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The ASUS ROG Strix X470-I Gaming review motherboard follows a Mini ITX form factor (17 x 17cm). The motherboard is located in the ROG high-end range of the Ryzen Zen+ desktop processor product stack.
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| Size | ATX |
| Chipset | AMD 470 |
| Memory | 2 x DDR4 up to 3466 (with Zen+) Original Ryzen up to 3200 MHz |
| Multi-GPU | No Bueno |
| Expansion | PCIe 3.0 x16 (CPU): 1 |
| Storage | 2 x M.2 (NVMe x4) 4 x SATA 6Gbps |
| Networking | Intel Gigabit Ethernet Realtek AC Wi-Fi |
| Audio | SupremeFX S1220 |
| USB | 3.1: 1 x front, 1 x Type-C, 1 x Type-A 3.0: 2 x front 2.0: 2 x front |
| Aura | Aura addressable and RGB strip headers |
With the 470 board ASUS outs a high-end class product, it has plentiful enough features to keep you busy for a while. Ryzen has 24 of them yet 4 are being used to interface with the chipset. Then depending on the chipset used it adds gen 2.0 PCIe lanes through the chipset. But yes, the Ryzen processor has its own 16 PCIe Gen 3 lanes available for your graphics solution. The motherboard has been fitted with AURA LED RGB activity available, all were kept subtle and can be configured on/off/animated and RGB colored. There is one graphics slot metal reinforced.
The motherboard includes all of the standardized X470 chipset options with two full speed M.2 SSD slots, one at the top side, the other at the bottom side of the PCB. You can see a plethora of USB jacks, an HDMI 2.0 connector (requires a compatible APU as Ryzen desktop procs do not have an IGP). Intel LAN, Realtek AC WIFI and Bluetooth.
You will spot one 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet jack, this is an Intel i211AT series. Missing is a PS/2 keyboard/mouse combo port as well as an optical S/PDIF out port. Two WIFI antennas can be spotted for AC wifi and Bluetooth.
The board comes with one 8-pin power connector, which should be fine really. There's also all kinds of LED enablement on (and under) the board as well as RGB LED strip connectors you can configure with ASUS software. You'll get two DIMM slots that can be used for up to 32 GB of dual-channel memory. With regular Ryzen procs, up-to 3200 MHz is supported in OC mode, with the new Zen+ models 3466 MHz is supported. Please do check compatible memory and thus the QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists).
Here we have the board powered on, you can see the array of LEDs underneath the motherboard, all configurable through ASUS SYNC software. And yeah, it really is that small.
