#5708524

CyberSparky

2019-09-06 11:48

I wanted this board, but that price is astronomical compared to other vendors boards. It is nice though. For that price it will stay nice in their inventory.

#5708618

H83

2019-09-06 16:30

So when the first Ryzen came out we could buy the Crosshair for around 250€, now a couple of years later the lastest version costs 600€!!!??? Are the guys from Asus crazy?... And the best part is that it performs as well as 100€ MB...

#5708632

asturur

2019-09-06 17:16

Yes those mainboards became shiny things for people that really wants to buy it. They know they are gonna sell mostly b450. I wonder of many of those will they produce.

#5708634

svan71

2019-09-06 17:25

And the chipset is not water cooled why? The VRM are are enough to spread the heat evenly they barley need a heatsink much less to be water cooled.

#5708658

MonstroMart

2019-09-06 18:34

slyphnier:

nice review boss i am not big-fans RGB, but that g.skill memory-kit looks pretty! also the OLED shot, showing HDD CODE : 02 is so artistically cool

I like rgb but i'm not a super big fan either. It's definitely not a requirement and often i turn it off after a while. I do have the same G Skill memory and it does look great indeed.

#5708673

maddog55

2019-09-06 19:43

i replaced my Crosshair Hero 6/Ryzen 1700 with the last x470 version the CH 7 non wifi . now the new Ryzen 3700X is quite happy sitting there,x570 motherboard prices in this price sector are ridiculous!.

#5708749

svan71

2019-09-07 00:46

Intel for years required a new socket and chipset for little to no reason, think z390. X570 gives you more lanes i believe 24 vs 16 pcie 4.0 and 16 core support. You can get it for $170 the b550 boards will be out sooner or later. https://www.microcenter.com/product/608671/x570-gaming-x-am4-atx-amd-motherboard

#5708833

Calmmo

2019-09-07 10:55

It's the hero with a waterblock, if you're hell bent on asus for some reason and want high-end, buy that instead @350. For the extreme board price range look at the aorus extreme or msi godlike, far better boards.

#5708854

insp1re2600

2019-09-07 13:33

nice board, i have the oled on my ryujin cooler, heard a lot had burn in issues, but mine hasnt so far, its nice for the temp stats from my msi board though. i'd have considered this if it was around x470 time, but with the potential socket change next time i feel the price is quite high.

#5708855

Undying

2019-09-07 13:40

If you are into very expensive boards i think aorus extreme is better of the two.

#5709090

rl66

2019-09-08 11:51

svan71:

And the chipset is not water cooled why? The VRM are are enough to spread the heat evenly they barley need a heatsink much less to be water cooled.

I agree this is a fail in the conception, even more when it is the main boring thing of X570 (and that Asrock cool it with their WC motherboard )... But yes 99% of those Asus board will not see water...