continue reading our analysis of the motherboard?

We open the box and we find the motherboard perfectly packed in an anti-static bag as usual, this time there is also a second section where all the accessories are hidden.

Quick Installation Guide Support CD I / O Protection 4 x SATA Data Cables 1 x ASRock SLI-HB3 Bridge x M.22 Socket Screws x 2.4 / 5 GHz WiFi Antennas

The ASRock X299 Professional Gaming XE motherboard looks spectacular with its black PCB that will be adorned by the lighting system as we will see later. This is an ATX motherboard with dimensions of 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm that includes an LGA 2066 socket to support Skylake-X and Kaby Lake-X processors along with the X299 chipset. This is the most powerful (and expensive) platform from Intel so it is aimed at users who seek the best of the best.

Front and rear view of the motherboard.

The ASRock X299 Professional Gaming XE has eight DDR4 DIMM slots, thanks to this we will be able to mount a maximum of 128 GB of DDR4-4000 MHz memory on the quad channel, nor is the support for Intel Optane and VROC missing, two features that can only be Boast users of the best Intel platform to date.

The processor will be powered by a powerful 13-phase power Dr. MOS VRM, this is built using the best quality components like Premium 65A Power Choke, Premium Memory Alloy Choke and Dual-Stack MOSFET. We are talking about one of the best power systems for processors, which will provide us with great power and excellent stability in the most demanding overclocking conditions, thanks to which we will be able to extract the full potential of Intel silicon.

A XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink heatsink has been installed on top of the VRM, it offers a large heat exchange surface to maximize its cooling capacity, in the following image we can see the elaborate design of this heatsink.

ASRock X299 Professional Gaming XE includes no less than four PCI-Express 3.0 x16 graphics card slots, all with a steel reinforcement frame to increase strength and ensure that the largest and most powerful graphics cards in the world can easily withstand weight. market. Thanks to all these slots we will be able to mount SLI and CrossFire 3-way systems, so the gaming performance will be second to none.

We get to the sound and we find the Realtek ALC1220 7.1 channel HD engine and the 120dB SNR DAC. This system includes top-quality Japanese capacitors and a separate section of the PCB to avoid interference.

ASRock has included a NE5532 amplifier with headphone support up to 6000 Ohm, thanks to this we will enjoy the best sound quality without disturbing anyone. Other notable features of this system are support for premium Blu-Ray audio and Creative Sound Blaster Cinema 3 technology.

ASRock has taken great care of storage with a total of three 32GB / s M.2 slots alongside eight SATA III 6Gb / s connectors. It supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel Rapid Storage Technology 15, Intel Smart Response Technology, NCQ, AHCI, and Hot Plug.

Regarding the network, we are facing one of the best boards on the market, since it includes not two but three interfaces, we highlight the presence of an AQUANTIA AQC107 interface (100/1000/2500/5000/10000 Mb / s) together with Intel I219V + 1 x Intel I211AT (10/100/1000 Mb / s), all of them designed so that we can navigate at full speed and play with greatly reduced latency.

ASRock does not forget about aesthetics with the inclusion of its advanced software- customizable ASRock RGB LED lighting system, this system offers 16.8 million colors and a multitude of light effects for unsurpassed aesthetics. Finally, we look at its rear panel that offers us the following ports:

2 Antenna Ports 1 PS / 21 Mouse / Keyboard Port Optical SPDIF Output Port 2 USB 2.0 Ports USB 3.1 Gen2 Type A1 Port USB 3.1 Gen2 Type C Port 4 USB 3.1 Gen Ports 13 RJ-45 LAN Ports with LED1 BIOS Flashback Button 1 Button Clear CMOS HD Audio Connectors: Rear Speaker / Center / Bass / Line In / Front Speaker / Microphone

Test bench and tests

TESTING BENCH
Processor:	Intel Core i9-7900X
Base plate:	ASRock X299 Professional Gaming XE
Memory:	32GB G.Skill Trident Z RGB
Heatsink	Raijintek Orcus
HDD	Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB.
Graphic card	Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti
Power supply	Corsair AX860i.

To check the stability of the Intel Core i9-7900X processor at stock values and the motherboard we have stressed with Prime 95 Custom and air cooling. The graphics we have used is an Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti, without further delay, let's see the results obtained in our tests with a 1920 x 1080p monitor.

BIOS

Final words and conclusion of ASRock X299 Professional Gaming XE

The ASRock X299 Professional Gaming XE is a high-end motherboard for the LGA 2066 socket with the X299 chipset. It has 8 slots for RAM memory compatible with up to 128 GB Non-EC and an excellent layout to connect a good multi-GPU system.

Of the few improvements that we see important to review in future models, is the incorporation of a good wireless network card. Since it includes a Wifi an 802.11 AC but 1 x 1, we would have liked a 2 x 2 or 4 x 4.

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Its store price ranges from 310 euros. Given all its characteristics, it seems to us a great option for a very high-end enthusiast or gaming team. What do you think about X299 professional gaming XE?

ADVANTAGE	DISADVANTAGES
+ FIRST QUALITY DESIGN	- IMPROVE WIFI BY A 2X2 OR 4X4 CUSTOMER
+ LAYOUT PCI EXPRESS
+ TRIPE LAN CONNECTION
+ IMPROVED SOUND
+ WIDE STORAGE CONNECTIONS