ASUS X870E/X870 motherboard guide: ROG, TUF Gaming, ProArt and Prime usher in the era of the custom-built AI PC

Today, video editors are using AI-powered features in DaVinci Resolve to stabilize footage during editing and significantly reduce digital noise. Right now, gamers are accelerating their FPS while maintaining lifelike detail using AI tech like DLSS and Frame Generation. In today’s leading creative apps, 3D designers are taking advantage of real-time viewport rendering, upscaling, accelerated rendering, and more — and AI makes it all possible. As incredible as generative AI is currently, even more exciting developments are on the horizon. To prepare you for advanced AI experiences, we’re introducing our AMD X870E and X870 motherboard lineup. Ready for AMD Ryzen 9000 Series CPUs and featuring all new options from ROG Crosshair, ROG Strix, TUF Gaming, ProArt, and Prime, these new motherboards are loaded up with next-gen connectivity, smart features, and performance-boosting refinements.

Primed to perform with AMD Ryzen 9000 Series processors

An advanced AI PC leans heavily on its graphics card to accelerate AI workflows, but when you look at performance holistically, there’s no question that the CPU and motherboard play a vital role in establishing the foundation for the build. For your gaming ambitions, creative endeavors, and professional pursuits, AMD Ryzen 9000 Series desktop processors unleash your full system’s performance.

With their potent blend of single-threaded and multi-threaded performance, AMD Ryzen 9000 Series desktop processors excel in any workload. Whether you’re exporting a lengthy video, competing against the best in an online esports game, or rendering a complex animation, these processors have the horsepower to ensure that you can stay nimble as you work and play.

Socket AM5 takes a second lap around the track

AMD Ryzen 9000 Series CPUs slot into the AM5 socket, allowing owners of an X670E motherboard to upgrade their current systems with little more than a BIOS update. For those building a new system today, though, an X870E or X870 motherboard is the ideal choice — and there’s ample reason for X670E owners to consider an upgrade.

What’s the difference between X870E and X870 motherboards? Your most feature-rich, high-end options for your AMD Ryzen 9000 Series CPU use the X870E chipset. Armed with DDR5 support, PCIe 5.0 connectivity for graphics and SSDs, two onboard USB4 ports, and support for the latest CPU and memory overclocking refinements, these motherboards are ready to push your new CPU to its limits. Since X870E motherboards have two chipsets, they have more PCIe lanes to play with. On the ProArt X870E-Creator WiFi, for example, we put them to work with a Marvell 10Gb Ethernet port.

X870 motherboards are quite similar to their X870E brethren, but their one-chipset design makes them attractive options for PC builders with more modest connectivity needs.

Take the lead with smart controls

An ASUS-powered AI PC offers you easy, one-click options for optimizing system performance. With ASUS X870E and X870 motherboards, you’ll have the tools to unleash your AMD Ryzen 9000 Series CPU, minimize fan noise while maximizing cooling, ensure seamless connections to your PC, and optimize your network settings.

• AI Overclocking: For builders looking to easily optimize their CPU, we offer AI Overclocking. Powered by exhaustive research and characterization of the performance potential of actual CPUs in our testing labs, this tool boosts CPU clocks with just one click. AI Overclocking’s sophisticated intelligence also monitors the efficiency of your CPU cooler and changes in the operating environment of your system to tune its parameters over time for the best performance with your system’s unique set of components.
• Dynamic OC Switcher: For more advanced performance tweakers, we offer Dynamic OC Switcher. This feature automatically flips between AMD’s built-in Precision Boost Overdrive and your manual all-core overclock to give you the best performance for the task at hand.
• Core Flex: You can also use Core Flex to smash limits farther than ever before by controlling clock, power, and thermals. In its simplest form, you can maximize base clock during lighter loads and set breakpoints to gradually reduce CPU core frequency as temperature or current increases. The system is extremely adaptable, supporting multiple user-controlled functions that can manipulate power, current, and temperature limits independently so that you can bend CPU performance to your will.
• AI Cooling II: Our intelligent tech stands ready to optimize your cooling, as well. AI Cooling II gives you an easy tool for getting effective airflow under load and quiet operation during light tasks, even for builders who opt for higher-RPM case fans. It uses CPU monitoring information and data from a brief stress test to calculate the lowest fan speed required to effectively cool your system — while minimizing noise levels. This fan control system can reduce system fan noise by up to 5.7dB under sustained loads.
• AI Networking II: Through AI Networking II, your AI PC can optimize network settings to ensure smooth online gameplay, uninterrupted creativity, and seamless sharing. Integrated into the Armoury Crate app, AI Networking II uses AI-enhanced identification and boost technology to ensure faster and smarter network optimization. The new Traffic Monitor feature tracks your current WiFi channel usage and makes it easy to switch to a less-congested channel.

