ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO(WI-FI), 64GB, AMD X570, ATX
ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO(WI-FI), 64GB, AMD X570, ATX, AM4, DDR4, USB3.2
ACCURATE VOLTAGE MONITORING
Conventional motherboards use single-ended sensing tapped from a location that isn’t ideal, leading to a large disparity between the actual voltage fed to the CPU and the value reported to software. The Hero features a differential sensing circuit that simplifies overclocking and tuning by allowing you to track voltages more accurately
SupremeFX
Immerse yourself in sound with SupremeFX audio technology. Utilising the S1220 codec, SupremeFX is the integrated-audio solution that’s engineered to provide a flat frequency response for a neutral, detailed sound signature. And to ensure that pristine signature is perfectly preserved, the front-panel output is driven with dual op amps, delivering sonics with the scale and authority to create virtual worlds via your gaming headset.
UNTHROTTLED TRANSFER SPEED
Dual PCIe 4.0 M.2 Slot support up to 22110 and provide NVMe SSD RAID support for an incredible performance boost. Create a RAID configuration with up to two PCIe 4.0 storage devices to enjoy the fastest data-transfer speeds on the 3rd Generation AMD Ryzen platform.
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| CPU | AMD AM4 Socket for 3rd and 2nd Gen AMD Ryzen™/2nd and 1st Gen AMD Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics Processors | AMD AM4 Socket for 3rd and 2nd Gen AMD Ryzen™/2nd and 1st Gen AMD Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics Processors | AMD AM4 Socket for 3rd and 2nd Gen AMD Ryzen™/2nd and 1st Gen AMD Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics Processors |
| CPU power | 14+2 power stages | 14+2 power stages | 14+2 power stages |
| Memory | 4*DDR4 4800+, Max 128 GB | 4*DDR4 4800+, Max 128 GB | 4*DDR4 4800+, Max 128 GB |
| Graphics Output | – | – | – |
| Expansion slots | 2 x PCIe 4.0 x16 (x16, x8/x8); 1 x PCIe 4.0 x16 (@ x4); 1 x PCIe 4.0 x1 | 2 x PCIe 4.0 x16 (x16, x8/x8);1 x PCIe 4.0 x16 (@ x4);1 x PCIe 4.0 x1 | 2 x PCIe 4.0 x16 (x16, x8/x8) ; 1 x PCIe 4.0 x16 (@ x4) ;1 x PCIe 4.0 x1 |
| M.2 | 1x 22110 (SATA + PCIe 4.0 x4) ;1x 2280 (SATA + PCIe 4.0 x4) | 1x 22110 (SATA + PCIe 4.0 x4);1x 2280 (SATA + PCIe 4.0 x4) | 1x 22110 (SATA + PCIe 4.0 x4) ;1x 2280 (SATA + PCIe 4.0 x4) |
| USB | 9 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports(7A1C@B, 1C@F); 6x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports(2@F, 4@B) ; 4 x USB 2.0 ports(4@F) | 9 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports(7A1C@B, 1C@F); 8 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports(4@F, 4@B); 4 x USB 2.0 ports(4@F) | 9 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports(7A1C@B, 1C@F) ; 6 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports(2@F, 4@B) ;4 x USB 2.0 ports(4@F) |
| Gigabit Ethernet | Realtek 2.5G LAN ;Intel I211AT | Aquantia 5G LAN; Intel I211AT | Realtek 2.5G LAN ;Intel I211AT |
| Wireless | Intel Wireless-AX200 2 x 2 Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) with MU-MIMO supports dual frequency band 2.4/5GHz | Intel Wireless-AX200 2 x 2 Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) with MU-MIMO supports dual frequency band 2.4/5GHz | – |
| SATA 6Gb/s | 8 | 8 | – |
| Weight: | 1.2 kg |
| Dimensions: | 30.5 x 24.4 x 5.5 cm; 1.2 Kilograms |
| Brand: | ASUS |
| Model: | CROSSHAIR VIII HERO WI-FI |
| Batteries Included: | No |
| Manufacture: | ASUS |
| Dimensions: | 30.5 x 24.4 x 5.5 cm; 1.2 Kilograms |
Got this as replacement for a main board failure stayed with am4 to keep price down really good board
Needed a upgrade and went for this with the ryzen 7 5800x and together looks like world dominatio
Now I’ve not had much luck with techy things in the past that I’ve brought from Amazon.. but however I wanted my main pc back up and running.. so I saved up my pennies.. and I googled the best motherboard around atm within my price range.. and it came back at said this one..so I saved up and I bit the bullet.. and I ordered it
And I built it this morning and this evening I’m playing games.. but it was beginning to grind me down a lot.. because I brought parts from sellers and they told me it’s been tested.. and it worked, and obvs it didnt and this made me question my own abilities..
But however what’s done is done..
But I think somebody needs to put in the naughty corne
Features? it has BLuetooth and WiFi build in, and again, just work well. A maximum RAM capacity of 128GB, which I have taken advantage of. On the rear panel, there are 2x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports, and 4x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports, all backwards compatible, plus internal USB Header options for additioanl connectivity if required.
The board also come with both HDMI and DisplayPort connections.
Software is intuitive and easy to install and configure, including the Armoury Crate, which allows configuration of RGB functions. There are 2 M.2 Sockets, one with a heatsink, AURA RGB and Addressable Gen 2 header sockets, which give you the flexibility and control over system LEDs.
There is also a useful “Traffic light” QLED array, which gives visible identification of any issues that may occur during bootup.
As far as reliability goes, I can’t comment just yet as I have only had the board a couple of weeks, but so far, no issues. If previous experience is anyrthing to go by, the board will last until my next major upgrade, hopefully not for another 4-5 years.
here is a fan, i suppose it is to cool the chipset on the motherboard. it is in very strange position. infact most of it is coverd by the GPU now so if it does anything it sucks in hot air from it now.
I bought this to house my new ryzen 9 5900x and the bios menu is easy to use and understand, I did have a problem setting up but all it was I needed was to put a fresh windows 10 on it , so if you are making a complete new build I recommend a pre making a windows USB.
Out of the box I set up a temporary setup and plugged in a Ryzen 9 5900x cpu and a 32GB DDR4 G Skill 3200MHz ram . And SATA hard drive with windows 10 on .After first boot into Bios then a reboot it went into windows 10 OK .Then I removed my old motherboard from the computer and put the new one in .I disconnected all the SSD drives and just put one SSD drive in that had been cleaned and reformatted. I downloaded windows 11 and got an install key .Booted up and it found the USB stick with windows 11 on .Started the install and got to selecting windows 11 pro .Then the next screen said the PC didn’t meet the requirements for windows 11, Tried this 4 times with no luck . In the end I had to put my M.2 drive on the new board with my copy of windows 10 on. After a few hours of removing all the MSI drives from my old board I was able to put the install cd in and load all the drivers .Don’t like doing this but its working ok .At one stage I will try again to install windows 11 because after running the windows 11 advisory program it says the pc is ok for windows 11 .I will update when I have got windows 11 up and running .
