Monday, September 30th 2024
AMD X870E and X870 Motherboards Have Been Released, Prices Start at $199 Up To $699
Major AMD partners like ASUS, ASRock, GIGABYTE, and MSI have unveiled their latest AMD AM5 motherboards featuring the X870E and X870 chipsets. The new motherboards offer broad compatibility, supporting not only the latest AMD Ryzen 9000 series, but also the Ryzen 8000 and 7000 CPUs. These boards are aimed at high-end and enthusiast users, sporting optimized VRM designs and enhanced I/O capabilities, including WiFi 7 and USB 4 support.
The motherboards are all in ATX format; however, mATX/ITX models should follow later this year. They all support DDR5-5600 MT/s memory speeds natively, with some models supporting over 8000 MT/s memory speeds. In terms of chipset, the X870E series uses two Promontory 21 dies with support for USB 4 and Gen 5 GPU/SSD (24x Gen 5 CPU Lanes, 8x Gen 4 + 12x Gen 3 PCH Lanes). The X870 will use just one of the dies, retaining the Gen 5 lanes, however the PCH Lanes will be limited to 4x Gen 4 + 8x Gen 3.From the current batch of motherboards, if we look at prices from Newegg US, the cheapest is the ASRock X870 PRO RS listed at $199.99, while at the other end we have the ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E HERO available for $699.99, for which we already published our extensive review here. Stay tuned for more X870E/X870 motherboard reviews in the coming days. Our team has just grown with the addition of a new hardware reviewer.
ASUS Motherboards
Sources:
Videocardz, Wccftech
The motherboards are all in ATX format; however, mATX/ITX models should follow later this year. They all support DDR5-5600 MT/s memory speeds natively, with some models supporting over 8000 MT/s memory speeds. In terms of chipset, the X870E series uses two Promontory 21 dies with support for USB 4 and Gen 5 GPU/SSD (24x Gen 5 CPU Lanes, 8x Gen 4 + 12x Gen 3 PCH Lanes). The X870 will use just one of the dies, retaining the Gen 5 lanes, however the PCH Lanes will be limited to 4x Gen 4 + 8x Gen 3.From the current batch of motherboards, if we look at prices from Newegg US, the cheapest is the ASRock X870 PRO RS listed at $199.99, while at the other end we have the ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E HERO available for $699.99, for which we already published our extensive review here. Stay tuned for more X870E/X870 motherboard reviews in the coming days. Our team has just grown with the addition of a new hardware reviewer.
ASUS Motherboards
- ASUS PRIME X870-P WIFI - $249.99
ASUS TUF Gaming X870-PLUS WIFI - $309.99
ASUS ROG STRIX X870-A Gaming WIFI - $369.99
ASUS ProArt X870E-Creator WIFI - $479.99
ASUS ROG STRIX X870E Gaming WIFI - $499.99
ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E HERO - $699.99
- ASRock X870 PRO RS - $199.99
ASRock X870 PRO RS WIFI - $209.99
ASRock X870 Steel Legend WIFI - $259.99
ASRock X870 RIPTIDE WIFE - $279.99
ASRock X870E NOVA WIFI - $349.99
ASRock X870E Taichi LITE - $399.99
ASRock X870E Taichi - $449.99
- GIGABYTE X870 Gaming WIFI6 - $219.99
GIGABYTE X870 Eagle WIFI7 - $229.99
GIGABYTE X870 Gaming X WIFI7 - $249.99
GIGABYTE X870 AORUS ELITE WIFI7 - $289.99
GIGABYTE X870 AORUS ELITE WIFI7 ICE - $289.99
GIGABYTE X870E AORUS ELITE WIFI7 - $319.99
GIGABYTE X870E AORUS PRO - $359.99
GIGABYTE X870E AORUS PRO ICE - $359.99
GIGABYTE X870E AORUS Master - $499.99
- MSI PRO X870-P WIFI - $239.99
MSI MAG X870 Tomahawk WIFI - $299.99
MSI MPG X870E Carbon WIFI - $499.99
62 Comments on AMD X870E and X870 Motherboards Have Been Released, Prices Start at $199 Up To $699
For SSDs/NVMes on external enclosures, I can easily saturate the bus speed at 300~400MB/s for the 2.5" drives and 10Gbps (limited by my case) for the NVMes.
I usually use a mix of the above because I have multiple SBCs that I keep toying around with :p
You must talk about the X670 variants. I was also seriously considering the to take the Threadripper route with the Gigabyte TRX50 AI TOP (best TRX50 board IMO)
But I decided not to since this board with 7960X + 4×32GB RAM costs about double, and it is only giving ~30~35% extra speed (basically 16v24 cores)
I guess those PCIe connectors cost a lot! Yet I would only use about 16~20 more over the AM5 solution.
Also, I don't like the mainboard m.2 solutions either, this is why got the Gigabyte AORUS Gen4 AIC Adaptor (only with 2 SSD since second PCIe slot is @ 8×)
9950X+X870E for me.
Currently I have an ASRock B650E PG Riptide WiFi motherboard and while it did have some initial minor growing pains do to UEFI issues it was sorted quickly with revisions. To be honest, the following boards look good to me:
ASRock X870 RIPTIDE WIFE - $279.99
ASRock X870E NOVA WIFI - $349.99
ASRock X870E Taichi LITE - $399.99
ASRock X870E Taichi - $449.99
Some of the Gigabyte boards too.
If I were buying I'd probably go with either the ASRock X870E NOVA WIFI or the ASRock X870E Taichi LITE. Still, I'm served well enough by the ASRock B650E PG Riptide WiFi, RyZen 7950X and 7800XT setup so I won't make a change anytime soon.
For the low end boards it's an ok refresh but for the X670E boards this refresh was completely pointless.