The ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Hero: With or Without Wi-Fi 6, Both With 2.5G LAN
by Gavin Bonshor on May 28, 2019 4:00 PM EST
With the introduction of the new X570 chipset designed for use with the AMD Ryzen 3000 series, ASUS has lifted the lid on its launch day range. The ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Hero Wi-Fi and non-Wi-Fi model both include the Realtek RTL8125AG 2.5 GbE networking chip, with an Intel AX200 Wi-Fi 6 802.11ax adapter being the only difference between the two models.
Both the ROG Crosshair VIII Hero Wi-Fi and ROG Crosshair VIII Hero are both targeted at gamers with a strong balance between enthusiast, and gaming features. First of all, both models are identical with the exception of the Intel AX200 Wi-Fi 6 wireless adapter. The design follows the traditional ROG style with a similar ROG armor covering that the Crosshair VIII Formula does, but not as extensive. The chipset heatsink includes a fan to keep the X570 chipset running cool, and also includes plenty of customizable RGB with the Hero logo, and ROG logo.
Similar to the ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Formula, the Crosshair VI Hero features dual PCIe 4.0 M.2 and also has seven USB 3.1 G2 Type-A, as well as a single USB 3.1 G2 Type-C port on the rear panel. A single front panel USB 3.1 G2 port is also available for users to expand upon, with two USB 2.0 ports providing an additional four ports, and two USB 3.1 G1 Type-A headers for a total of four ports.
The newest inclusion for ASUS is the use of the Realtek RTL8125AG Dragon 2.5 GbE gaming LAN. Onboard audio is taken care of by a Realtek SupremeFX S1220 HD audio codec and as a result, adds five 3.5 mm audio jacks, and a single S/PDIF optical output on the rear panel. On both models is three full-length PCIe 4.0 slots with x16, x8/x8, and x8/x8/x4; this allows for both two-way NVIDIA SLI and AMD Crossfire multi-graphics card setups to be used. A single PCIe 4.0 x1 slot is present and storage capabilities are provided by two PCIe 4.0 M.2, and eight SATA ports.
At present, there is no information on the pricing or availability of the ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Hero Wi-Fi and non-Wi-Fi model. It is expected that most X570 models from ASUS will be available prior to the launch of AMD's Ryzen 3000 processors on 7/7.
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FreckledTrout - Tuesday, May 28, 2019 - link
Can someone ask the vendors to do a passive cooling solution even as an add on product. Pretty please.Lakados - Tuesday, May 28, 2019 - link
I am more interested in seeing what EKWB and the others offer for cooling options for these boards. More than not the fans shouldn’t be needed but those who choose to do multi M.2 in raid will probably need it.JoeyJoJo123 - Tuesday, May 28, 2019 - link
I think Gigabyte's highest end mobo had no integrated fan.Phynaz - Tuesday, May 28, 2019 - link
They can’t. This is how AMD lowers their power consumption, move things off the cpu.Meaker10 - Tuesday, May 28, 2019 - link
Except they have more lanes than Intel on the CPU at every market level?Irata - Wednesday, May 29, 2019 - link
And each lane has twice the bandwidth :)JoeyJoJo123 - Tuesday, May 28, 2019 - link
Doing free marketing for team blue doesn't really do you any good, dude. It's just part of PCI-e 4.0 that there's increased demand for the chipset to keep up with higher bandwidth PCI-e lanes. When Intel releases a chipset with PCI-e 4.0, they'll almost certainly be doing the same with a chipset fan, again. Intel has had chipset fans in the past, too, by the way.Irata - Wednesday, May 29, 2019 - link
Examples of CPU features that are moved to the X570 Chipset please...Shorty_ - Wednesday, May 29, 2019 - link
that's not even remotely accurate at all. Have you had a gander at the Ryzen SoC at all?Cygni - Tuesday, May 28, 2019 - link
It is an AMD requirement.