Review: ASUS ROG Maximus XIII HERO

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/30/2021 03:22 PM | source: | 5 comment(s)

We peek at the ROG Maximus XIII HERO motherboard from ASUS, a socket LGA1200 and Z590 chipset-based product that offers a modernized infrastructure for your Comet Lake (10th gen) or Rocket Lake (11th gen) Intel processor, at the cost of € 469,-

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#5900742 Posted on: 03/30/2021 06:34 PM

...this resolved itself with the latest BIOS we received from MSI.

I didn't realise MSI provided Asus's bios updates!? :p

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#5900754 Posted on: 03/30/2021 06:59 PM

Last page, 2nd paragraph

I definitely agree with you on that, thanks

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#5901048 Posted on: 03/31/2021 11:14 AM

Another excellent and to the point review, I have the Hero XII in my gaming computer, read lots of reviews before choosing it, for me (and perhaps most others?) the new XIII version is a doubtful upgrade at a higher cost. Gaming computer components (especially GPU's & CPU's) are already very expensive and sometimes difficult to buy anyway.

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#5901612 Posted on: 04/01/2021 09:00 PM

Whats with PCIe 4.0?

80 Watts is what my entire PC is using while AVX crunching Stockfish with 12 threads. Hero X + 8700k @ 2.3 GHz
40-ish in idle

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#5902138 Posted on: 04/04/2021 05:46 PM

Another excellent and to the point review, I have the Hero XII in my gaming computer, read lots of reviews before choosing it. Gaming computer components (especially GPU's & CPU's) are already very expensive and sometimes difficult to buy anyway.

Nice to see your comments. Always had my eyes on a HERO. Now having a bit of an 'impatience fit' and really wanting to upgrade this year. Bite the bullet no matter what. Due to my wallet constraints thinking about a Hero XII along with a i9-10850K. Hoping of course that prices will come down further for both and availability maintains itself? Heard about that the Hero XII had some Ethernet port issues? Surely a top notch or maxed-out Z490 HERO XII system should carry me through for the next 4-5 years? And if the 2021 pricing is right it should be a nice bang for the buck? Thoughts?

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