ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Formula review

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Check the heatsinks, pretty cool design. Take note of the metal covers on the two primary x16 PCI-Express slots as they show off a bit. They provide sturdier and stronger slots, handy for very heavy graphics cards. 

   

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Obviously the elephant in the room, the X570 motherboards mostly all have an active fan for the chipset. This ASUS one I rate as silent. Most manufacturers will also offer RPM setting available from the BIOS to regulate this at your preference.

  

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Underneath the chunky VRM heatsinks, the power demands of higher core counts are dealt with by 14 IR3555 power stages spread across 7 phases. The audio chip used is the Realtek ALC1220 that offers 7.1-channel High Definition audio, it has been enhanced with some higher grade capacitors. A 4-pin and 8-pin connector to power that processor of yours, just using the 8-pin connector is plenty though, in fact using just one 4-pin would do the job already. 

  

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