The best companion for Ryzen Threadripper 3990X. Asus has quietly slipped in an upgrade for its premier 3rd Gen Ryzen Threadripper-supporting Zenith II Extreme (Z2E) motherboard by releasing the Alpha (Z2EA) model to coincide with the 64-core, 128-thread 3990X monster from AMD.

The Alpha is similar to the incumbent Extreme from a general features and layout point of view, so why the need to release a new board? Handling extreme amounts of wattage, that's why, as Asus has reworked the power-delivery system to handle 1,000W loads.