The AMD X570 Motherboard Overview: Over 35+ Motherboards Analyzed
by Gavin Bonshor on July 9, 2019 8:00 AM ESTASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Hero WIFI
Both the ROG Crosshair VIII Hero Wi-Fi and ROG Crosshair VIII Hero are both targeted at gamers with a strong balance between enthusiast, and gaming features. First of all, both models are identical with the exception of the Intel AX200 Wi-Fi 6 wireless adapter. The design follows the traditional ROG style with a similar ROG armor covering that the Crosshair VIII Formula does, but not as extensive. The chipset heatsink includes a fan to keep the X570 chipset running cool, and also includes plenty of customizable RGB with the Hero logo, and ROG logo.
Similar to the ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Formula, the Crosshair VI Hero features dual PCIe 4.0 M.2 and also has three full-length PCIe 4.0 slots with x16, x8/x8, and x8/x8/x4; this allows for both two-way NVIDIA SLI and AMD Crossfire multi-graphics card setups to be used. A single PCIe 4.0 x1 slot is present and storage capabilities are provided by two PCIe 4.0 M.2, and eight SATA ports. This model also supports up to 128 GB of RAM across a total of four memory slots.
The newest inclusion for ASUS is the use of the Realtek RTL8125AG Dragon 2.5 GbE gaming LAN. Onboard audio is taken care of by a Realtek SupremeFX S1220 HD audio codec and as a result, adds five 3.5 mm audio jacks, and a single S/PDIF optical output on the rear panel. There are a whopping seven USB 3.1 G2 Type-A, as well as a single USB 3.1 G2 Type-C port on the rear panel. A single front panel USB 3.1 G2 port is also available for users to expand upon, with two USB 2.0 ports providing an additional four ports, and two USB 3.1 G1 Type-A headers for a total of four ports. Add more
The ROG Crosshair VIII Hero offers users a similar feature set to that of its current X570 flagship, the Crosshair VIII Formula, but without the OLED panel and water block with a more competitive MSRP of $380 for the Wi-Fi enabled version with an Intel AX200 Wi-Fi 6 802.11ax wireless interface. The non-Wifi variant is likely to be slightly cheaper, but no MSRP is currently available for this model.
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wut - Tuesday, July 9, 2019 - link
Noooooooo I paid $20 extra for the Phantom Gaming 4 motherboard!MDD1963 - Tuesday, July 9, 2019 - link
*Must* have a 10 GBe capable board to connect to my 750 Mbps service...!!! :)DanNeely - Wednesday, July 10, 2019 - link
The greater than 1gb ethernet is so you can have full bandwidth for eg 100gb steam installs in a few years when your ISP offers a >1gb service.Gastec - Tuesday, July 16, 2019 - link
LMAO!Qasar - Tuesday, July 9, 2019 - link
all these people complaining about the chipset fan, but has any one actually heard them yet ??shabby - Thursday, July 11, 2019 - link
Back in the day we had chipset fans... they all sound alike.Qasar - Friday, July 12, 2019 - link
and back in the day.. my case fans were still more noticeable then the one on the south bridgemikato - Thursday, July 11, 2019 - link
I would love to know what they sound like. They were horrible in the past and I went out of my way to find mobos with passive cooling. They actually had decent heatsinks on them.Steelbom - Wednesday, July 10, 2019 - link
Is the Phantom Gaming 4 sufficient for the 3900X?shabby - Thursday, July 11, 2019 - link
If a b350 can run a 3900x at 4ghz then I'm sure any cheap x570 board is sufficient. The 3900x uses around 170watts when running with PBO. The thing is these new chips don't overclock well at all so I doubt you'll need pricey mobos with 16 phases to run them, they only clock to 4.3ghz at best on water.