ROG CROSSHAIR VIII EXTREME : Did ASUS go NUTS ??

[@kishona69]

You're reviews are, imo the best and most comprehensible. Greatly appreciated.

[@esoel]

this is an ad, not a review.

[@Laurentschoice]

How is it an ad when I say a board half the price could do the same ?

[@kishona69]

@@Laurentschoice I was wondering the exact same thing 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@esoel]

@@Laurentschoice it's certainly not a review, you just presented a product. I didn't learn anything that I couldn't just read (and I already read) on the specs page. You don't even point out that the DIMM.2 slot shares lanes with the gpu slot. You didn't run any performance test, thermals test (chunky heatsinks without fins are good to absorb a heat spike, but once they reach a stable temperature they do very little to cool, so it would be interesting to see if there's any performance drop on the chipset and or/SSDs after prolonged usage). Also the audio DAC is included to increase the perceived value, because even if they sell it for hundreds of dollars it probably cost them less than 5$ to make.

[@Laurentschoice]

Hmmmm... I guess you missed the thermal testings. In the video and on camera I test the VRM, it's heatsinks, the chipset heatsink, the m.2 SSD heatsinks with thermal gun and share the thermal images. You can see them as well, and a bit more , on my articles online. I wasn't aware asus now includes VRM specs , chipset wattages, etc.... on their spec pages. I learn something everyday :) I hope this helps

[@walkerboh39]

Thank you Laurent. Your reviews are the best! 👍

[@noampitlik2332]

I've heard the reason that super-nice quad dac clavis was included was the company determining that certain gaming headsets had compatability problems. I guess that could be. I love it because I can use it on my other things.

[@PhatNutz]

that was the easiest 17-minute motherboard review i've EVER watched. subscribed. 👍

[@S4_QUATTROPOWER]

Don't care if my girl gets pissed I'm buying it I'm convinced 😍

[@Laurentschoice]

Best reply in 5 years running this channel !

[@alexpelevin8259]

This is an amazing motherboard. To find a proper case had been a biggest problem for me due E- atx and side power connectors. Cooler master h500m is the one. Temps are outstanding.

[@shehaniddamalgoda8461]

Use the rog strix gx601 helios case buddy. It is a e atx case

[@S4_QUATTROPOWER]

@@shehaniddamalgoda8461 I was going to get it but Not much space for future upgrades that is why I went with a full tower case.

[@KonanDeezNutz]

Thank you as always for delivering the best review and information I can find about a certain motherboard especially the fact I’m going with this Asus crosshair viii extreme since I’m trying to go high end with my Ryzen 9 5900 cpu. Also I like to thank you for the msi z590 carbon gaming motherboard that was definitely helpful!

[@KonanDeezNutz]

I like to add that today when I picked up Ryzen 9 5900 today at microcenter I was undecided between dark hero and extreme, after seeing a review video on the extreme I definitely have to go with extreme

[@abangss]

It's been 2 weeks since you comment on this video, How was your built with this mobo and 5900X? is it more than enough?

[@finitevoid4520]

​ @Konan WRLD concur -- Konan WRLD -- would be interested to know also how your build went

[@larrykinglk]

Wo wo wo !!! But you have eaten du lion, sir ! Love it.

[@alexs.3905]

Is the AORUS X570S next in cue...?!?? ;-p ... given the price differential; would YOU choose the $900 ASUS or "settle" for the $500 X570S Master ?!??

[@SQTierHog]

I don't usually care for hype, but I found myself enjoying this gentleman's entertaining way of presenting this MB. Bravo! Now, back to his video.

[@muhammadasad361]

Love your reviews. You helped me in deciding to go for auros b560m pro few months back. I love that board. Thanks.

[@Laurentschoice]

thanks for the kind words Muhammad :)

[@alejandromedina1658]

i got one and it really lives up to its name

[@dronetheworld4k67]

Can’t figure out a fast Ddr4 32gb for this Ram maybe 4400mhz+

[@AquaStevae]

Great vid. Very funny, informative and entertaining. However, the most important points NOT covered here, is what happens to all those pcie lanes when you populate all five m.2 slots with m.2 drives???? Will the GPU STILL run at 16x, or does it drop to 8x? Will the bios recognize all five drives at once, and will they run at full speed, or be bogged down to 3.0 speeds WASTING your money for buying 4.0 speed drives????? These are the questions I'd REALLY like to see you address, if you please. Thanks for another great vid.

