ASUS TUF Gaming X570-PRO (WiFi 6) AM4 Zen 3 Ryzen 5000 & 3rd Gen Ryzen ATX Motherboard (PCIe 4.0, 2.5Gb LAN, BIOS Flashback, HDMI 2.1, USB 3.2 Gen 2

I've purchased a lot of Asus components. And usually love them.After snagging a Ryzen 5000 series CPU, this was my choice for an x570 motherboard.Seems to have a great price-performance.However, there are 2 MAJOR issues, so far, and I am very disappointed.1.) Bought a decent memory kit to go with this - 3600 cl16. It runs great, and even pushes past 3600/cl16 easily. However, on this board, with current BIOS (3001) performance is actually slower, and noticeably so, when running DOCP, which clocks/times it at XMP speed. So, for now at least, I am running 1333 (standard spec) memory speed.2.) This is the big one - My m.2 (in either m.2 slot) will intermittently fail to show up. It is healthy, works perfectly in other systems, etc., but it won''t even show up in BIOS at times. This is not a CSM issue. The drive is not detected at all. After going through BIOS upgrades/downgrades, pulling the battery, clearing CMOS, reinstalling Windows due to apparent corruption, etc., the issue persists. I suppose I could go back to Sata SSD, but I really want the cable-less drive that m.2 providesASUS, please fix these issues ASAP, this board appears to be Beta level at this point, and is not acceptable.If anyone else has suggesions on how to fix these issues, I'm all ears, but so far, this is the most frustrating build I've had due to these issues.Got a replacement, and no m.2 issues now. Hoping for bios update that has better docp performance.Update 3: Finally have this running like I expected. Takes some tweaking, and used Ryzen Master and more importantly CTR 2.0 to find values that make it hum.Unequivocally 5 star moboUpdate 4: Sorry, one more update. Part of my original frustration was a disappearing m.2 (in BIOS) - It's a Gigabye Aorus Gen4... Tried both m.2 slots, NO other drives, single GPU. I tried moving from 2802 to 3001 BIOS again - And m.2 disappeared again. Love the Flashback feature - Flashed back to 2802 and all is well. I had contacted ASUS support and they said "no one else has had that issue".... OK, I'm the only one, but am back on 2802. Running fine for now though, great OC, etc.

I used this in rebuilding my computer that was getting a bit old. (last rebuild was in 2016) Paired it with an AMD Ryzen 7 5700G, mainly because graphics cards are insanely overpriced right now. The BIOS was already at a version high enough that I didn't have to update it before starting (v 3603).To keep things running cool I installed a Noctua NH-U12S Redux. Added 64 GB of PNY ram for a little extra "elbow room". The boot drive is a 1 TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus. From cold start to desktop averages about 15 seconds. The whole conglomeration is powered by a Corsair RM850x. I avoid RGB like the plague - I don't need a computer for looks and entertainment.There are several other older drives for a total of 10.5 TB of storage space. My main hobby is sports photography and photos are getting bigger and bigger. Photoshop and DXO run great on this system.I'm not a gamer so I can't tell you much about the system's gaming capability. I would imagine that if you're a serious gamer, you'd go for a different processor and a discrete graphics card.This will most likely be my last build. I'll be 69 in a few days and I probably won't need anything more than this for a few years. Keep your systems cleaned, backed up, and updated. You'll be happier for the effort.

I bought this along with a Ryzen 5900x for a major upgrade to my system (previously using a gen 6 intel processor and compatible mobo). I had two concerns going in: first, that I would have to go through the inconvenience and stress of flashing the BIOS after this mobo arrived before installing a 5 series processor. Second, that there might be an issue just switching out the board/chip and reattaching everything without doing a clean Windows reinstallation due to the Intel-AMD switchover.Lo and behold, both of my concerns were unfounded: the board I received came with BIOS version 3603 out of the box, which is ready for the 5000 series processors. (There is a thin white label between the RAM and processor slot with a bunch of numbers; the last four are the BIOS version.) And apart from a small hiccup with the BIOS not initially recognizing my nvme drive as bootable, I've had no real problems with compatibility so far. The install was straightforward, and so far it's running extremely well.*If you are coming from an Intel chipset, the AMD chipset runs hotter than you're probably used to.* I was initially concerned to see it idling at 50 C, but after doing some digging this is apparently normal for Zen 3 boards. Another thing to note is that the second m.2 slot doesn't come with a shield (or at least mine didn't), although some depictions online (and on the manual cover) show both shielded.

Easy installation. Been using for a few years now, and everything is still working as it should.