Well, it's not my first choice. I had an MSI board that I needed to replace and this was the only x870 board I could get to replace it immediately. Memory training and getting accustomed to a new cpu was interesting. Long boot times, clocked one startup at 1 min 57 seconds. M2_2 shares a lane with PCIE Gen5 so if you use that, and a gen 5 RTX card, you are going to have a little bit of performance issues. Benchmarked Far Cry 6 and I used to get between 90 and 120 FPS on ultra quality settings with the HD texture pack installed, now I get between 70 and 90 FPS with the same settings. Keep in mind, I do not have FC6 installed on the M2_2 ssd, but if you are going to install more than one ssd, then that is one factor to be considerate of. Now I have a gen 4 gpu[an TUF RTX 4070TI Super] with 16GB onboard, so I should not see a performance drop, but yet it happens.
Response from https://www.asus.comBy CLM, April 10, 2025
Dear Valued Customer,
Thank you for your comment.
We do understand your disappointment with this motherboard and the inconvenience this may have caused if you are experiencing slow performance issue. To resolve this issue, ensure Windows, drivers, BIOS, application and games are up to date. To eliminate potential driver and software conflict that can cause slow system speed or performance, we recommend to install Windows clean or fresh from scratch using this motherboard with all updates installed, including updated drivers for this motherboard. Updates for this motherboard are posted at: https://www.asus.com/us/motherboards-components/motherboards/tuf-gaming/tuf-gaming-x870-plus-wifi/helpdesk_download?model2Name=TUF-GAMING-X870-PLUS-WIFI . Additionally, ensure you installed the most current Armoury Crate version 3.3.1.0. Should you need further assistance with the product, please email me at cl-rodel@asus.com and I would be more than happy to help. Or you are most welcome to call Product Support Hotline at: 1(888) 678-3688. Also, you can chat with an ASUS live support agent from the link: https://www.asus.com/us/support/article/1135/.
This x870 M/B from ASUS tuf gaming is awesome. So much I bought two, well one is that and the other is the B850M. Also by ASUS tuf. The audio is really good also quick release on the m.2 slots and the first gpu pcie slot. The power stages and heat sink are very strong and both are overclockable boards that preforms well with am5 CPU’s. I have the R9 9950x and the R5 9600x. They allow my rigs to receive very good fps in most games. The combos I imagine make for entry level to high end PC’s. Paired with amd’s 7700xt and 7800xt. (Two 9070xt’s are on the way replacing the other gpu’s) So The R9 went with the 7800xt housed in the blueberry milk y70 touch infinite case. While the latter found its home in a Corsair 2500d cookies and cream build. Both are very nice looking and performs at its highest. I never had any issue with ASUS boards except for my first ASUS board which was a prime board b550 and maybe that’s because it was reslly cheap. It also had no heat sinks not even for the M.2 slot. Plus military graded parts equals very reliable motherboards and gpu’s at least to me.
Very well made motherboard with all the requirements I was looking for. AM5 , Wifi 7 , AMD x870 chipset for PCIE 5.0, good sound and good Ethernet, more than enough fan and ARGB conectors, lots of USB conectors, including 2 USB C 40gbs!