ROG’s Crosshair X870E HERO BTF brings ASUS BTF to the high-end
ASUS’ BTF motherboard lineup now has a high-end option for AMD Ryzen users
ASUS’ BTF “Back-Connect” motherboards have proven to be hugely popular. Earlier this year, ASUS expanded its BTF lineup with its first AMD Ryzen motherboards. Now, ASUS’ BTF series has gone high-end with its new ROG Crosshair X870E Hero BTF motherboard. ASUS BTF meets high-end AMD Ryzen.
With the ROG X870E Hero BTF, ASUS is delivering more connectivity and more features to PC builders. Compared to the TUF Gaming B850-BTF WIFI W, the Crosshair HERO BTF has more M.2 slots, faster networking, and more IO options. This is a proper high-end motherboard.
Like all new ASUS BTF motherboards, the Crosshair X870E BTF features ASUS’ GC_HPWR connector, which can power high-end GPUs without ugly power cables.
High-end Ryzen connectivity
This new motherboard features two USB4 (40 Gbps) ports, eight USB 10Gbps ports, 5Gb Ethernet, 2.5 Gb Ethernet, and WIFI 7. The board can support up to 256GB of DDR5 memory.
Note that the rear of this motherboard has a 12V-2×6 power connector. This connector is used to power graphics cards that are connected to the board’s GC_HPWR connector.
In total, this motherboard supports five M.2 SSDs. Three of these connections support PCIe 5.0 x4 speeds, while the other two support PCIe 4.0 speeds.With 8TB M.2 SSDs, this motherboard can support up to 40TB of M.2 SSD storage.
Expansion-wise, this motherboard has a single PCIe 5.0 X16 slot and one PCIe 4.0 x4 slot.
Sadly, ASUS has not confirmed the pricing of its new Crosshair X870E Hero BTF motherboard. We expect this motherboard to start appearing at retailers soon.
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