[@Laurentschoice]

Let me take a closer look at that and get back to you

[@knightnight0237]

@@Laurentschoice what was you findings?

[@OGHawkeye]

of course no answser, after a year. the lack of that inormation makes this whole video almost pointless and irrelevant. considering that aspect would be a make or break for absolutely everyone and i own the board, was waiting weeks to figure out an aswer on this matter. and now ive 3 m.2s in there with all of them disables except my m_1....and i still dont know. straight BS. dont do a review on a motherboard if you dont know how it works. ive never heard of this problem on other boards so it completel bullshit to spend $800 on it and then only become aware of it after the fact. also my board was refurbished and ended up coming without all the accessories including the dimm.2, so its not like i can just ignore that potential problem and put 2 of my ssds in that because I DONT HAVE IT! this is question is an extremely important one to me.

[@OGHawkeye]

@@Laurentschoice of course no answser, after a year. the lack of that inormation makes this whole video almost pointless and irrelevant. considering that aspect would be a make or break for absolutely everyone and i own the board, was waiting weeks to figure out an aswer on this matter. and now ive 3 m.2s in there with all of them disables except my m_1....and i still dont know. straight BS. dont do a review on a motherboard if you dont know how it works. ive never heard of this problem on other boards so it completel bullshit to spend $800 on it and then only become aware of it after the fact. also my board was refurbished and ended up coming without all the accessories including the dimm.2, so its not like i can just ignore that potential problem and put 2 of my ssds in that because I DONT HAVE IT! this is question is an extremely important one to me.

[@cannaroe1213]

@@OGHawkeye You need to set it up in the BIOS. Not getting the dimm.2 is a real issue, because it uses different PCIe lanes than the PCIe slots. Basically you can have 1 NVMe in the m_1 (under the screen), and you can have 1 NVMe in the DIMM.2 for "free", but if you put 2 in the DIMM.2 or you put 1 in the m_2 or m_3 and the first PCIe goes down to 8x and the second PCIe to 4x or 0x if you install in the m_2 AND m_3. The cpu only has so many PCIe lanes (20+4) so they give you these choices.

[@pierremackenson3490]

Thanks for the review OneThe front usb 3.2 is 3.2x2 gen2 means 20gbs

[@Laurentschoice]

thanks for that! I'll pin the comment for everyone information :)

[@pixlfeed]

I've been gong back and forth trying to decide on a new motherboard for at least two weeks and this video just sold me on it because of the detailed breakdown, thank you!

[@johnpaulbacon8320]

Great video. The Amazon link in the discription links the Intel counterpart board - hopefully your not trying to do a bait and switch. Hopefully you can fix this issue some time soon.

[@davidjames4583]

THE most entertaining reviews of Mobo's on the planet !! And Mobo reviews really shouldn't be this entertaining. 🤣

[@Laurentschoice]

Ah David ! Was expecting you !

[@thatdiyguyraymondmonk1225]

You should have mentioned that if you populate all of the m.2 slots, you loose 2 of the sata ports functionality….

[@phillysupra]

Great review. The monoblock was the exact reason I chose the x570s carbon ek x over this board. I also saw no point in having the external dac especially when someone can just buy a schiit dac with better quality (schiit is a brand if you don't know)

[@johnbmolina6229]

i thought it was a fancy way of saying shit

[@Laurentschoice]

I am fancy :)

[@AquaStevae]

I run mine with an AIO, and it has excellent temps. NO NEED for a monoblock.

[@phillysupra]

@@AquaStevae never said it was a need but I also have my 3900x, 6900xt and my main nvme water cooled in that custom loop as well. Ek had the board on sale at the time and I just jumped on it

[@thatdiyguyraymondmonk1225]

Love your energy… keep it up.

[@CheckitMedia]

@laurent, thank you for this video. Tip for your video angle, your camera is hanging a bit to high i think(you looking a but up i think) and you can do with a bit zoom out for my taste its a bit to close. But thats just me nitpicking. Thank you for this great explanation and keep em coming.