I bought this motherboard as an upgrade to a 10 year old set up. For me you can feel the quality of the components. I haven’t used any of the overclocking function, and may not, but time will tell. Also I bought this motherboard for the io on the rear of the board.. as of the time of writing 14.12.21. Seem to work well using windows 11 ( yes I know ) no issues that I am aware of or know about.. As this is the first motherboard which you can update the bios via a flash drive, process was easy and was a success. It is a very expensive board, for me it has the ability to be upgraded as ( hopefully) parts become cheaper to upgrade. Slowing down its obsoleteness (not a word but hopefully people understand the context) . Not sure what else to write. If your buying this motherboard.. hope you enjoy i
Overall really happy with the board as it’s clearly a good one. Decent performances in games.
Although the board is really good two cons need to be highlighted:
– There’s no flash Bios button which means you won’t be able to upgrade the bios for supporting the newer Ryzen 9 generation without having a former generation Ryzen CPU.
– My package was missing the M2. screws package. I contacted Amazon but they refused to send me the missing parts as I contacted them when I needed the screws (several months after buying the board)
I’m as pleased with the board as I’m disappointed by Amazon lack of support in a partially delivered item. Their official response is that they lost tracibility of the item in the meanwhile.
If you’re considering this board no doubt you’ll read many better reviews. The Crosshair VIII Hero has few real weaknesses if you’re into overclocking: the UEFI bios offers loads of tweak options and there’s a TPU and BIOS tweak tool to handle it automatically if you prefer. VRM and motherboard stays cool even at hefty loads. There’s a Q-code display that’s absolutely invaluable diagnosing if the system won’t boot.
Chipset active cooling is unhelpfully where most people will put the GPU (an almost ubiquitous issue on X570 boards), a little chipset fan that despite being almost silent has a higher pitched whine as it runs at 3000 RPM pretty much always – I’m hoping that ages out. NMVe SSD can get a bit toasty (around 50 C if you don’t have a side fan or a really blowy case, no OC). And I wonder if five years later I’d ever get a replacement for the fan if it failed.
I don’t OC, I got this board because I wanted its 10 SATA slots. The board’s two M.2 NMVe slots can run at the same time as all 10 slots, it doesn’t require useless SATA ports or sharing bandwidth with SATA. The SATA ports all run off the same (very fast) controller in either AHCI or RAID mode. RAID doesn’t support hot plugging and can be tricky with some optical drives, so remember this if you set up a three drive RAID and you have more devices that don’t like RAID mode that you’d like to plug in.
As a gamer board, there’s almost no legacy. No IDE mode, USB runs as xHCI (even the two USB2 plugs on the board), etc. You’ve got one PCIe x1 slot to add anything (including more SATA) you need without making any of the 16x ports run slower.
I only had two problems. First were I/O lockups but updated chipset drivers fixed those. Second was USB connectivity related to AGESA which is a Ryzen issue: my USB keyboard kept freezing. This was fixed by a BIOS update, but I CANNOT roll AGESA flashes back: I tried and it would not post (“incompatible CPU”). This is all AMD related and you might find the same on any Ryzen/X570 board.
This is the best AM4 mobo you can buy without spending 300 (currently). I used one for a few months and got my 3950x up to 1900 Fclk with 3800 RAM, and 4400/4400/4300/4250 MHz “all core”.
The only thing that grinds my gears is there’s no USB-C header (why I deducted a star) . If you need USB-C, you’ll need a PCI-card adapter. A USB 3->USB-C adapter won’t work because there’s only one USB3 header on the board and that’s for the front-panel USB port.
Other than that and a labyrinthine BIOS (which is manageable after using it for a while), it’s well worth the price, IMO.
I’ve since moved on to the Aorus Master x570 and it’s not as huge an improvement as I had expected, so yeah, if this fits your budget, buy it now.
Great motherboard and performs excellent. The build quality is fantastic and I adore the thing I really do. But there are some things that I felt some what let down by.
For example no Bluetooth or WIFI and for me the lights cannot be controlled via I cue. Another thing that really bugged me was lack of USB ports and a PS2 mouse port which in todays day and age questionable as to why the manufacturers did such a thing. However it truly is a magnificent motherboard and I am pleased with purchase but it could of been so much better.
I built my system using the Asus x570 – E motherboard. It’s a really nice looking motherboard I love the IO backplate too nice and stylish. Installation was not too difficult it was my first time installing M.2 drives onto a motherboard. I have only ever used SATA 3 drives in the past. The board itself is solid and can take a lot at it. My only setup issue was more to do with the G.Skill Neo’s I chose to use with this motherboard. I ended up replacing those with a set of Kingston modules the Hyper X Predators. Overall it’s a great board but I find the bios shipped with this board a little fussy with RAM. Other than that it’s great!
Easy to install (Standard Full Size ATX), and super stable with my Ryzen 3900XT. Works fine with Linux (Tested on Manjaro Linux). BIOS menus are a little convoluted but if you stay away from overclocking you should be fine – it’s a pretty standard BIOS with fan control, boot order preference settings and various other feature toggles (such as virtualisation and simultaneous multi-threading). Only gripe is I think the on board RGB lights are pretty pointless. They are nice but probably bump the price up a little unnecessarily. I bought it when there was a sale on so I got it for ‘cheap’. The other issue I have is that my CPU is cooled by an AIO so it’s on its own cooling system, however the fans are only programmable to the CPU or some other sensor on the MB. Also, when the CPU hits 70C the fans go 100% (according to BIOS, I might have chessed it to not do that but don’t ask how because I’ve no clue). On board HDMI is a bit pointless too, I have no idea who is putting a Ryzen 3 in a X570 board.
This is my second pc build and it went fairly smoothly.
I didn’t experience any issues with the backplate behind the cpu as others have commented on. Be careful when installing the cpu fan as mine would obstruct the RAM slots in one orientation but fits fine when turned 180 degrees.
On boot the DRAM light stayed on and after replacing the Ram the problem went away (most likely one of the sticks wasn’t seated properly).
The Manual is easy to follow with all elements clearly marked and a section on BIOS configuration.
My version came with a Bios that was suitable for Ryzen 3 so if you’re worried about that the boards coming out now should be good to go.
Overall its a good value motherboard and I would recommend it.
Had to send initial mobo back as it would not POST. This is my first main pc build, and it did not go well at first. No video output from the motherboard at all after days of trying everything. (CMOS clearing, removal of hardware / process of elimination, rebuilding, attempting to boot straight from usb, etc)
Eventually I gave up and sent back, risked getting the same type as a replacement and it worked first time.
