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ASUS AM4 Prime X370 and Crosshair VI Hero Motherboards slides
It seems that a sales slide presentation of ASUS AM4 (Ryzen) motherboards has surfaced, and theres a lot of detail in there. ASUS seems to focus and prioritize two models, the Crosshair VI Hero and Prime X370.
The slides originate from an AMD "Meet the Experts" meeting held this morning and will bring a bit of insight into Ryzen motherboards.
This first model is a real gaming motherboard alright, suitable for overclocking and teaking as well with an advanced VRM for the CPU. It includes support for M.2-NVMe SSDs, USB 3.1 and 802.11ac Wi-Fi as well as ESS Sabre DAC and amplifier. The Prime X370 RGB has a M.2 NVMe support and USB 3.1 ports, buthere it uses a Realtek 1220 audio chip and lacks WiFi.
Both products all will see LED galore. And these are just two out of many boards released. ASUS will be fabbing X370, B350 and A320 motherboards.
Check the slides for all info, it is a good browse.
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#5387341 Posted on: 02/01/2017 02:18 PM
Apropos Feature Rich:
I lately wanted to upgrade from a 2600k to 6700k, back in November before the 7700k came out.
I opted for a MSI M9 Z170A Gaming board, top of the line with all you could desire.
End result was, it never ran properly, Volts were far off and 4 weeks later the board bricked.
Well, I always used Asus and thought MSI was a misfit and RMAed the board and got me the Asus Maximus VIII Extreme instead, same 6700k, same Corsair XMP3000 CL15 DDR4 RAM.
That board bricked its PXE ROM after 3 days, well..not so bad, I inserted a 1Gbit card and went on..for another day until the board went Qcode 00---> RMA again
This time I got the same model board back, all new and shiny, also replaced the CPU with an also brand new 6700k, directly from Intel NL.
The board worked 2 days until it bricked with qcode 16----> RMA AGAIN.
That time I sent it ALL back and got me the cheapest board that will do it, no gimmicks, no WC add-onsd, no Wifi no tb, nada.
If that new yet to arrive Asus Prime Z270 A along with a new 7700k and 32 GB
XMP3600 will also brick then I dunno.
I am used to board without LED and gimmicks but they function, these days you get lots of gimmicks but they plain dont work properly. More time is invested in looks and hype than in solid reliable performance.
Even the X99-WS/IPMI I got, same story, flashed the IPMI and it BRICKED !
Good thing with Asus WS boards is a fast exchange of boards and premium service.
With a 450€ ROG board you dont get that WS like service, you are a plain ordinary customer
that has to wait for his parts to arrive and be returned. WS would be the onlx expensive board I will buy again from Asus, unless they drop the LEDs and get back to what they used to be, a reliable source for solid boards.
SInce Nov 17th I am fighting 3 bricked boards ( +1 WS board ). Not nice.
The only god thing is, meanwhile I moved to 7th gen CPU with all the RMA back and forth.
* need to edit my HW-sig...LoL Maximus Extreme...NO THANK YOU
Looks like to me you're swimming in too much money. I take donations to build myself a new Ryzen CPU, If you're interested PM me!
Apropos Feature Rich:
I lately wanted to upgrade from a 2600k to 6700k, back in November before the 7700k came out.
I opted for a MSI M9 Z170A Gaming board, top of the line with all you could desire.
End result was, it never ran properly, Volts were far off and 4 weeks later the board bricked.
Well, I always used Asus and thought MSI was a misfit and RMAed the board and got me the Asus Maximus VIII Extreme instead, same 6700k, same Corsair XMP3000 CL15 DDR4 RAM.
That board bricked its PXE ROM after 3 days, well..not so bad, I inserted a 1Gbit card and went on..for another day until the board went Qcode 00---> RMA again
This time I got the same model board back, all new and shiny, also replaced the CPU with an also brand new 6700k, directly from Intel NL.
The board worked 2 days until it bricked with qcode 16----> RMA AGAIN.
That time I sent it ALL back and got me the cheapest board that will do it, no gimmicks, no WC add-onsd, no Wifi no tb, nada.
If that new yet to arrive Asus Prime Z270 A along with a new 7700k and 32 GB
XMP3600 will also brick then I dunno.
