5x ASUS X670E Motherboards!

[@Edsdrafts]

Thanks for sharing. Pity ASUS X670E-E model was not included which IMO is a better deal compared to X670E-F.

[@premium3429]

No it isnt for everybody, not at all actually. What you get extra is just a pci slot that most gamers dont need, since dual gpu is dead basically and you get an even more overbuilt vrm section that nobody will ever need to oc any ryzen processors now or in the future, the strix f & a is totally sufficient already. So all you really get extra that you actually NEED or could need is 4x usb ports, but thats a big if.. also on the strix - e you halve the pci gpu slot speed if you use 4 nvme, while the strix f and a retain 2xpcie5 and 2xpcie4 speeds for all m2 drives while retaining gpu slot speed at pci5 x16. So why spend 100 dollars more for that is beyond me, theres no point at all whatsoever. Audio is the same too as well as bios oc features. F and a are clearly better choices for pure gamers.

[@Edsdrafts]

@@premium3429 thanks for detail reply but ny comment was over a year go. Prices, hardware and value have changed a good bit. It also matters a lot where you buy as pricing and availability does differ.

[@premium3429]

@@Edsdrafts No problem mate! I just felt like i had to say something, because many reviewers and ppl think you need overbuilt vrms and dual pci lanes. Reality is that nobody really needs this. 99% of gamers just want one gpu and 2 or 3 nvme drives, most dont even use 3. With intel its different due to the power consumption. But amd works even better undervolted, which makes it even cooler and easier on the vrms. People that do benching are better off with Taichis, Hero's and the like. The strix - e makes sense for people that still do dual gpu / simuation stuff or need tons and tons of storage and expansion cards, which is almost nobody.

[@buyingastairwaytoheaven5252]

Glad you focused on that board Luke, likely to be their biggest seller id imagine. Been a few years since I used an ASUS board, their UEFI was always really solid and logically laid out.

[@KitGuruTech]

Indeed - that ROG STRIX board looks to offer a good balance before the prices start getting a bit too much. Luke

[@gozoxeno757]

The intro feels like I’m about to watch a movie

[@gogopowerrangers6596]

Luke, great work on this article, very enjoyable - only watched the first three as im in work, but will check the rest out later. thanks !

[@PinkasBrown44]

Would have been interesting to include the Asus Strix X670E-A, since this board seems to have a lower (in some counties MUCH lower) price in comparison to the Asus Strix X670-F. And WHY it is so....

[@glory8498]

The “a” version is just white variation of the board. same thing

[@sniper2771]

it's not exactly like that😉

[@bobsmithson8592]

quality board designs - plenty of power from the VRM's

[@Mnorbert25]

I bought this motherboard ASUS Strix X670E-F Gaming Wifi this year around February and absolutely happy nobody talks about this motherboard performance how good it is so far for the price given many Thanks to KitGuruTech showing this amazing motherboard ! This motherboard gives you everything that you need it lacks nothing well balanced performance and price ! Subscribed

[@ei..]

Just bought this board for my 7800x3d! Overkill I know, but I got it for only $290usd because of both a sale from the retailer, and an asus cashback promotion. Hopefully AM5 sticks around for a while, so I can utilize this board to it's full potential down the line once it's time for another cpu upgrade!

[@ZackSNetwork]

@@ei..Nice I just got this motherboard and a 7800x3d as well for my second PC. It’s limited by the RTX 3080 12gb though.

[@SteveL11]

I ended up with the X670E-Pro Wifi, mainly because it's the cheapest white board I can find with "good enough" specs.

[@theonlyredspecial]

great overview Luke- cheers!

[@buyingastairwaytoheaven5252]

thanks for covering the power schematics Luke - critical on these boards.

[@BFTB-0]

Mini ITX is my favourite board here- could build a very powerful well connected living room PC with that.

[@sunwalker2438]

personally i've bought the TUF X670E Gaming Wifi. It's a great and stable board. But the Strix X670E-F is also looking very interesting.

[@DeadPhoenix86DP]

If only their customer support were great. Got burned badly last year. Received a faulty motherboard, and after i send it to RMA, they said i broke the PCI-E Slot, so my warranty was void. When i shipped it back to them there wasn't a single dent on the motherboard or PCI-E slot. Never ASUS again.

[@boltsandbraces6261]

I heard a similar story from a mate in a different part of the UK. seems they need to work on that.

[@historianfabulousio5128]

ive never had an ASUS board fail, only had 2 in my life and sold the system on after a few years each time. Thats interesting - did you deal with ASUS directly? in UK or Europe or America? Surely the etailer would have taken it back if you got it faulty when you bought it.

[@larwiemcdonnel5322]

they are quite good in Germany, never had an issue, but only had one failure so its a small sample size.

[@justindavis7600]

buddy of mine, got a faulty board a few years ago, he couldnt get it RMA'd either. Their customer support needs a lot of work. They just seem 'too big' to care.

