Over time, a number of motherboards have captivated the market at varied value factors. Fashions just like the Hero and the Method are staples of ASUS’s premium however fashionable ROG-themed choices. One such collection that was as soon as the staple of ASUS’s Intel fashions primarily based on the micro-ATX kind issue was the Gene, final seen within the days of Intel’s eighth and ninth Gen Core collection (2019). In what appears to be like to be a resurrection of the Gene collection for the launch of AMD’s Ryzen 7000 processors primarily based on its newest 5nm Zen 4 microarchitecture, ASUS has introduced that the Gene is again through the ROG Crosshair X670E Gene.
All through the years, the ROG Gene collection has been synonymous with extremely premium micro-ATX choices, and it appears to be like as if the ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E Gene isn’t any totally different this time. Among the ROG Crosshair X670E Gene’s essential options embody a full-length PCIe 5.0 x16 slot, one PCIe 4.0 x1 slot, and a single PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2 slot. ASUS consists of one other enlargement slot subsequent to the 2 DDR5 reminiscence slots for an included ROG Gen-Z.2 M.2 add-in card with assist for as much as two PCIe 5.0 x4 M.2 drives.
The ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E Gene may even function a 16+2 part energy supply with premium 110 An influence levels, an Intel-based 2.5 GbE, and Wi-Fi 6E networking pairing, in addition to assist for USB 3.2 G2x2 with Fast Cost 4+ (60 W) functionality. ASUS additionally states that it’s going to even have rear panel USB4 assist, though ASUS hasn’t supplied full specs to us presently.
On the time of writing, ASUS hasn’t revealed a lot for the ROG Crosshair X670E Gene, nor how a lot it’s anticipated to price or when it’d hit retail cabinets.