Tuesday, August 20th 2024
ASUS Launches AMD X870E and X870 Chipset Motherboards Across its Motherboard Brands
AMD's next-gen Ryzen 9000 Series CPUs have arrived, setting a new bar for gaming performance. For Gamescom 2024, we're introducing our X870E and X870 motherboard family. These boards unleash the full power of your new AMD CPU with upgraded connectivity, a host of smart features, and an arsenal of performance-boosting refinements.
Your most feature-rich, high-end options for an AMD Ryzen 9000 Series CPU use the X870E chipset. The ROG Crosshair X870E Hero sits at the top of the stack. Premium metallic textures, nickel-plated surfaces, and second-gen Polymo Lighting II make this a true showcase motherboard. But this board doesn't just look the part—it's fully prepped to take your gaming to the next level with the power of advanced AI.
The ROG Crosshair X870E hero debuts our all-new NitroPath DRAM technology, a revolutionary DRAM slot design that gives you more headroom for extreme memory overclocking. A pair of PCIe 5.0 x16 slots stand ready for the fastest graphics cards of today and tomorrow, and they can be run in an x8/x8 configuration to support creators and AI enthusiasts ready to harness two GPUs. Five total M.2 slots, three of which support PCIe 5.0 drives, allow you to establish a fast, massive storage array, while a SlimSAS connector makes it easy to add even more storage. You'll find all our latest refinements for installing M.2 drives, including the new M.2 Q-Latch, M.2 Q-Release, and M.2 Q-Slide.
High-performance networking options, including WiFi 7 support and dual Ethernet ports, allow you to integrate your new PC into your next-gen network. A pair of onboard USB4 ports give you versatile options for connecting displays, storage drives, and more, and you'll find the header you need to hook up a front-panel USB Type-C port with Quick Charge 4+ up to 60 W. For unrivaled gaming immersion, the ROG Crosshair X870E Hero offers a SupremeFX 7.1 Surround Sound audio solution with integrated amplifiers and op-amps. Click here to take a closer look at everything the ROG Crosshair X870E Hero has to offer.
Four new ROG Strix motherboards are getting in on the action, too. The ROG Strix X870E-E Gaming WiFi leads the charge with a robust power solution that's primed for overclocking, premium cooling options, and our latest refinements that ease the PC building process. The ROG Strix X870-F Gaming WiFi and ROG Strix X870-A Gaming WiFi bring next-gen performance to more mainstream audiences, while the Mini-ITX ROG Strix X870-I Gaming WiFi gives builders a powerful small-form-factor option.
On top of these new options from ROG, we've prepared a slate of X870E and X870 motherboards from TUF Gaming, ProArt, and Prime. Click here to learn more about all these boards and everything they have to offer your next custom desktop PC.
Your most feature-rich, high-end options for an AMD Ryzen 9000 Series CPU use the X870E chipset. The ROG Crosshair X870E Hero sits at the top of the stack. Premium metallic textures, nickel-plated surfaces, and second-gen Polymo Lighting II make this a true showcase motherboard. But this board doesn't just look the part—it's fully prepped to take your gaming to the next level with the power of advanced AI.
High-performance networking options, including WiFi 7 support and dual Ethernet ports, allow you to integrate your new PC into your next-gen network. A pair of onboard USB4 ports give you versatile options for connecting displays, storage drives, and more, and you'll find the header you need to hook up a front-panel USB Type-C port with Quick Charge 4+ up to 60 W. For unrivaled gaming immersion, the ROG Crosshair X870E Hero offers a SupremeFX 7.1 Surround Sound audio solution with integrated amplifiers and op-amps. Click here to take a closer look at everything the ROG Crosshair X870E Hero has to offer.
Four new ROG Strix motherboards are getting in on the action, too. The ROG Strix X870E-E Gaming WiFi leads the charge with a robust power solution that's primed for overclocking, premium cooling options, and our latest refinements that ease the PC building process. The ROG Strix X870-F Gaming WiFi and ROG Strix X870-A Gaming WiFi bring next-gen performance to more mainstream audiences, while the Mini-ITX ROG Strix X870-I Gaming WiFi gives builders a powerful small-form-factor option.
On top of these new options from ROG, we've prepared a slate of X870E and X870 motherboards from TUF Gaming, ProArt, and Prime. Click here to learn more about all these boards and everything they have to offer your next custom desktop PC.
70 Comments on ASUS Launches AMD X870E and X870 Chipset Motherboards Across its Motherboard Brands
Edit: There was a x670 Gene but it seems to have vanished from retail.
2) you don’t make much sense, PCIE slots are largely irrelevant today and board makers react to the low demand of it
I feel better now about my Prime X670E-Pro WiFi, having two Gen4x4-slots from chipset, unshared, two M.2-slots from CPU unshared (sadly, only one Gen5), 4xSATA and at least a Gen3x4 or x2 M.2-slot that can be used to add another 6xSATA.
I can add 10GbE and TB4 or USB4 if I want to.
I would have prefered two or even three Gen5x16-slots from CPU (x16/x0 or x8/x8 plus one x8 or x4 shared with one or two M.2), two Gen4x4-slots from PCH shared with M.2, one or two x1-slots and 6xSATA (4 shared with Gen3x4 if you must for all those M.2-freaks, but oh well.
With those new boards, you may have fast USB with DP, but most of the time only with IGP video and without USB PD, but you lose one M.2 from CPU, plus most boards only have the Gen5x16.slot (often shared with one M.2) and one Gen4x4 from PCH.
AMD really needs better chipsets for Zen6.
Price - $$$
Release Date - ???
But unfortunately, on all these boards but the ProArt Creator USB4 implementation is half-assed. They lack a DP-In, so you can only route through video signals from IGP and they lack USB PD so you can't drive a monitor with only one cable.
I had the X670E ProArt for my 7950X3D before. Sent it back as JHL8540 is just not it. Motherboard overall was great though (10G + 2.5G ethernet) and yes it had proper DP-in ports.
A shame 5GbE is reserved for ROG Hero and ROG Strix X870E-E.Keep in mind that all SSD connected to the PCH have to use then Gen4x4-connection between CPU and chipset, though. If a M.2-slot is connected to the second Promotory21-chip connected to the forst one, communication with the CPU even has to go through the first chip.
AM5 could offer 6xM.2 Gen5 when using IGP or 4xM.2 when GPU only uses x8. Very few boards offer that possibility, though.
that led lighting what they called "polymo lighting ii"
i know its been the ROG-line trend for few years, but do many people wanted/like "ROG" LED animating on their mobo ? well i obviously not
its just feel like they just need to put extra LED on mobo to make it look more premium , or what ? smh
Shame...
Not a fan of PCIe bare bone boards, but will leave my comment as that and say no more, as I know its unpopular.
Will check out the proart board later, as on Intel I know they made proart a bit better balanced on i/o.
And if you populate all m.2 slots, the main primary pci-e slot bumps down in speed. Might just stick with my MSI x670e MEG ACE.