ASUS TUF Gaming X570-PRO (WiFi 6) AM4 Zen 3 Ryzen 5000 & 3rd Gen Ryzen ATX Motherboard (PCIe 4.0, 2.5Gb LAN, BIOS Flashback, HDMI 2.1, USB 3.2 Gen 2

I've purchased a lot of Asus components. And usually love them. After snagging a Ryzen 5000 series CPU, this was my choice for an x570 motherboard. Seems to have a great price-performance. However, there are 2 MAJOR issues, so far, and I am very disappointed. 1.) Bought a decent memory kit to go with this - 3600 cl16. It runs great, and even pushes past 3600/cl16 easily. However, on this board, with current BIOS (3001) performance is actually slower, and noticeably so, when running DOCP, which clocks/times it at XMP speed. So, for now at least, I am running 1333 (standard spec) memory speed. 2.) This is the big one - My m.2 (in either m.2 slot) will intermittently fail to show up. It is healthy, works perfectly in other systems, etc., but it won''t even show up in BIOS at times. This is not a CSM issue. The drive is not detected at all. After going through BIOS upgrades/downgrades, pulling the battery, clearing CMOS, reinstalling Windows due to apparent corruption, etc., the issue persists. I suppose I could go back to Sata SSD, but I really want the cable-less drive that m.2 provides ASUS, please fix these issues ASAP, this board appears to be Beta level at this point, and is not acceptable. If anyone else has suggesions on how to fix these issues, I'm all ears, but so far, this is the most frustrating build I've had due to these issues. Got a replacement, and no m.2 issues now. Hoping for bios update that has better docp performance. Update 3: Finally have this running like I expected. Takes some tweaking, and used Ryzen Master and more importantly CTR 2.0 to find values that make it hum. Unequivocally 5 star mobo Update 4: Sorry, one more update. Part of my original frustration was a disappearing m.2 (in BIOS) - It's a Gigabye Aorus Gen4... Tried both m.2 slots, NO other drives, single GPU. I tried moving from 2802 to 3001 BIOS again - And m.2 disappeared again. Love the Flashback feature - Flashed back to 2802 and all is well. I had contacted ASUS support and they said "no one else has had that issue".... OK, I'm the only one, but am back on 2802. Running fine for now though, great OC, etc.

I bought this along with a Ryzen 5900x for a major upgrade to my system (previously using a gen 6 intel processor and compatible mobo). I had two concerns going in: first, that I would have to go through the inconvenience and stress of flashing the BIOS after this mobo arrived before installing a 5 series processor. Second, that there might be an issue just switching out the board/chip and reattaching everything without doing a clean Windows reinstallation due to the Intel-AMD switchover. Lo and behold, both of my concerns were unfounded: the board I received came with BIOS version 3603 out of the box, which is ready for the 5000 series processors. (There is a thin white label between the RAM and processor slot with a bunch of numbers; the last four are the BIOS version.) And apart from a small hiccup with the BIOS not initially recognizing my nvme drive as bootable, I've had no real problems with compatibility so far. The install was straightforward, and so far it's running extremely well. *If you are coming from an Intel chipset, the AMD chipset runs hotter than you're probably used to.* I was initially concerned to see it idling at 50 C, but after doing some digging this is apparently normal for Zen 3 boards. Another thing to note is that the second m.2 slot doesn't come with a shield (or at least mine didn't), although some depictions online (and on the manual cover) show both shielded.

Positives - Solid board that I bought back in December of 2020. Asus shipped it with an updated Bios that supported Ryzen 5th gen out of the box saving me from using the flashback feature. - Onboard wifi and bluetooth are about on par with other boards, nothing overly fancy here, but are very reliable. - The little things are accounted for. Fan headers are abundant and well placed, uses USB3.2 and USB3.1, a pair of M.2 slots with a heat sink for the one that will take GPU heat, etc etc - Extremely stable board which let me undervolt my Ryzen 7 5800X with no sacrifices to cpu speed - Installing BIOS updates is exactly to Asus's specifications making board maintenance a breeze. Negatives - The IO shield doesn't come preinstalled and this board costs over $200. Feels like a weird way to pinch some money in production - The BIOS is very slow using a mouse. Keyboard movements are still snappy, but using a mouse is not advised when in the BIOS. - The fan used to cool the board is squeaky when it ramps up. It is possible to tune the curve so it's not loud when the board isn't pulling as much power though.

Good

Good mid tier board. Wish it had more argb ports

One of the cheaper X570 motherboard out there. The Wifi 6 is amazing. However, the 8-pin and 4-pin at the top left was a hassle to connect due my case design, but was able to connect in the end. Delivery was very timely.

En general la motherboard es buena ... solo es algo inestable en cuanto a sus conexiones inalambricas incorporadas.... se actualizaron todos los controladores posibles... su bios...yvaun así si wifi y su bluetooth son malos( se interrumpen y se desconectan muy seguido y esto hace que la experiencia baje,considerando el costo se la motherboard) a pesar de tener las últimas versiones y tecnologia de wifi y bluetooth....en fin eso arruino la experiencia se una motherboard muy bonita y funcional

Antes de que compres una tarjeta madre revisa si no hay versión que utilice un bloque para enfriar el chip y no un ventilador, por lo menos mi tarjeta no hace ruido pero estos ventiladores no son eternos y tampoco son fáciles de encontrar. Recomiendo esta tarjeta madre es facil de usar y tiene la cantidad justa de puertos usb, realmente no tengo mucho que decir dado que las tarjetas madres no varian mucho, si planeas usar esta tarjeta mas un procesador de gama baja (Ryzen 3000) entonces no vale la pena busca una version mas barata. OJO Tuve un problema al hacer OC a la RAM pero fue porque las tenia colocadas en los slots incorrectos y al parecer usar los 4 slots de ram hace que sea imposible alcanzar ciertas velocidades. Y el M.2 que esta debajo de los slots pcie va un poco mas lento que la que esta debajo del procesador