Asus ROG CROSSHAIR X870E HERO DDR5 AMD Motherboard

Dynamic OC Switcher

Dynamic OC Switcher maximizes CPU performance by letting you set current and temperature thresholds to automatically switch between a manual overlock for heavy multithreaded workloads and Precision Boost Overdrive for single-threaded tasks. The latest Overclocking Load Guard has an enhanced instantaneous current protection mechanism to prevent users from experiencing system crashes during overclocking.

Core Flex

Core Flex empowers you to smash limits farther than ever before by letting you control clock, power, and thermals in creative new ways.

Core Flex diagram Asynchronous Clock

For next-level frequency flexibility, the ROG Crosshair X870E Hero features a built-in clock generator that isolates CPU base clock from memory, PCIe, and the Infinity Fabric speed.

PBO ENHANCEMENT

AMD Precision Boost Overdrive (PBO) pushes the CPU current and voltage budget to opportunistically increase performance.

UEFI BIOS

The renowned ROG UEFI (BIOS) provides everything you need to configure, tweak, and tune your rig. It offers intelligently simplified options for newcomers to PC DIY, as well as more comprehensive features for seasoned veterans.

BIOS Q-DASHBOARD

Simplify your motherboard configuration with BIOS Q-Dashboard. Its intuitive visual representation of hardware connections and corresponding BIOS settings takes the complexity out of setting up your system. Upgrade now, and discover the power of BIOS Q-Dashboard to easily and efficiently enhance your computing setup.

ASUS DriverHub

ASUS DriverHub streamlines the installation and management of ASUS drivers and utilities to keep your hardware up-to-date and performing optimally. This standalone application automatically detects current driver versions and presents available updates in a list view. By default, it supports ASUS motherboards, and users are invited to install ASUS DriverHub after OS installation. Additionally, ASUS DriverHub offers one-click installation and update checks, making it easier for users to keep their systems running smoothly and efficiently.

BUILD FOR THE MOST ADVANCED PC FOR GAMING AND CREATING

When only the fastest will do, ROG X870E/X870 motherboards deliver. With USB 4.0 onboard along with robust overclocking¹ capabilities, featuring faster dual-channel DDR5 memory support, AMD EXPO™ technology and PCIe® 5.0 support for both graphics and NVMe, you can play the most demanding games and deliver your biggest projects with the revolutionary performance of an ROG X870E/X870 motherboard and AMD Ryzen™ 9000, 8000, and 7000 Series processors.

Specifications

Model : ROG CROSSHAIR X870E HERO

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CPU

AMD Socket AM5 for AMD Ryzen™ 9000 & 8000 & 7000 Series Desktop Processors*

* Refer to https://www.asus.com/support/download-center/ for CPU support list.

Chipset : AMD X870E

Memory

4 x DIMM slots, max.192GB, DDR5 

Supports up to

8200+MT/s(OC) with Ryzen™ 9000 Series Processors,

8600+MT/s(OC) with Ryzen™ 8000 Series Processors,

8000+MT/s(OC) with Ryzen™ 7000 Series Processors,

ECC and Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory*

Dual channel memory architecture 

Supports AMD Extended Profiles for Overclocking (EXPO™)

NitroPath DRAM Technology

ASUS Enhanced Memory Profile (AEMP)

* Supported memory types, data rate (speed), and number of DRAM modules vary depending on the CPU and memory configuration, for more information please refer to CPU/Memory Support list under the Support tab of product information site or visit https://www.asus.com/support/download-center/.

* Non-ECC, un-buffered DDR5 memory supports On-Die ECC function.

Graphics

1 x HDMI™ port*

2 x USB4® (40Gbps) ports support USB Type-C® display outputs**

Graphics specifications may vary between CPU types. Please refer to AMD CPU specifications.

VGA resolution support depends on processors' or graphic cards' resolution.

*Supports 4K@60Hz as specified in HDMI 2.1.

