Tuesday, September 10th 2019
ASUS ROG Strix X570-I Gaming Motherboard Starts Selling
ASUS started selling its premium Mini-ITX motherboard based on the AMD X570 chipset, the Republic of Gamers (ROG) Strix X570-I Gaming. The board was announced as part of ASUS' X570 motherboard lineup back in July, but is only now reaching selves, with an MSRP of USD $220. The board features an elaborate thermal solution that cools the CPU VRM, the fiesty X570 chipset, and an M.2-2280 SSD over a network of interconnected heatsinks that are ventilated by two 30 mm fans. Despite crippling space constraints, ASUS managed to cram in a 10-phase VRM to power the socket AM4 CPU, which is wired to two DDR4 DIMM slots, an M.2-2280 slot, and the board's sole expansion slot, a PCI-Express 4.0 x16.
Storage connectivity on the ASUS ROG Strix X570-I Gaming includes not one, but two M.2-2280 slots, one wired to the AM4 socket, and the other from the X570 chipset. The two M.2 slots are stacked one on top of the other, with a metal heatspreader between them, pulling heat from the drive below to the board's heatsink network. Four SATA 6 Gbps ports make the rest of the storage connectivity. Networking includes WiFi 6 (802.11ax) and Bluetooth 5.0 from an Intel "Cyclone Peak" AX200 card; and 1 GbE wired Ethernet pulled by an Intel i211-AT chip. The onboard audio solution features a Realtek ALC1200A CODEC with dual OPAMPs.
Storage connectivity on the ASUS ROG Strix X570-I Gaming includes not one, but two M.2-2280 slots, one wired to the AM4 socket, and the other from the X570 chipset. The two M.2 slots are stacked one on top of the other, with a metal heatspreader between them, pulling heat from the drive below to the board's heatsink network. Four SATA 6 Gbps ports make the rest of the storage connectivity. Networking includes WiFi 6 (802.11ax) and Bluetooth 5.0 from an Intel "Cyclone Peak" AX200 card; and 1 GbE wired Ethernet pulled by an Intel i211-AT chip. The onboard audio solution features a Realtek ALC1200A CODEC with dual OPAMPs.
40 Comments on ASUS ROG Strix X570-I Gaming Motherboard Starts Selling
Not about if they would fit with your current set up or not. I guess you didn't understand my post entirely
I also remember how shitty ALL fans were back then - fan tech is literal generations ahead of back then, they're a LOT quieter and more reliable.
Would i prefer a board without them? Yes.
Do i like a quiet VRM fan for an ITX board? oh god yes. This isnt ATX in a wind tunnel, its ITX. That cooling WILL help.
For example, Asus managed to make a board that still has all 8 USB ports on the back panel. Neither of their competitors managed that.
GPU temps at idle - 37C with fans off on the gpu, didn't notice any impact while gaming. HDD is located in the PSU shroud, gets fed air by front case fan. Please explain how could its temperature be affected by a fan that's located in a separate compartment and most of the time is not even operating?
Chipset fan is rated for 60000 hours of operation, that's nearly 7 years working non stop. Now, seeing how in my rig it operates in a way that it's mostly off please explain to me how does your logic apply to modern X570 boards?
Like @Mussels said, people remember shitty fans from back in the day. A lot has changed since then.
Ps.
I've had an old board with a chipset fan in the past, back in Athlon XP days. Can't recall ever complaining about it or it failing on me. The ones that failed were shitty 40mm fans for HDD racks.
Also yes this was made for people that put them in cases that have less internal volume then 3 reams of paper, adding fans helps when airflow is already complicated.The top of that heat sink is actually perforated where the "Rog Strix" is printed. The second one has a good gap between the top face of the heat sink to draw air into it.