Stealth mode engaged.
Why, Asus? Why? We want to be kind to your products, honest we do, but with the current lack of innovation across your mid-range motherboard arsenal, it forces us into an unhappy position. Come on, you’re one of the biggest motherboard manufacturers out there right now, so let’s see a bit more development going on behind some of your prestigious products.
What’s the problem? Well, it’s a simple one, but one that makes our blood boil, and it all comes down to what can only be described as the ROG tax. Right now, the X470-F is available from Newegg for a rather pricey $212. Aesthetically, it’s a pleasing AM4, ATX mobo, complete with flashy RGB heatsink, swappable chipset stickers, and a fully specced out ‹complement of connectivity for any and all devices you might have at your disposal. That said, it really ought to be—after all, it’s broken that $200 mark, and is by no means what we’d consider an affordable mobo. The problem lies with a product within Asus’s own arsenal. Namely the Asus Prime X470-Pro.
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