You’ll have access to all these features on our ROG, TUF Gaming, and ProArt X870E and X870 motherboards. With the Prime X870-P and Prime X870-P WiFi, you’ll have access to AI Cooling II.

Taking DDR5 to the next level

Many AI workflows lean on large and fast pools of memory. With its high capacity and next-level bandwidth, DDR5 fits that bill nicely. Whether you’re tuning your memory kits for all-out memory performance or absolute stability, X870E and X870 motherboards give you what you need for your AI PC.

For enthusiasts chasing the highest memory overclocks, we’re debuting a revolutionary DRAM slot design in two of our X870E motherboards: NitroPath DRAM Technology. Available with the ROG Crosshair X870E Hero and ROG Strix X870E-E Gaming WiFi, NitroPath DRAM Technology offers enhanced slot retention force, and it also reduces noise interference via shorter gold finger pins and optimized signal pathways within the motherboard. The optimized layout ensures faster data transfers between your DRAM and CPU, maximizing your system’s overall performance.

To give you a hassle-free way to get even PMIC-restricted memory modules up to speed, all our X870E and X870 motherboards give you access to AEMP profiles. Built through a flexible training method, these profiles make it easy for you to tune your memory above baseline settings while maintaining stable system operation. With AEMP, optimized memory settings are just a click away whether you’re getting the most out of an entry-level module or priming a high-speed kit for ultimate performance.

Your AI PC will also benefit from a variety of features that AMD is introducing with X870E and X870 motherboards. The new chips provide official JEDEC support for DDR5-5600, up from DDR5-5200, giving a speed boost for those who need exceptional stability above all else. AMD has also added real-time memory overclocking from within its Ryzen Master app, along with the ability through Memory Optimized Performance Profile (MOPP) to automatically switch between JEDEC and EXPO memory profiles depending on the application running.

ROG Crosshair X870E Hero

Since 2006, Republic of Gamers motherboards have relentlessly pushed the boundaries of design and performance to deliver true enthusiast-grade products for gamers who demand more. Using top-notch components and cutting-edge designs capable of hitting the highest speeds, ROG engineers create motherboards that exude quality and craftsmanship while redefining the possibilities of desktop computing.

The ROG Crosshair X870E Hero stands at the pinnacle of our X870E/X870 lineup. Dark hues predominate across this motherboard, drawing your attention to premium metallic textures, nickel-plated surfaces, sleek contours, and a stereoscopic visual effect on the large M.2 and chipset heatsink. This board also features our Polymo Lighting II effect. This upgraded lighting module built into the I/O shroud provides more dynamic RGB illumination for the ROG logo.

The ROG Crosshair X870E Hero’s high-end feature set gives it the power and connectivity you need for demanding AI applications. To help you unleash your top-end AMD Ryzen 9000 Series CPU, it boasts a robust power solution with 18+2+2 power stages, ProCool II power connectors, MicroFine alloy chokes, and premium metallic capacitors. To keep this beefy power solution cool, this board includes massive heatsinks integrated with the I/O cover. They’re joined by an L-shaped heatpipe and connected to the power stages with high-conductivity thermal pads.

