ASUS revealed the ROG Crosshair X870E Hero BTF at Gamescom 2025, and it’s clear this motherboard is aimed at enthusiasts who value both performance and design. The standout feature is its use of hidden connectors. Instead of having all the power, fan, and USB cables routed across the front, the X870E Hero BTF places them out of sight. This design, part of ASUS’s BTF (Back-To-Front) approach, makes for a much cleaner and more organized PC build, especially when paired with the latest AMD Ryzen 9000 processors.
This motherboard is built around the AM5 socket, which means it works with Ryzen 9000, 8000, and 7000 desktop CPUs. On the memory side, it supports DDR5 with ASUS’s NitroPath DRAM technology, designed to improve stability and speed. It also brings support for PCIe 5.0, ensuring compatibility with the fastest graphics cards and storage devices available now and in the near future. What really stands out is the integration of ASUS’s AI-powered features. AI Cache Boost, available only with Ryzen 9000 chips, adjusts cache and memory pathways to speed up local AI model performance. ASUS claims this can result in nearly 30% faster processing when running large language models, which could be a big deal for developers and power users.
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