**Supports max. 4K@60Hz as specified in DisplayPort 1.4a

Expansion Slots

AMD Ryzen™ 9000 & 7000 Series Desktop Processors*

2 x PCIe 5.0 x16 slots with Q-Release Slim (supports x16 or x8/x8** or x8/x4/x4 modes***)

** When you use both PCIEX16_1 and PCIEX16_2, PCIEX16_1 and PCIEX16_2 will run x8. 

*** When M.2_3 are enabled, PCIEX16_1 will run x8, and  PCIEX16_2 will run x4.

**** When M.2_2 and M.2_3 are enabled simultaneously, PCIEX16_2 will be disabled.

AMD Ryzen™ 8700 & 8600 & 8400 Series Desktop Processors*

2 x PCIe 4.0 x16 slots with Q-Release Slim (only supports PCIEx16_1 & total bandwidth for x8, PCIEx16_2 will be disabled)

AMD Ryzen™ 8500 & 8300 Series Desktop Processors*

2 x PCIe 4.0 x16 slots  with Q-Release Slim (only supports PCIEx16_1 & total bandwidth for x4, PCIEx16_2 will be disabled)

* Please check the PCIe bifurcation table on the support site (https://www.asus.com/support/FAQ/1037507/).

- To ensure compatibility of the device installed, please refer to https://www.asus.com/support/ for the list of supported

Storage

Supports 5 x M.2 slots and 1 x SlimSAS connector and 4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports*

AMD Ryzen™ 9000 & 7000 Series Desktop Processors

M.2_1 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (supports PCIe 5.0 x4 mode)

M.2_2 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (supports PCIe 5.0 x4 mode)

M.2_3 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (supports PCIe 5.0 x4 mode)

AMD Ryzen™ 8000 Series Desktop Processors

M.2_1 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)

M.2_2 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (Not supports)

M.2_3 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (Not supports)

AMD X870E Chipset

M.2_4 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)

M.2_5 slot (Key M), type 2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)

SlimSAS slot supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode.

4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports

** When M.2_2 and M.2_3 are enabled simultaneously, PCIEX16_2 will be disabled. 

***When M.2_3 are enabled, PCIEX16_1 will run x8, and  PCIEX16_2 will run x4, M.2_2 will be disabled.

AMD RAIDXpert2 Technology

Ryzen™ 7000 series processors: PCIe RAID 0/1/10

Ryzen™ 8000 series processors: PCIe RAID 0/1

Ryzen™ 9000 series processors: PCIe RAID 0/1/5/10

X8700 chipset: SATA RAID 0/1/10

Ethernet

1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet

1 x Realtek 5Gb Ethernet

ASUS LANGuard

Wireless & Bluetooth

Wi-Fi 7*

 2x2 Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) 

 Supports 2.4/5/6GHz frequency band**

 Supports Wi-Fi 7 320MHz bandwidth, up to 6.5Gbps  transfer rate.

 Bluetooth® v5.4***

 *Wi-Fi features may vary depending on the operating system

For Windows 11, Wi-Fi 7 will require  24H2 or later version for full functions, Windows 11 21H2/22H2/23H2 only support Wi-Fi 6E.

 For Windows 10, please note that no driver is available, refer to the Wi-Fi chipset vendor's website for details.

 ** Wi-Fi 6GHz frequency band and bandwidth regulatory may vary between countries.

 *** The Bluetooth® version may vary, please refer to the Wi-Fi module manufacturer's website for the latest specifications.

USB

Rear USB (Total 10 ports)

2 x USB4® (40Gbps) ports (2 x USB Type-C®)

8 x USB 10Gbps ports (6 x Type-A + 2 x USB Type-C®) 

Front USB (Total 10 ports)

1 x USB 20Gbps (supports USB Type-C® with up to 60W PD/QC4+)*

1 x USB 20Gbps connector (supports USB Type-C®)

2 x USB 5Gbps headers support 4 additional USB 5Gbps ports

2 x USB 2.0 headers support 4 additional USB 2.0 ports

USB Type-C® power delivery output: max. 5V/3A

*USB Type-C® power delivery output: 5/9/15/20V max. 3A, PPS:3.3–21V max. 3A

Audio

ROG SupremeFX 7.1 Surround Sound High Definition Audio CODEC ALC4082*

 - Impedance sense for front and rear headphone outputs

 - Supports: Jack-detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel MIC Jack-retasking

 - High quality 120 dB SNR stereo playback output and 110 dB SNR recording input

 - Supports up to 32-Bit/384 kHz playback on front panel

Audio Features 

- SupremeFX Shielding Technology 

- ESS® ES9219 QUAD DAC

- Gold-plated audio jacks

- Rear optical S/PDIF out port

- Premium audio capacitors

* A chassis with an HD audio module in the front panel is required to support 7.1 Surround Sound audio output.

** The LINE OUT port on the rear panel does not support spatial audio. If you wish to use spatial audio, make sure to connect your audio output device to the audio jack on the front panel of your chassis or use a USB interface audio device.