[@DeadPhoenix86DP]

@@historianfabulousio5128 It was send through an etailer where i bought it from. Had to wait 1 month, and got en email back that the warranty was void, and they will ship back my faulty motherboard. You had no idea how pissed i was. And i had pay 200 euro extra for repairs. Which i declined. I also didn't accept the motherboard back. But after going back and forth, the store gave 70% back of the original purchase. At least its better than nothing.

[@KnightRider-lq5yb]

ASUS TUF Gaming X670E-Plus WiFi is a cracking looking board.

[@12Burton24]

The crazy thing is 16 x16 slots works pcie 5.0 and the 16 x4 slot worls at the same time on pcie 4.0 while the 16 x16 slot still works at x16. So possible to use a great high end gpu card and a cheap ome on the lower slot if neeeded. Well PCI E 3.0 x16 is maybe overloaded now with a 4090 but was for a long time more than enough the bandwidth of 3.0 x16.

[@canarychrome7012]

excellent overview Luke - i skipped to the Crosshair board as ive been interested in that one for some time

[@haremofprocessors6954]

thanks Luke- some good information in there for a customer looking at X670E. I have always had good fortune with ASUS boards in the past, even back to a decade ago. quality products.

[@GSP-76]

That's true...their boards have better BIOS implementations than most of the competition. Gigabyte is also good but not Asus quality. I have the Asus x670e Crosshair Extreme board and it's just amazing. Haven't had a single issue with it yet.

[@bigarmydave]

Shame the Strix X670E-F doesn't have the LED panel.

[@inlovewithmycar7085]

Always loved the ASUS UEFI's - miles ahead of the rest IMO

[@KitGuruTech]

I think ASUS has done a good job with the UEFI for many years. Clean layout and easy to navigate. Most of the sensible features and settings people want too. Luke

[@tclegendspubg9152]

The motherboard heatsinks make it look so them look so cool. Kind of like the covers in modern engine bays hiding the gubbins but making it look way better.

[@KitGuruTech]

The Rear IO cover is one of the more recent features that I really like personally. I know they have been on boards for a few generations, but I think they look so much better than bare ports and connectors. Luke

[@paulyoxall8194]

My X670E-F has MediaTek handling the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The drivers on ASUS’ support site are for Intel, though!

[@powermaster5004]

some awesome looking boards there. nice line up - didnt know they had that crosshair out. very interested now

[@harleylover9446]

its a good looking board IMO. good overall layout but I like a few of the gigabyte boards as well lately.

[@stickyfingers9710]

@Matthew Walsh you must have had better luck than us. US RMA's seem problemetic. Still this Kitguru video is a good showcase of some of the new boards which look impressive on a power level and design layout.

[@tonydalimata]

Having a hell of a time with my Tuf x670e , it won't POST .

[@treyquattro]

I just upvoted this video. The count now stands at 420...

[@wankerka]

What mother board brand has lest software to handle? Atm I am using a Asus mobo, I hate the armory crate to much hassle. Gigabyte or Msi ok?

[@frankbaba5460]

Love the appearance of these motherboards makes them look worth the money.

[@KitGuruTech]

I think ASUS has done a very good job for the past few generations with their board styling. That X670E Hero is absolutely gorgeous! Luke

[@hairsprungdutchtechnique9626]

I always loved the ASUS Hero boards - quality products.

[@overclockingdemon7179]

good boards, always liked them myself. These boards are now so massively expensive. its a crazy world we live in.

[@lyqus.1337]

Luke always does such a detailed review.

[@PaulyDownUnder]

Excellent review, thank you!

[@zehven6083]

I bought a asus rog x670e-i itx board last year second hand from a reputable seller on ebay but due to busy schedule and lack of funds at the time never got round to building my pc. Now I've put together the pc ,minus the cpu (7800x3d is on the way). I read you can boot into bios i tried turn the pc on nothing happens not even fan spin😢. There seems to be power going to usb's though. Tried using my spare psu samething happens. Will it work when i put the cpu in or is the board dead? 😢

[@moemarope4419]

There's no power button on the Rog x670e-f but there's a clear cmos button. It's not on the directly on the board but it's on the back panel.

[@KitGuruTech]

Indeed. We showed the back panel Clear CMOS in the video. I would have liked to see onboard power/reset though to be honest. They're useful even if just for troubleshooting. Luke

[@lordenzelindonu8295]

Nice to see HDMI 2.1 becoming standard everywhere now.

