ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Hero X570 ATX Motherboard with PCIe 4.0, Integrated 2.5 Gbps LAN,  USB 3.2, SATA, M.2, Node and Aura Sync RGB Lighting

So this has a bit of a story to it: when I was ordering parts for my new rig in the Spring (which I put together over Labor Day Weekend) I first settled on a different motherboard than this one (MSI MPG X570 Gaming Plus). I did further due diligence after getting that board and thanks to a certain PC Hardware YouTube channel I discovered the Power VRM system on the MSI board was rather lousy. So I returned it for a refund and went with the Republic of Gamers (ROG) Crosshair VIII Hero.Let me first begin by saying it is my first ROG motherboard. Also, as I've been in the IT Professionals field for 20 years I am aware that with ASUS you better get a fully working board in the box because if it is faulty or DOA ASUS Support is a gigantic pain to deal with. Fortunately I got a nominal, fully functioning board and being that I did I can tell you this board is worth every penny you spend on it. It's feature set is rich and you get a lot of great options to work with when building your PC with this being such a key piece of the jigsaw puzzle which is a computer build. It's fast, rock steady stable and a joy to have in your build.Of what I can recommend about working with this board first the obvious: when you get your entire PC together and power it on for the first time make sure you flash the BIOS to the most current version right then and there. Then check for new BIOS revisions every 3 months or so. Then, setup your memory profile (XMP or what DOCP) and then install Windows (as long as you aren't OCing your CPU. Also, have the drivers for the motherboard on-hand on a USB flash drive before you plug into the Internet for the first time.In the end, this is a great high-end board and a worthy addition to any build so long as you want to spend for it. That all I got from here and until next time I am out!

This is a great high-end board at a mid-range price, that price due to it being a generation old.I chose this for my high-budget gaming system because I refuse to have proprietary fans built into my motherboard, as is true for almost all X570-series boards. The benefits of X570 are of no consequence to most users, so I went with an older, proven design from the trusted "ROG Crosshair" series.The board is fantastic, as every one of the 15 or so Asus ROG Hero-series boards I have used. Amazingly configurable and usable BIOS (though its help text could use some detail), wonderful layout, plenty of USB and other ports, rock-solid, overclockable, very good (but not amazingly good) power distribution (See the excellent GamersNexus review on YouTube titled "Massive Overkill").Would buy again...and again and again and again.As I mentioned, though I bought this new, many months after the Ryzen 3000 release, it would not boot with a Ryzen 3000-based chip. I had to borrow an old AMD chip from a friend to enter the BIOS setup and apply an update with newer CPU support. I may have received old stock, though I suspect it is more likely considering my timing that Asus has just not shipped boards with a recent BIOS.

I highly recommend this board. It's very much worth the higher price even compared to the Rog Strix X470-F Gaming motherboard.Was building a Ryzen 2700x system & initially ordered the Strix x470-f gaming board. System would not POST and the q-led was showing video error- mostly.. Oddly, a couple times the qled gave a DRAM error instead.It would not provide the audible beep codes, so I bought a 10 pack of system piezo speakers, to be sure the lack of beeps wasn't a sys spkr issue. Still no beeps. Removed from the case to do "breadboard" testing, confirming the case was not causing a short.This issue was either the Strix x470-f, or the 2700x processor. The next step was finding my old POST test card which would give me an actual error code to reference- Or returning both items (it's generally standard practice to consider both faulty, unless you do have a 2 digit code to go on).I couldn't find my POST tester, and while looking for a new one, I discovered that the Crosshair Vii has a 2 digit display that gives you those error codes (plus many other excellent features, including other useful tech tools built on to the board).I returned the Strix and ordered this Crosshair Vii. Installed processor and it was in fact a dead processor. Ordered a new 2700x and everything is perfect.Love this Crosshair Vii for many reasons. I love the Ryzen 2700x, and the G.SKILL 32gb RAM (each purchased separately).Everything works well together.To end your confusion regarding Ryzen and RAM- the issues were on the previous 1xxx Ryzen processors. The 2xxx Ryzen processors are much less annoying, but they are often not very fond of using more than 2 sticks of ram.I'm using:G.Skill Ripjaws VDDR4-3200 16GBx2 CL16-18-18-38( F4-3200C16D-32GVK )Which are actually "intended" for Intel motherboards, but that does NOT matter.This RAM is not even on the Asus QVL (qualified vendor list), there's almost no 32gb kits on that list.Just keep that in mind when youre spending hours trying to determine what RAM will work for the system. The list is not the only things you have to choose from, it's merely what they've tested and know to work.I do recommend this G.Skill kit, as well.(also, if you go with an M.2 NVME SSD, use the lower slot and move the heatsink to it. You can Google the reason, it's not a functional issue at all, either slot works fine of course, it just splits some lines with the GPU. Apparently has no affect on operation, but at least you'll not be physically hiding it with your GPU, in the event you need to get to it.)Buy this board. It functions flawlessly for me, has many fan headers, many other capabilities, and simply looks excellent.Good Luck

The board was used but I can say it works perfectly. Having been a person whos job is was to test boards for dell at one point in life, it appears the board was properly tested before being resold. There was one minor scuff near the fan and that is the only damage I could find. I am very impressed with the motherboard so far and is very high quality. My system includes a 5800x3d cpu and a rx7800xt gpu, no issues at all. I did update the bios straight away to version 4702.