Thanks to CCL and Amazon for quick turnaround.
For a mid range board, with upgrade potential, this is so far doing the job perfectly.
Running a GTX 1650, 2X 16GB DDR4, 2X SSD’s and Ryzen 7 3600x. I have not seen any issues at all after 10 days solid use. Not really much bling, but I’m not that bothered about how it looks, in more concerned as to how it runs. (Scope to attach RGB, but I’m not bothering)
The delivery was quick, and the product is IMO smack full of quality and adaptability, a true quality built case for the money. Support most motherboards out there from the small up to ATX-E. I love the doors with magnets….strong magnets. Personally I like that I have to open the bottom metal door to open the glass door as it adds to the cleanliness to the very aesthetically pleasing design. Also a AAA for the ability to unhinge the glass doors….Hm, there are so many good things about THIS case that all I can say is that the designers really thought hard and cared a lot when they designed this case. I saw so many possibilities that I realized I did not see them all so I had to watch a Utube video…and found even more possibilities. Good quality, design and price. Awesome IMO. 🙂
ASUS ROG Strix X570-F Gaming ATX Motherboard, AMD
A great motherboard that will handle the upcoming new Ryzen CPU’s without needing a bios update unlike some of the other boards like the 450’s. It is a well laid out board with all the necessary connectors and in the most handy places. Included in the box are the necessary, SATA, RGB cables, a temperature sensor to be placed on to the motherboard connectors, screws, stickers, links, CD, manual…It has great features like Once installed in the case and the system unit mounted, as soon as the ON button is pressed, the RGB lights up and decorates this motherboard pretty nicely. There are also 2 RGB plugs and two addressable RGB plugs to use other RGB peripherals. The fan headers are well spaced and conveniently dotted about the board. The connection for ventilation is adequate enough, there are two CPU fan sockets, two for Watercooling or AIO, two chassis and one M2.
In addition t here are also two M2 ports that work in both SATA and PCIe. There are also 8 SATA ports. There are also 8 USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports including a Type C on the back with an HDMI and a display port if you install a CPU with a built-in graphics chip.
The card also offers 3 PCI Express 16x and two PCI Express 1x in version 4.0.
My only minor gripe is that the shroud next to the I/o ports is tad too big for fitting in certain cases (for eg ABKONCORE C610S ATX ) but can be managed with a bit of persuasion. Similarly the chassis fan header socket next to the AOI shroud is also difficult to utilise. Nevertheless I can fully recommend this ASUS ROFG X570 motherboard for its quality features and best bang for buck output.
Used with a Ryzen 2700x, 32GB 3200 ram. It’s a nice motherboard.
The only few things I would say they have to fix, is this board doesn’t automatically detect new m.2 drives, you have to manually find the settings and set the settings so the board finds the harddrive.
The next thing is it’s really touchy with RAM profiles. Setting the ram in the bios to run at 3200mhz causes such bad instability. The motherboard stops working, doesn’t load bios. And it causes heaps of problems. But this is an ongoing issue for a few people.
I haven’t need a bios firmware update. So it’s in tested.
It is a nice motherboard, it handles the pressure of my graphics card and the extra PSU power really well. I can’t say it’s a board for everyone.
I love the slimline look, and the side RGB.
The main things I love about this motherboard are:
– The reset BIOS button on the back IO
– The error code LED on the board
– Start power button on the motherboard
– It just looks good
The only problems are that the board is very expensive and you can definitely get cheaper boards that can run the new ryzen 5000 chips no problem. Also I have had this board for 6 months or so now and the fan has not caused any issues yet but it is still something that could be a point of failure very easily
Overall there are definitely boards that can run ryzen 5000 or other chips for cheaper but they miss out on some really handy features that make life so much easier for enthusiasts or people that upgrade fairly regularly.
Had a good old shop around for a top tier motherboard to partner my Ryzen 5900X, and the ROG family was always my first choice. Chose the MAXIMUS VIII Hero as covers just about every base and I didn’t need WiFi (hard connected) and have to say, I’m thoroughly impressed. It’s a solid board with just about every feature you could need, from the 2.5G ethernet to all the latest in USB 3.2 tech (front USB C 3.2 connector that works perfectly with Oculus Link, plus rear USB 3.2 gen1 and gen2 slots (including another USBC 3.2 gen2).
Performance has been rock solid, although fair warning – out of the box these don’t support the Ryzen 5000 series. You will need the latest BIOS from their web site and need to use the flashback process to update. Good news is that this is really easy and painless (format a memory stick – no bigger than 8gb, in FAT32 – add the bios file and the renamer tool from your download, double click the renamer, insert into the required USB slot which is clearly labelled, and hold the bios button for a few seconds – takes a good few minutes but easy as that!). Easily accepted my 3600 DDR4 memory profile without any fuss, and with the AMD Master software it can overclock up to 5.05GHz without any advanced fiddling. Benchmarks have been awesome, not a single moan or crash, monitors fans, water pumps and allows for custom curves for each to be configured really easily.
RGB is subtle but effective and compliments any system, and to any one concerned by the chipset fan – don’t be. Not sure I’ve heard it once and the minimal amount of sound from my water pump is louder!!
Superb board, especially at this price point and can’t recommend it more highly.
The ROG Strix X570-F Gaming is a top end board with high end components which make it very stable.
The box has everything you need to get up and running including a DVD with the drivers on, this is a bit silly as very few new systems actually have optical drives anymore so it would be nice if they put them onto a small USB stick instead.
The IO plate is built in and the board is quite heavy so this makes the installation much easier as there is no fiddling around with getting the ports to align while keeping loads of tiny grounding clips on top of the USB/HDMI etc.
The BIOS/UEFI is very comprehensive and updates are frequently available from Asus and can be installed via the web. Basic settings are easy to find and when in advanced mode there are enough options for almost every scenario.
The board runs nicely with the Ryzen 7 3700X & Ryzen 9 3950X and once you have the Ram speed set it is stable and consistent.
As this is the 500 series chipset it should work happily with the new 5000 series Ryzen’s.
I have been using Asus products for over 25 years, Motherboards, Soundcards, Graphics cards etc have always been well made and reliable, the software is pretty good but often has little quirks which can sometimes be annoying but happily they do tend to fix them eventually.
VRM’s run cool even under heavy loads, which means they are wasting less energy and will run more stablely resulting in probably better overclocks/boost speeds, or as is my case, a more stable undervolt (with a cpu that plays along). The Armoury crate seemed like a pleasent addition, but will only self install once and if you drop the files require a fresh windows install to get the files again, but honestly? Don’t bother. Ryzen master gets you all the access you need to details and only runs if you ask it to.
