ASUSROG Strix X870-A Gaming WiFi AMD AM5 X870 ATX Motherboard 16+2+2 Power Stages, Dynamic OC Switcher, Core Flex, DDR5 AEMP, WiFi 7, 4X M.2, PCIe® 5.0, Q-Release Slim, USB4®, AI OCing & Networking

I purchased the ROG x870-a motherboard in January 2025 for $270 for my white gaming PC build and I have been thoroughly happy with the performance and features of this motherboard. I am currently pairing this motherboard with a Ryzen 7 9800x3d cpu, 64gb of DDR5 ram and a Gigabyte Aorus Master 5080 GPU. The board is well constructed with solid thermal heatsinks and plenty of PCI-e slots for SSDs, the RGB lighting is subtle and pairs well with the rest of my machine. The bios is easy to use and the AI overclocker feature makes it easy for beginners to unlock additional CPU performance, adding additional speed to my 9800x3d boost clocks and running my memory at EXPO settings of 6000 mt/s with no issues. At $270 it's a great price for a quality x870 chipset board.

The media could not be loaded. This motherboard would be a great start to any build. The robust power delivery and AI overclocking and cooling tools make it easy for both new PC builders and experts with multiple builds under their belt.The board looks fantastic with it's black and silver aesthetic that makes it pop and draw the eye.The 10 usb-a ports and 2 usb-c ports on back give you a plethora of options when it's comes to plugging in peripherals or external storage.The Wi-Fi works great, but you will have to download the driver's from the Asus website for it to function, so either have them ready on a jump drive when installing windows or plug in an Ethernet cable until Windows is all setup.The only issue with this board that I ran into was the BIOS flashback utility. I bought a 9800x3d along with the motherboard and out of the box the Mobo had the 2204 BIOS version, which was the patch to better the stability on Ryzen 9000 series processors. Upon checking CPU compatibility Asus recommend BIOS version 2403. After downloading the newest BIOS version (2704) to the root of a 16g 2.0 jump drive and renaming it using the BIOS renaming tool that comes with the download I could not get the BIOS flashback to work. Every time I attempted it, with multiple different jump drives, the green light on the back of the motherboard that's supposed to start blinking when the BIOS flashback initializes just stayed a solid green, which means the flashback was not initializing. I could not get the BIOS flashback function to work at all. Frustrated I attempted to just boot the PC up to see if I could get it to post, and luckily, it did! Using the ez flash utility in the BIOS I was able to update it with no issues and everything has been running smooth as can be!Overall I would highly recommend this board to anyone looking to build a new PC. It looks great and checks all the boxes a great motherboard should!

what i like:white pcb board, its sickmultiple fan headers,4 m’2 slots, 2 connected to the cpu and 2 connected to the pcie slots; plenty of room to upgrade your storagemultiple argb headers if you’re like me and gotta have purple rgb with the white boardsuper fast post and boot time, has lights showing it posting from cpu to vga to bootplenty of room for lots of ram if you’re a gamer you wont meet the limit for a whilethis board is future proof for the next 3-4 years as of 2025usb c, bios flashback, and usb 3 to 4 i believe. lots of Usb portswhat i dont like (most are nitpicky):when assembling the solder on the bottom cut my finger, it can be sharp so be careful when holding the boardheaders for specific things are harder to stretch cords to making it look ugly, cable management is necessary but i cba to sort that outtwo of my ram slots arent working, unsure if its the cpu or the board itself which i have 32 gb installed so im not super worried about as of right nowthe cpu install felt very tight when putting the clip downall in all it is a beautiful board, great value for money, it is pricey if budget is a concern i would worry about your cpu, graphics and ram before finalizing your purchase. an upgrade from a 2019 board for example would leave you having to buy a new cpu ram and graphics card as well to keep up. ive used it for about a month and i havent had much trouble out of it.

I had high hopes for the ROG STRIX X670E-A GAMING WIFI motherboard, but unfortunately, it’s been a frustrating experience due to the Intel I226-V Ethernet controller. This is a premium motherboard, and I expected top-tier performance, but the network card has been nothing but problematic.From day one, I experienced frequent random disconnections, often during critical moments like gaming or work meetings. Sometimes the Ethernet speed drops from 1 Gbps to 100 Mbps for no apparent reason, even though I have a high-quality Cat 6 cable and a gigabit connection. After hours of troubleshooting—updating drivers, adjusting settings, and even updating the BIOS—the problem persists.Apparently, this isn’t just my issue. A quick search reveals that the Intel I226-V has a widespread reputation for instability across various motherboards. For a product in this price range, such a glaring flaw is unacceptable. The only "fix" seems to be using an external USB-to-Ethernet adapter or relying on Wi-Fi, which defeats the purpose of having a dedicated Ethernet port.ASUS makes great hardware, but they seriously dropped the ball here by including a faulty network card. Until there’s a guaranteed fix or a hardware revision, I cannot recommend this motherboard. If stable networking is important to you, steer clear of this model.And yes I did use GPT to write this, network card is trash.

Beware the amazon/chinese lottery. Bought as part of a custom PC build (not my first build, deduced it had to be either the motherboard or ram controller on the CPU having issues) and failed. Worked under some conditions but not others. Overall, decent board. Good ergonomics and plenty of ports. Asus is great at some things but lazy at others. Tons of bloatware when installing software. Does what it's supposed to though so can't complain on that front.