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Asus has released the ROG Crosshair VIII Extreme E-ATX gaming motherboard based on the AMD X570 chipset. The board is designed to build high-performance gaming PCs with AMD AM4 socket, including AMD Ryzen 5000 series models.
The power subsystem is built in a 20-phase scheme, with 18 phases for the processor and 2 for the memory. Additional power for the processor is supplied through two 8-pin connectors. The voltage regulators are equipped with radiators connected by a heat pipe.
Adjacent to the AM4 socket is four DIMM slots that can accommodate up to 128GB of DDR4 memory. The board has two PCIe 4.0 x16 slots. Of course, they work like PCIe 4 only with the appropriate processor.
In addition, if both x16 slots are occupied, then the lines between them are divided equally, and in a configuration with an AMD Ryzen 3000 G-Series or 2000 G-Series processor, only one slot will work, and then in x8 mode. In addition, there is one PCIe 3.0 x1 slot connected to the chipset.
The designers paid much attention to the M.2 slots. The description of the board says that there are five of them. There are three M.2 slots on the board. All have four PCIe lanes (depending on the processor, this will be PCIe 3.0 or PCIe 4.0), and one also has a SATA 6 Gb/s interface. Two more slots are ROG DIMM.2 slots, in which PCIe 4.0 x4 and SATA interfaces are laid out. Recall that this slot is designed for the installation of a proprietary riser for M.2 SSD. There are also six SATA 6Gb/s ports for connecting drives on the motherboard.
The gaming board is equipped with Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax 2×2), and Bluetooth 5.2 wireless connections, 2.5 GbE and 10 GbE ports, two Thunderbolt 4 ports, and ROG SupremeFX 7.1 Surround Sound High Definition Audio with ALC4082 codec and DAC ESS SABER9018Q2C.
Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Extreme price and availability
Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Extreme AMD AM4 X570S EATX Gaming Motherboard has been priced at $799.99 and is already listed on the Bhphotovideo.com and Newegg.com online shops but without any availability details.
Recently, Asus has released a new 165Hz Gaming Monitor called TUF Gaming VG247Q1A with 23.8-inch VA panel, FHD resolution, achieves 8-bit color depth, a 3500: 1 contrast ratio, typical brightness of 350 cd/m², a refresh rate of up to 165 Hz (or up to 120 Hz on modern consoles).
