Asus ROG X570 Crosshair Dark Hero Release? *** NO Competitor Talk ***

Supertaff said:
Ok, have got the thing to boot up to bios, as it’s a fresh install i haven’t got windows as yet, so will get that installed soon

So having tried what i thought was all the memory combinations i had another go at removing all memory and putting it back in.

If i put memory in slot 1 (furthest away from cpu) PC boots, 16gb
If i add memory in slot 2 (next closest) PC boots. So up to 32gb
If I add memory into slots 3 and 4 closest to the cpu, then it goes back to not starting.

So, is this user error and something specific that needs to be configured in BIOS to allow all four slots to work? Or is this a possible Dark Hero board problem?

First time using AMD and presumed all 4 slots would work straight away with memory. In bios. Memory seems to be set at auto and then is set at 2800

Any further pointers appreciated.
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I had the same issue with my Dark Hero. 4 Sticks refused to work well with BIOS 2601. Bios 3003 made things more stable, and even made FCLK 2000 bootable, however I changed to 2x16GB sticks instead of 4x8gb due to the stability issues this motherboard was having.
 
I don't think dark is alone. Normal hero isn't an easy ride with 4 sticks either. GDE is fine although 3666 is the max I can boot my sticks at with 1t but GDD I can't boot higher than 3400 1t and even then I need to train working from 3000 up (cold boot 3400 is F9) and cl14 with all else on auto is results in instant multiple errors. (3303)
 
JayGee said:
I've got the Dark Hero and it looks like we have a very similar memory kit (this is what I have) albeit I have 32GB across four sticks whereas I think you have 64GB across four.
I'm still building the system but prior to starting on the liquid cooling I did boot everything up on air to check that it was working and got as far as installing Windows.
That was all done with the previous BIOS (v2601) but I can confirm that everything worked as expected without having to jump into the BIOS to configure anything at all to do with memory, i.e. all four sticks showed up and I could reliably boot into Windows etc.
Hope that helps in some way.

Edit: FTAOD I've not gone anywhere near OC/tuning my memory kit yet so my initial sanity tests were at default clocks. I.e. I've not even touched XMP.
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cheers, are you running a 5 series cpu or a 3 series? very similar memory but 3200 not 3600, maybe that's the problem, maybe 3600 adds to much instability onto the board.
 
doesn't seem to have a mem ok button, codes starts with C5 then moves to 0d and freezes there. Only way I can move forward is to just have the two sticks of 3600 in the board
 
Great to hear people are getting their boards!

I'm very interested in this board as I want a very good board as a base for my new build.

Have people got their boards from OcUK? (Just trying to find out where I can get one!)
 
Poke13 said:
Great to hear people are getting their boards!

I'm very interested in this board as I want a very good board as a base for my new build.

Have people got their boards from OcUK? (Just trying to find out where I can get one!)
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overclockers have not seemed to get any of this board into stock as of yet. most of us have bought from other companies in UK or europe. we can't say who otherwise we will get a ban from the forum.

all the companies that had stock now have none, with most putting mid january for next batches arriving.

O'C may get stock in so you are better just checking the major sites daily to see what arrives or find a site that's accepting pre-orders.
 
No sticker on mine. There wasn't so much as a single fingerprint on it anywhere, so I'm sure it was never touched after being originally packed.
 
Mine was not sealed but everything looked untouched inside.


Got to say I like this board. It the heaviest board I have come across so far and I have owned a few formulas over the years, overal it seems really well built.

As for overal performance its a nice jump up over my Intel i7 6800K @ 4.2Ghz. I havent had time to mess with the settings so everything is at stock and memory is at 3600Mhz.

Cine bench R20 on the 6800K
Single - 361
Multi - 2699

5900K @ stock
Single - 637
Multi - 8395

Increase of
Single - 176%
Multli - 311%
 
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Mine was not sealed but everything looked untouched inside.


Got to say I like this board. It the heaviest board I have come across so far and I have owned a few formulas over the years, overal it seems really well built.

As for overal performance its a nice jump up over my Intel i7 6800K @ 4.2Ghz. I havent had time to mess with the settings so everything is at stock and memory is at 3600Mhz.

Cine bench on the 6800K
Single - 361
Multi - 2699

5900K @ stock
Single - 637
Multi - 8395

Increase of
Single - 176%
Multli - 311%
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That's some decent upgrade there, do you notice the bump in performance on the desktop type stuff as well as gaming?

How's the Asus BIOS, I've not used one for a while now?
 
Space Monkey said:
That's some decent upgrade there, do you notice the bump in performance on the desktop type stuff as well as gaming?

How's the Asus BIOS, I've not used one for a while now?
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Desktop stuff feels snappier which I was surprised see, boot time is also very quick. I am now in windows before my old setup would even post the bios splash screen.

I have only fired up one game tonight to do a bit of coop (ghost recon wildlands) and everything seemed nice and smooth, smoother than before.

I have only ever used Asus boards so the bios is fairly familiar to me but I haven't used an AMD setup in a long time so there are a few things I have to learn. I only installed the board late last night so I havent spent much time messing and tweaking things.
 
Woooo just placed my order for one. Due next week.

I wasn’t going to change my pc at all, but somehow I now have a new CPU, GPU, RAM and case. :rolleyes:

I’m looking forward to this build and finding out what this board is capable of.
 
Just managed to place an order for one of these too. Now the only thing I am missing is... literally everything else, as it's the first part of my build. What a terrible time to upgrade, it's like a damn treasure hunt getting anything and you get the privilege to pay extra for it too.
I hope the performance boost is worth it compared to the Q6600, DDR2 system that I've been using for the past 13 years :p (haha, talk about ROI)
 
Anyone who has this board and a 5900x - have you run cinebench R23? I was wondering what sort of score you are getting-

I ran the test on my rig and my multi score: 20577
single core : 1600 ,

the only setting I've changed is enabling XMP so 32GB x 3600Mhz, I have the ek cpu/vrm waterblock for the hero board in a custom loop and had my fans + pump running at 100% to keep temperatures down, my single core seems to be okay but my multicore score seems to be abit lol, just wondering if anyonw knows of any settings i need to enable/disable

I am also on the latest 3003 bios
 
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