ASUS is one of the most well known and influential motherboard manufacturers on the planet. ASUS is best known in DIY and PC enthusiast circles for motherboard manufacturing but the company has an ever diversifying product portfolio. ASUS also makes motherboards, monitors, routers, laptops, desktops, workstations, and even cell phones. ASUS also diversified its product lines even further by creating its Republic of Gamers brand. This brand targets gamers and computing enthusiasts.

ASUS recently added a STRIX moniker to its ROG motherboard lineup to create an "ROG STRIX" line. This falls under the flagship ROG "vanilla" motherboards and comprises the midrange to low end of the ROG motherboard family. Not that any ROG motherboard falls into a "low end" category. We expect to see more segmentation between ROG and ROG STRIX in the future as it pertains to feature set.