It’s completely overkill for the x3300 I paired it with, but i am waiting for the 5000 gen ryzen to drift into my price range, and this mobo has the vrms to handle excellent performance processors. I’d reccomend pairing it with a good CPU cooler, (personal favourite the Scythe FUMA 2) else this motherboard is a waste because you’ll have no overclocking potential and mediocre boost speeds with a stock cooler.
Overclocking, and in my case so far under volting and limiting ppt was plesant enough for someone not afraid to start googling, but I’d reccomend sticking to XMP timings for ram and automatic boost clocks for the CPU unless you are a veteran because there are ways to casue damage in the bios(as ever).
It’s a premium product and priced like one.
Here it is The wanted review for ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Formula ATX Motherboard I currently use.
Before buying the ROG, I had long hesitated to buy the TUF and let me tell you, i wasn’t wrong at all.
In fact, my choice turned to the ROG for one main reason, the fact of having at your disposal the connector to connect a USB-C in front of its case.
For the rest, the connection is rather complete, certainly less than its older sister, but unless it has special requirements and constraints, it will meet your needs (good again, little glow, who today uses a PS/2 connector?? Especially since it’s a gamer-oriented card… Put an additional USB-3 instead.)
Wifi 6. As far as I’m concerned, nothing embarrassing. Most people do not have a box or router offering wifi 6 and for me the wifi connection is a secondary connection, in troubleshooting, I prefer to use a wired connection.
The software part is not the most convincing, a lot of small bugs, a lot of processes that are running and not a follower of pc tunning, I could not tell you if lighting management is mastered..
For the rest it is an excellent map, very well built, in short that breathes quality! Not much in the box, apart from the antenna, 2 SATA cables, a well-made doc and some stickers.
Regarding the chipset fan, honestly, it’s inaudible to those who worry about it. However, I may not have asked for the chipset to the fullest but in short, nothing is wrong from this point of view.
Overall an excellent value for money which moreover is clearly has its advantage compared to other brands.
In short, it’s a card that deserves 5 stars.
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Test&Benchmarks Crosshair VIII Formula.
Why this motherboard?
Faithful to asus for years, see ten years, it was obvious to me to choose asus again for my new config.
I am the kind to keep my motherboard for a while, I wanted to have one that is a looking to the future, with the pci express 4.0, latest generation usb ports (with connector in front, because bcp motherboards have usb 3.2 ports on the back panel but do not offer a connector to plug them into the box), wifi and bluetooth latest gen,…
The card
— Packaging
level, it is rather complete and well presented, the card comes with sata cables, temperature probe, rilsans coliers, wifi antenna, instructions (in English) and stickers.
The card is rather beautiful (subjective) and breathes quality. Everything fits perfectly well (proco, RAM, CG, various connectors), nothing to complain about it.
For the record, here is my config: ryzen 3950x, 32GB Corsair DDR4-3600 case 18, M2 Samsung 1TB, SSD SATA Kingstone 2TB.
No worries about compatibility with hardware.
For those who love the lights, the card is obviously illuminated with the strix logo and the ROG logo, the effect is pretty nice. Of course, the board is capable of handling other light equipment such as the original prism wraith fan of the processor.
To finish (I will not talk about all the technical features that are already very well detailed), the question that everyone arises and me the first, is the chipset fan noisy? I’m not even sure it spins so much I can’t hear it. One day I would open my case to check to what extent it is active or not, all to say that it makes no noise (I have a fractal case design R4 quite well insulated)
Until then it is a faultless one and my first impressions are excellent but the next part is not as exciting.
The bios:
Not much to say this point of view, the bios is quite complete as usual.
In short, I think there is a way to do a lot better. Apart from the homepage with graphics and colors, I feel like it hasn’t changed in 20 years.
This board comes with a whole suite of Windows software including AI Suite that monitors the motherboard and armoury crate that allows to update all drivers and bios and that allows to manage lighting effects.
This software is old (already on my previous 6 year old CM) It is the software that allows to monitor the hardware and also to do manual or automatic oveclocking.
I wouldn’t talk about overclocking, I didn’t. As far as monitoring is… Let’s say I had uninstalled this software on my previous config because of the inaccurate values and its instability.
Here it’s the same, I don’t know if I can trust, look at my screenshot: Ryzen master (amd software to supervise the processor) tells me all my hearts are at rest except 1 or 2 that are in slow motion when AI Suite indicates that all my cores clock at 4250Mhz and the or CPU-Z tells me that I do not exceed 4Ghz in stress test… Who’s right??? Same for temperatures, different values depending on the softs.
In short, a super important software but that I never run because of the reliability of the measurements. What’s more, I find this software also not very intuitive and excavated. Today it is possible to make really intuitive, interactive and beautiful HMIs… for the moment, we are very far from all this.
In conclusion, do I regret my purchase?
No! I highly recommend the motherboard as this is one of the best on the market.
I bought this motherboard as part of upgrading from an intel CPU to an AMD one, requiring an AM4 socket. It’s a nice and pretty stylish and durable ATX board. Being my first time fully building a computer, I was nervous, but the documentation supplied is nice and thorough with showing and explaining the different parts of the board. The external connectivity on the rear I/O panel is great, with 7 USB ports and a type-C along with quick-flash for updating BIOS and good audio input and output (3.5MM). Also has DP and HDMI video output for checking bios. Internally there are only 2 usb 2.0 headers and a USB 3.1 which might not be enough for more extreme front panels or complex internal addons. Chassis fans must be handled via splitter or other connection
The rear IO did not line up *perfectly* with my case (fractal design focus G) but it’s only noticeable if you’re actively looking for the discrepancy. The Asus ROG logo is controlled by Asus Aura Sync by default, which can be very buggy, but can be taken over by the more responsive corsair icue software. Overall, a very good, versatile and stylish board.
If you are looking to buy a great motherboard (mobo) at a competitive price, then this one should be on top of your list. Bought it in combination with Ryzen 5 3600 and 16GB RAM, placed in a GameMax F15 Mesh case (highly recommended), and the result is a super smooth system.
Pros:
* Reasonable price (sub 200.00 at time of purchase) for a good quality X570 chipset mobo, with good heat dissipation from the chipset, out of the box support of Ryzen third generation processors, and guaranteed upgradability to Ryzen 4th generation.
* Great VRM and easily upgradable into higher tier Ryzen 7 and 9 processors, as well as good support for overclocking.
* Supports 2 CPU fans, up to 4 chassis fans (4 pins), and a dedicated AIO (liquid cooling). I am currently using a GameMax F15 Mesh case with 2 front 200mm fans / one 120mm back fan and the system runs cool and smooth, with processor temperature rarely exceeding 60ish degrees celsius and mobo usually below 40 degrees!
