Review on ASUS ROG MAXIMUS XIII HERO motherboard by Wiktor Wnkowicz ᠌

Name: ASUS ROG MAXIMUS XIII HERO motherboard
Item: ASUS ROG MAXIMUS XIII HERO motherboard
Rating: 5

April 21, 2023

The best price for such a product, I will buy more!

The ASUS TUF Gaming GT301 case now houses a Samsung 980 Pro 1TB PCI-E 4x, Gigabyte 3060 11700K stone. With this setup, the cooler's height must be no more than 160mm. Therefore, keep it down right away! Forgoing Dark Rock 4 Pro in favor of something "smaller" was a must. When subjected to stress, the CPU tends to overheat and throttle by 7–12%. (installed on MX-4). A trifle, but unpleasant all the same. I intend to upgrade the case's stock rear fan and possibly install a second fan to direct airflow into the CPU tower. Under pressure, Vidyuha has no complaints.

Pros

The quality of life is excellent. I don’t see the point in writing about the Z590, and everything is so clear. Excellent "mother" made by an excellent producer. Pricey, but reasonable. Plenty of space for everyone, extra WiFi 6, and a lot of other goodies.

Cons

Upon attaching the cooler's mounting plate, I noticed a peculiarity: one of the holes for the plate is quite close to the tracks on the board (bottom left, adjacent to the first M2 socket). It seems possible to grind the screw pad and cause a short in the tracks while tightening the rack. Amazingly, this issue only affects one hole out of all of them. For the set screw, I fashioned a gasket ring out of PE and threaded it through with care. Take care! When installing a CPU cooler, extra care must be taken if there are already a lot of heatsinks attached to the motherboard. I was sworn to silence! As it did not rise due to the memory bar, Dark Rock 4 (200W) redirected the fan such that air was expelled rather than drawn from the radiator. Meanwhile, the fan's housing was still touching the radiator of the "mother" ship. Thus, I had to resort to the most savage methods to complete this fan: a knife and a file. Lack of joy.