[@KitGuruTech]

I'm glad to see this becoming more popular too. Especially now the Ryzen CPUs have the iGPU built in, so can reasonably be used for media encode/decode. Luke

[@rebeccaschade3987]

I'm looking at buying an X670E based system soon, and I'm really tempted to stretch my budget to the ROG Crosshair Hero. It just looks like a really premium board. Very clean lines. I'm doing a custom hardtube liquid cooling, so looks do matter. However, I do feel the price of the Hero is a bit high, and I'm also quite inclined to go with the MSI MPG X670E Carbon Wifi, as I feel it offers a better balance of features, design and price. I'm not in a major rush to get it built though, so I'm keeping my eyes open for sales over the Christmas period.

[@rebeccaschade3987]

@Matthew Walsh The price difference isn't worth losing the PCIe 5.0 x16 slot over. Unless I was to go with a low end board, which I certainly wouldn't do for a fully custom liquid cooled build.

[@KitGuruTech]

I think there can be several instances where spending premium money on a premium motherboard is very much worth it. I would say that a hardtube liquid cooled build that you plan to keep for some time is one of those cases. Yes, the board will be expensive, but so is all the hardtube gubbins too :D! Luke

[@rebeccaschade3987]

@@KitGuruTech My current build is already sporting a full EKWB setup. I'll be reusing most of the liquid cooling parts, just adding a new waterblock, and possibly a new pump top with RGB. And yes, the liquid cooling components are a big expense. I would never recommend it for any other reason than to make a showcase build. Here in Norway the MSI MPG X670E Carbon Wifi costs £490 while the Crosshair Hero costs around £700. At that point, I do find it quite difficult to defend the rather significant price bump, which is why I'm waiting to see if either of the boards shows up on a sale during the xmas period. My reasonable side is saying that the Carbon is more than good enough, but my aesthetic sense is saying "No, no, that Crosshair Hero board looks oh soooo good." It's making it hard to come to a decision :D

[@lucifersheadscarf6988]

fantastic work Luke, loads of information - have to say some of those boards look fantastic. Hope asus get you more boards, id like to see your overviews next year on the ranges. Strange MSI don't do this too.

[@ersinortagenc5233]

What do you think about X670e-e, is there a difference between X670e-e and x670e-f

[@TheManueltavarez]

Between x670e-e or x670e-f witch one is most recomendable ? I think x670e-e offer more. But I don't know wich one could be better, Both have the same price.

[@timjohansen5118]

On the X670e Hero, with the M2 drives connected to the CPU on their motherboard connectors, if you have both of these occupied, will this then still mean that the PCIE_1 slot still runs at 16x if the PCIE_2 slot is not occupied?

[@deneme6994]

Can you do a build based on the x670e-i mini itx one next time please.

[@adam-xj9fr]

Don’t like that ROG Strix Hive as you know it’s going to have connection issues down the road and it’s going to mean the audio gets messed up.

[@francescostefanile5613]

I would like to buy the hero x670e and I already have a 4090 and an asus pci x4 lan 10gb card... I have to connect the first to the slot above and the 10gb lan to the second pci ex since the third slot is only x1... In this way the performance of the 4090 will not be reduced because it will only go to x8 right? Do you have any advice?

[@ggysm2037]

Kind of prefer the ROG Strix over the ROG Crossfire as the design looks nicer imho.

[@ustaafacanlar6067]

Amazing they are having to use steel to reinforce the PCIe slot.

[@KitGuruTech]

I don't think the necessarily have to. It's just one of those features that came about a few years ago as there are some advantages (structual integrity and rigidity, potential EMI benefits). Luke

[@cmyskill5272]

Looking to mount my graphic card Vertically, I have the Asus ROG Strix X70E-E . By chance any suggestions as to get a Gen 5 cable as I can only seem to find a Gen 4 that works with Asus. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Also, very informative video.

[@amdforlife5591]

I ended up going for a gigabyte Aorus Master, but I almost went for the Hero. Good roundup, interesting to see the board layouts

[@stickyfingers9710]

good board that. mate got one. runs well.

[@Cruor34]

How do you feel about the Aorus Master 4 months later? Some people say it's great others say its the worst pick out of the $400-$500 MBs. Picking a MB is so difficult, I am looking at block diagrams now, GPU, ram, PSU, CPU were all so easy compared to this.

[@thehahahaha88]

if I'm planning to put 2 pieces of m.2 nvme , which motherboard will perform it's full capacity without affecting the GPU performance? thank you

[@sunwalker2438]

great video

[@KitGuruTech]

Thanks!

[@melisasla6295]

Asus VRMs are pretty serious.

[@reptilespantoso]

I bought an ASRock B650

[@Yallarenoone]

Will the ryzen 7 7800x3d run with the rog strix x670E-F gaming?

[@brianhahne9623]

More interested in the hero board.

