Comparing the Hero to the Dark Hero, the only real change we find is in the VRM. In this case, ASUS has swapped out the 60A power stages for 90A, keeping with the parallel design found initially ...

Our Verdict The Asus ROG Crosshair X670E Hero is packed with great next-gen features such as DDR5 and PCIe Gen 5, comes with plenty of USB ports and M.2 slots, and has a slick premium design.

Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero If you're after a stable and refined motherboard to extract every last drop of performance out of your CPU and memory, this is the board for you.

The Asus ROG Crosshair X670E Hero is a solid offering, but that price!? Of course, wider economic concerns and supply chain issues bear some of the blame, but at $699 / £649 / AU$1,189, this is ...

ASUS drops 10GbE and a bunch of weight and size with the ROG Crosshair X670E HERO, it's a smaller motherboard, but still has enthusiast-grade 2.5GbE networking, USB4 connectivity, and more.

ASUS has equipped it with Vishay SiC850A 110A Smart Power Stages (SPS) for the main phases, a choice seen in other high-end boards like the X670E Crosshair Hero, ensuring efficient power delivery ...

The Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Hero offers peace of mind. If you need a feature one day, or a dizzying amount of USB ports, odds on it's already present and accounted for on your mobo.

This is where the ROG Crosshair VIII Hero (WiFi) comes in handy. The standard board is, as we say, £400, and the WiFi version an extra £20.

Asus's X570 ROG Crosshair VIII Hero (and its "Dark Hero" variant) top out at Ryzen 5000, but it hits a sweet spot in terms of price and features that should please price-conscious PC builders.