ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Dark Hero (AMD AM5)

Mit dem ROG Crosshair X870E Dark Hero hat ASUS ein Mainboard geschaffen, das seine Qualitäten nicht über Effekte, sondern über seine Konstruktion transportiert.

The ROG Crosshair X870E Hero already set a high bar for ASUS AM5 flagships. It offers strong VRM, generous connectivity, and that classic Crosshair layout enthusiasts know and trust. The Dark Hero takes the same foundation and sharpens it with better power headroom, cleaner aesthetics, smarter thermal solutions, and small but meaningful quality-of-life tweaks. ASUS did not try to rewrite the playbook here. They refined the details that actually impact high-end builds. After spending time with the board, here is how the Dark Hero stacks up against the standard Hero and why it holds its own as a top-tier AM5 option, especially now that it pairs great with the newly released Ryzen 7 9850X3D.

Earlier this year at CES 2026 ASUS was showing some new refreshed AM5-based motherboards and two that caught our attention were the ROG Crosshair X870E Glacial and the ROG Crosshair X870E Dark Hero. For those not familiar the Crosshair series sits as flagship series when it comes to AMD ROG motherboards. Today we are having a look a the ROG Crosshair X870E Dark Hero which features an all-black design, a 20+2+2 power phase design, two PCI-Express 5.0 x16 slots, five M.2 slots, USB 4 connectivity, both 5G and 10G ethernet, WiFi 7, and ASUS-specific features like NitroPath DRAM tech, AEMP, their new AIO Q-Connector, and of course all of their ease of use features. Read on as we take a look at this motherboard!