We equipped this high-end motherboard with everything you need to install an equally high-end set of components. It features our new NitroPath DRAM Technology so that you can push your DDR5 kit to the limits. A pair of PCIe 5.0 x16 slots stand ready for the fastest graphics cards of today and tomorrow, and they can be run in an x8/x8 configuration to support creators and AI enthusiasts ready to harness two GPUs for their workflows. 5 total M.2 slots, three of which support PCIe 5.0 drives, allow you to establish a fast, massive storage array, while a SlimSAS connector makes it easy to add even more storage. You’ll find all our latest refinements for installing M.2 drives, including the new M.2 Q-Latch, M.2 Q-Release, and M.2 Q-Slide.

The ROG Crosshair X870E Hero is fully loaded with versatile connectivity. High-performance networking options, including WiFi 7 support and dual Ethernet ports, allow you to integrate your new PC into your next-gen network. A pair of onboard USB4 ports give you versatile options for connecting displays, storage drives, and more, and you’ll find the header you need to hook up a front-panel USB Type-C port with Quick Charge 4+ up to 60W.

For unrivaled gaming immersion, the ROG Crosshair X870E Hero offers a SupremeFX 7.1 Surround Sound audio solution with integrated amplifiers and op-amps. The audio circuit design uses premium capacitors, interference shielding, and discrete traces for the left and right channels. Auto impedance detection lets you use even high-impedance audiophile headphones and get crystal-clear, distortion-free output. An ESS ES9219 Quad DAC pumps top-notch audio to the front-panel output with support for 32-bit/384 kHz playback, perfect for plugging in a high-end headset.

You’ll also get a premium bundle of software with the ROG Crosshair X870E Hero. ASUS DriverHub will make it easy to keep your new hardware updated. Dolby Atmos gives you immersive, multidimensional audio in any context, and a 1-year subscription to AIDA64 Extreme will give you monitoring and benchmarking tools to support your performance tweaking ambitions.

ROG Strix rallies gamers everywhere

For folks building a PC first and foremost for gaming, some of the exotic features of the ROG Crosshair series may feel more like luxuries than necessities. ROG Strix motherboards retain key elements of the style and performance of the Crosshair series while avoiding specialized features that everyday builders might not need. In total, we’re offering four ROG Strix X870E/X870 motherboards: a trio of high-performance ATX motherboards with varying levels of features and styles, and the compact yet powerful ROG Strix X870-I Gaming WiFi.

ROG Strix X870E-E Gaming WiFi

As the highest-performance board of the Strix family, the ROG Strix X870E-E Gaming WiFi delivers a potent blend of gaming prowess and bold style. Angular accents sweep across the board’s heatsinks alongside distinctive ROG iconography, while a novel curved I/O shroud draws attention to its RGB LED illuminated ROG logo. A new bevel design brings a striking look to the M.2 Combo Sink that’s just a little different from every viewing angle.

Comprehensive power and thermal solutions set you up to tame the latest high-end gear. 18+2+2 power stages deliver a stable stream of power to your AMD CPU, while massive heatsinks integrated with the I/O cover, an L-shaped heatpipe, and high-conductivity thermal pads keep the VRMs comfortable under load. You get the full selection of ROG overclocking technologies for optimizing CPU performance: AI Overclocking, Dynamic OC Switcher, Core Flex, Asynchronous Clock, and PBO Enhancement.

As with the ROG Crosshair X870E Hero, you get our all-new NitroPath DRAM technology that helps you get the most out of your high-end DDR5 memory kit. The ROG Strix X870E-E Gaming WiFi also offers a convenient mounting location for you to mount a 60mm fan so that you can direct extra cooling air across your memory modules.

A PCIe 5.0 x16 slot awaits your next-gen graphics card. You’ll have five M.2 slots to play with, three of which are ready for top-end PCIe 5.0 SSDs. To keep your drives operating comfortably, the hefty and thick M.2 Combo-sink provides a large surface area for cooling.

