ROG Pulse Podcast - Ep.5 - Next Gen AMD motherboards

On this episode of ROG Pulse Jeff and Jake discuss some of the next gen AMD motherboards. We take a first look at the ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero and the B550-XE motherboards.

00:00 - Start
06:25 - Zen 3 discussion
10:38 - ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero
22:07 - B550 XE

Featured products:

[Haduj-the-Lion]

Available now! Coming in stores for purchase in 2025!

[PastorwithoutaPulpit]

You guys talked about the X570 Hero VIII Dark for 11 Minutes, 20 Seconds and never once mentioned Price or Launch Date...
So how much will it cost and when will it be available?

[DavorBertovic]

Dark Hero availability date would be nice

[johntrussell]

It mid Nov and the Dark Hero is still not for sale anywhere.

[NightsoftInteractive]

Yeah I need one for my next build as well, it's a beauty!

Edit: But what about price, release date and global availability?

[peppa]

Enthusiast class motherboards? So there will finally be more than 3 case fan headers?

[detmer]

Does the Strix B550-XE have the 'Dynamic OC switcher' option in the bios like the dark hero?

[louiscorrigan]

Why are ASUS being so quiet about the OC switching feature? It’s a huge feature but they didn’t mention it once?

[Kallan]

Yes Asus we need these, please start shipping these in large quantity cause I don't want to pay $800!

[CallardAndBowser]

Over a month later and this board is still not released yet or for sale anywhere !

[craigcordeiro]

When? How much? More importantly, WHEN!!?!

[tomwaller]

Been waiting over a month on Amazon.de for the Crosshair Dark Hero Motherboard. There is no stock anywhere. Cancelled my order for a matching GPU!

[joypalaskar]

When it is coming in a market and what will the price of this motherboard...
Can anyone help me my education and support me please help to me in my

[tzarkizitski]

Will there be a Dark Crosshair Formula version?

[LeeKirkman]

I want the Dark hero just wish we had a solid release date. Also getting the 5950x and 6900xt :)

[SupaGamingV]

Worth a shot but wondering if i can review one of these on my channel 🤔

[matty]

Any ITX planned with flash bios included ?

[alexwang]

We NEED this motherboard, if you are ready to take our money. Now just tell us when. Not seeing any news so far that I might just buy the Hero if still nothing after 2 weeks...

[everyoneisgosu]

I dont understand B550 is mostly passive anyway since the Gen4 Lanes are handled by the CPU anyway, X570 Xtreme is passively WHILE being X570, it's possible, nobody did it. Like everyone even at 100USD is passive on that B550 Chipset...

"The current X570 all have the fan" <- thats NOT true... why mentioning that if it is not true, i'm sorry - but that is disappointing.
Oh and btw. the X570 Xtreme from gigabyte also has the coolest (lowest Temp) VRMs of all of them... Yes it's expensive...it's 700€, and i had to get it for 820 since it's EOL already and nearly impossible to get without huge price-premium, but it's still a massive board and the best in class.

[christianflexall]

Worth upgrading if I already have a crosshair hero x570?