While NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 3070 GPU works just fine with PCIe 3.0 slots, it’s best to grab a motherboard with a PCIe 4.0 slot to make the most of its graphical prowess. We’ve rounded up the best motherboards with PCIe 4.0 slots for both AMD and Intel processors.
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Today we take a look at the flagship ASUS motherboard for the X570 chipset with the ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Formula. Featuring a balance of high-end features such as overclocking tools, heavy aesthetics and cooling as well as an integrated EKWB VRM block, this is ASUS’s top-end motherboard for both overclockers and watercoolers.
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The ASUS X570 range certainly has a model to suit all demands and desires. So far we’ve looked at the Strix-E, the TUF Gaming and the Prime. If you want one of the Republic of Gamers brand motherboards in your system we’ve looked at the Hero and the Formula. Both full size takes upon the breed.
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We check out this Crosshair VIII Formula with a Ryzen 7 3700X processor, AMD prepped the X570 chipset, that offers a more fine-tuned experience for your Ryzen Generation 3 processor. The new Formula has embedded liquid cooling blocks, 5 Gbps Ethernet and AX WIFI.
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The Crosshair VIII Formula sports a wide selection of high end elements befitting of a Republic of Gamers branded product. We have the pre-mounted IO shield that has saved all our fingertips from cuts, the SupremeFX audio which utilises the ubiquitous ESS ES9023P DAC dripping honey into your ears, as well as the PCI Express 4.0 slots that are such a headline feature of the X570 Chipset.
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The board isn’t completely devoid of a premium demeanour, though, as you get an impressive total of nine four-pin fan headers with one offering up to 3A/36W of power for water-cooling pumps. In addition, you get a pair of coolant flow meter headers, a thermal probe header, and a quartet of RGB headers too.
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