ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Dark Hero ATX Motherboard, 20+2+2 Power Stages, DDR5 Slots

This is by far the most premium motherboard I have ever owned and it is not necessary for good performance but it looks amazing and has tons of ports

Spencer Daines · 2026-04-04 · via amazon

Awesome motherboard. Really great performance. Replaced MSI X870 Tomahawk with this, and I actually get slightly lower temps. With Tomahawk my lowest idle was 37-38C after adding bottom fan scoop/duct to North XL. (42C without). Dark Hero with same setup gets down to 33-34C. You can customize RGB in windows using dynamic lighting features, you just have to enable support under Advanced, On Board, then LED section. You can also use SignalRGB. So you have alternate options over Armory Crate (which is as bad as they say; avoid it).

Luke · 2026-03-28 · via amazon

Amazing motherboard. Everything runs smooth. Temps are good. Gaming+streaming and other workloads are extremely stable on ultra settings. No need to waste the second pcie 5 m.2 slot for half the speed also as you can change it to x4 in the bios at the cost of disabling the two the usb 4 ports rather than your gpu bandwidth. I truly could not be happier. Don’t forget to update your bios etc even if this just released this year. Everything booted up great the first time no problem at all with a 9950x3d. I’d also like to add that since it has so many options in Bios, you really have to pay close attention to things. There are options to keep aura sync on shutdown, leave some lights on, or completely turn them all off. Bam. That easy. If you want to enable Expo profile, picking auto sets it to 4800mhz. You have to manually cap it to what your kit is rated for unless your system is not stable then cap it lower till you are. There is seriously ALOT in the bios. Take your time to be to know this motherboard.

Lizzy B. · 2026-03-09 · via amazon

Great options and clean esthetics. Multiple M.2 SSD slots for peak storage and massive heat sink block for those hot running gen 5 SSDs. Speaking of cooking, the VRM heat sink is massive giving plenty of potential to overclocking in the future. Plenty of connections for sata power and a slew of aRGB and fan header connections. Asus bios is vast and confusing at first but has a bunch of great options for overclocking and different hardware manipulations. The LCD screen is the biggest flaw with this board. You can only change the color scheme of "ROG". No data or custom backgrounds can be applied *that I know of currently*. Wifi is super fast and all the rear IO ports are awesome for not wanting to use or install more usb hubs/ports. Drivers where all pretty much pre installed and from start to finish the whole process was a joy to work on with such a nice piece of tech. Looks great with my build and more importantly it gives me options in the future to customize pretty much whatever I want and experiment with new settings.

Jon · 2026-04-01 · via amazon

Had a x870e crosshair extreme and NOTHING but problems! Bought this and gave it a try and man am I glad I did! New 64bit bios is so much snappier and pleasing to deal with. It has the same specs as the extreme with the new bios and Qconnector. Downside is no dual bios switch, which I love the piece of mind it gives. You won’t be disappointed. The board looks amazing with that matte black aesthetic. Will update if any problems occur.

Blueshirtfan · 2026-05-10 · via amazon

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Socket

AM5

Chipset

B850

Form

ATX

WiFi

WiFi 6E