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The latest Intel Rocket Lake motherboard leaks show Asus has hit peak ROG

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With a host of silly names to boot.

Asus ROG ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING
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It's that time again. Whenever CES rolls around manufacturers to throw out masses of new motherboard designs to keep up with the newest Us, and digital Intel Rocket Lake Us. And boy, are they looking fancy.

After the Cyberpunk 2077 look, but isn't it just magnificent?

Cooled by a striking EK water block, this flagship 500-series motherboard will come with PCIe Gen4 for Rocket lake and probably a host of other fancy features hidden under those intricate greebles. There's honestly not a lot of info regarding the specs list at this point, but we can still revel in the glorious Gundam looking designs and ridiculous names.

Here are some of the expectedly over-the-top names for designs that have surfaced recently (via benchlife, videocardz, KOMACHI_ENSAKA):

Screen queens

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ASUS line-up
ROG Maximus XIII Extreme Glacial
ROG Maximus XIII Hero
ROG Strix Z590-E Gaming
TUF Z590-Plus WIFI
Prime Z590-A
Prime Z590-P
Prime Z590M-Plus

MSI line-up
MEG Z590 GODLIKE
MPG Z590 Gaming Carbon WiFi
MAG Z590 Tomahawk WiFi 

Gigabyte Aorus line-up
Aorus Z590 Xtreme
Aorus Z590 Master
Aorus Z590 Pro AX
Aorus Z590I Ultra

Gigabyte Vision line-up
Z590 Vision D
Z590 Vision G
Z590I Vision D

Biostar Valkyrie line-up
Biostar Z590 Valkyrie
Biostar Z590I Valkyrie

It's expected that the MSI MEG Z590 GODLIKE will extend to 20 (18+1+1) VRM power phases, that's two up from the Z490's 18. Other than that, and the AORUS Xtreme's 21+1 phase digital VRM, there's not much we can tell you. 

Keep an eye out for more rolling out over the course of CES this week, ahead of Intel Rocket Lake U availability, which is currently expected in March.

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Katie Wickens
Katie Wickens
Hardware Writer

Screw sports, Katie would rather watch Intel, AMD and Nvidia go at it. Having been obsessed with computers and graphics for three long decades, she took Game Art and Design up to Masters level at uni, and has been rambling about games, tech and science—rather sarcastically—for four years since. She can be found iring technological advancements, scrambling for scintillating Raspberry Pi projects, preaching cybersecurity awareness, sighing over semiconductors, and gawping at the latest GPU upgrades. Right now she's waiting patiently for her chance to her consciousness into the cloud.