* ATX form factor, providing good spacing between its elements such as PCIe slots, SATA M.2 (NVMe) ports, RAM slots and sound chip circuitry, with relatively easy access to all board connections.
* The main PCIe port (x16) dedicated for the GPU is fortified with metal support, making it more shielded from electromagnetic interference of its surrounding as well as more resilient to the relatively hefty weight of modern days GPUs.
* 2 colors coded DRAM lanes, up to 128GB.
* Two NVMe SATA M.2 ports that both support PCIe 4 specification with cards lengths ranging from 42mm to 110mm.
* One of the M.2 ports (the ‘bottom’ one) is supplied with a heat sink + a cooling thermal pad, which is great to keep your NVMe temperature under control, especially when writing lots of data on the NVMe drive.
* QLED system to easily identify booting problems.
* Support for ARGB (Asus Aura) if you like customising your case with lights.
* Asus TUF superior quality.
Cons:
* Only supports 1.0 Gbit LAN out of the box. You have to use a PCIe expansion card if you want 2.5 Gbit speed.
* Only one NMVe heat sink provided (a minor issue).
* The Wraith Stealth cooler supplied with lower-mid Ryzen processors slightly overlaps with one of the DDR4 slots, making installing even a low-profile RAM module an issue. Many 3rd party fans should cause no such problem.
* Only one USB 3 header for front panel is provided! 2 should be the minimum. Also, no USB type-C support for the front panel!
* Another “minor” issue is that the Ports shield is not already installed, you have to place it first inside the case before placing the mobo itself. But as I said, it is minor.
The mobo price should justify some of these drawbacks, as cuts had to be made in certain areas to keep the cost below 200. However, I think these drawbacks are not crippling for such a mobo if you have a tight budget. It provides the X570 chipset at a good price.
You cannot see it in the picture because of the verticle GPU block – sorry.
But I upgraded from my MSI B450 Tomahawk Max. It seemed to develop a flaw insofar as it wouldn’t POST and the VGA light came on – I would have to turn it on and off a few times before it would go into windows successfully, whereupon it would work without fault and I could sleep it and wake it up fine, but cold boot wouldn’t have it. I re-seated the connections and checked the power supply…nothing. So I took the opportunity to upgrade.
This board will set you up for a few years. It is still quite expensive and there are other, cheaper x570s. But I wanted to spend a bit more and give myself a greater experience. I am also going to start overclocking and this board will easily handle anything like that.
Multiple M.2 ports are welcome together with their in-built heatsinks (my B450 only had 1 port) and so is the PCIE 4.0 capability. It’s got I think 8 SATA and 8 USB 3.2 ports, which is crazy. There are also multiple fan and RGB headers. pump header and great audio. The integrated Q-code display is also very helpful to diagnose any issues.
Very happy with this board so far, thank you.
Bought this for a new Ryzen build, and paired it with a 3900x. The BIOS needs an immediate update after booting as in my case, the mobo could not detect the correct speed of my ram and was throttling the otherwise 3200mhz to the standard DDR4 speed of 2133mhz. Once the bios was updated I was able to enable DOCP profile and select the correct speed.
Additionally, I had some issues with blue screens during the initial few days and noticed some instability with the clock speed of my CPU. This instability involved my CPU getting throttled down to below 1GHz from its usual 3.8/4.1+Ghz, and this was not a thermal issue. I installed the ASUS utility software Armory Crate which told me I needed an AMD chipset update to the mobo, after which seems to have fixed the random CPU speed issues.
One final thing I will mention is ensure the case you are using does not have any front header USB Type-C, as a type-c requires a special Type-E connector on the mobo to slot into, of which this mobo does not have. An odd omission to a modern motherboard. I had to use a USB 3.0 to Type C converter to get around this. Though this is my fault as I did not check the front panel connectors on the mobo before buying.
Overall, now that I have had the mobo for a while and my issues have been ironed out I am still happy with my choice.
Great value and capable x570 motherboard with solid workmanship, good component choices, very good bios features and a nice design for those wishing to display their systems. I’ve run it in my system for the last 2 months and am mostly happy with the performance. The only problem I’ve encountered is a hot (60 deg c at idle and 70+ under load) running chipset and the design of the heatsink and fan conflicts with a full size GPU in the primary pcie slot restricting airflow to the chipset. Fortunately being pcie 4.0 I have been able the move the GPU to the secondary pcie 4.0 slot with no performance issues and have also replaced the chipset heatsink and fan with an aftermarket larger heatsink and fan, and the temperature maxes out at 60 degrees now.
To pair with a Ryzen 7 3800X, I was looking for a good motherboard with decent VRMs to handle long-running CPU loads. I was also after a X570 board over a B550 board so I have the potential to use all of the PCI-E and M.2 slots, unlike on B550 boards where the PCI-E lanes are shares, so some slots are disabled when you populate others. Plus I wasn’t after a board painted an angry “gamer” red and covered with RGB LEDs.
The ASUS Prime X570-P fit the bill, with one of the best VRMs for the budget end of the X570 boards, plus a pleasant black and white colour scheme.
The internal layout is logically laid out, with fan headers dotted around the board (unlike some MSI boards which has them all located at the bottom), and other connectors such as the power and front panel connectors being in their usual locations on the board. Only criticism of the layout, and one that is shared with many other X570 boards, is the placement of the chipset fan means it can be blocked by your graphics card.
Rear IO is satisfactory, with 8 USB ports (2x 2.0, 2x 3.0 G1, 4x 3.0 G2), 1 PS/2 combo port, 1 gigabit Realtek LAN, 3 audio jacks (speakers, line out, microphone), and 1 HDMI port, which is only active when paired with an APU (unlikely on a X570 board). There are no USB type C ports, but this is a budget board. The IO shield is just a plain metal shield that needs to be clipped into the case.
The BIOS is well organised, with settings where you expect them to be. There is a built in “Q-Fan control” which allows you to set the fan speed curves in the BIOS. One omission compared to other manufacturers however is that there is no control over the chipset fan. Despite this I can’t hear it over the other fans in my system anyways. This board does not feature any diagnostic LEDs, or a way to flash the BIOS without a working CPU, memory and graphics card installed.
My main criticism is that it’s not the most overclocking friendly board. It can’t recover from failed overclocks, just hanging without POSTing, requiring you to reset the CMOS by bridging the reset pins on the board. While this resets your settings, it won’t erase the User Profiles, so you can just reload one of those.
Also secure boot comes enabled by default (with Microsoft keys I presume), and it’s not the most obvious on how to disable. There is no simple “Off” setting, but instead you have to go into the key management and clear the pre-installed keys.
