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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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#5388529 Posted on: 02/04/2017 01:59 AM
Yes , Crosshair VI Hero is a 12 phase Digi+8+4 power PWM design , Crosshair VI Hero draws power from a combination of 24-pin ATX, 8-pin EPS, and 4-pin ATX power connectors.
is that a 12 & a 10 phase VRM im looking at? damn heatsinks in the way. they dont even mention anything about the power phases but they list ever freakin component in the onboard audio...haha
Yes , Crosshair VI Hero is a 12 phase Digi+8+4 power PWM design , Crosshair VI Hero draws power from a combination of 24-pin ATX, 8-pin EPS, and 4-pin ATX power connectors.
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#5388566 Posted on: 02/04/2017 04:07 AM
Sounds like something wrong with the case/handling, I've never seen anything like it either.
Agree, probably short circuit or grounding issue with pc case.
On topic:
Both look great, especially Prime
Sounds like something wrong with the case/handling, I've never seen anything like it either.
Agree, probably short circuit or grounding issue with pc case.
On topic:
Both look great, especially Prime
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#5388611 Posted on: 02/04/2017 09:24 AM
ill admit, this made me laugh
thx chispy. i thought as much from the chokes+caps. still wouldnt mind getting a look at those mosfets, but thatll have to wait until a reviewer gets feisty & pries off the sinks!
honestly its nice to see asus going all-in for AM4, along with the other manufacturers of course. the xhair & prime are too much board for me, tho. regardless, from a technical perspective...im very interested to see wat they can do
Because then we could see through the fog of irrelevancy.
ill admit, this made me laugh
Yes , Crosshair VI Hero is a 12 phase Digi+8+4 power PWM design
thx chispy. i thought as much from the chokes+caps. still wouldnt mind getting a look at those mosfets, but thatll have to wait until a reviewer gets feisty & pries off the sinks!
honestly its nice to see asus going all-in for AM4, along with the other manufacturers of course. the xhair & prime are too much board for me, tho. regardless, from a technical perspective...im very interested to see wat they can do
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#5388655 Posted on: 02/04/2017 01:12 PM
ill admit, this made me laugh
thx chispy. i thought as much from the chokes+caps. still wouldnt mind getting a look at those mosfets, but thatll have to wait until a reviewer gets feisty & pries off the sinks!
honestly its nice to see asus going all-in for AM4, along with the other manufacturers of course. the xhair & prime are too much board for me, tho. regardless, from a technical perspective...im very interested to see wat they can do
That's the reason I'm always suspicious of Asrock motherboards. I'm probably just prejudiced against them at this point, but I have seen at least five failed ones over the years. Same for Gigabyte after-the-review-sh*tty-revision-2.0 ones.
ill admit, this made me laugh
thx chispy. i thought as much from the chokes+caps. still wouldnt mind getting a look at those mosfets, but thatll have to wait until a reviewer gets feisty & pries off the sinks!
honestly its nice to see asus going all-in for AM4, along with the other manufacturers of course. the xhair & prime are too much board for me, tho. regardless, from a technical perspective...im very interested to see wat they can do
That's the reason I'm always suspicious of Asrock motherboards. I'm probably just prejudiced against them at this point, but I have seen at least five failed ones over the years. Same for Gigabyte after-the-review-sh*tty-revision-2.0 ones.
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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
Ever think it might be you? No one goes through 4 bricked boards without thinking, hey stop walking across carpet and working on electronics, or my power supply sucks at the same time. Or I have no proper grounding in my house. All that higher end priced stuff isn't really working out, is it? All you've managed to achieve is a faster RMA, which apparently hasn't helped.