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 Marcus Loeffler

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: 2

October 06, 2022

Expensive board, well made, unusually cool connector

First off, this board is NOT cheap, $450 plus tax, it's near the top of AMD's price spectrum. I've used both evga and ROG boards on all my builds for the past 20 years and have always been happy with both. I chose ROG this time because evga doesn't make AMD boards yet. My new build will start out with 5950x and 32GB RAM, 3070 ti and use my full Evga tower. The hardware on the board is great and I appreciate that there are no cooling fans on the board. The only thing I don't like is the process of connecting my Artic AIO to the board as the mounting holes are not the same as most. Consider standard AM4 holes. Other than that I'm happy so far and will update my review once the full system is up and running.

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