Friday, August 19th 2022
ASUS Announces New AMD X670E Motherboards at Canadian National Expo
ASUS today announced a new generation of AMD-based motherboards to accompany the ROG Crosshair X670E Extreme and support the latest Ryzen 7000 processors: the ROG Crosshair X670E Hero, the ROG Strix X670E-E Gaming WiFi, and the TUF Gaming X670E-Plus WiFi. Introducing the new generation of AMD ROG motherboards: the X670E series. Featuring support for DDR5 memory modules and PCIe 5.0 devices, the ROG Crosshair X670E Hero, ROG Strix X670E-E Gaming WiFi, and TUF Gaming X670E-Plus WiFi is equipped with improved bandwidth capabilities, stability, and overall connectivity.
All three boards feature the latest ASUS Q-Design innovations. The ROG Crosshair X670E Hero and ROG Strix X670E-E Gaming WiFi includes the PCIe Q-Release button, a feature that lets users release their graphics card from the PCIe slot with one press. In addition, all three featured motherboards will include the single-sided Q-DIMM latching design to ensure ease of installation and allowing memory sticks to hold firmly in place. Lastly, the boards include the M.2 Q-latch, allowing users to secure or loosen an M.2 drive with just their fingertips.
ROG Crosshair X670E Hero
The flagship in the Crosshair X670E lineup, the ROG Crosshair X670E Hero bridges the gap between professional PC builders and everyday gamers, allowing all users to construct a high-performance showcase PC. With its 18+2 teamed power stages rated for 110 A and substantial integrated heatsinks, the X670E Hero delivers stable power at cooler temperatures.
The X670E Hero is equipped for the next generation, featuring a pair of PCIe 5.0x16 slots to support next-gen graphics cards, a PCIe 5.00 M.2 card, and WiFi 6E capability for unhindered wireless networking. ESS ES9218PQ Quad DAC provides pristine audio to the front-panel output.
Dark hues predominate the surface of the ROG Crosshair X670E Hero, providing an intense aesthetic for PC builds. Polymo lighting and a luminous RGB pattern across the integrated I/O shield delivers a microstructural array of light and color.
ROG Strix X670E-E Gaming WiFi
The ROG Strix X670E-E Gaming WiFi merges the best of form and function into balanced gaming performance. The board features 18+2 teamed power stages rated for 110 A and a large, bundled M.2 heatsink to deliver a stable stream of power and thermal performance to the AMD CPU.
In addition to the PCIe Slot Q-Release button, the ROG Strix X670E-E Gaming WiFi also features an integrated power button on the motherboard and spare M.2 thermal pads to ensure optimal pre-testing and future replacements.
Angular accents sweep across the board's heatsinks alongside distinctive ROG iconography, accompanied by an illuminated acrylic display on the integrated I/O shield. 
TUF Gaming X670E-Plus WiFi
The TUF Gaming X670E-Plus WiFi delivers performance in a durable and practical form. The board includes a PCIe Gen 5.0 x 16 slot, four M.2 slots
Featuring a simple, clean aesthetic and badges on the integrated I/O shield, the TUF Gaming X670E-Plus WiFi also includes the latest ASUS Q-Design features, including an intuitive Q-LED agnostic array that gives users a quick glance on the status of their build.
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All three boards feature the latest ASUS Q-Design innovations. The ROG Crosshair X670E Hero and ROG Strix X670E-E Gaming WiFi includes the PCIe Q-Release button, a feature that lets users release their graphics card from the PCIe slot with one press. In addition, all three featured motherboards will include the single-sided Q-DIMM latching design to ensure ease of installation and allowing memory sticks to hold firmly in place. Lastly, the boards include the M.2 Q-latch, allowing users to secure or loosen an M.2 drive with just their fingertips.
The flagship in the Crosshair X670E lineup, the ROG Crosshair X670E Hero bridges the gap between professional PC builders and everyday gamers, allowing all users to construct a high-performance showcase PC. With its 18+2 teamed power stages rated for 110 A and substantial integrated heatsinks, the X670E Hero delivers stable power at cooler temperatures.
The X670E Hero is equipped for the next generation, featuring a pair of PCIe 5.0x16 slots to support next-gen graphics cards, a PCIe 5.00 M.2 card, and WiFi 6E capability for unhindered wireless networking. ESS ES9218PQ Quad DAC provides pristine audio to the front-panel output.
Dark hues predominate the surface of the ROG Crosshair X670E Hero, providing an intense aesthetic for PC builds. Polymo lighting and a luminous RGB pattern across the integrated I/O shield delivers a microstructural array of light and color.
