Asus Crosshair 6 Hero

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 12 expert reviews

Excellent:

7
Good:

5
Average:

0
Bad:

0

Pros:

Humongous I/O
Overclocking potential
UEFI BIOS design and usability

Cons:

Price is a very high
Unable to run memory at speeds above 3200Mhz

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Last revision on September 21, 2019

Reviewers Liked

Humongous I/O
Overclocking potential
UEFI BIOS design and usability
Configurable RGB LEDs using AURA applet

Reviewers Didn't Like

Price is a very high
Unable to run memory at speeds above 3200Mhz

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Expert reviews and ratings

With fantastic rear I/O, strong overclocking and DDR4 support up to 3,200MHz, it's great value.9 Total ScoreASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VI HERO ReviewWith fantastic rear I/O, strong overclocking and DDR4 support up to 3,200MHz, it's great value.Add your review |...

By TopNewReview on April 02, 2018

The ASUS ROG Crosshair VI, Hero X370 motherboard, isn't a perfect motherboard. However, for the money you pay, Asus ensures your experience keeps getting better every day. With regular BIOS updates, constant interaction with its customers, Asus is...

By Armchair Empire on July 27, 2017

As we get more and more familiar with the Ryzen lines of CPUs, the Ryzen 7 and Ryzen 5 which are available now, and the upcoming Ryzen 3 series, we will be exposed to more and more AM4 motherboards. And while there are multiple chipsets available...

By bjorn3d.com on June 07, 2017

Now that AMD Ryzen has been out for a while and things have settled down from launch a little, we have been taking a look at multiple X370 motherboards in depth and today was the turn of the flagship motherboard from ASUS Republic of Gamers, the ROG...

By Play3r on April 09, 2017

As we mentioned in the beginning of this review, the Crosshair VI Hero marks the return of the ASUS Crosshair series to the market. With Intel having dominated the motherboard market for the better part of five years, the arrival of the AM4 chipset and...

By hardwarezone.com.my on April 04, 2017

The ASUS ROG Crosshair VI Hero motherboard shows good performance that allows a Ryzen 7 CPU to flex its muscle. Overclocking performance was also solid, with the board managing to take our 1800X to 4.05GHz at a sensible 1.4V (once ASUS' annoying LLC...

By Kitguru.net on April 02, 2017

The Ryzen launch has been a bit of a mixed bag. The platform and processors have the potential to offer great value for money. It performs great, fantastic even in any application. Yet we cannot look away from the fact that game performance in the...

By Guru of 3D on March 27, 2017

The Intel i7-9700K received ample criticism at unveil for being the first “gaming,” S-class i7 in recent history to drop hyperthreading. The move was accompanied by an increase in physical core count to 8C, but followed the previous move from 4C/8T to...

By GamersNexus on December 26, 2018

By name and by marketing, the i5 CPU is most comparable to the R5 CPUs. The R5 2600's current $160 price-point makes it a less direct comparison, and the 2600X, which would perform about where an overclocked 2600 performs, is about $220. This is also...

By GamersNexus on November 26, 2018

These days there are basically two different groups of customers who demand lots of processing power: content creators and gamers, while this 2D performance comparison is targeting content creators. After having had a look at the following pages you'll...

By Ocaholic on November 08, 2018

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