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

lovingbenji said:
It's available in New Zealand ...
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But still not in Europe ;)
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I suspect that it might be availabe for pre-order in NZ but I doubt that it's shipping (the exception being that there are a few landing up with well known "influencers" for reviews etc). Which is pretty much the same story in some other countries, some of which are in Europe.

Edit: I might be wrong - that link that I snipped out says that they have four in stock!!!
 
0121danwilliams84 said:
That looks like the RAM I have. Can't tell the version though.

At least should be able to get everything you need to start building if you can't get the Dark Hero!

That 5950X you have is gold dust! :)

What GPU?
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RAM is the GTZR 2*16GB PC3600 - 16-16-16 Samsung chips
GPU is already in the current rig ;) 3090FE

@JayGee yes I posted it cause it says 4 in stock (and I did here cause it is in NZ so not an ocuk competitor as they don't deliver in Europe ;))
 
There's non wi-fi Hero that you can pick up for 329 with a 55 GBP cashback, making it 274 GBP.

I want the Dark, but is it really worth paying double for it.

I guess the main question is, do you need a wi-fi.
 
ninezerofive said:
There's non wi-fi Hero that you can pick up for 329 with a 55 GBP cashback, making it 274 GBP.

I want the Dark, but is it really worth paying double for it.

I guess the main question is, do you need a wi-fi.
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The Aorus Master I got was £340 and that has built in WI-FI. I think it's a good middle ground with features you get on the slightly higher priced boards.
 
ninezerofive said:
There's non wi-fi Hero that you can pick up for 329 with a 55 GBP cashback, making it 274 GBP.

I want the Dark, but is it really worth paying double for it.

I guess the main question is, do you need a wi-fi.
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No fan, DOC, 16 phases. Yes is it worth 200 bucks IF you don't need the WiFi ? of course maybe not - even if the DOC is clearly great and exclusive with the Dark version, [see DeBauer video on YT].
 
For me I don't need wi-fi right now as I have a wired connection but that isn't the "killer app" as far as I'm concerned with the Dark Hero; I'm far more interested in the beefed up VRMs and the DOC functionality, no fan for the chipset also has some appeal, but less so than the OC'ing potential. Not that I'm an OC freak, it's just something I like to dabble with from time to time just for the geekery of it.
 
I was trying to convince myself this board is worth it but I keep coming up short. Here are the problems I see.

1: Price. Pretty sure it will be £425 if not more. Compared to the VIII Hero that's gonna be a £50 premium to remove a fan.
2: Rear IO. It does look impressive on the back but it doesn't actually have any USB2 ports. You really want to try and match USB2 hardware to USB2 ports especially wireless mice and keyboards for interference issues. Maybe not an issue but something I would have liked to be sure my wireless devices are working as they should.
3: Drivers. The audio drivers are bloatware. In order to install them you have to install their sonic studio and sonic radar bundled in with the Realtek driver software that turns your headphones into some 7.1 system (atleast in Windows eyes and then audio is super weird until you uninstall sonic radar and studio). I shouldn't have to deal with bloatware garbage on a £400+ motherboard.
4: I would expect the board to be good at memory overclocking but afaik Asus OptiMem technology has never held any overclocking records on Ryzen.

I look at the MSI B550 Unify and I don't see any reason why anybody looking for a high end board wouldn't get it over this Dark Hero.

1: Going to be around £300 but maybe max £325. That's already a £100+ saving.
2: Won't have possible interference issues as it has USB2 ports.
3: Non bloatware drivers including audio.
4: Actually holds overclocking world records for CPU and Memory.
5: Not only that I'm pretty sure the power delivery is better on the MSI if not equal. 90A also.

I know people are gonna be like "but the Asus has proper pcie 4.0" but I saw the MSI insider stream run 3 nvme drives at pcie 4.0 speed on the Unify so that's more than most people will ever need anyway.

I just didn't like the Asus BIOS either when I had my B450 board. There was like 3 different ways to set VDDG etc voltages and putting it in 1 place didn't update it elsewhere. Not saying MSI is better with BIOS but it can't be worse.
 
I have just come back from being suspended and placed in the naughty corner for mentioning an competitors name.

Anyway, spoke to industry person who is responsible for ordering items directly from Asus/Distributors and they told me that the DARK HERO will be released in the UK 1st 2nd week of December.
 
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