ASUS ROG Strix X870-A Gaming WIFI (AMD AM5)

There’s a lot to love about the ASUS ROG Strix X870-A Gaming WIFI Motherboard. Firstly, it’s a gorgeous motherboard, with a largely white and silver design it’s going to appeal to those who like a lighter-looking PC build. However, there are a lot of big heatsinks, a lot of armour, and a touch of RGB lighting too, so top marks all around for the design here. The upgraded VRM hardware is going to benefit the more extreme CPUs, especially when it comes to long sessions of gaming or extensive video rendering that’ll put consistent strain on the motherboard and VRM, but that’s unlikely to be an issue here. Plus, all that power gives you plenty of headroom for any high TDP CPU, as well as a lot of overclocking potential. The storage options are fantastic too, with two PCIe 5.0 x4 M.2 mounts, as well as two PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2 mounts, giving you lots of fast storage and RAID combinations, and every drive mount comes with a massive heatsink to keep their performance running optimally. Overall, there’s really nothing about this motherboard I don’t like, with features like AI Overclocking, AI Cooling, and AI Networking putting peak performance just a few clicks away, a feature-rich BIOS, fantastic audio hardware with SupremeFX, and lightening-fast networking thanks to 2.5GbE LAN and the latest WiFi 7 technology.