Asus ROG Crosshair X670E Extreme: Mainboard with PCI Express 5.0, 60 watt charging function and much more m. for Ryzen 7000

The Taiwanese manufacturer Asus divides its mainboards into different product families, from the entry-level gaming series TUF Gaming, the boards for creative professionals Proart to the ROG series. In line with Computex 2022 and the presentation of Ryzen 7000 aka Raphael, Asus has shown the new ROG Crosshair X670E Extreme, which is a mainboard in the E-ATX standard. As the name suggests, it is based on the X670E chipset. The other two AM5 chipsets are the regular X670 and the B650.

5x M.2 slots, 2.5 Gbit LAN and 60 watt USB port

The Asus ROG Crosshair X670E Extreme can use DDR5 RAM, which can be overclocked. The new ROG motherboard offers a total of five M.2 slots, two of which are available through the ROG PCI Express 5.0 M.2 card and three via the ROG Gen Z.2 card. Four M.2 slots support PCI-Express 5.0 ×4 mode. Heat sinks are available for all slots. With six SATA 6 Gb/s connections, you can also connect a number of hard drives directly for data archiving. In the I/O panel there is a USB Type-C port according to the USB 3.2 Gen 2 2 × 2 standard, which supports the Quick Charge 4+ charging standard, so that you can charge your smartphone or laptop with up to 60 watts . In order to be able to charge with 60 watts, the power cable for the front panel must be connected to the 6-pin PCIe graphics card connector, otherwise it remains at a maximum of 27 watts.

The ROG Crosshair X670E Extreme offers a few USB ports for connecting external devices, such as USB-C with USB4 or USB-A with USB 3.2. The mainboard has an anime matrix display with LEDs for maximum customization. If you want, you can use an Aura RGB header, an addressable Gen 2 header and a six-pin ARGB Gen 2 header, which supports two additional ARGB Gen 2 headers, to allow RGB LED lights to be attached to the housing to connect. To make component swapping easier, there are PCIe-Q release buttons for PCI Express slots, as well as a similar button for swapping DIMM RAM sticks. For the Internet connection, you can either use Wi-Fi 6E or a 2.5 Gbit LAN connection. In terms of audio, there is a Supreme FX 7.1 surround sound with integrated amplifiers and an ESS ES 9218PQ quad DAC on the mainboard. The signal-to-noise ratio of 130 dB should be perfect for a high-end headset. It is still unclear when the Asus ROG Crosshair X670E Extreme will cost and when it will be on the market. According to AMD, the existing AM4 platform will continue to exist in parallel to the AM5 platform for a few more years.

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Collection for the new Asus ROG Crosshair X670E Extreme:

• Matching the Computex 2022 and the presentation of Ryzen 7000 aka Raphael, Asus presented the new ROG Crosshair X670E Extreme.
• In addition to support for DDR5 RAM, the ROG Crosshair X670E Extreme offers five M.2 slots, with four supporting PCI Express 5.0 ×4.
• In the I/O panel there is a USB Type-C port according to the USB 3.2 Gen 2 2 × 2 standard, which supports the Quick Charge 4+ charging standard, so that you can charge your smartphone with up to 60 watts.
• You can either use Wi-Fi 6E or a 2.5 Gbit LAN connection to connect to the Internet.
• It is not yet known when the E-ATX mainboard for the AM5 chipset X670E will be launched.

Source: ASUS