ASUS X470

This board shines as a budget gamer, particularly when paired with other TUF Alliance parts for matching aesthetics. However, those looking to achieve fast memory clocks should look elsewhere.

The introduction of AMD’s X470 chipset was an unspectacular affair, bringing only a handful of incremental improvements over the preceding X370 chipset. X470 motherboards reflect this trend too with manufacturers, like ASUS with its ROG Strix X470-F Gaming, using X470 as a justification to refresh existing X370 motherboards with some of the latest features and design innovations that have developed since.

While it's unquestionably expensive, Asus' X470 Crosshair is a true hero board for serious AMD enthusiasts. It delivers great performance in all respects, and excellent I/O and expandability. If you're building an AMD-based extreme overclocking rig or a test bench, it should be on your short list.

We received our sample of the Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero Wi-Fi as part of the press kit that AMD delivered for the launch of Ryzen 7 2700X and Ryzen 5 2600X CPUs. As we expected, the Crosshair VII Hero is a high end motherboard that is loaded with overclocking features and while it looks and feels really solid, our initial testing suggested that performance was nothing special.

ASUS' Crosshair VII Hero ist ein gestandenes Highend Mainboard, dass seinen Vorgängern und Intel-Pentants in nichts nachsteht. Es bietet jede erdenkliche und für Hardcore-Overclocker wichtige Option an.