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ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Hero Review
SSD Performance & Temperatures »Finished Looks
The RGB lighting is focused on a single location—that huge Polymo Lighting II display on the I/O shroud. We've seen more elaborate lighting from ASUS and other manufacturers such as on the M.2 heatsinks by way of connectors that link the PCB to the lighting on the heatsink when installed. That might have dialed things up a little here, especially on the enormous heatsink at the lower end of the board, but the price would undoubtedly be even higher. The board still looks fantastic and there are of course several RGB headers for those that need more.
Test System
| Test System Motherboards | |
|---|---|
| Processor: | AMD Ryzen 9 9950X Zen 5 5.7 GHz, 16 cores / 32 threads |
| BIOS Version: | 0501 |
| Memory: | Corsair Vengeance RGB 6000 AMD EXPO 2x 16 GB DDR5-6000 |
| Cooling: | Alphacool Core 1 LT Aurora with AM5 performance kit Corsair Hydro X Series XD3 2 x 240 mm radiators (custom loop) |
| Graphics Card: | PNY GeForce RTX 4090 XLR8 |
| Storage: | 2 TB Team Group T-Force Z540 1 TB Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB Crucial T500 M.2 NVMe SSD (data) |
| Power Supply: | be quiet! dark power 12 1000 W |
| Software: | Windows 11 Professional 64-bit 23H2 |
| Drivers: | NVIDIA GeForce 555.85 WHQL Ryzen Chipset Drivers: 6.06.28.910 Game Mode enabled, Game Bar installed and active |
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