[@Laurentschoice]

Ur absolutely right. I do this cause, as I am currently moving studio, I am trying not to show that I'm in a tiny corner of a room so zoom stays close ...but yeah.. ill try to fix that on the next video :)

[@Laurentschoice]

BTW.. nitpicking us ALWAYS welcome!!! Truly appreciate any feedback any time :):)

[@CheckitMedia]

@@Laurentschoice i cant wait to see the new studio and the classic intro you do.

[@CheckitMedia]

@@Laurentschoice The spirit of a true youtuber.

[@Laurentschoice]

Its an old barn (from 1820) in france, I'll film the renovation starting next month

[@ers-tj4to]

So glad I got this motherboard.

[@ymk516]

He has great videos. He will succeed in time. He’s original. Comprehensive, simple.He brings his personality. He’ll Succeeed 100%

[@Laurentschoice]

thanks for the kind words!!

[@sawsanali724]

🖤🖤🖤 looks awesome in black

[@titanwalker3566]

it seems the nvme part is not correct. those 2 dimm.2 goes to chipset; the other 3 m.2 on board goes to the cpu. m.2_1 takes 4 lanes from cpu, if m.2_2 and m.2_3 were to be used, the x16 pcie for graphic will be splite into x8 + x4 + x4. refer to the manual and bios.

[@kitewinds663]

Oh, so that makes it possible to add two m.2 ssd's to the dimm.2 without loss of available lanes? Or did I misunderstand?

[@titanwalker3566]

"2 ssds on the dimm.2 without loss cpu lanes" seems logical. however between cpu and chipset is x4 lanes i believe, this might be the limit for the dimm.2? I'm running raid0 from 2 ssd on dimm.2, see no speed advantages.@@kitewinds663

[@PaceGamer]

Thanks for the review Laurent. I am planning to upgrade my 6700k to 5900x but couldnt decide which mobo I should pick. Could you please give me a suggestion? I am kinda turn off with x570 active cooler (fan). Should I go with msi x570s tomahawk max wifi, aorus x570s pro AX, or asus rog crosshair x570 dark hero (not sure if I need this). I have asus rtx 3080 oc ed. Thanks.

[@Laurentschoice]

Tomahawk x570s blindly !

[@PaceGamer]

@@Laurentschoicethanks!

[@MutinyInteractive]

That OLED gets in the way of a 3090 even if it’s an asus one, and they definitely don’t fit with active backplates, which you need for a 3090 regardless. All the while the features left out to make this board actually worth it, are missing and now on the Z690 boards for alder lake…. Wtf

[@charlesxchaves]

Hi, I am about to get an ROG STRIX RTX 3090 and X570 Crosshair VIII Extreme. Is it possible to use the 3090 with this motherboard??? How much of an issue will the OLED be?

[@MutinyInteractive]

Don’t do it, you’ll need an active backplate unless you wait until the 3090 ti which doesn’t have VRM on the backside. Over like 90/80% of backplates DO NOT FIT in this board, even the strix 3090 backplate active from ek kinda touches the OLED, that’s the 3mm reference

[@FlanK3rCZ]

I love this motherboard :)

[@theopszone6775]

I think I found the one for the Rog Hyperion!

[@johndicus123]

oh... darn... that's be a sweet board......

[@Laurentschoice]

But who's going to pay 900 bucks for it ! 🤔 But I'll tell u.. the level of finish on this.. is insane...

[@johndicus123]

@@Laurentschoice yes.... but I do large scale animation and leave my machines running 24/7 (two of them, 3900x and 5950x) and need a good connection between them, so two 10G LAN ports and ability ot have TEN (YES , TEN!!) M.2.s in the MoBo's would be such a big production thing for me.... especially with both going to 5950x (there is a big difference). But as you say, "Who's gonna pay $900 for one? And who's gonna pay $1800 for two! Not to mention needing to buy another $10k in M.2s

[@Whitefox1331]

Man I'm feeling my MB is old

[@q5906]

It's worth upgrading from Dark Hero to Extreme ?

[@Sparky_007]

I mean, does the Ryzen series CPUs have THAT MUCH headroom to overclock to justify the design of this board? Seems overkill unnecessary

[@Laurentschoice]

It doesn't. Its a lot of specs-selling.