Back Panel I/O Ports

2 x USB4® (40Gbps) ports (2 x USB Type-C®)

8 x USB 10Gbps ports (6 x Type-A + 2 x USB Type-C®) 

1 x HDMI™ port

1 x Wi-Fi module

1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet port

1 x Realtek 5Gb Ethernet port

2 x Gold-plated audio jacks

1 x Optical S/PDIF out port

1 x BIOS FlashBack™ button 

1 x Clear CMOS button

Internal I/O Connectors

Fan and Cooling Related 

1 x 4-pin CPU Fan header

1 x 4-pin CPU OPT Fan header

1 x 4-pin AIO Pump header

4 x 4-pin Chassis Fan headers

1 x W_PUMP+ header

Power Related 

1 x 24-pin Main Power connector

2 x 8-pin +12V CPU Power connector

1 x 8-pin PCIe Power connector

Storage Related 

5 x M.2 slots (Key M) 

1 x SlimSAS connector 

4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports

USB 

2 x USB 20Gbps connectors (support USB Type-C® ) 

2 x USB 5Gbps headers support 4 additional USB 5Gbps ports

2 x USB 2.0 headers support 4 additional USB 2.0 ports

Miscellaneous

3 x Addressable Gen2 headers

1 x Alteration PCIe mode switch

1 x FlexKey button 

1 x Front Panel Audio header (F_AUDIO)

1 x ReTry button

1 x Start button

1 x 10-1 pin System Panel header

1 x Thermal Sensor header

1 x LN2 Mode jumper

Special Features

Extreme OC Kit

- FlexKey button

- LN2 Mode

- ReTry button

- Start button

Extreme Engine Digi+

- 10K Black metallic capacitors

- MicroFine alloy choke 

ASUS Q-Design 

- M.2 Q-Latch

- M.2 Q-Release

- M.2 Q-Slide

- Q-Release Slim (with PCIe SafeSlot)

- Q-Antenna

- Q-Code

- Q-Connector

- Q-Dashboard

- Q-LED (CPU [red], DRAM [yellow], VGA [white], Boot Device [yellow green])

- Q-Slot

ASUS Thermal Solution

- M.2 heatsink backplate

- M.2 heatsink

- VRM heatsink design

- Metal backplate

ASUS EZ DIY

- Backplate

- BIOS FlashBack™ button

- Clear CMOS button

- ProCool II

- Pre-mounted I/O shield

- SafeSlot

- SafeDIMM

Aura Sync

- Addressable Gen2 header(s)

Front Panel USB 20Gbps with Quick Charge 4+ Support

- Support: up to 60W fast charging and USB Wattage Watcher*

- Output: 5/9/15/20V max. 3A, PPS:3.3–21V max. 3A

- Compatible with PD3.0 and PPS

* To support 60W, please install the power cable to the 8-pin PCIe power connector or else only 27W will be supported.

Software Features

ROG Exclusive Software 

- ROG CPU-Z

- Dolby Atmos

- Internet Security (1-year full version)

- Polymo Lighting II 

ASUS Exclusive Software 

Armoury Crate

- AIDA64 Extreme (1 year full version) 

- Aura Creator

- Aura Sync

-Fan Xpert 4 (with AI Cooling II)

- GameFirst

- HWiNFO

- Power Saving

ASUS DriverHub

ASUS GlideX

USB Wattage Watcher

TurboV Core 

WinRAR (40 Days Free Trial)

Adobe Creative Cloud (Free Trial)

UEFI BIOS

AI Overclocking Guide

ASUS EZ DIY

 - ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 

- ASUS EZ Flash 3

- ASUS UEFI BIOS EZ Mode

- ASUS MyHotkey

FlexKey

BIOS : 256Mb Flash ROM, UEFI AMI BIOS

Manageability : WOL by PME, PXE

Accessories

Cables

1 x ARGB RGB extension cable 

4 x SATA 6Gb/s cables 

Miscellaneous

1 x ASUS WiFi Q-Antenna

1 x Q-connector

2 x M.2 Q-Latch package

3 x M.2 Q-Slide package

5 x M.2 rubber package

1 x ROG stickers

1 x ROG thank you card

1 x ROG Bottle Opener

Installation Media

1 x USB drive with utilities and drivers 

Documentation

1 x Quick start guide

Operating System

Windows® 11

Form Factor

ATX Form Factor

12 inch x 9.6 inch ( 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm )