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-Fran- Thanks for the detailed review. Quite good. This though: "Asus’ ROG Crosshair 2006 ( $799.99 ) is an awesome, premium mid-range motherboard". What? Mid range at $800? WHAT? As an owner of the Strix 870E-E, which is already $400+, I DO NOT consider my board "mid-range", at all. Since when did we move the bar so drastically? Heck, I'd even argue my Strix -E and the ProArt are better boards than this one from a usage standpoint, since this one is more XOC oriented. I've also owned most Crosshairs since PhenomII days (3, 4, and 7… I thought about getting the 8, but decided to go AM5), just skipping Bulldozer era and now moving to "just" the Strix line instead, so I've lived through their "evolution" to the current "XOC or bust" approach. Nice throwback of a motherboard, but it's not much over the Strix -E I have; in fact a lesser board for me. Regards. Reply
wakuwaku -Fran- said: What? Mid range at $800? WHAT? Can you blame the author? He wants MOAR USB A ports. Less means less premium Cons Only six USB Type-A ports on the rear IO Seriously though, USB A should only have 4 at most. For all the permanently connected stuff behind there such as keyboard and mouse and wireless headsets, either wired or wireless. The rest that you regularly or occasionally plug in and out? Type C all the way please. Finally we don't need to wrestle our way on which orientation is the USB cable facing, it goes in either way! I do not see any reason why everything should not be USB C. You can buy anything to type C nowadays, Yes even USB 2.0 type B printer ports. I use them for my UPS to my mini PC which has more type C than type A. Wireless USB A dongle? Just get a C to A extension. Plenty of newer boards are starting to omit USB 2.0 is is recommended for these wireless dongles anyway due to interference. A USB 2.0 extension solves this. Serious I am probably older than this writer and I don't think like an old man pining for old ports. There is basically ZERO advantage. Reply
Notton My suggestion for USB ports is… use an external USB hub or KVM. Even better if it runs off of its own power. USB hubs make it possible to live with a mini-PC that only has 2 USB ports on the back. But also don't buy a monitor with built-in USB hub, those suck from a usage perspective. As for the mobo itself, $700 is well into the premium range. I'm glad it has 3 years of warranty, but at $700, it should have 5 years minimum. Anecdotal, but all my Asus mobos gradually lost some sort of functionality outside of the warranty period they had. P5W-DH Deluxe: Some rear USB ports P8Z77-I Deluxe: Some rear USB ports X470-F Strix: A1 & A2 RAM slots So now I'm an MSI guy, at least for mobos. Reply
-Fran- wakuwaku said: Can you blame the author? He wants MOAR USB A ports. Less means less premium Seriously though, USB A should only have 4 at most. For all the permanently connected stuff behind there such as keyboard and mouse and wireless headsets, either wired or wireless. The rest that you regularly or occasionally plug in and out? Type C all the way please. Finally we don't need to wrestle our way on which orientation is the USB cable facing, it goes in either way! I do not see any reason why everything should not be USB C. You can buy anything to type C nowadays, Yes even USB 2.0 type B printer ports. I use them for my UPS to my mini PC which has more type C than type A. Wireless USB A dongle? Just get a C to A extension. Plenty of newer boards are starting to omit USB 2.0 is is recommended for these wireless dongles anyway due to interference. A USB 2.0 extension solves this. Serious I am probably older than this writer and I don't think like an old man pining for old ports. There is basically ZERO advantage. I bought the Strix -E because of having 10Gbps USB-A ports only (and 10 of them) and 40Gbps USB-C ports with a good PCIe split topology. That is absolutely worth the premium for me over the -F and TUF/Prime series, but you'd have to be tech-illiterate (not you) to think a board with these details is "mainstream", "budget" or "entry level". That is just mental to me. I'm actually baffled by the conclusion xD Regards. Reply
Ogotai id iike to point this out, as i mentioned in this thread here, not enough PCIe lanes or slots to go around, for all the features they are adding…. specs from here : ** When PCIEX16_1 runs at PCIe 5.0 x16, PCIEX16_2 will run at PCIe 3.0 x4. The bandwidth can be altered in the BIOS. this board only has 2 pci x16 slots… thats all… ** The USB4 40Gbps ports and the M.2 Socket 3 slot (M.2_2) share the available bandwidth. When a device is installed in the M.2_2 slot, both the USB4 controller and the M.2_2 slot operate at up to x2 mode. By configuring the M.2_2 slot in the BIOS, the M.2_2 slot can operate at up to x4 mode. However, enabling this setting will disable the USB4 40Gbps ports. the more you use on the board, the less is usable, or have bandwidth cut…. id rather have more sata ports then M.2, but thats just me…. Reply
A_XTX24G Beautiful board, I hope we one day see colourful boards again, but the price is ridonkulous. Reply
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