ASUS Prime X570-P Ryzen 3 AM4 with PCIe Gen4, Dual M.2 HDMI, SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.2 Gen 2 ATX Motherboard

Pros: -Quiet south bridge fan, which has a plug under the heat spreader, so if someone wants to, they could probably disconnect, though I haven't bothered. -ECC RAM support, running in ECC mode via BIOS option -Looks better than in pictures (but still plain compared to other X570 boards) -Plenty of USB ports and expansion slots -4 USB 3.2, Gen 2 ports and 2 USB 3.2, Gen 1 ports, which is a lot of high-speed ports -No problems with setting up, manual is fairly clear too -Rock-stable (but, I expect that)

Cons: -Installed BIOS version was pre-July 7 (was stable, but flashing to newer BIOS took like 15 minutes!) -Audio panel on the back only offers three 3.5mm ports (enough for my 5.1ch audio, but not ideal and may not be enough for some people) -Rear panel is not cut properly and mis-matches motherboard ports by almost a millimeter. All ports work, but it feels dirt-cheap, looks awful and may cause problems in future with USB device plugging in. As it stands, it does work ok, though.

Overall Review: I recommend this board due to a plethora of ports - three PCI-E x16, though not all at full speed and lots of high-speed USB ports. It seems to use plenty of power phases according to some online reviews - more power phases than some other X570 MBs - and works perfect and stable with my AMD Ryzen 9 3900X. It supports a ton of BIOS settings in UEFI. Most importantly for me, it supports an ECC setting for my ECC DDR4, which needs to be enabled manually. For now, I haven't tried overclocking, as system is fast-enough, so can't comment yet on settings for O/C. BIOS took about 15min to update from USB 3.0 (USB 3.2 Gen 1) flash drive and I was concerned if power loss occured. It was ok though. Note that the rear panel (metal sheet) was very plain and when mounted, was sitting about one millimeter higher than my motherboard ports, so it looked like it would cause problems inserting USB devices, but for now all USB ports function when device is inserted. It does not feel professional and it is quite tight to insert USB devices - the metal panel scrapes lightly against USB metal port. I was concerned with the south bridge fan running loudly, as some motherboards have issues with that, but it was surprisingly quiet! I cannot hear it above my system fans, which are all Noctua NF-P12 at medium speed (regulated via my case). The Noctuas I have are not loud fans in the first place, so I feel like the ASUS fan is doing a fine job of staying quiet. Also it is way quieter than my Gigabyte nVidia GTX 1070, when that card is under Lightroom load (light load when applying effects). I should note that my case is under the desk, but basically there is no significant noise from the south bridge fan, which I am happy with. I run my 3900X cpu with Deepcool Maelstrom via AM4 bracket upgrade kit and 2 fans in push configuration. The CPU under gaming in Shadow Warrior 2 reached about 77 degrees, which is fine by me. Keep in mind again that my fans are all on medium speed, not their fastest speeds. Some people have concerns over arrangement of PCI-E nvme ssd under x16 port, but for me it seems to be a non-issue. My nVidia GTX 1070's 2-slot cooler of GPU doesn't extend over the nvme drive when installed and while more clearance could be better, it is going to be fine as is, in my opinion. Sound ports are enough to plug in 5.1ch speakers without using front panel plugs. I installed audio drivers from ASUS site and switched windows settings to use 5.1ch configuration - all worked fine. Overall, all my fears (over chipset fan noise levels, clearance of NVME SSD drive under GPU, BIOS issues, 3.5mm plugs for my 5.1ch surround speakers) have been put to rest with this motherboard. Even though BIOS was old, it did install fine, all the options were there and all worked perfectly for past 2 weeks. I would recommend this board.

Pros: It's a good bored I got a bad unit.

Cons: (for me) the rear audio io didn't work. I updated everything from windows to drivers. I even reinstalled windows just to be sure (and yes I set it up to play through my headphones and I even tried a second pair). All I hear is static no actual audio. It's a good board I'm giving it 3 eggs because of my experience.

Overall Review: Overall it's not a bad board. Some things seem cheap but it's not a high end Mobo so I wouldn't expect too much. Im on the fence if I should recommend this mobo because I don't know how common this issue is. I put in for a replacement and will update this when I get a new one. But it only gets one more chance.