A new generation of conveniences ease the building process and your everyday computing with the ROG Strix X870E-E Gaming WiFi. It starts with the PCIe Slot Q-Release Slim mechanism which makes it easy to remove the graphics card. Onboard WiFi 7 support and a high-bandwidth 5Gb Ethernet port make your PC an easy addition to your next-gen home network. You’ll find a header for hooking up a fast USB 20Gbps front-panel port with 30W USB Power Delivery. And a pair of USB4 ports give you versatile options for connecting your full setup.

ROG Strix X870-F Gaming WiFi and ROG Strix X870-A Gaming WiFi

In comparison to the ROG Strix X870E-E Gaming WiFi, the ROG Strix X870-F Gaming WiFi and ROG Strix X870-A Gaming WiFi cater to builders who love the style of higher-end option but are looking for a more-mainstream feature set. Their 16+2+2 power stages make them a great fit for a CPU like the AMD Ryzen 7 9700X, and they’re primed and ready for fast DDR5 memory kits and PCIe 5.0 graphics cards and M.2 drives.

Their USB selection is pared back from the selection offered by the ROG Strix X870E-E Gaming WiFi, but they still offer more than enough connectivity for a cutting-edge battlestation. You’ll still have two onboard USB4 ports, a header for a front-panel USB 20Gbps port, and six USB 10Gbps ports to play with, along with WiFi 7 support and a 2.5Gb Ethernet port.

Here is the combined table for the ROG STRIX X870-F GAMING WIFI and ROG STRIX X870-A GAMING WIFI:

ROG Strix X870-I Gaming WiFi

Thanks to NVIDIA’s new SFF-Ready guidelines, it’s easier than ever to build a small-form-factor PC. When you purchase an SFF-Ready chassis and graphics card, you can be confident that your new GPU fits comfortably in the case with wiggle room for power cables and cables. To give you a feature-rich yet space saving motherboard option for a SFF build, we offer the ROG Strix X870-I Gaming WiFi.

This Mini-ITX marvel is small enough to hold with one hand, yet it’s loaded with cutting-edge features. Its innovative thermal design, including robust VRM heatsinks with a dedicated fan, an L-shaped backplate, and a fan for the M.2 and chipset heatsink, make sure that you can get the performance you desire in a space-saving design. This motherboard is ready for a pair of speedy DDR5 memory sticks, and its PCIe 5.0 x16 slot will accommodate the most powerful GPU that you can fit into your SFF case. Two onboard M.2 slots, one PCIe 5.0 and one PCIe 4.0, await your storage drives, and it’s ready for fast networking with WiFi 7 support and a 2.5Gb Ethernet port.

Two special additions make sure that the compact ROG Strix X870-I motherboard offers everything you need for your battlestation. The space-saving ROG FPS-II card gives you easy access to front-panel headers, 2 SATA ports, a header enabling CPU overvoltage, and a PCIe mode switch for legacy expansion cards.

The second is the ROG Strix Hive II. This external control interface neatly addresses common challenges that PC builders face when putting together a compact Mini-ITX machine — and goes a step further by putting motherboard gaming features right at your fingertips.

The Mini-ITX form factor doesn’t provide much space for a high-end audio solution, so we (very literally) thought outside the box. The Hive houses top-shelf audio hardware with its ESS® Sabre 9260Q DAC. An integrated volume knob with press-to-mute functionality keeps you in control.

Premium audio isn’t the only trick up the ROG Strix Hive’s sleeve. It offers two USB 10Gbps ports, one USB Type-A and one USB Type-C, to give you an easy way to connect external storage and peripherals. It includes our intuitive Q-LED array so that you can quickly diagnose build problems. And you’ll even find a physical power button for your PC and a FlexKey button, as well. Building, updating, and troubleshooting a Mini-ITX PC has never been easier.

TUF Gaming X870-Plus WiFi

Many gamers out there have a straightforward shopping list when they’re in the market for a new motherboard. They look for products with essential performance, unobtrusive style, and reliable operation that’s built to go the distance. For these PC builders, we offer the TUF Gaming X870-Plus WiFi.

