With costs on AMD’s Ryzen 5950X 16-core Zen Three primarily based processor slowly coming again into the realms of MSRP, ASUS is making the most of latest occasions by saying its newest flagship X570 motherboard, the ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Extreme. Overtaking the present ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero because the premier motherboard within the ROG collection, the Extreme features a 20-phase energy supply, twin Thunderbolt 4-capable USB Type-C ports, 10 Gb Ethernet, and help for as much as 5 PCIe 4.Zero M.2 drives.
In what seems to be like certainly one of ASUS’s final motherboard unveilings for AMD’s X570 platform, the ROG Crosshair VIII Extreme is in the end its most feature-packed Ryzen desktop motherboard to date. While ASUS on the time of writing hasn’t unveiled a full record of the specs, we all know most of the board’s core options, giving the EATX-sized board a powerful résumé. At the guts of the ROG Crosshair VIII Extreme are twin full-length PCIe 4.Zero slots that function in both x16/x0 or x8/x8 when paired with a Ryzen 5000 or 3000 desktop processor. ASUS additionally features a small PCIe 3.Zero x1 slot for yet one more peripheral.
The ROG Crosshair VIII Extreme design for X570 follows a black shiny aesthetic, with a number of areas of built-in RGB LED lighting, together with alongside the rear panel cowl, chipset heatsink, and even a part of the underside of the board. Along with different X570/X570S motherboards not too long ago introduced, the Crosshair VIII Extreme will function a passively cooled chipset.
For storage, ASUS consists of three onboard PCIe 4.Zero x4 M.2 slots, with room so as to add an additional two PCIe 4.Zero x4 slots through an included DIMM.2 slot situated to the suitable of 4 reminiscence slots. There are six SATA ports for typical SATA gadgets with help for RAID 0, 1, and 10 arrays. ASUS hasn’t listed the reminiscence QVL record on the time of writing, however we all know this board will help as much as 128 GB of DDR4 throughout 4 reminiscence slots.
Other options embody an Intel Thunderbolt Four controller that is driving a pair of USB Type-C ports, a Marvel AQC1113CS 10 Gb Ethernet controller, and a second Intel I225-V 2.5 GbE controller. On prime of this, there’s Intel’s newest AX210 Wi-Fi 6E wi-fi interface, which additionally helps the most recent BT 5.2 gadgets. Onboard audio can be fairly premium, spearheaded by a ROG SupremeFX ALC4082 HD audio codec and is assisted by an ESS Sabre 9018Q2C DAC.
With ‘Extreme’ being this mannequin’s moniker and focus, the ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII makes use of a 20-phase energy supply (18+2) with premium 90 An influence phases and is prone to be organized in teamed mode, which is a typical theme in its energy design throughout the collection. This additionally consists of an LN2 mode dip change designed for fans trying to make use of aggressive sub-zero cooling strategies akin to liquid nitrogen (LN2) or dry ice (DICE) for the utmost benchmark efficiency.
At the time of writing, ASUS hasn’t introduced when the ROG Crosshair VIII Extreme might be out there to buy or how a lot it can value.
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