ASUS ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING, AMD AM4, ATX, 128GB DDR4, 4DIMM, HDMI, DP, USB3.2

Here it is The wanted review for ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Formula ATX Motherboard I currently use.Before buying the ROG, I had long hesitated to buy the TUF and let me tell you, i wasn't wrong at all.In fact, my choice turned to the ROG for one main reason, the fact of having at your disposal the connector to connect a USB-C in front of its case.For the rest, the connection is rather complete, certainly less than its older sister, but unless it has special requirements and constraints, it will meet your needs (good again, little glow, who today uses a PS/2 connector?? Especially since it's a gamer-oriented card... Put an additional USB-3 instead.)Wifi 6. As far as I'm concerned, nothing embarrassing. Most people do not have a box or router offering wifi 6 and for me the wifi connection is a secondary connection, in troubleshooting, I prefer to use a wired connection.The software part is not the most convincing, a lot of small bugs, a lot of processes that are running and not a follower of pc tunning, I could not tell you if lighting management is mastered..For the rest it is an excellent map, very well built, in short that breathes quality! Not much in the box, apart from the antenna, 2 SATA cables, a well-made doc and some stickers.Regarding the chipset fan, honestly, it's inaudible to those who worry about it. However, I may not have asked for the chipset to the fullest but in short, nothing is wrong from this point of view.Overall an excellent value for money which moreover is clearly has its advantage compared to other brands.In short, it's a card that deserves 5 stars.—Test&Benchmarks Crosshair VIII Formula.Why this motherboard?Faithful to asus for years, see ten years, it was obvious to me to choose asus again for my new config.I am the kind to keep my motherboard for a while, I wanted to have one that is a looking to the future, with the pci express 4.0, latest generation usb ports (with connector in front, because bcp motherboards have usb 3.2 ports on the back panel but do not offer a connector to plug them into the box), wifi and bluetooth latest gen,...The card— Packaginglevel, it is rather complete and well presented, the card comes with sata cables, temperature probe, rilsans coliers, wifi antenna, instructions (in English) and stickers.The card is rather beautiful (subjective) and breathes quality. Everything fits perfectly well (proco, RAM, CG, various connectors), nothing to complain about it.For the record, here is my config: ryzen 3950x, 32GB Corsair DDR4-3600 case 18, M2 Samsung 1TB, SSD SATA Kingstone 2TB.No worries about compatibility with hardware.For those who love the lights, the card is obviously illuminated with the strix logo and the ROG logo, the effect is pretty nice. Of course, the board is capable of handling other light equipment such as the original prism wraith fan of the processor.To finish (I will not talk about all the technical features that are already very well detailed), the question that everyone arises and me the first, is the chipset fan noisy? I'm not even sure it spins so much I can't hear it. One day I would open my case to check to what extent it is active or not, all to say that it makes no noise (I have a fractal case design R4 quite well insulated)Until then it is a faultless one and my first impressions are excellent but the next part is not as exciting.The bios:Not much to say this point of view, the bios is quite complete as usual.In short, I think there is a way to do a lot better. Apart from the homepage with graphics and colors, I feel like it hasn't changed in 20 years.This board comes with a whole suite of Windows software including AI Suite that monitors the motherboard and armoury crate that allows to update all drivers and bios and that allows to manage lighting effects.This software is old (already on my previous 6 year old CM) It is the software that allows to monitor the hardware and also to do manual or automatic oveclocking.I wouldn't talk about overclocking, I didn't. As far as monitoring is... Let's say I had uninstalled this software on my previous config because of the inaccurate values and its instability.Here it's the same, I don't know if I can trust, look at my screenshot: Ryzen master (amd software to supervise the processor) tells me all my hearts are at rest except 1 or 2 that are in slow motion when AI Suite indicates that all my cores clock at 4250Mhz and the or CPU-Z tells me that I do not exceed 4Ghz in stress test... Who's right??? Same for temperatures, different values depending on the softs.In short, a super important software but that I never run because of the reliability of the measurements. What's more, I find this software also not very intuitive and excavated. Today it is possible to make really intuitive, interactive and beautiful HMIs... for the moment, we are very far from all this.In conclusion, do I regret my purchase?No! I highly recommend the motherboard as this is one of the best on the market.

If you are looking to buy a great motherboard (mobo) at a competitive price, then this one should be on top of your list. Bought it in combination with Ryzen 5 3600 and 16GB RAM, placed in a GameMax F15 Mesh case (highly recommended), and the result is a super smooth system.Pros:• Reasonable price (sub £200.00 at time of purchase) for a good quality X570 chipset mobo, with good heat dissipation from the chipset, out of the box support of Ryzen third generation processors, and guaranteed upgradability to Ryzen 4th generation.• Great VRM and easily upgradable into higher tier Ryzen 7 and 9 processors, as well as good support for overclocking.• Supports 2 CPU fans, up to 4 chassis fans (4 pins), and a dedicated AIO (liquid cooling). I am currently using a GameMax F15 Mesh case with 2 front 200mm fans / one 120mm back fan and the system runs cool and smooth, with processor temperature rarely exceeding 60ish degrees celsius and mobo usually below 40 degrees!• ATX form factor, providing good spacing between its elements such as PCIe slots, SATA M.2 (NVMe) ports, RAM slots and sound chip circuitry, with relatively easy access to all board connections.• The main PCIe port (x16) dedicated for the GPU is fortified with metal support, making it more shielded from electromagnetic interference of its surrounding as well as more resilient to the relatively hefty weight of modern days GPUs.• 2 colors coded DRAM lanes, up to 128GB.• Two NVMe SATA M.2 ports that both support PCIe 4 specification with cards lengths ranging from 42mm to 110mm.• One of the M.2 ports (the 'bottom' one) is supplied with a heat sink + a cooling thermal pad, which is great to keep your NVMe temperature under control, especially when writing lots of data on the NVMe drive.• QLED system to easily identify booting problems.• Support for ARGB (Asus Aura) if you like customising your case with lights.• Asus TUF superior quality.Cons:• Only supports 1.0 Gbit LAN out of the box. You have to use a PCIe expansion card if you want 2.5 Gbit speed.• Only one NMVe heat sink provided (a minor issue).• The Wraith Stealth cooler supplied with lower-mid Ryzen processors slightly overlaps with one of the DDR4 slots, making installing even a low-profile RAM module an issue. Many 3rd party fans should cause no such problem.• Only one USB 3 header for front panel is provided! 2 should be the minimum. Also, no USB type-C support for the front panel!• Another "minor" issue is that the Ports shield is not already installed, you have to place it first inside the case before placing the mobo itself. But as I said, it is minor.The mobo price should justify some of these drawbacks, as cuts had to be made in certain areas to keep the cost below £200. However, I think these drawbacks are not crippling for such a mobo if you have a tight budget. It provides the X570 chipset at a good price.