ASUS Republic of Gamers Strix X470-F Gaming

The Republic of Gamers Strix X470-F Gaming AM4 ATX Motherboard from Asus is part of their RoG-series, designed with durable components and a gamer-themed aesthetic. It's built on the AMD X470 chipset with an AM4 socket that's compatible with 1st and 2nd generation Ryzen processors as well as 7th generation A-series and Athlon X4 processors.

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There are four dual-channel DDR4 slots, which support up to a max of 64GB of 3600 MHz overclocked RAM. For storage, it's equipped with six SATA III ports and two M.2 slots, one of which supports the PCIe 3.0 x4 mode for faster speeds. As for graphics cards, this motherboard has two PCIe 3.0 x16, one PCIe 2.0 x16, and three PCIe 2.0 x1 slots for other PCI-based expansion cards. Other notable mentions include Intel I211-AT Gigabit LAN, SupremeFX S1220A 8-channel HD audio, and an HDMI port.

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This motherboard is equipped with Asus Aura Sync RGB LED lighting. Aside from plenty of colors to choose from, it also has multiple lighting effects such as static, breathing, rainbow, and more. Additionally, you can sync it with other Aura Sync-compatible hardware and accessories.

The Strix X470 can take advantage of high-bandwidth memory, supporting up to 64GB of 3600 MHz overclocked DDR4 RAM. You can also utilize RAMCache II to increase load times with unused RAM.

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This motherboard is equipped with multiple fan headers that support both PWM and DC modes, which lets you manually or automatically adjust fan speeds, so you can find a balance between cooling and noise.

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There are two M.2 slots on this motherboard, one of which has a heatsink to prevent thermal performance throttling. Additionally, both support PCIe modes, which can deliver faster read and write speeds compared to SATA.

ASUS Republic of Gamers Strix X470-F - Specifications:

CPU:

AMD AM4 Socket AMD Ryzen 2nd Generation/3rd Gen AMD Ryzen/Ryzen with Radeon Vega Graphics/Athlon with Radeon Vega Graphics/Ryzen 1st Generation/7th Generation A-series/Athlon X4 Processors

Chipset:
AMD X470

Memory:
AMD Ryzen™ 2nd Generation Processors

4 x DIMM, Max. 64GB, DDR4 3600(O.C.)/3466(O.C.)/3400(O.C.)/3200(O.C.)/3000(O.C.)/2933(O.C.)/2800(O.C.)/2666/2400/2133 MHz Un-buffered Memory

Ryzen with Radeon Vega Graphics/ Athlon with Radeon Vega Graphics/ Ryzen 1st Generation Processors:

4 x DIMM, Max. 64GB, DDR4 3466(O.C.)/3400(O.C.)/3200(O.C.)/3000(O.C.)/2933(O.C.)/2800(O.C.)/2666/2400/2133 MHz Un-buffered Memory

AMD 7th Generation A-Series/Athlon X4 Processors

4 x DIMM, Max. 64GB, DDR4 2400/2133 MHz Un-buffered Memory

Dual Channel Memory Architecture

Graphic

Integrated Graphics in the AMD Ryzen with Radeon Vega Graphics/ Athlon with Radeon Vega Graphics Processors

Multi-VGA output support : HDMI/DisplayPort ports

- Supports HDMI 1.4b with max. resolution 4096 x 2160 @ 24 Hz / 2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz

- Supports DisplayPort 1.2 with max. resolution 4096 x 2160 @ 60 Hz

Maximum shared memory of 2048 MB (for iGPU exclusively)

Expansion Slots

AMD Ryzen 2nd Generation/ Ryzen 1st Generation Processors
2 x PCIe 3.0 x16 (x16 or dual x8)

AMD Ryzen with Radeon Vega Graphics /7th Generation A-Series/Athlon X4 Processors
1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 (x8 mode)

AMD X470 chipset
1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (max at x4 mode)
3 x PCIe 2.0 x1

AMD Athlon™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics Processors1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 (max at x4 mode)

Storage
AMD Ryzen 2nd Generation/ Ryzen with Radeon Vega Graphics/ Ryzen 1st Generation Processors :
1 x M.2 Socket 3, with M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 storage devices support (SATA & PCIE 3.0 x 4 mode)

AMD 7th Generation A-series/Athlon Processors :1 x M.2 Socket 3, with M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 storage devices support (SATA mode)

AMD X470 chipset :
1 x M.2 Socket 3, with M Key, type 2242/2260/2280 storage devices support (SATA & PCIE 3.0 x 2 mode)
6 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s)

AMD Athlon with Radeon Vega Graphics Processors :
1 x M.2 Socket 3, with M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 storage devices support (SATA mode)
Support Raid 0, 1, 10

Audio
SupremeFX 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC S1220A

- Dual OP Amplifiers

- Impedance sense for front and rear headphone outputs

- Supports : Jack-detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel Jack-retasking

- High quality 120 dB SNR stereo playback output and 113 dB SNR recording input

- SupremeFX Shielding Technology

- Supports up to 32-Bit/192kHz playback

Audio Feature :

- Optical S/PDIF out port(s) at back panel

- Sonic Radar III

- Sonic Studio III + Sonic Studio Link

USB Ports

AMD Ryzen 2nd Generation/ Ryzen with Radeon Vega Graphics/ Athlon with Radeon Vega Graphics/ Ryzen 1st Generation/ 7th Generation A-Series/ Athlon X4 Processors :

4 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 port(s) (4 at back panel, blue)

AMD X470 chipset :
1 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 front panel connector port(s)

AMD X470 chipset :
4 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 port(s) (2 at back panel, , 2 at mid-board)

AMD X470 chipset :
4 x USB 2.0 port(s) (4 at mid-board)

ASMedia® USB 3.1 Gen 2 controller :
2 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 port(s) (2 at back panel, red, Type-A)

Operating System:
Windows® 10 64-bit
Windows® 7 64-bit

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