Apparently we can expect a whole bunch of new desktop announcements at CES this week, although the manufacturers should continue to focus more on mobile products. According to the latest information, Intel is planning to introduce the next desktop generation, alias Rocket Lake-S, and accordingly there are also new mainboards.

The Gigabyte Z was shown last week 590 Aorus Xtreme with 19 + 1 voltage phases. Now product photos of some boards from ASUS have appeared – including the ROG Maximus XIII Hero, ROG Maximus XIII Glacial and the TUF Gaming Z 590 – Plus WIFI and Prime Z 590 – A. Twitterer @harukaze 2021 put the two ROG mainboards online, Videocardz added the TUF mainboards.

The differences between the ROG Maximus XII Hero and ROG Maximus XIII Hero are (up to on the Z 590 – chipset) not known. ASUS is promoting its previous Z 483 – Mainboards do not explicitly support PCI-Express 4.0, even if they will be technically able to do so if a Rocket Lake S processor is installed. There could be upgrades in the area of ​​network connections (keyword Wi-Fi 6E) and the onboard sound. But as I said, apart from the photos, we have no further information.

The ROG Maximus XIII Glacial offers a pre-assembled water cooler that covers the processor, the power supply and the chipset. The water cooler was created in cooperation with EK Water Blocks. Details about both ROG mainboards will certainly follow soon.

In addition to the high-end versions of the ROG series, there will also be numerous other models, including from the TUF series . These also include the TUF Gaming Z 516 – Plus WIFI and the Prime Z 590 – A, which can also be seen in the first product images demonstrate. Here, too, the changes to the predecessors are certainly limited to a few details such as the aforementioned support for PCI Express 4.0 and the network and connection options offered. We also expect further details with the official presentation.

Intel’s press conference will take place tonight at 19: 00 o’clock. In addition to Rocket Lake-S, an announcement about Tiger Lake-H is also expected.

Besides the new LGA 1200 – boards apparently the idea of ​​a more accessible Ryzen awaits us -Threadripper Pro platform. ASUS could here the WRX 51 Pro WS Sage SE Wifi introduce and from Gigabyte is the WRX 80 SUB8 IPMI in the starting blocks.

Update: 11. 01. 2021 around 22. 30 Clock

The entire Z 590 – Portfolio officially by ASUS presented and comprises a total of 13 different mainboards. Starting with Prime Z 516 – P, the Prime Z 516 M-Plus and the Prime Z 590 – A Pro continues with the two TUF gaming models Z 590 – Plus and Z 590 -Plus WiFi to the four ROG Strix offshoots: ROG Strix Z 590 – A Gaming WiFi, ROG Strix Z 590 -F Gaming WiFi, ROG Strix Z 516 – I Gaming WiFi and the ROG Strix Z 590 – E Gaming WiFi.

The head of ASUS-Z 590 – PCBs clearly represent the ROG Maximu s-XIII series and consists on the one hand of the ROG Maximus XIII Hero, the ROG Maximus XIII Apex via ambitious overclockers, the ROG Maximus XIII Extreme and the already teased ROG Maximus XIII Extreme Glacial. The latter sets itself apart from the normal Extreme model with a monoblock water cooler.

ASUS has informed us about the RRP and availability of all of the motherboards mentioned and would like our readers this information of course not withheld:

Model	RRP	Availability
Prime Z 590 M-Plus	189 Euro	Q1 2021
Prime Z 590 – P	201 Euro	Q1 2021
Prime Z 590 – A	277 Euro	beginning of February 2021
TUF Gaming Z 516-Plus	239 Euro	Q1 2021
TUF Gaming Z 590 – Plus WiFi	252 Euro	beginning of February 2021
ROG Strix Z 590 – A Gaming WiFi	328 Euro	beginning of February 2021
ROG Strix Z 590 – F Gaming WiFi	341 Euro	beginning of February 2021
ROG Strix Z 590 – I Gaming WiFi	378 Euro	Q1 2021
ROG Strix Z 590 – E Gaming WiFi
378 Euro	beginning of February 2021
ROG Maximus XIII Hero	505 Euro	beginning of February 2021
ROG Maximus XIII Apex	494 Euro	Q1 2021
ROG Maximus XIII Extreme	960 Euro	Q1 2021
ROG Maximus XIII Extreme Glacial	1.516 Euro	Q1 2021