So to summarise, this is solid budget X570 board that can perfectly handle a Ryzen 5 or Ryzen 7 (Probably also a Ryzen 9 too), looks professional, a good balanced feature set, and a sensible BIOS. If you want a board that’s covered in RGB LEDs or is more friendly with tweaking around with overclocking settings, you may want to invest in a higher end board, but otherwise I can happily recommend this board.
System specifications:
Ryzen 7 3800X
Crucial Ballistix Elite 3000 2x8GB
AMD Radeon RX 580
ADATA SX8200 Pro NVME SSD
Kingston A2000 NVME SSD
Dual boot Arch Linux + Windows 10.
I was looking for a board that had a optical out and a good amount of USB’s on the back to limit how much stuff I have to have plugged in through the front of the case as I like to keep them free for USB memory sticks and such. It’s nice that it has USB type C on it as I can use that to charge up my Mobile Phone. Not strictly necessary but nice to have. I also wanted a good amount of expansion card slots on the motherboard for any future upgrades such as more SATA ports or maybe more USB ports or what may come in the future. Speaking of which is another reason I went with this board as there are no shortage of SATA ports or onboard M.2 socket too. I paired this board with a Ryzen 5 3600 which might seem odd but I don’t do video editing just gaming primarily and internet usage. I put 16gb of DDR4 3000mhz ram with this as that’s what I had lying around. Although not being on the list of compatible ram it still works just fine. The machine did run lumpy before I updated the Bios which was an older one but once I updated the Bios to the newest one things went a lot better. The latest one as of writing this review is Version 2407 dated 2020/07/03. One thing I like as well is that there is a header just for the pump and a separate header for the CPU fan.
So to sum up, I wouldn’t worry too much about the brand so much as if the motherboard has what your looking for because if you buy a motherboard that doesn’t have what you want to start with you end up spending more on addon cards that just clutter your system up! Hope this helps and will try and get some pictures up asap 🙂
I bought this board for my first PC upgrade in 5 years.
My previous board was an ASUS Z170A Intel board and my great experience with that board resulted in me wanting to stick with ASUS moving to AMD.
First of all, the board looks the part, the I/O shield is already installed which as you will know is a blessing for fingers. The RGB on the board is subtle and doesn’t take over the PC which i really like – the ROG software (aura) allows you to change how the lights flow and i managed to get this to match up with my RGB RAM.
I guess all manufacturers have UEFI bios these days but I really like the ASUS bios, it makes everything simple and if you are like me and want a bit of overclocking but don’t want to go into the detail it is really a dream to let the software do the overclocking automatically (but you still have the advanced option if required).
It is great that the board has PCIE 4.0 and this really is cutting edge technology, whether most enthusiasts will ever fully utilise at this stage is another question but not even the intel boards given you the option. With storage going towards SSD and M.2 it a nice touch to have heatsinks included – especially when you see the price difference between M.2 storage with or without the heatsink.
It has more connections than you could possibly use, but i really like the 3.2 (A/C) ports which should last a while. I didn’t go for the STRIX-E as i didn’t need WIFI. If you are gaming then really a hard LAN connection should be sufficient.
Also good to know that the board is future proof with the new Ryzen processor line (whenever that may be) so this board is going to go the distance without having to be replaced. When considering x570 vs a b550, the prices are so close you might as well go for the x570 given the additional features.
My experience with ASUS is that they give good support over time with BIOS updates and i hope that this will continue with this board.
A nice touch is a 20% off code for cablemod cables included in the box 🙂
Overall a good board, but I encountered a couple of minor setbacks with my build. The first unseen (by me anyway) is the issue of USB 2 headers; I needed 2, and the blurb on the website etc doesn’t really mention the ROG Expansion isn’t a normal USB2 header. My build required 2 items to connect to internal USB 2 headers (Corsair H100i RGB PRO XT cooler and the Lighting Node Pro supplied with the ICue 465X RGB case). It took me a little while to rule out the ROG USB Expansion Header as this is intended to connect to the proprietory USB Expansion Hub which appears to be no longer available. I looked a the pin connections of both the H100i & Lighting Node Pro and estasblished neither could connect to the Expansion header (several pins marked N/C in the manual). The easiest would probably have been an internal USB hub, but the only one with any sort of clear recommendation was the NZXT – which was out of stock with no availability date. In the end I chose the following route: connect the H100i to the internal USB 2 header, purchase an internal USB 3.1 to USB 3.0 convertor to handle the front panel USB connection – WATCH OUT – make sure you get a 3.1 male (to go into the motherboard) to 3.0 female (to accept the front panel connector). Then an internal USB 3.o to USB 2 convertor – again, watch out to make sure you get the right connectors, so I could connect the Lighting Node Pro to the connector and into the USB header.
I chose not to use one of the cheap chinese USB 2 hubs, as the reviews weren’t stellar – ranging from good, to failing on power-up, to taking out the motherboard port! and with only one header available on an expensive board I chose not to take the risk.
Final thought – the board only comes with 1 NVME heat spreader and for some reason that is not on the primary socket, it is attached to the M.2 port that will steal bandwidth from the graphics card:- the lower socket (uncovered) is the one you want to use.
The more expensive “Prime” iteration might suit better if you have very specific audio output requirements, or you’ve got a clear rig door and want to show off your pretty build. I didn’t need these things.
I need decent performance. I actually had my eye on 3/4 boards, but after watching and reading a ton of reviews this was clearly miles ahead in quality. The thermals on this thing are supposed to be great and there’s no problem running 3900/50 cpu’s (I intend to drop something like that into my rig in the future). An alternative board I was interested in was tested with a 3950 and ACTUALLY CAUGHT FIRE.
So, this doesn’t look super pretty but it’s really well engineered. The recent news that the next generation of AMD processors won’t work on x470 boards came as a bonus and I felt like I’d dodged a bullet.
If you need a good board to last a good few years this is a good buy. Wifi and audio options can be added easily and cheaply. It’s a very good buy. Especially at current prices.
I was basing my new build around the Ryzen 5 3600X, and this board is the perfect companion.
The ATX format is now so well established I’d be surprised if anyone is in doubt about what it means, but just to make sure – as long as you are pairing this with a modern PSU you cannot really go wrong. There are one or two quirks to do with powering your graphics card, and the number of power connectors pins needed for the CPU, but a moment’s research will get you all the info you need.
So, from that point of view my build using this board was pretty straightforward.
The only issues I had were probably to do with the ATX format itself, or may have been a slight mismatch with my case.
The front panel power and LED connectors were not laid out in a helpful manner, with some pins labelled “ground” and some labelled “positive” and “negative” (this information was obtained from the very helpful manual). Other boards are more considerate in this regard, but I wonder why these connections cannot be gathered into a single connector like everything else on the board.
Also, the I/O cover did not sit in place correctly until the board was in place and then it clicked into place with a little fiddling. This might well have been a problem with the case, but it worked out OK in the end.
