Review on 💻 ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero AM4 X570S Motherboard for Zen 3 Ryzen 5000 & 3rd Gen Ryzen (PCIe 4.0, 14+2 Ti Power Stages, PCH Heatsink, Wi-Fi 6, 2.5 Gbps LAN, USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C) by Alan Miller

Name: 💻 ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero AM4 X570S Motherboard for Zen 3 Ryzen 5000 & 3rd Gen Ryzen (PCIe 4.0, 14+2 Ti Power Stages, PCH Heatsink, Wi-Fi 6, 2.5 Gbps LAN, USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C)
Item: 💻 ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero AM4 X570S Motherboard for Zen 3 Ryzen 5000 & 3rd Gen Ryzen (PCIe 4.0, 14+2 Ti Power Stages, PCH Heatsink, Wi-Fi 6, 2.5 Gbps LAN, USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C)
Rating: 5

October 06, 2022

Not too impressed - unstable USB, painful A-RGB control software, some basic BIOS options missing

Great: no chipset fan! :) Pros: Lots of fan controls with good BIOS settings. Cons: Only two M.2 slots. Cons: The A-RGB (Aura Creator) software is absolutely terrible. Worse still, I can't convince the motherboard to show the CPU temperature on the Q-CODE display. Worst: Compared to my old ASUS ROG Strix Z370-E Gaming, the USB ports feel terribly unstable. I have to periodically reconnect my mouse and keyboard as they randomly lose functionality.

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