Asus has unveiled its preliminary X870E and X870 motherboard lineup at Gamescom 2024. Asus’s common mannequin tiers are represented, with the ROG, Strix, TUF, ProArt and Prime households all that includes X870/E fashions. All are appropriate with Ryzen 9000-series CPUs out of the field, and all assist up-to-date characteristic units, together with USB4 and WiFi 7.
As you’d count on at the present time, Asus has included a number of auto-optimizing ‘AI’ options together with AI Networking II, AI Overclocking and AI Cooling II. They embody CPU and DRAM overclocking enhancements with extra granular controls together with notably sturdy VRM designs. Varied fashions additionally assist a number of PCIe 5.0 SSDs.
The flagship choice is the ROG Crosshair X870E Hero. It seems like a ROG board for certain, with lengthy checklist of options. It comes with a really sturdy 18+2+2 section VRM with 110A phases, which even a closely overclocked Ryzen 9 9950X will not problem. Add to that assist for DDR5-8200+, as much as three Gen 5 SSDs, twin USB4, USB 20Gbps with 60W PD, WiFi 7, twin LAN and the standard ROG overclocking options and prospers, and that is certain to be a strong providing.
Asus hasn’t revealed a value as of but, however count on this one and Asus’ different choices to price greater than their X670 counterparts.
Subsequent up are 4 ROG Strix choices together with the ROG Strix Z870-I Gaming WiFi. Asus’ X670E-I model is our decide for greatest Mini-ITX motherboard, so until Asus actually dropped the ball, the X870-I is certain to be a contender for the throne.
The ROG Strix X870-F Gaming and X870-A Gaming are certain to be well-liked choices. They embody a lot of the goodies of the dearer Hero.
A little bit additional down the vary comes the Asus TUF Gaming X870-Plus WiFi. This one includes a distinctive blocky-looking aesthetic that I personally discover fairly interesting. It nonetheless contains WiFi 7, USB4 and twin Gen 5 SSD assist.
The TUF model has advanced from its unique army theme with a concentrate on reliability into extra of a finances gaming model. If the Z870-Plus WiFi is priced proper, It might be a extremely aggressive mid vary providing.
The ProArt X870E Creator WiFi is geared toward creators. It comes with a 3 month Adobe Artistic Cloud subscription which is a good worth add. It is filled with USB ports and it contains 10G LAN alongside 2.5G LAN and WiFi 7.
I really like its black and gold design, although I would count on this one to price a fairly penny certainly. Nonetheless, it’s going to be thought-about low cost when in comparison with workstation class choices.
Lastly there’s Asus’ mainstream Prime household. Each the Prime X870-P WiFi and Prime X870-P seem principally equivalent, although the latter’s title clearly means it lacks WiFi 7, and certainly it would not embody WiFi in any respect, which is a bit odd at the present time.
Each boards nonetheless have respectable characteristic lists, with Gen 5 SSD assist and USB4. Apparently, the X870-P WiFi contains 4 PCIe enlargement slots. Until my eyes fail me, it is the one Asus X870 board to characteristic that many.
These are simply the primary of many X870E and X870 boards to launch. They’re going to be higher suited to the excessive finish fashions such because the Ryzen 9 9950X and Ryzen 9 9900X. There’s nothing stopping you from shopping for such a board to make use of with a Ryzen 5 9600X or Ryzen 7 9700X, however they will be extra logically paired with upcoming B850 motherboards.
We have no phrase on pricing, however Asus not identified for its aggressive pricing. With {the electrical} complexities inherent to boards with PCIe 5.0 GPU and SSD assist, sooner RAM assist and stronger VRM options, I am anticipating X870 boards from all producers to be costly.