ASUS ROG STRIX Z370-G GAMING
The motherboard has a 24-pin power connector and an 8-pin power connector, located at the same positions as previous motherboards. The motherboard offers four DIMM slots, resulting in a maximum memory of 128 GB. The main difference lies in the PCI-E slots, where this motherboard comes with two PCI-E 3.0 X16 slots and two PCI-E 3.0 X1 slots. At first sight, it looks like there is only one M.2 slot in the motherboard, however, there is a vertical M.2 slot next to the 24-pin power connector. Also, the motherboard provides six SATA III ports, like the most ATX motherboards.
The I/O of the motherboard is somewhat inferior to the Z390-based motherboards and here you get 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports, 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A ports, 2 x USB 2.0 ports, a LAN port, 6 x audio ports, a DP port, an HDMI port, and a PS/2 port. There are five fan headers on the motherboard including the AIO pump and the CPU fan, which is satisfactory.
The motherboard uses 8-phase power delivery, which does its job perfectly, allowing the user to overclock the 8th and 9th generation Intel Core i7 and Core i9 processors without breaking a sweat. You should induce some direct airflow on the VRM if you plan to overclock past 5GHz.
Conclusion:
ASUS ROG STRIX Z370-G GAMING is a powerful motherboard that might not provide the latest features that Z390 chipset provides but the power delivery and the thermal performance of this motherboard is similar to the high-end motherboards based on Z390 chipset.
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