ASUS ROG Strix X870E-H Gaming Wi-Fi Assessment

Introduction

There’s an AMD 800-series chipset motherboard refresh within the works, and one of many first boards to land from the most important producers is the ASUS ROG Strix X870E-H Gaming Wi-Fi, which was introduced final month. It’s not an enormous revamp in comparison with earlier ROG Strix boards we have checked out, however at $400 it gives the flagship X870E dual-chipset specs plus further options, whereas missing onboard RGB lighting and as an alternative specializing in a moody, very clearly ROG black shade scheme, with massive heatsinks.

The worth is center of the street for X870E, with the likes of the considerably disappointing ASUS TUF Gaming X870E-Plus Wi-Fi7 coming in at about $50 much less, and loads of examples costing considerably extra within the ASUS line-up. Let alone some very stiff competitors from cheaper boards such because the ASRock X870E Taichi Lite at simply $300 and the MSI MAG X870E Tomahawk Wi-Fi at $330, whereas the mighty ASRock X870E Taichi prices solely $40 extra.

It’s clear, then, that the ASUS ROG Strix X870E-H Gaming Wi-Fi has an uphill battle to face out from a longtime crowd in addition to keep away from the standard pitfalls of sub $450 X870E motherboards, comparable to slicing options to hit cheaper price factors. Thankfully—on paper no less than—that does not appear to be a problem because it has an enviable leading edge specification. However, we additionally need to know the way it performs.

Specifications