ASUS has launched its top AMD AM5 BTF motherboard, the ROG Crosshair X870E HERO BTF, with 22 power phases, & an OC-Ready design.
ASUS's ROG Crosshair X870E HERO BTF Motherboard Has All The Enthusiastic Goodness You'd Ever Want With A Touch of BTF
Earlier this year, ASUS introduced its first AMD AM5 BTF motherboard, the TUF Gaming B850-TUF WIFI. This was the start of ASUS's BTF journey on AMD platforms. The company also announced at Computex that it would introduce more AM5 BTF boards, such as the highly anticipated ROG Crosshair X870E HERO BTF. The motherboard has been officially unveiled today.
As expected, the ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E HERO BTF motherboard retains all the OC and enthusiast features of the standard HERO offering and then some more. Starting with the specifications, the board comes packed with an 18 (110A) + 2 (110A) + 2 (80A) power solution, which offers great OC support on AMD's Ryzen 9000 CPUs and the respective DDR5 memory, which has been upgraded to support up to 8600 MT/s speeds and 256 GB capacities. The board is powered by dual 8-pin connectors.
The motherboard is designed with overclocking in mind and you can expect all advanced BIOS features such as Nitropath (delivering up to 400 MT/s boost to memory), AEMP (ASUS Enhanced Memory Profile), DIMM FIT/PRO (optimized performance & support), Dynamic OC Switcher, Core Flex, PBO enhancement, and a built-in clock generator for asynchronus clock tuning.
The motherboard features a large heatsink solution with integrated VRM heatsinks and an I/O cover, plus it uses a heatpipe solution. For storage, the ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E HERO BTF motherboard features a total of five M.2 slots and 4 SATA III ports. The M.2 slots include three PCIe 5.0 x4 (direct from CPU) and two PCIe 4.0 x4 (direct from chipset). Expansion slots include a single PCIe 5.0 x16 and a PCIe 4.0 x4 slot. All M.2 slots are covered under heatsinks, which adopt a Q-release mechanism for toolless installation & removal.
Moving to IO, the motherboard offers 20 USB ports, which include 10 on the rear (2 USB4 + 8 USB 10 Gbps), and 10 on the front (2 USB 20 Gbps + 4 USB 5 Gbps + 4 USB 2.0). There is also HDMI, BIOS Flashback button, Clear CMOS button, an ALC4082 powered 7.1 channel audio jack (with ESS ES9219 QUAD DAC), a WIFI7+BT5.4 module (MediaTek MT927 with full 320MHz band), a Realtek 5GbE & Intel 2.5 GbE LAN port, and an Optical S/PDIF out port. The motherboard offers a total of 8 headers for fan & cooling solutions.
The BTF features include the placement of almost all connectors on the back. A few fan headers are still on the front, but that's about it. The board comes with a Graphics Card High-power slot which supports up to 600W power delivery and can be used with an ASUS or 3rd part BTF card. The plug uses a 16-pin connector to power up, which is located on the back with the rest of the power connectors. ASUS's BTF methodology provides a cleaner and neater way to manage cables inside your PC.
ASUS isn't providing any specifics on the pricing or availability, but we expect the ROG Crosshair X870E HERO BTF motherboard to show up in retail outlets in the coming weeks. Price-wise, it should be a bit higher than the standard HERO, which retails around $600-$650 US.
About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.
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