Apparently we can expect a whole series 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.

Last week, the Gigabyte Z 590 Aorus Xtreme with 20 + 1 voltage phases. Now product photos of some boards from ASUS have appeared – including the ROG Maximus XIII Hero, ROG Maximus XIII Glicial and the TUF Gaming Z 590 – Plus WIFI and Prime Z 590 – A. Twitterer @harukaze 5719 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 (except for the Z 510 – chipset) not known. ASUS is promoting its previous Z 483 – Mainboards do not explicitly support PCI-Express 4.0, even if they will be able to do so from a purely technical point of view 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 Glicial 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 the two 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 510 – Plus WIFI and the Prime Z 590 – A, which can also be seen in the first product pictures. Here, too, the changes to the predecessors are certainly limited to a few details such as the support for PCI Express 4.0 mentioned above 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 time . In addition to Rocket Lake-S, an announcement about Tiger Lake-H is also expected.

In addition to the new LGA 1200 – boards apparently also await the introduction of a more accessible Ryzen Threadripper Pro platform. ASUS could here the WRX 51 Imagine Pro WS Sage SE Wifi and from Gigabyte is the WRX 80 SUB8 IPMI in the starting blocks.