ASUS ProArt X870E-CREATOR WiFi AMD AM5 X870E ATX Motherboard PCIe® 5.0 x16 Slots with Full Support for Next-gen GPUs, 16+2...

Excellent built quality for the ASUS motherboard. First time boot trouble as I have not attached the liquid cooler and used only an air fan before actually fixed into the computer case. Only figured out that the sytem shuts down due to CPU over temperature and took some remedial actions, all the rest are getting back to normal. Installation for RAM, SSD, Display Card are all easy. ASUS's software takes care of everything regarding driver installation. Ran a 100%CPU test for some 30 minutes, not trouble at all.

Benjamin · 2025-09-08 · via amazon

TL/DR : Pretty board , let PC sit overnight in failed POST mode after enabling EXPO to let BIOS learn RAM timing. If you're looking at this board , you've probably learned all the quirks about the X870E chipset and PCIe5 lanes bifurcation / sharing with NVME slots , so I won't rehash that. My main reason(s) for the review are twofold: 1) The build quality is awesome , the materials and aesthetics are (subjectively) topnotch. I'm not an RGB-vomit fan , but the murdered out black look is so... dead. So, it's nice to have a minimalistic look with a trace of elegance. Building on it was straightforward. I had no fitment issues with a 2280 form factor NVME in the M 2_1 slot (w/ heatsink) interfering with an ASUS TUF gaming RTX4080. It all fit and worked well inside a Lian - Li Lancool II Mesh using the ProArt AIO360 radiator mounted to the front of the case. Everything snapped in easily & securely. there was never a "hmm, is that right ? " No it was all pretty much a breeze. 2) The Ram LED POST fail coming on after enabling EXPO. This freaked me out. If I then cleared CMOS , reboot , then it would POST. However after reading up this is SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN. I then went into BIOS , enabled EXPO for my (4x16 GB) 6000 CL30 RipJaws ram profile , and let it sit in the failed state. I woke up the next morning to a windows boot screen. The BIOS had to do some internal clock checks that took a fair bit of time, but it eventually POSTed and has been solid since. So , that's my piece , enjoy !

Jolie Price · 2025-01-09 · via amazon

9950x3D and 6400CL32 was plug and play. I needed this board due to the specific PCIe expansion offered, so I can use my 2 U.2 drives in the second slot, as well as a gpu and 2 NVMe drives. The 10GbE is also nice too, I haven't had any issues although I was skeptical as I used an intel nic previously. All and all although it's pricey it's a very nice board that met my needs for PCIe expandability.

Gordon Freeman · 2026-03-09 · via amazon

ASUS should be ashamed of themselves for making this motherboard, it's a sign of the times I guess. First off, it's extremely buggy. We couldn't figure out why, but after getting a 2nd board, after getting different ram, after even changing the processor, it was still always buggy. It has a known bug where it corrupts the NVME boot drive when Windows does updates. It can only run on Windows 11, no 10, no linux, nothing but 11. This makes it nearly impossible to debug because Windows 11 is a pile, so it's just impossible to determine what is wrong. The NVME's (all slots) get corrupt very fast, within a few weeks of non-stop use. So we had to shift over to SSD boot drive and it works fine with that. The PCI Gen 5 NVME's basically don't work properly either, we have Samsung 9100's and they are horrible. They corrupt very fast as well, far faster than the Gen 4 NVME's. Plus, because of lane sharing, the high speed USB bus can be extremely slow, so can the internal 10G networking when you have full NVME slots. I missed the return opportunity on this board, so I'm stuck with it and I'm ready to throw it in the trash. Unfortunately it does the job we bought it for (media production) just well enough to keep making money. Hopefully it'll make enough for us to afford something else in the near future, but in our config (9950X3D, 128GB DDR5 5400, 5080) it really is nothing special. Our 5 year old 5950X, 64GB, 4080 build is really not much slower. That was one of the things that really depressed us, that spending nearly $5k on a new system, got us MAYBE 10% better performance. X86 manufacturers are WAY behind the times. By contrast, our M4 Max desktop and laptop systems, are both faster in everything BUT very advanced 3D workflows. For media production, we just never touch 3D workflows, maybe the occasional game. But how can Apple build a 50W TDP laptop, which keeps up with and in some ways is faster than a modern X86 desktop? I have no idea why ANYONE would buy this system. I guess if all you did was play games on windows 11? But the drive corruption alone should keep anyone far away.

Tye · 2025-08-29 · via amazon

I admit I was hesitant on getting this motherboard because of the price, but I honestly don't regret it knowing how much I use my PC. I have had Proart products in the past and this one does not let down. It looks great, has great memory capacity (I only have two sticks of 64gb here, but I have another 2x64b ready), and amazing options for connectivity. If you're looking for a motherboard with all the bells and whistles, I recommend you try taking a look at this one. And wifi 7!

Rose · 2025-09-14 · via amazon

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Socket

AM5

Chipset

B850

Form

ATX

WiFi

WiFi 6E

Socket

LGA1851

Chipset

Z890

Form

ATX

WiFi

WiFi 7