Customer Ratings & Reviews

Work great love the motherboard plays my favorite games

GOOD - Four M.2 NVMe ports ( two are 5.0 x4 ) with quick connect mounts - Two rear USB4 ports - Wi-Fi 7 - External magnetic mount Wi-Fi antenna - Lots of overclocking and tweaking settings - Lots of QD connectors for easy (dis)assembly BAD - Expensive - Only two SATA ports - Two M.2 slots share connections with other interfaces - None of the M.2 slots have bottom heat sinks and thermal pads - Wi-Fi drivers only work for Windows 11 TLDR The TUF X870-Plus Wi-Fi is a solid, if slightly pricey, AM5 motherboard for someone building their own gaming or professional computer.The biggest limitation is storage, as it has only 2 SATA ports for large capacity spindle drives and you can't use all four M.2 drives without cutting bandwidth to the expansion card slots. The built-in Wi-Fi also will only work on Windows 11. DETAILS First, let's get the board's price out of the way. Right now it's going for about $300, and that's not cheap by any means. However, it's quite difficult to get an X870 motherboard under $200, and many of the fancier boards are over $500. So in that light, $300 isn't that bad. Considering this board has USB4, Wi-Fi 7, and two PCIe 5.0 x4 M.2 slots for the fastest NVMe drives, the asking price is fairly reasonable. Asus boards tend to be $10-$20 more expensive than similar ASRock or MSI boards. Asus will usually tell you that's because of the extra work they put into the BIOS/UEFI and all the tweaking and overclocking settings you'll find there, which is somewhat true. Whether those extra settings matter to you depends on how finely you want to configure your CPU clocks and power settings. If all you care about is basic CPU tweaking, then probably not. But if you want full control over every clock, multiplier, and voltage setting, it might be something to consider. The rear I/O of the board is generously outfitted with 10 USB ports; two are 40 Gbps USB4 type-C ports, three are 10 Gbps type-A ports, so attaching high-speed external storage or peripherals isn't an issue. An additional 20 Gbps type-C header with 30W Power Delivery is on the board, if your case supports that. As this is an AM5 board, it supports BIOS flashback, allowing you to update the firmware without even needing a CPU or RAM. The audio controller is an ALC 1220, which is nicer than many boards offer today. And as mentioned, a Wi-Fi 7 / Bluetooth 5.4 controller is integrated into the board. Instead of basic stick antennas that connect onto the board and stay in the back ( where signal can be compromised by the computer case, Asus includes a magnetically mounted antenna that can be mounted farther away from the computer. A sign that Asus pays attention to DIY builders is that most interfaces have some type of easy (dis)connect feature. The Wi-Fi antenna uses a Q connector instead of threaded SMA connectors. The main expansion card slot has a locking tab that's reachable from the front of the motherboard, so you don't need to use a slim jim to remove the GPU after a CPU heat sink is installed. All M.2 slots have quick mounting clips so you don't have to mess with tiny screws to mount them in the slot. However, you will need to deal with screws to aces the M.2 slots as none of the top heat shields have any quick clips on them. None of them have a bottom thermal pad or heat sink either, so if you have a high-performance double-sided NVMe drive, it may run into thermal throttling and excess wear. The downsides of the board are few, but somewhat significant. Biggest is the limitations on storage. Only two SATA ports are available, despite the X870 chipset having many more available. If you still use an internal optical drive, or want more than two spindle drives for high-capacity storage, you're out of luck ( admittedly that's not a huge concern these days ). Also, though four M.2 slots are available for NVMe storage, using them all simultaneously comes with big restrictions. Both the first and second M.2 are routed through the CPU at PCIe 5.0 x4 bandwidth. However, the second M.2 shares lanes with the primary PCIe slot, meaning your GPU gets cut to 5.0 x8 if you use the second M.2. The other two M.2 slots go through the chipset at 4.0 x4, but slot #4 shares lanes with the bottom PCIe card slot, and only one can be used at a time. The other big limitation is that the Wi-Fi drivers currently only work on Windows 11. This is an issue with MediaTek, the Wi-Fi card manufacturer and not Asus. It's rather silly, as the drivers themselves specifically have Windows 10 configuration modes in the driver information files, but they won't install. Altogether, it's a nice AM5 board. The USB4 ports and Wi-Fi7 give you forward-looking connectivity and building a system with it is quick and easy thanks to the plentiful Q connectors used throughout. Plenty of fan headers are available, including one meant for a water pump that can deliver 36W.

Looks good and works sooo what else is tbere to say... its a motherboard not a cpu or gpu

This motherboard has been perfect. Loved working with it. It’s got an easy PCI-E latch mechanism for easy removal of the GPU. Clear CMOS and Bios flash is easy. It boots quickly. Has all the ports and functionality I need out of a motherboard.

The motherboard is built premium, and works premium. However, I personally dislike ths look of it. The TUF sign on the VRM heatsink is in shiny, mirror-like silver, making the look a bit cheap. If you run an air cooler, it’s fine because you can block it. If you run an aio, unfortunately it will be exposed and you will see that cheap silver.

Used to build a pc for my dad it works like a charm

Sharp looking mobo for X870 AMD line. It worked right out of the box with my 9800X3D. The Black coloring is great with my blackout build. There's only 2 SATA ports if you're still using that. There are 4 M.2 slots.

The only reason I give it one star is because it was corrupted my ssd chips and they were new and when I put my old ssd chips in it corrupted them too I exchanged it for another one and I couldn’t do a factory reset on anything I couldn’t even a clean sweep kept crashing

Very clean layout… the Q-dashboard in BIOS makes it very simple to verify connected fan/aio/pump/rgb headers VRM IO heatsink is on the thick-side so be wary of clearance if using a case with top mount AIO (ie : Artic Freezer thick rads)

This mother board provides everything you need for "mid level" gaming on your PC. Make sure to follow the directions closely if this is your first time building a PC.

Very cool board but be warned it booting takes longer than I wanted to start once you load into windows….especially the WiFi card. Overall not bad for the price

The condition that my motherboard was delivered in was abysmal. Holes on both sides of the box. Looks like it was kicked around before delivery.

Sits perfectly in my Corsair 6500XT. Had a bit of trouble getting turnover for the first time on my AMD chip, but pulling ram fixed that problem.

Okay value for an X870 board but for $50 more just get the Asrock Nova WiFi and upgrade yourself to X870E. Otherwise it’s too expensive for basically mid range board features.

great produc construction usb uff ssd m2 4 slots psi 5 x16 vrms phases overkill to my r 9 9700x

Perfect for the new 5000 Series gpus. Easy to set up and customize. Great value.

Board works great, the only downside I would say is the CPU power location is not ideal. If you don’t have enough clearance at the top of your case it can be a massive pain to get your cpu installed.

The m.2 heat protection is very nice. Each newer model has been an improvement on the last. Works well with a 5000 series graphics card.

the motherboard provides excellent game play while under pressure

Asus is the best! Going to be great for my backup rig!