Asrock x299e - Reviews 2024

ASRock X299E-ITX / ac technical characteristics

Unboxing and design

The ASRock X299E-ITX / ac comes to us in a cardboard box in which the color black predominates, the print is of very good quality and highlights the most important characteristics.

All its main specifications are detailed on the back.

The bundle includes the following elements:

ASRock X299E-ITX / ac Motherboard Quick Installation Guide Support CD I / O Protection 4 x SATA Data Cables 1 x ASRock WiFi 2.4 / 5 GHz Antenna 3 x Ultra M.2 Socket Screws

The ASRock X299E-ITX / ac stands out for being a Mini ITX motherboard for the LGA 2066 platform, this makes it possible to assemble a team with tremendous power and a super-compact size that could go through a video game console. The dimensions of this motherboard are only 17 cm x 17 cm. The best of the best has been used for its construction, good proof of this is its PCB with a total of 10 layers for maximum durability .

Rear views.

In order to support Skylake-X and Kaby Lake-X processors, an LGA 2066 socket and X29 chipset have been mounted, the processor takes power through a robust 7-phase VRM power supply in vertical format, it may seem little to what we are used to seeing, but elements of the best quality have been used. For example: 60A Premium Chokes, Dr.MOS, and Nichicon 12K Capacitors. On top of this VRM is an aluminum heatsink to help maintain good operating temperature.

For fans of liquid cooling, we must say that the expert Bitspower has developed a liquid cooling block specifically designed for this ASRock X299E-ITX / ac and capable of dissipating up to 300W of heat in the CPU and MOSFET areas.. Pretty useful, if the cooling isn't enough for the i9 with ten or more cores.

To save the most space , four DDR4 SO-DIMM slots have been placed, this is the format found in laptops and mini PCs, so it is designed to take up very little space. With four slots we have compatibility with a maximum of 64 GB of DDR4 4000 MHz memory in Quad Chanel, and of course with XMP 2.0 profiles.

For the dedicated graphics system it has a PCI Express 3.0 x16 slot, it is reinforced in steel and will allow us to install any graphics card on the market, to obtain excellent performance in the most demanding games. How good would a punctured Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti / GTX Titan look!

ASRock X299E-ITX / ac is a well-equipped motherboard for wireless connectivity, integrating a dual Intel Gigabit Lan interface (1 x Giga PHY Intel I219V + 1 x GigaLAN Intel I211AT), along with the Wi-Fi 802.11ac standard of Dual band 2.4 / 5GHz compatible with MU-MIMO, thanks to this it provides the best use experience, it also includes Bluetooth 4.2 so that we can use a large number of peripherals and devices without the hassle of cables.

ASRock has installed its best sound system on this motherboard, this is the Purity Sound 4 which is based on the Realtek ALC1220 7.1 channel HD codec. This system offers us premium sound on Blu-ray, independent section of the PCB to avoid interference, a DAC SNR 120dB, a NE5532 headphone amplifier and components of the best quality such as Japanese Nichicon 12K capacitors.

As for the storage we find 3 Ultra M.2 32 Gb / s ports and 6 SATA III 6 Gb / s ports, thanks to this there will be no problem when combining all the benefits of SSD storage with the most traditional mechanical disks. Once again the engineers have done a great job integrating so many elements in a very small space.

Without a doubt the ASRock X299E-ITX / ac is a very compact motherboard that has been designed with the most demanding users in mind, for now its price is not known.

Its rear panel includes the following connections:

2 x Antenna Ports 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port 1 USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A Port (10Gb / s) 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C Port (10Gb / s) 4 USB 3.1 Gen12 LAN RJ-45 Ports with LED1 x Clear CMOS Power Button / Button 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 X299E-ITX / ac
Memory:	32 and 64 GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 Dual and Quad Channel
Heatsink	Cryorig A40
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 2560 X 1440p monitor.

BIOS

ASRock has evolved a lot in its BIOS and now they are much more intuitive. Although many of you may be wondering: Being an ITX motherboard, is its BIOS trimmed? Not at all! It is on the same level as that of her older sisters (who will be launching her analyzes during these weeks).

It allows us to monitor any component, overclock as an ATX motherboard, manage a thousand parameters and update the BIOS online with a network cable. What more can we ask for? Honestly… We can take few hits!

Final words and conclusion about ASRock X299E-ITX / ac

The ASRock X299E-ITX / ac is one of the few ITX format solutions for the LGA 2066 socket. And what an option! It is a motherboard with highly durable components, efficient cooling for stock speeds or slight overclocking, an improved sound card, two M.2 Ultra connections and a super stable BIOS.

In our test bench we have used i9-7900X with 64 GB of Corsair Vengeance 2400 MHz So-DIMM RAM, Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti and an 80 PLUS GOLD certified power supply. The results are terrific and it has nothing to envy an ATX format motherboard.

ADVANTAGE	DISADVANTAGES
+ DESIGN	- THE COST OF SO-DIMM MEMORY IS HIGHER THAN THAT OF DESKTOP RAM.
+ QUALITY COMPONENTS AND 7 FEEDING PHASES	- HIGH PRICE
+ REPLETE OF SATA AND M.2 CONNECTIONS
+ IMPROVED SOUND CARD.
+ GOOD SET OF WIFI CONNECTION AND 2 TWO GIGABIT LAN CONNECTIONS SIGNED BY INTEL.