Words & Conclusion
Final Words
The ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E Gaming WiFi has quite a difficult name to remember, but this one does have my attention. The design (looks) of this motherboard is not particularly impressive. However, I think ASUS' long list of features crammed into it is fantastic. So many USB ports there were, and the use of PCI-E 5.0 ports across most of this board is a significant selling point. However, I do have some significant reservations. The first consideration is, of course, the cost. This motherboard is not inexpensive in any way, and we would only recommend it for high-end enthusiast builds at prices of 580 EUR/USD. This one might sound weird, but this board is unnecessary for gaming and even overkill.
Performance
We utilized a DDR5 6000 CL30 kit for this review (slightly crisper timing than the usual CL40). If you read our memory scaling article, it's almost annoying to see how close performance is compared to a DDR5 5200 MHz CL40 configuration). What a fun motherboard for the money, though! A lot can be said and stated about X670(E) versus B650(E), but for a B series motherboard, you'll get plenty of features as long as you do not plan to tweak your processor with, say, subzero cooling. The HERO has a sophisticated power phase design; you could add in a Ryzen 7 7950X processor just as well and be done with it. So what will you be lacking compared to B650, then? Well, on some level of tweaking support, most manufacturers will drop PCIe 5.0 support in favour of PCIe 4.0. So really, even with B650, you're 95% there for all your common needs and requirements. I mean, sure, PCIe 5.0 M2 slots and multi-gig Ethernet links are nice, but do you really need it?
Energy efficiency
Added chips, RGB, and BIOS configuration are a bothersome factor when testing stuff like this. The motherboard Ryzen 7000 performs a little out of the scope of our normal realm. Expect a ~70 Watts power draw in IDLE. Under total stress on the processors, the system comes back at roughly 225-250 Watts. Energy efficiency for this motherboard and processors as such are average at best. Keep that in mind with your cooling choice, as processor wattage usually is 1:1 in line with cooling performance. For any Ryzen 7000 series processor, recommend a proper LCS (all-in-one liquid cooling kit)
The conclusion
The E series in that 670E could have been short for Expensive, with a price just below the 600 EUR we feel that only very few people will be interested. Board wise, we cannot complain, though; you'll retrieve connectivity options galore with the ASUS ROG Strix X670E-E Gaming WiFi motherboard. In many ways, the ROG Strix X670E-E Gaming WiFi is a refurb of the ROG Crosshair X670E Hero. The Crosshair X670E Hero and the 18+2 paired power stage design both have VRM/MOSFET ratings of 110A, allowing you to tweak heavily, unfortunately, Ryzen 7000 processors run so hot that it will be a waste of investment spending time on that. You'll find some extra's inside the box in the form of a nice thick heatsink for the NVMe SSDs. With eight 4-pin fan headers, the ROG Strix X670E-E Gaming WiFi has one more 4-pin fan header than the Crosshair X670E Hero; impressive! The existing Realtek ALC4080 in combination with Savitech SV3H712 DAC are of proper quality. With the addition of Wi-Fi 6E (AX210), you are up-to-date when it comes to modern networking (of course, you need a compatible infrastructure and network topology to follow). In addition, the AX210 chip also supports Bluetooth 5.2. Among the most prominent features are the excellent connectivity, both external and internal, with all USB ports operating at 10 Gbps and two USB-C Gen2x2 connectors operating at 20 Gbps. This, of course, is a full AM5 motherboard; the ASUS ROG Strix X670E-E Gaming WiFi will be compatible with several processors released by AMD. It also means digging deep inside your pockets. The price increase has been substantial, since the equivalent model in the X570 cost €450, even though it is something we see in virtually all motherboards. It is a recommended model for quality and performance within its price range, more than €200 cheaper than the X670E Hero. We do value this board as it is feature rich and very versatile.
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