ASUS has announced their CROSSHAIR VI Hero AM4 Motherboard

[WYP]

ASUS has announced their CROSSHAIR VI Hero and X370 Prime series AM4 motherboards, showcasing feature sets that are on par with their Intel-based equivalents.



Read more on ASUS' Crosshair VI Hero and other AM4 motherboards.

 

[Tripp]

It just got real

 

[Greenback]

Well that solves what motherboard

 

[NeverBackDown]

"current IO spec" lol suuure.
Because we don't have USB3.2 or anything.. USB3.1 is the same as 3.0 Asus.

 

[RobM]

eagerness increase

 

[g0ggles1994]

I hope at least one of their mATX boards has VRM cooling or my plans for a decent OC are out the window

 

[NeverBackDown]

I hope at least one of their mATX boards has VRM cooling or my plans for a decent OC are out the window

They probably will. Asus would just add in a sister board to make room like they have in the past. Should be fine bud

 

[Tolemac]

Ooh the temptation to switch back to AMD is getting real I must resist

 

[AlienALX]

It just got real

Hell yeah it did ! hail the new king !

I've always loved Crosshair boards. So much cheaper than the Intel equivalent too. The last one was like £160 and that was like top top end (8+2+2).

This looks fab !

Whoah ! 8 + 4 pin. **** just got real !

 

[NeverBackDown]

Alien, Crosshair boards are only for AMD right? Or I thought so. Didn't think they had it for Intel. I don't follow the motherboard brands much

 

[AlienALX]

Alien, Crosshair boards are only for AMD right? Or I thought so. Didn't think they had it for Intel. I don't follow the motherboard brands much

They are AMD yes but if you look at them there is always a model that is very similar in looks and spec for Intel, only they cost a lot more. Seriously, how much does a top end board cost for Intel? a lot more than £160.

I'm not expecting this one to cost £160 tbh. Not with Brexit and other nonsense (and of course new shiny tax) but I do expect it to cost a lot less than a high end Intel board. Mostly because Intel charge a fortune for socket licensing and so on.

 

[NeverBackDown]

Oh ok so I was right.
Yeah it'll hopefully cost less. Lower cost of entry to switch over to AMD the better for there market share goals.

 

[Kleptobot]

Hope they have an itx board with decent power phases too

 

[Godofwar424]

USB3.1 is the same as 3.0 Asus.

What? No it is not the same. There is a pretty big difference between 3.0 and 3.1!

 

[RobM]

hopefully the Asus tax won't be as high as it is on their £150 mouse

 

[Dawelio]

Hope they have an itx board with decent power phases too

^ This is what I'm hoping for as well.

 

[NeverBackDown]

What? No it is not the same. There is a pretty big difference between 3.0 and 3.1!

No it is the same. 3.1 is rebranded 3.0. USB 3.2 is the most current version, which introduced type C to USB 3.1 and 3.2. So no, you are wrong dude.

 

[Lazlo]

No it is the same. 3.1 is rebranded 3.0. USB 3.2 is the most current version, which introduced type C to USB 3.1 and 3.2. So no, you are wrong dude.

Source? Because I think you are mixing up "USB 3.1 gen 1" and "USB 3.1 gen 2" with "USB 3.2", which doesn't exist( at least yet)

 

[NeverBackDown]

Source? Because I think you are mixing up "USB 3.1 gen 1" and "USB 3.1 gen 2" with "USB 3.2", which doesn't exist( at least yet)

The number after the . stands for the generation. Really doesn't matter which way you want to look at it. In addition, main point still stands, the other guy was still wrong in the fact that 3.0 and 3.1 are indeed exactly the same thing.

 

[Lazlo]

The number after the . stands for the generation. Really doesn't matter which way you want to look at it. In addition, main point still stands, the other guy was still wrong in the fact that 3.0 and 3.1 are indeed exactly the same thing.

Nope a standard is a standard and has very specific vocabulary. There is no USB 3.2 standard. USB 3.1 gen 1 and 2 are both part of the USB 3.1 standard.
And there actually is a difference between USB 3.0 and USB 3.1 (gen 1 and gen 2) as the other guy said.
Just saying "But I call it 3.2 and the other guy is wrong" is very in line with your nick but not a valid argument.