Review on ASUS TUF Gaming X570-Plus AM4 Zen 3 Ryzen 5000 & 3rd Gen Ryzen ATX Motherboard with PCIe 4.0, Dual M.2, 12+2 Dr. MOS Power Stage, HDMI by Fock Dean

I know this board has some critics but I found the installation, set up and configuration to be hassle free. I'm running a Ryzen 7 2700x (default clock) with no VRM overheating. After 10 hours of Handbrake Blu-ray rendering at 100% CPU load, the VRM was only 62°C measured with an infrared thermometer. The VRM has heatsinks for cooling, lots of overhead for easily overclocking the CPU if I wanted to. The Corsair 8x2-16 GB RAM was automatically overclocked to 3000 MHz with the Asus ODCP profile without any problems. It has been proven to work at this speed. Manually overclocking RAM to 3200MHz 16 18 18 18 36 voltage on the car with no complaints from the computer. With this board you just have to go to the Asus compatibility chart and see what kind of RAM will work and how many dimmers that RAM you can install. The 16x PCIe slot is designed for heavy graphics cards. Comes with a 4x NVME slot and a 2x slot. A very smooth board, not quite chromed or covered in dragons like some of the others. The driver installation was smooth and I found the BIOS easy to navigate and understand. Lighting is minimal but a nice touch. Lots of fan headers and SATA ports.