One helpful feature that I didn’t know I’d need (until I did!) was the inclusion of 4 tiny diagnostic LEDs which allow for trouble shooting. They light up in sequence during POST, and if one of them remains lit it can help you figure out why the PC isn’t booting. In my case I had mistakenly followed the advice a famous YouTuber and altered the RAM speed in the BIOS, without activating he correct profile. This led to a RAM error, which the little yellow LED was able to indicate for me. I was then able to reset the BIOS by shorting two tiny pins on the board, and the day was saved!
The BIOS was very user friendly, and even had an automated setting for the RAM speed, which I had previously ignored. My SSD drive showed up right away, along with the CPU and RAM.
Windows installed quickly and booted first time no problem.
The only remaining thing to do was download the latest AMD Ryzen chipset drivers, which installed with no issues.
There are some decorative LEDs on this board, which I wasn’t expecting. They glow through a rainbow sequence and seem to be of no practical use. But if you are planning a colour scheme you might want to investigate how these can be controlled. I have no idea!
I’ve only been running this board for a week, but it seems pretty sturdy, pretty user friendly, and at the price (200) it seems to represent good value for money.
Needed to replace my ageing Intel socket 2011 motherboard as it was incompatible with Windows 10 despite being in great working order! Still the price to pay for technology! Settled on the Asus X570-F Gaming for Value, features and requirements. What a great motherboard. Installed and posted first time. Coupled it with a new, AMD 3700X Processor, Sabrent PCIE 4.0 M.2 1TB HD, Noctua NH-15 Cooler and Nvidia 1660 Super, all for just over 1000 from Amazon. All booted and worked first time from scratch! So far no issues, very pleased. The only issue I had and its a minor one is the amount fan headers, my last motherboard had 6, this only has 2 x dedicated Fan headers other than the usual Pump, CPU etc. But with a Fan splitter, I have managed to reconnect all the fans in my case! Excellent, hopefully it will last as long as the last Asus Motherboard I have just replaced!
Lovely looking mobo. Very pricey, but that was no secret with the X570 chipset boards. Easy physical installation, no problems with OS installation, NVME drive was found instantly. All components installed and recognised, no problems.
I’m running the Ryzen 3600x with this MB, the Asus UEFI is great to navigate, Ram boosted up to its optimal speeds (3200,2×8) kit. Initially I messed around and over locked the 3600x to 4.2 on all cores, but returned to stock and let the Precision Boost 2 do its thing getting up to just shy of advertised boost of 4.4 (4.397).
My only negative of this board is that my CPU fan curve set in the Bios resets itself to default for no apparent reason (I have the EVGA CLC 289 AIO), so I have to open ASUS AI Suit3 and input my fan curve again. I don’t think this is the fault of the MB itself but the fault I’d ASUS’ crappy software. I’ll uninstall AI Suite 3 eventuallyand see if it still resets my CPU fan curve, just haven’t got around to it. Would I recommend this board? Yes definitely. No problems, it’s up to ASUS’ high build quality, has great feature set. Is it worth 250, probably not, but I couldn’t be bothered flashing a x470/450 board, and my rig is a complete new build so had budgeted for a X570 board coming from Intel. If you’re already an AMD user, it’s definitely not worth it.
But, the MB itself in isolation, performance, feature and looks wise, definitely recommended
This MB has given me great performance. Over the last few weeks i have completely gone through each bios setting to get the optimum performance without the need to Overclock. The 3900x accompanied by this MB runs everything perfect without one crash or fail. The earlier bios revision which fixed the boosting issue run the boost at the given speed as it should, but new features were added to the latest bios which did slow the processor to 1525Mhz. Running the cpu voltage manual at 1.119v keeps the processor at a steady 33-40 degrees idle and a max of 65-70 under stress boosting. If anyone needs a guide on the bios then let me know in the comments and i will be happy to help. You can leave the bios setting as standard, but this does make the processor run a lot hotter leaving the settings to standard auto. Asus has created and brilliant motherboard and the cost is worth it, but a little knowledge is required to set this MB up to optimum settings. The memory i use is 32GB Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 Vengeance LPX 16 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4 3200 MHz C16 XMP 2.0 High Performance Desktop Memory Kit, Black, which runs great. The watercooling features on the board looks great when added to your existing loop, but don’t go out your way to do this unless you already have a watercooled kit as it works fantastic without one running at the stock speeds. Don’t overclock unless you really know what your doing as this does require major bios settings to be changed. You can use ryzen master to do the work, but that is not 100 percent and if you get any problems and try to boot into windows 10 at times it can cause a crash at the start logging in. Eventually i will be giving a guide to this motherboard and the bios settings to help anybody who needs it. I hope this helps. Take Care Have Fu
The problems with setting up this motherboard were numerous, Bios which hadn’t been updated was left to you. DVD’s were provided for installing the software, albeit most systems don’t have DVD.s now!. The motherboard rear/front panel hasn’t got a USB 2 port. You have USB 2 ports on the Motherboard, so you can buy a card to install. (My Case is a new case that has UEFI 3.2 gen 2 ports.) I finally worked it out, and bought a USB/UEFI stick & put windows 10 on that, which then worked. Windows installed Armoury Crate, which made everything a lot easier. I then was able to install all the drivers including the latest Bios. So everything ok now! Finally. (it took a while) PS- you get the same problems with the Gigabyte Board, Possibly all boards with the new Bios.
I’m assuming some are looking at this mobo are also looking at the X470 version of this board as i did and thinking is the price really worth it. I’m not going to lie to you this is a worthy purchase.
It is aesthetically pleasing and a strong build too it just feels like someone has taken their time to design and build this. A ton of SATA connections, the USB-C is nice touch to, has a MDMI 2.0 and Display port built in. Also Heatsinks for M.2, never thought you would need it but definitely a nice feature to have, so if you are buying a NVMe there is no need to get one with a heatsink (save yourself some monies).
This Mobo does have RGB but it’s not in your face kind of RGB, almost subtle. Bios – Simple design for the most novice of pc users, can get your CPU and RAM profile up and running very easily with a few clicks of a button and without touching the advance mode.
You also have the option to install Armoury Crate, this software is a hub for all drivers relating to Asus products i.e bios drivers and some utility software.
All in all great purchase.
I’ve always gone for ASUS boards as they’ve never let me down. I got this in a black-Friday deal.
As you’d expect, its a well built board and looks very well in person. I have not use the on-board m.2 SSD slots so I cant comment on that aspect of it, but there was no compatibility issues with my 3600X, Corsair RAM and EVGA graphics card, which one would expect.
It has managed a light overclock on the 3600x, achieving 4.25GHz on all cores.
The WiFi and Bluetooth are fast, and the range on the WiFi is great. Its a great feature to have on a desktop PC.
