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ASUS' X570 ROG Crosshair VIII Formula hits Amazon UK - pricing revealed?
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g0ggles1994
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A few other ASUS boards are on Amazon UK when I looked earlier; if they are not placeholders and are indicative on how much X570 boards are going to cost, then it'll be a very hard pass for me. I'd rather buy a top rated X470 instead
Avet
Active member
Monoblock only if you go for the looks. Hero can run with no heatsink at all just fine.
If you asked me some time back do I need to go for X370, or X470 board I would recommend X370. There was no major difference. Better memory compatibility, but nothing too grand. With X570 you get much more. PCIe 4.0 drives can be a good thing. But more importantly Precision Boost Overdrive. It will run much better on the new Chipset. Also, new CPUs have much more architectural differences than the previous gen. Yes, they will work with old boards, but X570 is where they really shine.
Oh for sure, those VRMs don't even get taxed on the Hero7, even if you're doing nutso LN2 OCing. Monoblocks just make cooling easier IMO. And having the VRMs under water certainly won't hurt anything.
Now if only better companies than EK would put out monoblocks (Bitspower doesn't count to me, since they're crazy over-priced and ugly AF). God how I wish Watercool did more motherboard specific stuff!
Dicehunter
Resident Newb
If there are no drawbacks with using a Zen 2 chip on an X470 mobo then I'll just stick to my CH7 Hero and get the 3900X, I can see the Hero 8 being £400 and if that's a sign of things to come this will be my last PC purchase for a very long time.
AngryGoldfish
Old N Gold
That's absurd. Why is the motherboard more expensive than 90% of the processors? What a ridiculous phase we're in. I feel like slapping everyone like in that Slap video on YouTube.
Avet
Active member
Bitspower monoblocks are based on their Summit series, and they have bad performance compared to others. Watercool is awesome. I prefer it over EK every day. They had some idea of universal VRM block, but that failed. But the king of the hill is Aquacomputer. They just have some serious back order issues. It is 30+ days for their amazing GPU blocks.Oh for sure, those VRMs don't even get taxed on the Hero7, even if you're doing nutso LN2 OCing. Monoblocks just make cooling easier IMO. And having the VRMs under water certainly won't hurt anything.
If you already have C7H there is probably no need to change. What I have meant above was that if you were buying 2700X and C6H was much cheaper than C7H there was no reason not to go for it. But if you are buying everything now, even though more expensive, C8H should be a much better choice than C7H.
The_Governour
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I have currently a 2700x and a x470 asus strix itx... I am on the fence if to buy a ATX board or a itx mobo for my possible 3900x.
Mostly will depend on price/cooling performance - if I go full custom water cooling or if I stick my Dark Rock Pro 4 on it and call it a day.
Mostly will depend on price/cooling performance - if I go full custom water cooling or if I stick my Dark Rock Pro 4 on it and call it a day.
