Asus PRIME X470-PRO
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A high-quality and functional ATX motherboard based on the top AMD X470 chipset of the 2018 model year, equipped with an AM4 processor socket. Compatible with AMD Ryzen CPUs and APUs, seventh generation AMD A-series APUs, and Athlon X4 Socket AM4. The manufacturer is positioned as a middle-class product designed to create medium and high-level home and gaming configurations. It has a full set of overclocking features, which can attract enthusiasts who want to get maximum performance by setting non-standard component operating modes.
The Asus PRIME X470-PRO motherboard supports up to 4 DDR4-2666/2400/2133 RAM modules (up to 3466 when overclocked) with a total capacity of up to 64 GB (only with an AMD Ryzen CPU). Due to the presence of three PCI-E x16 slots, it is possible to create multiGPU systems using 2-Way Nvidia SLI or 3-Way AMD CrossFireX technologies. The board is equipped with two M.2 ports (up to 32 Gbps) and 6 SATA3 ports (up to 6 Gbps), which allows creating a high-performance disk subsystem, including support for RAID arrays of levels 0/1/10. The built-in Intel I211-AT gigabit controller is responsible for network communications, sound output is carried out using a 7.1-channel Realtek S1220A audio codec equipped with a S/P-DIF digital output.
Reliability is a priority
According to Asus' idea, the Prime line is a mid-range product whose capabilities should not exceed the solutions of the ROG series, but be slightly better than TUF Gaming. And although it does not formally belong to the gaming segment, the base in the form of the X470 chip allows you to build a fairly powerful gaming computer on its base with a GTX 1070 caliber graphics card and a six-core Ryzen 7.
Work on bugs
In terms of equipment, PRIME X470-PRO is a direct successor of the previous PRIME model based on the X370 chip. From the connectivity options, you can highlight numerous USB ports (including USB 3.1 Gen 2 and USB-C), a pair of M.2 interfaces, an excellent sound subsystem that is only slightly inferior to flagship solutions, reinforced graphics card connectors, a high-quality network controller from Intel with the ability to prioritize traffic, as well as a heatsink for cooling an M.2 drive. The only drawback of the package can only be called 6 SATA ports instead of the standard 8, but these are already outright nit-picking.
High-end power subsystem
Compared to its predecessor, the PRIME X470-PRO has an improved power subsystem, which greatly improved overclocking capabilities. It is capable of overclocking the older models of the latest series processors, and, as our tests have shown, it really succeeds. The LLC kit allows you to choose the right profile for good voltage stabilization, and the overall heating level of the VRM does not require the use of special cooling methods during overclocking. Plus, the system supports overclocking RAM up to 3466 MHz.
The card also stands out for its unusual design — if most gaming motherboards are either black or red-black, here we see an interesting combination of black, white and grey.
