ASUS X870/X870E Motherboard Roundup & VRM Analysis

TUF Gaming

The TUF Gaming series are also generally classed as more affordable motherboards much like the Prime series, but with more robust components and hardware, as in literally making the TUF board TOUGH, which makes them more reliable and resilient to heavy workloads, while not going too crazy on features to again, keep the price reasonable.

You’d typically see a more premium power delivery design with TUF gaming boards along with better quality components and on X870 it’s no exception, along with ProCool power connectors with solid pins so it’s easy to see ASUS having a much larger focus compared to the competition on solid, stable and reliable operation.

In terms of cooling, you’ll generally find a lot larger heatsinks for your M.2 slots, improved chipset cooling and VRM heatsinks and more sensors and fan headers, giving you even more control over your systems operation and seeing exactly what it’s doing through relevant software at all times.

Again, DIY building is made simple thanks to Q-Release, Q-Antenna, Q-Latch and BIOS Flashback and this just further improves on making building PCs much simpler for those who have maybe never built a computer before, and taking the fear out of it.