The only thing that I believe it could improve on would be a USB 3.1 gen2 front header.
All in all, if you’re looking for a X570 board and want value for money, then look no further.
This is my second X570 board after being let down by a different manufacturer.
Once I had diagnosed my DOA board, I decided it was time to go back to Asus as all my previous boards have been.
I picked this over the Prime and TUFF Asus boards as I wanted a balance of performance and aesthetics. I’m a week into the board now and I’m happy with the stability. The 3600X I have paired with it is running at 4.4GHz on all cores without failure; and my Corsair Vengeance Pro 3200 RAM is at full speed too.
At this moment I’m not using my custom water loop as I wanted to test before putting it all in (lessons learned from my previous X570 board!) However I’m confident I have enough support for fans and pumps once I’m ready to reinstall.
The M.2 drives just work straight out of the box and absolutely dominate in terms of performance compared to my old Intel setup. The included heatsinks for M.2 is welcomed too.
There’s plenty of good things to say about this board and no way can I include them all – the only thing I’m not keen on is the single USB 3.0 header. My old Asus Maximus Z170 board from 2015 had two.
I’d happily buy this board again; especially if the promotional offer of 25 cashback from Asus still applies!
Unsure about which X570 board to pickup? You’ll do no wrong investing in the X570-F.
Nice mobo with more than enough features to keep me happy, including wifi that works surprisingly well. It comes with 12 USB ports overkill for some but using 6-7 ports straight off the bat. It’s very compatible with a number of RGB setups, so if RGB or USB isn’t a big selling point I would look elsewhere but for me its ideal. My only gripe is that I had to download 3 different types of software (aura sync, ICue and cooler master for wraith prism) to uniform my lighting, not only that I had to reconfigure some settings in the aura sync files to get it all working, so if you’re going for a uniformed RGB setup be prepared to do plenty of research on how to do it. No such thing as future proof but as far as mobo’s go I intend to use this for many years to come .
Firstly, I was apprehensive about spending this much money on a motherboard, but intending to pair it with a high end AMD CPU, I took the plunge and certainly didn’t regret it.
If you’re the kind of person who likes to make an artistic statement with your builds, then this board is ideal. It is beautiful to look at, frankly either on or off, with a mirrored finish in places that exudes quality and there are plenty of RGB LED headers to connect to.
I am cooling with an AIO at the moment, but the fact that this motherboard can be hooked up to a water loop and that it cools amply without one, provides great flexibility for future cooling solutions.
I love the fact that this board has so many USB connections, which enables me to hook everything up directly without having to worry about external hubs and their occasional compatibility/latency issues.
The backplate on this motherboard is a nice touch and further illustrates the lengths ASUS has gone to, to justify its price.
I was a little concerned that being a relatively new platform might give rise to some firmware glitches, but operation with my build has been smooth thus far, I have encountered no major issues with it and BIOS updates come fairly frequently to deal with any that might arise in future.
The chipset on this board for the first time in a long time is actively cooled, but the fan is barely audible and certainly not above any noise emanating from other components, allaying my concerns there.
I’m presently using 2 PCIE3 1TB NVME drives in this board, but the fact that I have the ability to upgrade to PCIE4 at a later date when their prices have levelled out is a great future upgrade path for me. I most often use this PC for creative work and so need to be able to get data into RAM as fast as possible.
Overall, I’m really pleased with this purchase. It does exactly what I need right now and provides me with ample room for future enhancement.
This motherboard is packed full of RGB lights (6 customisible sections on the board itself and the capacity to control RGB case fans) and a nice slick look. It’s fully decked out with USB 3.0 slots , 3 PCI-E 3.0 slots.
My only gripe is that the ram slots are awfully close to the CPU socket, so it was a bit of a squeeze getting my ram in next to my water cooler. The bios also keeps telling me I have a CPU fan error when I have water cooling not a CPU fan. Luckily you can override this in the bios, which itself is very easy to use.
The software is a bit of a joke though (ASUS software is always a bit dodgy) – I download the drivers from product page on the ASUS website and half of them tell me I have incompatible hardware when I try to install! Nothing fatal if you are running Windows 10, however.
Overall, fantastic motherboard. Looks beautiful in my transparent PC case. Is easy to install and sturdy. I just wish some of the placements had a little bit more thought behind them and the software was better.
First it is very very easy to set up your basic system, cpu, ram, graphics card.
The tricky bit was finding which slot to put your nvme ssd drive into, for reference use the lower slot next to the chipset heatsnk with ASUS eye logo on it.
The RGB is fantastic on this board if you are into that sort of thing, if not you can turn it off within the bios or using aura sync. This board is feature packed and the power delivery from the VRM’s to the cpu is massive overkill, so much so, it will have zero issues powering and overclockoingth enew Ryzen 3000 series cpus even the monster 12 core 24 thread 3900X.
Building a system with this board is a breeze lots of fan headers 10 in total including cpu fan header, cpu optional header and a All in one liquid cooler header.
I cannot recomend this board enough, especially if anyone was thinking of buying this for the new Ryzen 3000 series of cpus (just make sure you update to the latest bios) as it will be much much cheaper than the new X570 motherboards, that are really not necessary, if you purchase a board of this calliber on X470. You dont even need to have a previous gen cpu to update the bios, as this can be done via the Flashback button on the rear I/O.
Just buy it, you wont regret it.
Of course substance is the main thing with tech but style does make a huge difference as well. Paired up inside my white Corsair carbide 275r case this looks amazing. The lights look great and really do create a nice ambience on my desk and there are so many customisation options with the included software too.
But looks arent everything however I’m pleased to say the performance does not disappoint either and this motherboard has the easiest bios I’ve ever worked with. You can overclock your system with a few clicks with the help of easy mode or tune every little detail possible with the advanced. The software included to control the fans and the lighting is fantastic and is very simple to use.
The bottom line is this motherboard is beautiful to look at but also has the features and quality performance which will suit your needs wether you are a gamer or even an enthusiast. The price is a little much for a board but for the extra features and benefits comes the price tag and you do get what you pay for.
Would definitely recommend
This was used in my first ever build. It’s working like a champ no issues as of this moment (knock on wood) the lighting is nice, but as mentioned in previous comments can be blocked depending on what the GPU size is. The two main issues when building my pc was that I had to download the instruction manual online which was way more detailed that the crappy one that came with the box. And secondly removing the plastic was a pain. Be really careful with it to make sure you don’t rip prices off. Try to do it as one continuous pull. The parcel arrived on a Wednesday when I ordered it on sat night which I was fine with but I use prime. It should of arrived on Monday as it said it would. Nonetheless mobo is working well and I really do enjoy the DOCP feature which makes the CPU overclock just a lil. (Using Ryzen 2700x)