[@Tainted-Soul]

As My new build is going in a HAF 700 evo which has 4 usb 3.2 on the front so 2 headers needed out of the boards you shown only the hero has 2 X 3.2 USB headers . so if I want all 4 USB's to work its the hero unless I go to Asrock steal

[@jeffparryncc1701]

Is there another x670 with 2x5.0 M.2 slots for nvme ???????? And why doesn't any of the so called High End (scoffs) motherboards have 2 5.0 M.2 slots come standard????? Because not one person puts there games on C: drive these days. It goes on the G: drive, G for Games drive. Which should be the 2nd M.2 slot, which should be 5.0. A BIG FU to the lot of them...

[@Capyrkeys]

The Mini ITX board is great in every aspect except audio. Why should i buy a ITX board for the smallest possible system ant then add another box to carry around and put on my desk? I think thats a major shortcoming.

[@KitGuruTech]

I certainly see what you're saying. I was in two minds with this to be honest. I thought it was good to stick on top of a mini-ITX chassis for easier access. But it's also not ideal because it adds some complexity too, as you say. Definitely an interesting solution with some pros and cons. Luke

[@oyunustas4143]

I know it’s Republic of Gamers but you can’t help but thinking Roger sometimes.

[@csabauri351]

B650E-E (4x M2 slot x5-x5-x4-x4 / Debug LED screen /PCIE slot relase button) is better then cheaper X670(e) versions

[@napoficial7123]

I like this channel ❤

[@frijin490]

Asus has a board called Strix X670E-E gaming, that's more hilarious compared to E-F.

[@PoppaCYS]

Nice overview. The ROG ASUS X670E boards are overpriced. If you want extra beefy VRMs and a bunch of specs that current technology can't take advantage of, then someone might like these boards. IMO, for the price you're paying, your better off getting a lower cost board and using the money you save toward another future board several years for now (assuming you still want those future oriented features). Their B650E motherboards are far more attractive to me.

[@mertprogramlama]

Asus always make decent kit.

[@stevewatson6839]

Good round up; thank god for reviewers! The ASUS site is bobbins and unavigable atm; scrolling of its own accord so you can't select anything.

[@MandoMTL]

Hearing a lot of negative feedback regarding QA with ASUS. I'll stick with MSI.

[@rufusmctavish1164]

yeah seems here even people are saying RMA's were not honored. US is terrible.

[@12Burton24]

in my country if you include the 40bucks cashback from Asus foe the Tif you pay 80 less than for the prime. Q Release is anyway for nothing because my cards are watercooled and anyway vertical. 1 heatsink and 1 type c more not worth 80 bucks because i dont need more typ c ports 2 are enough otherwise i have a cable for the onboard USB to USB C header.

[@MurrayDagostino]

You have a lot of ads in your video.

[@tomquimby8669]

22 vs 25 m.2 seems that gigabyte is future looking

[@rufusmctavish1164]

yeah good point tom.

[@eldraque4556]

why are they so expensive?

[@12Burton24]

Horribly named? its an F board and should cost not more than 220- 250 bucks....but AMD and MB vendors decided to double prices from previous generatioon

[@chairs-dimension]

The price on the ITX board is absurd, not to mention the many "features" that noone asked for. For such a high-end motherboard, they didn't even try to ensure that any AIO blocks or low-profile coolers even fit it. The external DAC is pretty mediocre quality compared to others on the market and it seems to be included to inflate the price for no reason (why are Asus the only manufacturer who can't fit onboard audio onto their X670 ITX board?). The daughterboard and massive m2 stack cause clearance issues in popular slimmer ITX cases such as the Dan A4-H20 and console-style cases. A massive downgrade over AM4 where there were lots of good options at less than half the price.

[@peppergrayxyz]

Asus makes a 500USD+ miniITX enthusiast board and doesn't even give it 10G Ethernet, like the ATX model...

[@peppergrayxyz]

@Matthew Walsh how many gamers use the 10G and 2.5G Port on the ATX board? Clearly the reduced from two to one in the process of minituarizing things, but why cut the faster port and the slower one.

[@BreadAndGatorade]

I went with the TUF because the Prime color is ugly (IMO) and the ROG versions were too expensive

[@maykraftparodileri9261]

The amount of USB on these boards…

[@rufusmctavish1164]

can never have enough right ?

[@hikmettugsuz259]

Lovely motherboards but it’s a shame they have to run that toaster of a Ryzen CPU.

[@12Burton24]

Mainstream product for the price of a Hero Mainboard of previous Intel and AMD MB generstions....

[@Lucatoni22]

got the F

[@JerryComer-y9g]

Junk! Asus brand looks good, but junk.

[@talon1706]

Lol. My equipment disagrees with you. Never an issue with Asus. Guess I'm just lucky. :)

[@Appalling68]

So my current x470 Crosshair Hero VII cost me around 300€ when I bought it some four years ago. Now I am to understand that the new X670 Crosshair will be somewhere between 600-700€? Are you f-ing kidding me? Yeah will f**k that. LOL at both Asus and AMD!

[@JamesBond-vi2eh]

wussed out of the xtreme lol