ASUS ROG Strix X470-F Gaming Review

Test Setup

ASUS ROG Strix X470-F Gaming
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
Corsair LPX 2666MHz
Corsair LPX 3200MHz
Corsair MP500 M.2
nVidia GTX 980
Corsair HX1000i
Corsair H110i GT
Corsair ML Fans

Overclocking

The Strix is an absolute monster when it comes to overclocking, giving the best combination of CPU clock speed and DDR4 timings that we’ve seen in today’s batch of Ryzen 2nd Generation reviews. 4.34 GHz on the Ryzen 7 2700X is hugely impressive and should lead to the Strix putting up a challenge for the top spot in our calculation heavy benchmarks.

  

If you want to go all in on overclocking the Ryzen 7 2700X to the absolute limits then the Strix X470-F Gaming should find itself on your shortlist of potential purchases. 4.44 GHz at 1.47v is a great baseline from which to expand your overclocking efforts. Just remember to ensure that you have plenty of cooling on hand.