Asus TUF Gaming X570-Plus Wi-Fi:
Similar to the Gigabyte X570 Aorus Elite, the X570-Plus Wi-Fi also originates from the budget-friendly family of AMD’s new X570 family and is priced at around the $200 / £233.99 mark at the time of publishing. It comes with PCIe 4.0 support, dual PCIe 4.0 M.2 slots, Wi-Fi, and a USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C port outback, among other features.
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Asus’ TUF lineup has been revamped from the ultra-robust, heavy shielding from the yesteryears to more gaming-centric boards with protection on individual parts such as the PCIe and DIMM slots. ESD guards, extra surge protection measures, and military-grade components are still a part of the TUF features list, but the additional hardening went beyond what was necessary for most use cases. These changes have made the Asus TUF Gaming X570-Plus Wi-Fi the second-least-expensive board in the Asus X570 product stack just missing the mark to be our best motherboards pick in the budget X570 category.
The TUF Gaming X570-Plus Wi-Fi’s $200 price will be great for customers who cannot afford to break the bank yet still want a taste of the flagship chipset Asus accomplishes this by not using ‘value adds’ like an integrated rear IO plate or loads of RGB lighting. The X570-Plus Wi-Fi handled overclocking our Ryzen 7 3700X without any issues and did great in the benchmarks at stock speeds, making it a decent foundation to build a new AMD Ryzen 3000 series system.
Features:
| Socket | AM4 |
| Chipset | AMD X570 |
| Form Factor | ATX |
| Voltage Regulator | 12+2 phase (doubled - 7 phase, actual) |
| Video Ports | HDMI 1.4bDisplayPort |
| USB Ports | USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10 Gbps): 3x Type-A, 1x Type-CUSB 3.1 Gen 1 (5 Gbps): 4x Type-A |
| Network Jacks | (1) Gigabit Ethernet |
| Audio Jacks | (5) Analog + SPDIF |
| CrossFire/SLI | AMD CrossfireX |
| DIMM slots | (4) DDR4 |
| M.2 slots | (1) PCIe 4.0 x4 / SATA + PCIe(1) PCIe 4.0 x4 / SATA + PCIe |
| SATA Ports | (8) 6Gb/s |
| USB Headers | (1) v3.x Gen2, (2) USB v2.0 |
| Fan Headers | (6) 4-Pin |
| Legacy Interfaces | PS/2 |
| Other Interfaces | FP-Audio, RGB-LED, TPM |
| Ethernet Controllers | Realtek L8200A |
| Wi-Fi / Bluetooth | Intel Wireless-AC 9260 |
| HD Audio Codec | Realtek ALC S1200A |
| DDL/DTS Connect | Yes |
Similar to the Gigabyte X570 Aorus Elite, the X570-Plus Wi-Fi also originates from the budget-friendly family of AMD’s new X570 family and is priced at around the $200 / £233.99 mark at the time of publishing. It comes with PCIe 4.0 support, dual PCIe 4.0 M.2 slots, Wi-Fi, and a USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C port outback, among other features.
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Asus’ TUF lineup has been revamped from the ultra-robust, heavy shielding from the yesteryears to more gaming-centric boards with protection on individual parts such as the PCIe and DIMM slots. ESD guards, extra surge protection measures, and military-grade components are still a part of the TUF features list, but the additional hardening went beyond what was necessary for most use cases.
These changes have made the Asus TUF Gaming X570-Plus Wi-Fi the second-least-expensive board in the Asus X570 product stack just missing the mark to be our best motherboards pick in the budget X570 category.
The TUF Gaming X570-Plus Wi-Fi’s $200 price will be great for customers who cannot afford to break the bank yet still want a taste of the flagship chipset Asus accomplishes this by not using ‘value adds’ like an integrated rear IO plate or loads of RGB lighting.
The X570-Plus Wi-Fi handled overclocking our Ryzen 7 3700X without any issues and did great in the benchmarks at stock speeds, making it a decent foundation to build a new AMD Ryzen 3000 series system.
Like other X570 motherboards, the Asus TUF Gaming X570-Plus Wi-Fi supports both Ryzen 2000 and Ryzen 3000 series processors. It features eight SATA ports and four DIMM slots capable of supporting up to 128GB of DDR4 RAM, although curiously, overclocked memory speed support is not listed.
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For networking and audio, we find a Realtek L8200A GbE NIC and Realtek ALC S1200A audio codec (albeit an Asus’ tweaked version), which is capable of 7.1 surrounds and DTS audio. Below is a complete list of specifications from Asus.
As we make our way to the right of the socket area, we see four DIMM slots in that black/grey color scheme mentioned earlier. Right over them, there are two fan headers (CPU and CPU_OPT), along with a standard 4-pin RGB header in white.
All six fan headers on the board are compatible with both PWM and DC (4-pin and 3-pin) fans.
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The Finally, this area has a debug LED, which comes alive during the POST and boot process. There are four LEDs, DRAM, CPU, VGA, and Boot. If there is an issue when the system is on its way up, wherever the problem is the LED will stay lit.
This a pretty handy tool for troubleshooting issues before entering Windows and a less-expensive alternative to a two-digit debug LED which shows codes. This is a nice feature for this budget-friendly price tag.
Across the bottom are several headers which include the 3rd RGB header, front panel USB header, along with another (of six) fan headers. There is nothing out of the ordinary to report here, so here’s a bulleted list of the other headers.
- Front Panel Audio
- Serial Port/COM connector
- Fan header. 2x USB 2.0 headers
- Fan header
- Front panel header
- Clear CMOS jumper
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- Debug LEDs
- USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C port
- Wi-Fi included
- No front panel USB 3.1 Gen2 port
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