Packaging and Accessories

The box for the Strix X370-I Gaming isn’t really anything different than the Intel Strix boards. There is a photo of the board right on the front and I love when they do this because who cares about a weird design on the front when you want to know what the board looks like. Then behind that, the background is black with a neon-like ROG logo. They do have the AM4 socket info along the bottom along with the X370 chipset information that is also in the product name. Then around back there is another photo of the board, only this time from directly above and then again at an angle to show the rear I/O. This is put next to a specification listing. It stood out to me how the picture in the front shows darker colored heatsinks and the back photos look silver. Beyond that, they do highlight special features with additional pictures along the bottom, but this is an ITX board so the box is small and there is a limited amount of room available.

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Inside the box is another box because boxes. In it the board it up top inside of a cardboard tray. It has a partial cover as well keeping it from moving around. Then down below it, Asus packed the small ITX box with accessories. For documentation, you get a full user guide. Along with it, they include a set of ROG stickers. The sticker sheet now includes color-coded cable tags that used to come on a different sheet. Then you get a driver/software disc and because of their partnership with Cablemod, you get a discount code. I’ve left ours in the open so someone who needs cables or lighting can use it.

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For accessories, you get a lot more than most other ITX boards. For starters, you have the rear I/O panel. Asus blacked this one out except for the labels. It uses a foam backer design so no metal springs to get caught on things. Then for cables, you get two bags of SATA cables for a total of four and an extension cable for addressable LEDs using the built-in header. The last cable is a short front I/O cable that lets you hook all of your cables up out of your SFF case and then plug in just one connection. Asus also included M.2 screws and a bag of zip ties. You don’t normally see zip ties with a motherboard, but considering PSUs and cases don’t come with enough it is a cheap and welcome addition.

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Last but not least they also included the antenna for the built-in wireless AC. This design isn’t magnetic like past Asus antennas but the slim design does look good. The bottom stand can be removed but you will need it to keep the antenna vertical. In fact, the stand base needs to have more weight or more width to really keep this in place. I think I would prefer the older design with magnets or something I could hang from the wall.

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