Asus ROG Strix X570-F Gaming ATX Motherboard with PCIe 4.0, Aura Sync RGB Lighting, Intel Gigabit Ethernet, Dual M.2 with Heatsinks, SATA 6GB/S and USB 3.2 Gen 2

I built my system and was able to post, but it did take a little time the first boot. I was generally happy with the state of the BIOS version that shipped with the board. I was a little nervous to flash a new BIOS because my PC was mostly stable, didn't seem to really be having any memory issues, and there was that fiasco with voiding your warranty using officially released BIOS from Asus (what a joke). BUT, all that warranty stuff has been corrected and I finally decided to update the BIOS to the latest version for stability reasons.It wasn't often, but I DID notice that my system would abruptly crash and reboot (No blue screen, no warning, just like the monitor would turn off and system would reboot) randomly out of nowhere.It wasn't enough to give me concern or anything, but still I wanted to identify the issue and get it ironed out. So I finally decided to update the BIOS to the latest version (at time of review- version 1415), I made sure that all of my drivers were the latest versions from Asus's website, then installed all updates that I had for Windows 11- basically dotted all my i's and crossed all my t's.I'm happy to report that after almost a week or so I haven't experienced any crash or hiccup and everything seems to be operating stable and no issues to report.I know that there's a lot of people complaining about their Asus boards and issues they're having, but I always take these complaints with a grain of salt because I don't know how experienced these users are at building pc's, and more so- troubleshooting issues they may be experiencing or if they even bothered to update their BIOS in the first place. Some users expect a simple plug and play experience (which isn't unreasonable) but when we are talking about a BRAND NEW platform and chipset- well, as you are aware of, there are sometimes growing pains and a maturation process that just takes a little time.The quality of this board is TOP NOTCH. It has virtually every feature you could want or need (although 10gb Ethernet at this price point is not asking for too much), the BIOS are robust and take some time to find all the settings, but they're there! Lol, you can fine-tune and customize every aspect of your system.Auras Sync works great between all my peripherals and components. I mean, Idk what else to tell you. Board was a first time go. No major issues and after my first BIOS update- NO ISSUES to speak of. It looks great, it works great. That's what I paid for and I got my money's worth so far.I've owned 4 or 5 Asus motherboards, used in personal rigs and I've never had a problem with any of them. I not only recommend their products but continue to purchase them myself. It would take a lot to get me to purchase a board from another manufacturer at this point, but this is just my opinion and experience.

I've been a huge fan of ASUS products for years. I've used their motherboards exclusively since the 440BX chipset. I always relied on them for their stability and features. Sadly, this is not the case for the Crosshair X670E Hero. While the board has an absolute boatload of features, the stability just isn't there. I purchased the board the day it was released and built a system with a 7950X, 32gb of Corsair Dominator RAM, an ROG RTX 4090, a Samsung 980 NVME drive, and an ROG Thor psu. The system has been slow to boot since day one. I updated the Bios twice, tried different RAM, PSU's, and graphics cards thinking maybe there was a conflict. None of this helped. I then started scouring forums and saw basically everyone was having the same problem. In one post I read, an ASUS rep was discussing enabling Memory Context Save Restore to improve boot times. I tried this and the system became completely unstable. bsod after bsod. Nothing in the system is overclocked and there are no thermal issues. Its REALLY frustrating to spend this kind of money on a motherboard that operates this poorly!! I built a second system using the Intel platform with a Strix z790-F gaming mobo, and it has zero issues. Boot times are super fast and I've never gotten a BSOD. I just can't imagine how they dropped the ball with this one.

Very nice motherboard. No problems at all and is very stable. 7900X processor running 5500mhz on all cores with power reduced and thermal limit set @ 85C. Never passes mid 70s C in 1 hour Aida 64 stability tests. I have a custom loop with an extra thick 360 radiator from Alphacool and using EK's Velocity2 AM5 block.I think where most people are having issues is not the motherboard, but the memory. Did a lot of research and settled on a 64Gb 6000 kit from G.skill. Was on the compatible list both from G.skill and ASUS. I also upgraded the BIOS to the latest available before I even began building. Booted right up, about a minute or so to run the memory test, then right into BIOS. Set the memory up, saved and rebooted. After I finished configuring everything else and had rebooted a few times, I set Memory Context Restore so that it doesn't have to do the memory testing every time and it boots to windows in about 20-25 seconds now.Buy components that match the quality of the board, check compatibility carefully, see what is working for others, and you'll end up with a very nice PC. Don't try to run 4 sticks of RAM unless you want to run it at very low speeds. This is an AMD thing, not ASUS and as far as I know, there are no 128Gb kits available yet. Any time you mix kits, you are asking for trouble. That's not an AMD thing, its a PC thing.Bought this board because it had every feature I wanted and a few that I don't need yet. Was a little concerned about all the negative comments I've read but have not had the first issue and couldn't be more pleased with the purchase.Yes, it's an expensive board, but you know that up front. With parts availability what they have been lately, I was just happy to get everything I needed. But what you get for the money is a very high performance system that just exudes quality. I'm looking at it as a long term investment that should be serve me well for years. Oh...and it's fast!Combo that worked for me:G.Skill Trident Z5 NEO RGB Series (AMD Expo) 64GB (2 x 32GB) 288-Pin SDRAM DDR5 6000 CL30-40-40-96 F5-6000J3040G32GX2-TZ5NR2 - SAMSUNG 980 PRO SSD 2TB PCIe NVMeAMD Ryzen™ 9 7900X 12-Core