[@Slacker28]

is there anyway to make the m.2s not slow down the graphics card?

[@OGHawkeye]

of course no answser, after a year. the lack of that inormation makes this whole video almost pointless and irrelevant. considering that aspect would be a make or break for absolutely everyone and i own the board, was waiting weeks to figure out an aswer on this matter. and now ive 3 m.2s in there with all of them disables except my m_1....and i still dont know. straight BS. dont do a review on a motherboard if you dont know how it works. ive never heard of this problem on other boards so it completel bullshit to spend $800 on it and then only become aware of it after the fact. also my board was refurbished and ended up coming without all the accessories including the dimm.2, so its not like i can just ignore that potential problem and put 2 of my ssds in that because I DONT HAVE IT! this is question is an extremely important one to me.

[@dominicparkerz]

Truly the best reviews. Keep doing what you are doing. People will notice!

[@Laurentschoice]

Thanks Dom. Really appreciated:)

[@amigatommy7]

I could go with 2 SATA; less dust

[@eXpG_Harlock]

You get what you pay for... But anyways great review with nice labeling. Imma use this while installing.

[@drrmagneto4176]

how this got only 4200 views, this video is greatest I ever saw on a motherboard details

[@Laurentschoice]

The for the kind words :)

[@alainbator4648]

ouais mais la crosshair VIII héro ne permet pas un nvlink sur 4 slots ! donc je crois que j'ai pas le choix pour nvlinker mes 2 3090 avec mon bridge 4. Qu'en pensez vous ??? sinon merci pour cette vision de l'apocalypse nucléaire embarquée dans du E ATX ;)

[@boorya]

no testing or even mension about Voltage Suspension nor about CO mitigation feature, which are exclusive to this MB. very disappointing. reading specs is not a review

[@Laurentschoice]

On video, I try to walk the thin line between general public digestibility and detailed over-view and appreciation of the product. I do spec the product in a digestible manner, (with graphics and what not) and give my opinion on every features listed and its overall. When writing I tend to go more in details :) . You might prefer my written articles. PS: i am surprised you did not see my VRM testing on the video.

[@boorya]

@@Laurentschoice Thermal testing is great, thanks for that 👍, but stuff like Vdroop and transient response time matters. feel kinda frustrated that none even mentions ASUS exclusive VRM features (Voltage Suspension / CO mitigation), can find only single video/article about them 😔 Will there be an article about this MB? would love to read that 😊 Upd: there's an error about USB C headers, one is USB3.2 10Gbps, the other is USB3.2x2 20Gbps

[@Laurentschoice]

I do understand your frustration. I'll add a transient / vdroop section on my next video ( MSI Z690 Force) and see how it fair on viewership. My VRM section keeps growing on every video :):)

[@MutinyInteractive]

Almost no active backplates fit on this board, and they conveniently left out the QSwitch to the PCIe slots which with a 3090, is A BITCH to get to and makes you potential ruin your board attempting every time…. Half the price is the exact same board but probably actually better at the pro art creator, almost exact same spec’d board

[@Laurentschoice]

Yes... indeed... half price board would do about the same in terms of performances. Agreed.

[@darededevil3007]

@@Laurentschoice i second that but i got the extreme lower than the creator and since i haven't a 3090, its not an issue for me

[@madworld.]

Yeah 1st ! Upvoting 1st and comment later 🇨🇵

[@Laurentschoice]

Second!

[@madworld.]

@@Laurentschoice no buddy you're the first for us 🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@braindeadcharlie]

best review ever!

[@Laurentschoice]

Ain't seen nothing yet ;)

[@Whitefox1331]

I think I going to buy it

[@Laurentschoice]

Ur insane !!! I'll tell you this.. its a level of finish I've never seen on a motherboard before. It's crazy !

[@Laurentschoice]

U better use my link !

[@Whitefox1331]

Going to see how much I can get for my old MB on ebay.

[@fabiocosta2091]

I've got mine Black Friday deal 700euros

[@fabiocosta2091]

Was good?

[@IceBeare010]

So should I get this with a 3080 and Ryzen 9 5950x???

[@yajnesh]

Your energy. Man! 🤟

[@yorkipudd1728]

I won't buy it, but I'll absorb some of your passion to see me through the day if you don't mind Laurent..