Pros: So far so good! Very easy setup, everything was laid out logically and worked great. I don't build often, so I do actually use the owner's manual, which was also fairly good for a welcome change: easy to read and decipher. Configuring my RAM took a tiny bit of work in the BIOS, but even that was simple, just enable DOCP in the AI Tweaks section, and it adjusts everything else for you. You can override settings if you want, but the settings it picked looked right on to me. I really appreciate how much thought and effort went into the design of this board.

Cons: Nothing, really. It's been solid so far. Ah, one thing that isn't a con so much as a "learned a thing," if you have issues with Windows (I blue screened Win 10 by kicking a loose power strip, duh) make sure to turn OFF DOCP before trying to reinstall, or it will give you constant errors and issues.

Overall Review: I would definitely recommend this motherboard to others. It's the center of my mid-range build (Ryzen 5 3600, 16GB DDR4 3200 G.Skills Ripjaws, 1TB NVMe M.2) So far it's a freaking beast. One

Overall Review: I don't know if I just got a faulty one or what, but my graphics card became stuck in the PCIE slot. Would not release no matter what I did. I ended up getting it out, but it destroyed the slot in the process. I know someone will ask, and yes the graphics card was installed correctly. The release for the card would not move, no matter what I did. I was bale to pull the card out but lost the clip and destroyed the slot. Luckily the graphics card wasn't damaged in the process. After that, I could only get as far as the bios one in every 5 or so attempts to boot, even with the card in the undamaged slot. Hope fully it was a one off fluke, but I thought it best to warn others.

Pros: Gen 4, Easy Set Up, 2 M.2 ports for price, overall price

Cons: Overall design, Chipset Fan Placement!!!, PCIE locations, cramped mobo set up for ATX

Overall Review: At first this motherboard was great, I personally found it easy to install and set up. The reason I decided to write this review is because the board died in 3 weeks after light use and I believe it has to do with the design of the Chipset Fan. It is located literally millimeters under a full sized graphics card and it can get loud. I have a full ATX case with a ryzen 7 3700x paired with a full size xfx 5700XT thicc 3 for a gaming set up. My case has a TON of circulation Thermaltake View 71 with 9 fans installed for optimal airlow. After a gaming session my system completely froze up restarted blue screen restarted blue screen over and over than it would only make it to the Asus logo. Was able to get into bios once I which it shows RAM and CPU functioning normal than it turned off again never to see a display again. It powers on fans spin but no beep from testing buzzer (CPU or Memory issue Asus posts online. Tried reseating and testing still nothing and none of the io ports on rear or front power any accessories anymore. Conclusion after all troubleshooting is dead Motherboard period. Considering how loud the Chipset Fan got and how close it is to gpu based on its location I believe this to be a main reason for it's failure. Hopefully someone from Asus can contact me for further assistance as I have questions on top of RMA process. Overall, could be a decent board if you don't plan on using more serious hardware. Wish it worked out but didn't so now have my PC half taken apart and have to try to start a 3-4 week process.

Pros: Good price for X570 board 12v and 5v RGB Headers Dual m.2

Cons: Multiple BSOD errors when attempting just to install OS, swapped with a B450 board I had laying around using all same parts and fired right up and installed OS no issues Like others have said, placement of on-board fan is a covered directly by any larger GPU

Overall Review: Ive been building PCs for friends, family, and to sell locally for many years and this is one of the few defective boards I have received fortunately. I was bummed because this client was on a budget but wanted X570, this was only available board within his price range. Reading other reviews I see that quality control seems to be an issue with this unit, hopefully that changes as I have always had good luck with Asus in the past. Giving it 3/5 eggs for now because the board, if it worked, would have been 5/5 based on value, 1/5 if the replacement board is also defective.

Cons: The only thing I dislike : not enough fan headers, had to buy a splitter, otherwise its perfect!

Overall Review: Board is really good, looks good, runs very at a low temp, easy to setup in bios.

Pros: Solid Nvme capabilities, board is well spaced out for what it has, giving you the room to fit what you need to fit

Cons: THe PCH fan is loud, and you can't adjust it in BIOS (It's the only fan that Asus decides to lock you out of - they must have known something was wrong with it) There is no USB 3.1 plug on the board for USB C, so don't get this if your case has those...

Overall Review: Probably wouldn't buy again. The fan resonates with my case... but that's a personal issue, plus I need the 3.1 and I missed that issue. However, this is a good board otherwise, it's solid, doesn't have any issues, the BIOS is legible and the Armory software is very good.