The ROG Strix X670E-E Gaming WiFi merges the best of form and function into balanced gaming performance. The board features 18+2 teamed power stages rated for 110 A and a large, bundled M.2 heatsink to deliver a stable stream of power and thermal performance to the AMD CPU.
In addition to the PCIe Slot Q-Release button, the ROG Strix X670E-E Gaming WiFi also features an integrated power button on the motherboard and spare M.2 thermal pads to ensure optimal pre-testing and future replacements.
Angular accents sweep across the board's heatsinks alongside distinctive ROG iconography, accompanied by an illuminated acrylic display on the integrated I/O shield.
The TUF Gaming X670E-Plus WiFi delivers performance in a durable and practical form. The board includes a PCIe Gen 5.0 x 16 slot, four M.2 slots
Featuring a simple, clean aesthetic and badges on the integrated I/O shield, the TUF Gaming X670E-Plus WiFi also includes the latest ASUS Q-Design features, including an intuitive Q-LED agnostic array that gives users a quick glance on the status of their build.
59 Comments on ASUS Announces New AMD X670E Motherboards at Canadian National Expo
For example here is back IO of Gigabytes entry level X670 offering featuring 20Gbps Type-C port.
Since when did ASUS become a national Canada company?
Maybe next year..
Almost all of the manufacturer have already announced there full B lineup so this shouldn't be surprising (next year for B boards was never a thing)
Everything is getting more expensive, motherboards are at least to a degree getting more expensive because they are becoming more complex to manufacture, but we're obviously getting a lot more blingy and useless features for a large swath of PC users, because someone figured that RGB was important...
Is the X670 gonna be a so bad no one is gonna use it so it will become the new budget chipset instead of the B650? :confused:
Because if all the X670 chipsets will be on budget and bad board then why even release that chipset and not just stick with the B650 :confused:
Every motherboard generation usually comes with 2-3 very high value offerings for people who want certain features since that's how segmentation works along the stack of consumer options in this space.
Look out for boards like GIGABYTE X670 AORUS ELITE AX or MSI PRO X670-P WIFI as those kinds of boards typically represent the "powerful mid range" and their price tag should match that description. In terms of connectivity and BoM, they are similar to some of what of the higher end X570 boards used to offer, along with all the flashy new AM5 stuff
MSI really nailed the Z690-A making 4 skus with and without wifi and DDR4 or DDR5 so do this for the X670 would be awesome.
As the 'gamer' community grow so on the 'contant creation' community and thay need that sata ports for data storing on HDD.
You can always add pci-e to sata ports but but 6 nativ sata should be minimum in any xxxZ or XxxxE motherboard.
Ask any local PC store how HDD sales for the consumer space is going. This stuff is on a sharp decline.
I can tell you that i've worked at a large retail store chain in 2015 and we have already seen the sharp decline in numbers then, and the stronghold of SSD-exclusive gaming machines. Today the situation is far more M.2 SSD storage tuned. Ask the motherboard and CPU manufecturers why they have decided to arm the new boards with 4-5 M.2 ports.
See:
www.techpowerup.com/295394/amd-zen-4-socket-am5-explained-pcie-lanes-chipsets-connectivity
Also, the only difference between the E and non E skuts is PCIe 5.0 support for the x16 slot.That's spot on I'd say. It really comes down to what extra features you want. There's the odd strange product in this segment though.What we'll get this time around though, are some comparably high-end B650E boards that will be priced higher or at least similar to high-end X670E boards.The Elite should be sub $300 if things goes according to what the plan was around Computex. It has a few weak spots though, which might even make similarly priced B650E boards more tempting.
What a waste.
Personally I don't really give a hick about PCI-E 5.0 NVME SSD's and their 10 or 12GB/s not like my games will start or run quicker like CSGO one click your the first in game it doesn't work like that :roll:
And, much as you can still find PCIe-to-IDE cards, so PCIe-to-SATA cards will become the way to have SATA ports on a motherboard (and you can get up to 16 of them from a single x1 PCIe slot). Hell, you can already get cheap M.2 PCIe => SATA adapter cards that provide 5 ports which is more than some boards of this generation are offering.
My quibble with the M.2 encroachment is that the manufacturers haven't yet figured out how to make unpopulated M.2 PCIe slots not steal lanes from ordinary PCIe slots. So if you have four M.2 PCIe slots on a board, you're losing a full PCIe slot (16 lanes worth) of bandwidth... even if you never use any of those M.2 slots. Which is, pardon my French, fucking retarded. We already have bifurcation on PCIe slots, I don't understand why it can't be extended and enhanced to allow a sensible configuration.
E.g. a platform that exposes 32 PCIe lanes should be able to support the following configurations:
And even more esoteric and potentially useful configurations could be enabled: