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AMD X870E and X870 Motherboards Have Been Released, Prices Start at $199 Up To $699

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Major AMD partners like ASUS, ASRock, GIGABYTE, and MSI have unveiled their latest AMD AM5 motherboards featuring the X870E and X870 chipsets. The new motherboards offer broad compatibility, supporting not only the latest AMD Ryzen 9000 series, but also the Ryzen 8000 and 7000 CPUs. These boards are aimed at high-end and enthusiast users, sporting optimized VRM designs and enhanced I/O capabilities, including WiFi 7 and USB 4 support.

The motherboards are all in ATX format; however, mATX/ITX models should follow later this year. They all support DDR5-5600 MT/s memory speeds natively, with some models supporting over 8000 MT/s memory speeds. In terms of chipset, the X870E series uses two Promontory 21 dies with support for USB 4 and Gen 5 GPU/SSD (24x Gen 5 CPU Lanes, 8x Gen 4 + 12x Gen 3 PCH Lanes). The X870 will use just one of the dies, retaining the Gen 5 lanes, however the PCH Lanes will be limited to 4x Gen 4 + 8x Gen 3.
From the current batch of motherboards, if we look at prices from Newegg US, the cheapest is the ASRock X870 PRO RS listed at $199.99, while at the other end we have the ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E HERO available for $699.99, for which we already published our extensive review here. Stay tuned for more X870E/X870 motherboard reviews in the coming days. Our team has just grown with the addition of a new hardware reviewer.

ASUS Motherboards
  • ASUS PRIME X870-P WIFI - $249.99
    ASUS TUF Gaming X870-PLUS WIFI - $309.99
    ASUS ROG STRIX X870-A Gaming WIFI - $369.99
    ASUS ProArt X870E-Creator WIFI - $479.99
    ASUS ROG STRIX X870E Gaming WIFI - $499.99
    ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E HERO - $699.99
ASRock Motherboards
  • ASRock X870 PRO RS - $199.99
    ASRock X870 PRO RS WIFI - $209.99
    ASRock X870 Steel Legend WIFI - $259.99
    ASRock X870 RIPTIDE WIFE - $279.99
    ASRock X870E NOVA WIFI - $349.99
    ASRock X870E Taichi LITE - $399.99
    ASRock X870E Taichi - $449.99
GIGABYTE Motherboards
  • GIGABYTE X870 Gaming WIFI6 - $219.99
    GIGABYTE X870 Eagle WIFI7 - $229.99
    GIGABYTE X870 Gaming X WIFI7 - $249.99
    GIGABYTE X870 AORUS ELITE WIFI7 - $289.99
    GIGABYTE X870 AORUS ELITE WIFI7 ICE - $289.99
    GIGABYTE X870E AORUS ELITE WIFI7 - $319.99
    GIGABYTE X870E AORUS PRO - $359.99
    GIGABYTE X870E AORUS PRO ICE - $359.99
    GIGABYTE X870E AORUS Master - $499.99
MSI Motherboards
  • MSI PRO X870-P WIFI - $239.99
    MSI MAG X870 Tomahawk WIFI - $299.99
    MSI MPG X870E Carbon WIFI - $499.99
AMD's B850 and B840 motherboards are rumored to be released in early 2025, likely during the CES 2025 event.
Sources: Videocardz, Wccftech

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63 Comments on AMD X870E and X870 Motherboards Have Been Released, Prices Start at $199 Up To $699

#51
Wirko
Gmr_ChickVibrators, of course! :roll: :D
With telemetry and Recall at the other end of that short pink cable.
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#53
Xajel
_roman_WIFI 7 seems to lock you in to Windows 11. Gnu Linux - Freebsd and other operating systems not supported or possible.
Sadly, this is intended by MS to push W11 and force people to move from W10. They're doing it from a long time, they're also not accepting new hardware drivers for W10 because they'll end its support soon.
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#54
Gigaherz
FreedomEclipsePrice will drop after a month or two.
Down to still overexpensive beyond comfort.
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#55
igormp
LauncestonianBut how is 10Gbps the USB3 theoretical top speed? it is only 5Gbps If your referring to .1 or .2 versions of it, then its more of course.
I decompress a file from my USB3 64GB Corsair flash drive to my PCIe 4.0 M.2 drive & a 3Gb compressed file peaks out at a mere 200Mb/s at it's maximum speed according to windows 11 the whole time & yes all drivers & OS are up to date... . That's not even half the speed of UBS2 spec!
The point of my post is that is just does not translate into real world daily usage those super speeds up to 5Gb/s.. never happens. Then you'll get explanations that maybe its the USB cord your using or the flash drive is faulty or some other rubbish far from reality excuse. No, it is what it is as far as I'm concerned, marketing big talk to get consumers parting with their money for the next higher number generational upgrade.
I do have some Adata flash drives that can easily sustain 100~200MB/s (so a bit over 1Gbps), while some cheap others really can't do much more than 30MB/s. My SD cards are also often below the 100MB/s mark.
For SSDs/NVMes on external enclosures, I can easily saturate the bus speed at 300~400MB/s for the 2.5" drives and 10Gbps (limited by my case) for the NVMes.

I usually use a mix of the above because I have multiple SBCs that I keep toying around with :p
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#56
kapone32
SarajielI do.
My primary B650E Aorus Master system has 6x internal M.2s, the secondary B650E Aorus Master system only runs 5x of them. Admittedly, it’s not your typical gamer use-case, but I doubt that I'm the only one who has such or similar setups.
Me too
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#57
csendesmark
FreedomEclipseYou mean Early Adopter's TAX.

Price will drop after a month or two.
why would?
You must talk about the X670 variants.
eidairaman1I might have to go Threadripper/Epyc for pcie slots, not a fan of m.2.
I was also seriously considering the to take the Threadripper route with the Gigabyte TRX50 AI TOP (best TRX50 board IMO)
But I decided not to since this board with 7960X + 4×32GB RAM costs about double, and it is only giving ~30~35% extra speed (basically 16v24 cores)
I guess those PCIe connectors cost a lot! Yet I would only use about 16~20 more over the AM5 solution.
Also, I don't like the mainboard m.2 solutions either, this is why got the Gigabyte AORUS Gen4 AIC Adaptor (only with 2 SSD since second PCIe slot is @ 8×)
9950X+X870E for me.
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#58
Octavean
Thunderbolt and USB4 are indeed powerful and useful options. However, they are most useful IMO for sealed systems with little to no expansion options (like a Mac for example) in a closed ecosystem. The average PC should have PCIe expansion and these motherboards have that despite the fact that fewer and fewer PCIe slots are on offer.

Currently I have an ASRock B650E PG Riptide WiFi motherboard and while it did have some initial minor growing pains do to UEFI issues it was sorted quickly with revisions. To be honest, the following boards look good to me:

ASRock X870 RIPTIDE WIFE - $279.99
ASRock X870E NOVA WIFI - $349.99
ASRock X870E Taichi LITE - $399.99
ASRock X870E Taichi - $449.99

Some of the Gigabyte boards too.

If I were buying I'd probably go with either the ASRock X870E NOVA WIFI or the ASRock X870E Taichi LITE. Still, I'm served well enough by the ASRock B650E PG Riptide WiFi, RyZen 7950X and 7800XT setup so I won't make a change anytime soon.
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#59
kapone32
OctaveanThunderbolt and USB4 are indeed powerful and useful options. However, they are most useful IMO for sealed systems with little to no expansion options (like a Mac for example) in a closed ecosystem. The average PC should have PCIe expansion and these motherboards have that despite the fact that fewer and fewer PCIe slots are on offer.

Currently I have an ASRock B650E PG Riptide WiFi motherboard and while it did have some initial minor growing pains do to UEFI issues it was sorted quickly with revisions. To be honest, the following boards look good to me:

ASRock X870 RIPTIDE WIFE - $279.99
ASRock X870E NOVA WIFI - $349.99
ASRock X870E Taichi LITE - $399.99
ASRock X870E Taichi - $449.99

Some of the Gigabyte boards too.

If I were buying I'd probably go with either the ASRock X870E NOVA WIFI or the ASRock X870E Taichi LITE. Still, I'm served well enough by the ASRock B650E PG Riptide WiFi, RyZen 7950X and 7800XT setup so I won't make a change anytime soon.
Nor for this class but As Rock are also the only boards I am aware of that support 4k 120hz from the on board HDMI port. That is sweet for APUs connected to 120hz TVs or monitors. Of course any monitor that supports 4K can run at 1080P just fine.
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#60
Raiden85
Already using an Asus X670E Hero and the only real difference is Wi-Fi 7. If I upgraded the Wi-Fi card then I pretty much have an X870E board.

For the low end boards it's an ok refresh but for the X670E boards this refresh was completely pointless.
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#61
DudeBeFishing
Gmr_ChickVibrators, of course! :roll: :D
48V 5A, or 240W. That's gonna get a little too hot for my liking.
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#62
_roman_
I recommend before buying reading very carefully the online mainboard manual. Suddenly there are PCIE 3.0 slots on the mainboard. Or shared PCIE 5.0 16 lanes slot with M2 NVME slots. You may also look out for AMD / ASUS / Gigabyte rewards-cashbacks. Yesterday I found for central europe 3 different rewards running for amd cpus, gpus and mainboards.
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#63
GhostRyder
Annnd there is Asus once agin with the overpriced lead in the pack haha...

Man the price of motherboards have gone up.
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