I am used to board without LED and gimmicks but they function, these days you get lots of gimmicks but they plain dont work properly. More time is invested in looks and hype than in solid reliable performance.
Even the X99-WS/IPMI I got, same story, flashed the IPMI and it BRICKED !
Good thing with Asus WS boards is a fast exchange of boards and premium service.
With a 450€ ROG board you dont get that WS like service, you are a plain ordinary customer
that has to wait for his parts to arrive and be returned. WS would be the onlx expensive board I will buy again from Asus, unless they drop the LEDs and get back to what they used to be, a reliable source for solid boards.
SInce Nov 17th I am fighting 3 bricked boards ( +1 WS board ). Not nice.
The only god thing is, meanwhile I moved to 7th gen CPU with all the RMA back and forth.
* need to edit my HW-sig...LoL Maximus Extreme...NO THANK YOU
Looks like to me you're swimming in too much money. I take donations to build myself a new Ryzen CPU, If you're interested PM me!
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#5387347 Posted on: 02/01/2017 02:31 PM
Rest assure that they will be way more AM4 motherboards models before the launch date of Ryzen , as a matter a fact they will be a complete line up from the highest end to the budget friendly oriented motherboards. The Asus Crosshair VI Hero is the absolute highest end on their AM4 line up target for overclockers and enthusiast hence why it is the first motherboard from Asus to be shown to get some PR , also professional overclockers using Liquid Nitrogen will use this motherboard from day one trying to set new records at hwbot and i know for sure ( my contacts told me so ) some of the top overclockers in the world already have ES samples of this motherboard along with Ryzen cpus doing some pre-testing and debugging using Liquid Nitrogen to sort out the bugs
so that it will be ready for launch date in a few weeks. I know that as a fact because i use to be supported by Asus many years ago and was sent many ES motherboards to test on Liquid Nitrogen myself when i was active on the extreme overclocking scene and was ranked in the top 10 overclockers in the world , of course signing ndas.
Rest assure that they will be way more AM4 motherboards models before the launch date of Ryzen , as a matter a fact they will be a complete line up from the highest end to the budget friendly oriented motherboards. The Asus Crosshair VI Hero is the absolute highest end on their AM4 line up target for overclockers and enthusiast hence why it is the first motherboard from Asus to be shown to get some PR , also professional overclockers using Liquid Nitrogen will use this motherboard from day one trying to set new records at hwbot and i know for sure ( my contacts told me so ) some of the top overclockers in the world already have ES samples of this motherboard along with Ryzen cpus doing some pre-testing and debugging using Liquid Nitrogen to sort out the bugs
so that it will be ready for launch date in a few weeks. I know that as a fact because i use to be supported by Asus many years ago and was sent many ES motherboards to test on Liquid Nitrogen myself when i was active on the extreme overclocking scene and was ranked in the top 10 overclockers in the world , of course signing ndas.
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#5387354 Posted on: 02/01/2017 02:44 PM
Very good sign that partners are actually excited for Ryzen!
Very good sign that partners are actually excited for Ryzen!
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#5387374 Posted on: 02/01/2017 03:15 PM
Just looked this motherboard up and that looks good, has a functional looking heatsink and not a bunch of plastic crud all over it.
And it has the high quality features. Where's the version like that for mainstream audiences?
The old mobo I'm running has been doing fine, so I know that it's not really about the absurd **** and that a mid-range one will do you just fine, but sometimes its fun to have something more highend where you're not praying that your OC works and it'll just stick soli.
the X99-WS/IPMI
Just looked this motherboard up and that looks good, has a functional looking heatsink and not a bunch of plastic crud all over it.
And it has the high quality features. Where's the version like that for mainstream audiences?
The old mobo I'm running has been doing fine, so I know that it's not really about the absurd **** and that a mid-range one will do you just fine, but sometimes its fun to have something more highend where you're not praying that your OC works and it'll just stick soli.
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I hope there will be a solid mb option for those that need high quality components without plastic covers and christmas lights.
I'm looking at latest "high-end" mobos and they look like it's not something sitting in your computer case, but like something a kid would play with, like a toy.
And as the previous poster said, it looks like they are not working very well. More features, more potential issues. I expect motherboard to be stable above all