Question 1

will the Ryzen 5 3600X work with it?

Accepted Answer

Yes. All 3000 Ryzen series will be compatible. As a note though, I wouldn’t bother with the 3600x for most people. All the reviews I’ve seen basically consider it to be such a negligible step up from the 3600 that it’s just not worth it. If you’re gonna spend money for the 3600x, I’d recommend jumping to the 3700x for the extra cores/threads. Depends on what you’re needs are. If you’re just going to do gaming, for example, I think you’re better off saving the 50 bucks with a 3600, and spend that 50 on your video card. On an even further note, consider the price/features of this motherboard to what processor you’re getting. It might be overkill. All of the X570 boards are fully featured, and therefore quite expensive. Unless you’re planning to use PCIe for storage devices (not useful for graphics yet), or planning to get higher-core CPUs, you could do the X470 boards, and save even more money. B450 would also be a strong recommendation. And your 3600/3600x would work perfectly fine, assuming you are ok with doing the necessary BIOS update. Again, it all comes back to your needs.

Question 2

Are old nvme drives like samsung 970 pro any faster on this motherboard, since pcie 4.0 has a higher bandwidth?

Accepted Answer

Unfortunately no. Although pcie 4 is backwards compatible with the pcie 3 connection on a drive like the Samsung 970 pro, the internal controllers and the memory itself is designed to run only at a certain speed. You would need to buy a pcie 4.0 rated nvme drive to get the higher speed. I run a WD sn750 pcie 3 drive that runs really well at its rates speeds.

As a secondary note, pcie 4.0 on this mainboard is ONLY available if you use a 3rd generation Ryzen processor. 2nd gen Ryzen processors only run pcie 3.0 across all the ports. And the manual that I received with the mainboard has conflicting information on this point as well.

Question 3

Will using m.2 disable any sata ports? my current mb disables 2 sata ports if you use m.2 and wondering if this does the same.

Accepted Answer

The X570-e chipset uses Pcie4 instead of 3, giving this board access to more 'lanes' and avoiding the issue of Ports being disabled. Although, there are workarounds for older chipsets, like the B450 for example, adding more lanes prevents any from being disabled when too many are active.

Question 4

Does this mobo have a chipset fan?

Accepted Answer

It is suppose to have one but i found after I removed the shroud that covered it that the fan blade was missing. It was too late to return board to seller and  ASUS does not replace boards with such a defect. Their so called warranty means they will evaluate the board for repair at your expense plus charge you for repair if possible which seems unlikely or at least very costly since the chipset cooling seems embedded into the board.  I did not dare try run the board without working chip set fan so the purchase was a very expensive mistake. I would only buy the one with  passive cooling to avoid this risk. I bought such a replacement board from another company that I hope has better warranty and customer service.

Brand	ASUS
Product Dimensions	30.48 x 24.38 x 5.59 cm; 576.06 g
Item model number	ROG STRIX X570-E GAMING WIFI II
Manufacturer	Asus
Series	ROG STRIX X570-E GAMING WIFI II
Form Factor	atx
Processor Socket	Socket AM4
Memory Technology	DDR4
Maximum Memory Supported	128 GB
Memory Clock Speed	4600 MHz
Graphics Card Interface	PCI Express
Connectivity Type	Wi-Fi
Wireless Type	802.11a/b/g/n/ac, 802.11ax
Number of USB 2.0 Ports	4
Number of HDMI Ports	1
Number of Ethernet Ports	2
Voltage	12 Volts
Are Batteries Included	No
Item Weight	576 g
Guaranteed software updates until	unknown

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ASUS ROG Strix X570-E Gaming WiFi II AMD AM4 X570S ATX Gaming Motherboard (PCIe 4.0, Passive PCH Heatsink, 12+4 Power Stages, WiFi 6E, 2.5 Gb LAN,USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type C and Aura Sync RGB

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