ASUS Intros X870 MAX Gaming WiFi7 Motherboard

[btarunr]

ASUS today introduced the X870 MAX Gaming WiFi7 motherboard. This Socket AM5 motherboard comes in two color-based variants—its default black, and the white X870 MAX Gaming WiFi7 W, which features a white PCB, besides white/silver heatsinks. The X870 MAX Gaming is positioned below even the TUF Gaming X870 Plus, and separate from the company's Prime series. It is designed to lure gaming PC builders away from the likes of the GIGABYTE Gaming X and MSI Gaming Plus series. The board is built in the ATX form-factor and draws power from a combination of 24-pin ATX and two 8-pin EPS connectors. It features a 12+2+1 phase CPU VRM that uses 80 A-rated power stages.

The Socket AM5 is wired to four DDR5 DIMM slots, a PCI-Express 5.0 x16 slot, and just the one M.2 Gen 5 x4 NVMe slot. The second CPU-attached NVMe interface is wired out as M.2 Gen 4 x4. The third M.2 slot is Gen 4 x4 and wired to the X870 FCH. The board also puts out four SATA 6 Gbps ports. Besides the main Gen 5 x16 PEG slot, the board has three other physical x16 slots, two of these are Gen 4 x1, and the last one Gen 3 x1. Display connectivity includes an HDMI, and a DisplayPort that's wired to the board's two 40 Gbps USB4 type-C ports. Other USB ports include a 10 Gbps USB 3.2 Gen 2; three 5 Gbps USB 3.1 Gen 1, and four USB 2.0, there is a 20 Gbps USB-C header, besides two additional 5 Gbps ports through a standard header.



Networking connectivity of the ASUS X870 MAX Gaming WiFi7 includes, as the name suggests, a Wi-Fi 7 + Bluetooth 5.4 WLAN module that's probably sourced from MediaTek; and a 2.5 GbE interface driven by a Realtek controller. The onboard audio solution features an entry-level Realtek ALC892 HD audio CODEC. We expect these boards to be among the cheapest based on this chipset, at just over $200.

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[Dragokar]

I don't know if this counts as off-topic xD, but they also put out this

ASUS B650E Max Gaming WIFI​

ASUS B650E Max Gaming WIFI ab € 187,98 (2025) | Preisvergleich Geizhals Deutschland

✔ Preisvergleich für ASUS B650E Max Gaming WIFI ✔ Produktinfo ⇒ Formfaktor: ATX • Sockel: AMD AM5 (LGA1718) • Chipsatz: AMD B650E • CPU-Kompatibilität: Ryzen 7000 , Ryze… ✔ AMD Sockel AM5 ✔ Testberichte ✔ Günstig kaufen

geizhals.de

B650E MAX GAMING WIFI｜Motherboards｜ASUS Global

Unlock peak performance with the ASUS B650E MAX GAMING WIFI motherboard, featuring AMD Ryzen™ support, DDR5, PCIe 5.0, and Wi-Fi 6E.

www.asus.com

and in white:

B650E MAX GAMING WIFI W｜Motherboards｜ASUS Global

ASUS B650E MAX GAMING WIFI W: Unleash AMD Ryzen™ 9000/8000/7000 power with DDR5, Wi-Fi 6E, PCIe 5.0, USB 10Gbps, advanced cooling, and RGB lighting.

www.asus.com

For some days it was available at around 160€ but yeah......nice to see more additions from the 650E and 8x0 chipset, especially in white.

 

[Tomorrow]

The black version looks surprisingly good.

 

[Dr_b_]

A motherboard with actual PCIe slots, this is decent and should be praised, there are actual users that have PCIe cards like NICs, sound cards, capture cards. But asus has taken away the speaker header, and debug code LED. Why take away the speaker header?

 

[LabRat 891]

A motherboard with actual PCIe slots, this is decent and should be praised, there are actual users that have PCIe cards like NICs, sound cards, capture cards. But asus has taken away the speaker header, and debug code LED. Why take away the speaker header?

It's still gimped. Those other slots are only 1 lane:

three other physical x16 slots, two of these are Gen 4 x1, and the last one Gen 3 x1

NtM, the top Gen4x1 will be blocked by most higher-power GPUs. -and, you can't simply 'slim riser' off the occluded slot w/o locking it to Gen2/Gen3 speeds.

I understand there's limitations in trace layout, but it feels like AIBs are actively working to make boards that cannot be fully utililzed.
-one board will stick the M.2s under the GPU, out of the way, then have 0 expansion slots
-another board, will have expansion slots, but in the worst places possible.

Esp. w/ Asus,
I wish they'd move to standardize DIMM.2 on their boards, and let the PCI Expansion card area of ATX boards, be useful again.