The TUF Gaming X870-Plus WiFi outpaces the competition with its comprehensive feature set and sturdy good looks. Its no-frills aesthetic starts with simple, clean lines and unobtrusive charcoal hues that make it easy for you to coordinate the look of your build. Badges on the integrated I/O shield and across the boards provide understated accents.

This motherboard shares many of the same next-gen features as the higher-end ROG Crosshair and ROG Strix boards. A PCIe Gen 5.0 x16 slot lets you install the highest-end graphics cards of today and tomorrow. A total of four M.2 slots, two wired for PCIe 5.0 and two for PCIe 4.0, let you set up a spacious and speedy storage system. It includes a wide array of Q-Design features, including the PCIe Slot Q-Release and our new M.2 Q-Latch. High-performance wireless networking comes courtesy of an onboard WiFi 7 module, while a Realtek 2.5Gb Ethernet port provides a rock-solid wired connection.

ProArt X870E-Creator WiFi

Thus far, we’ve introduced our X870E and X870 motherboards that cater to gamers. Yet you might have ambitions for your AI PC that extend past the world of gaming. Creative professionals like engineers, designers, videographers, animators, and game developers also stand to benefit from AI-powered technologies. For you, the ProArt X870E-Creator WiFi might be the perfect fit.

This potent motherboard offers a cutting-edge feature set laser-focused on the needs of creators. It’s ready to accelerate your work with the massive bandwidth, lightning-quick speeds, and exceptional power efficiency offered by next-generation DDR5 RAM. With PCIe 5.0 connectivity, the ProArt X870E-Creator WiFi gives you access to the fastest next-gen SSDs and GPUs. This motherboard boasts not just one, but two PCIe 5.0 x16 slots. They can operate in an x8/x8 configuration so that you can take full advantage of a pair of graphics cards. Since many creative pursuits and AI-powered apps can take full advantage of the fastest transfer speeds that they can get, we equipped this board with four onboard M.2 slots, two of which are wired for PCIe 5.0.

You’ll get rich networking options with this motherboard, too. A Marvell AQtion 10Gb Ethernet port provides ultra-high-bandwidth access to resources on your local network, such as a NAS device. Additionally, this board provides WiFi 7 support and an Intel 2.5Gb Ethernet port.

Many creators rely on a wide range of peripherals for their workstations. The ProArt X870E-Creator WiFi provides the high-end connectivity you need for such a setup with two onboard USB4 ports, a broad selection of high-speed USB ports, and a header for a front-panel USB 20Gbps port with 30W USB Power Delivery 3.0 and Quick Charge 4+.

Creators often need their PC to communicate professionalism when they meet with clients. The ProArt X870E-Creator WiFi offers a sophisticated, elegant style with its subdued color theme and minimalist design touches. It’s a perfect fit with the full ProArt ecosystem of PC cases, AIO liquid coolers, graphics cards, and more.

Prime X870-P WiFi and Prime X870-P

For years, many PC builders have sworn by reliable performance, rich features, and unobtrusive design of ASUS Prime motherboards. The Prime X870-P WiFi and Prime X870-P motherboards carry this legacy forward by providing everything you need for a great experience with AMD Ryzen 9000 Series CPUs.

Built for DDR5 memory kits, armed with a PCIe 5.0 x16 slot, and equipped with two USB4 ports, these motherboards are ready for next-gen hardware. Four M.2 slots, including one that’s wired for PCIe 5.0, let you set up a high-speed storage array. If wireless networking is a must-have, grab the WiFi 7-equipped Prime X870-P WiFi; otherwise, the Prime X870-P stands ready with its 2.5Gb Ethernet port.

The Prime X870-P WiFi and Prime X870-P are a perfect aesthetic match for the all-new Prime LC 360 ARGB AIO liquid cooler, but their understated design makes them a comfortable fit in a wide range of builds. Subtle sci-fi design touches give them a unique personality in our lineup, yet their overall black-and-white aesthetic never feels out of place.