[@bensoontm5244]

great job but this thing is the death star of motherboards!

[@finitevoid4520]

tempted by this, as believe my Pro WS X570-ACE is to quote McCoy: "He's dead, Jim",... :-( zero power to SE (South-East) side and corner of 'board esp. where front panel connectors are,...

[@amigatommy7]

I got solar so I could do this with an 4950x.

[@fabiocosta2091]

and about pci-e 5??? next gen will have? i need a Motherboard for my 4950x and next gen RTX4080....

[@Laurentschoice]

This board won't feature PCIe 5.0 standard.

[@fabiocosta2091]

@@Laurentschoice i know... whats why i didnt bought it... i need board rapidly i dont know witch one... or buy new intel and wait for next pci.e5 GC

[@crocket009]

no hate, but I could listen to you say debugging, forever.

[@titusflavius1971]

There are a lot problems with this motherboard ! Didnt recognize with 3 nvme ssd connected to the m2 ! The bios is not finished

[@Laurentschoice]

For the NVme, are there any SATA plus used in the same time ?

[@titusflavius1971]

@@Laurentschoice nope only 3 samsung 980 pro nvme ! Did you try to connect all m2 on the motherboard ?

[@Laurentschoice]

I tested a 3 , 4 and 5 M.2SSD configuration . Obviously some SATA plugs were disengaged on the 5 M.2 SSD being connected. Did u run "create and format hard disk partitions " under windows. It would show u detected drives and allow u to format them and assign them a Drive letter. If you are dealing with branded new NVMEs, they won't be detected unless u do the above !

[@titusflavius1971]

@@Laurentschoice thanks Bro i found the problem it s was in the bios ! Pcie was activated only for the graphic card 2X 16

[@thatdiyguyraymondmonk1225]

It comes FREE WITH THE BOARD? If so, what complaint can there be with that?

[@AquaStevae]

When a mobo costs $900 dollars, NOTHING that comes with it was free...

[@thatdiyguyraymondmonk1225]

@@AquaStevae good point…lol

[@jairom6759]

help!!! AORUS XTREME vs CROSSHAIR VIII EXTREME (x570) plsss

[@AquaStevae]

Aorus xtreme will get beaten down!!! I'm sick of Aorus's problems with memory/proc OC's. Asus mobo is much easier to work with.

[@Sparky_007]

MSI ACE x570s Max ?

[@alexs.3905]

Thank YOU!!! =)

[@Laurentschoice]

Ur welcome ! Took me a solid week :)

[@alexs.3905]

@@Laurentschoice ...look @how the m.2 are hooked up to the CPU and chipset in the manual; optimal for data throughput, @the expense of GPU dandwidth...?!?? Your thoughts; is 8x PCIe gen4 sufficient for a 6900XT to take full advantage of the "S.M.A.R.T." VRAM utilization ?!??

[@amigatommy7]

Gonna need a loan.

[@Gus7358]

What is that connection on the chipset heatsink?

[@Laurentschoice]

And ARGB connector

[@pietrmuffei8874]

Laurent, there is no (chipset) fan to blow !

[@Laurentschoice]

Bouahahahahahahaahah

[@pietrmuffei8874]

There must be a reason asus drops a new highend this late? Zen3D gonna rip? 20x90 amps geez louise

[@Laurentschoice]

That was my first thoughts as well. Could the X570 be around in 2022/2023 as an active platform (meaning supporting latest 6000 and 7000 series )? Big question !

[@pietrmuffei8874]

@@Laurentschoice let’s hope. Tough I am running X570 Unify with a fan to cool the 5900X. Let’s blow

[@Laurentschoice]

Lol !!!!!!!

[@ofdibvv]

Good

[@yourmetalgod69]

it costs more than my 5950X lol

[@Laurentschoice]

Indeed !!!!

[@Darkmult]

Super Bomb whit super price , they say you got nothing whit nothing ..

[@MrBook123456]

cool

[@xmj6830]

Last time I watched a video from Laurent a year ago, he was using the ANNOYING word KUDOS all the time!!! Stop it! Nobody use that word in English!....

[@redady4855]

Third 😛 nice job

[@pierremackenson3490]

Thanks for the review OneThe front usb 3.2 is 3.2x2 gen2 means 20gbs