Question 1

Is this compatible with 7th gen processors?

Accepted Answer

No, any of the Z370 motherboards use a different chipset that are incompatible with the 7th gen. You will need the 8th gen processor like the i7-8700 or i7-8700k (the latter is quite hard to find right now at a decent price).

Question 2

does the mother board come with an OS?

Accepted Answer

No it does not.  you need to add an OS.  Windows Drivers are included on a DVD in the box

Question 3

can this work w 7700K?

Accepted Answer

No, the Z370 series motherboards chipset is different. The board currently only works with 8th  gen intel CPUs.

Question 4

I know it says it has windows 10 support, but will this board work ok with windows 7?

Accepted Answer

The short answer is yes. The Asus provided drivers for Windows 7 64 Bit (as of this posting) can be found on their website.

The longer answer is, though Asus is providing drivers for Windows 7 on their product, other product manufactures of equipment you want in your build may not. Windows 7 is dead January 2020 (dead meaning no more Microsoft support, security patches, anything). Many computer manufactures such as Dell and HP are no longer offering Windows 7 drivers for Windows 10 computers in preparation for Win 7 end of life. You will find that slowly over the next year as additional manufactures stop making developments or products available for Windows 7. Note that though windows 7 has similar functionality, it does not have the same out of box capabilities with new technologies like SSD and NVMe hard drives. Yes you can definitely run Windows 7 on your build, but I personally would look to Windows 10 for better features, security, and product compatibility, and run Win 7 as a dual boot option or something similar.

Question 5

Can this motherboard support a i9 cpu ? Thinking about buying one but i dont wanna break my motherboard! Hope to hear from anyone.

Accepted Answer

Hey. It will support an i9-9900k, but not extreme i9 CPU's such as 7940x, or 7980XE. Here is the complete support list that might help. /us/Motherboards/ROG-STRIX-Z370-E-GAMING/HelpDesk_CPU/ Just put asus dot com before it.

Question 6

dose this board support wireless wifi?

Accepted Answer

It does! I don't use it though so can't comment on how good it is. I'm plugged in

Question 7

How many  fan headers does this motherboard have?

Accepted Answer

2 Chassis Fan Headers, 1 CPU Fan Header, 1 CPU OPT Fan Header, 1 AIO Header, 1 M.2 Fan Header, all of which could realistically be used for fan headers. Provided they are PWM fans they can be controlled in the BIOS.

Question 8

how is the wifi card on this mobo? is it reliable or should i get a separate card?

Accepted Answer

It comes with an external antena, it's pretty good for regular everyday use but for gaming you would prefer to have an Ethernet connection anyways.

Question 9

Is there any difficulty in using large graphics cards (1080 TI, etc.) with the large M.2 heat shield? Does it get in the way?

Accepted Answer

Nope, I'm currently using a Asus 1080Ti Strix OC and M.2 SSD with the heat shield. No interference whatsoever. Just know that if you use that M.2 slot at 2X, sata 5 port is disabled and at 4X the SATA 5 and 6 ports are disabled.

Question 10

Could you run 2 M.2 drives in RAID?

Accepted Answer

Yes, I am currently running 2 M.2 PCIe SSDs in RAID.  Use EZ RAID to configure.

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