Well said my dude. I noticed the new x870 proArt did not have an extra power plug (sad) where as the new x870 Hero does. I need it for a second GPU. Do you know if that extra power plug on the Hero is only for over clocking or will it help stabilize power for a second GPU? I can't tell without a manual if the second slot is true x16 (I hope). Knowing them, one hand giveth power and the other hand taketh away a 16x slot = go buy a threadripper for that last detail.
For the X870E Hero, ASUS website says: "* To support 60W, please install the power cable to the 8-pin PCIe power connector or else only 27W will be supported." for the front-panel USB 20Gbps port. Looks like at least part of the power from that plug can be routed to that USB-C port. No further info I could find. Not sure that it would really make a difference tho since most GPUs don't pull much PCIe power (each slot's 75W should be plenty even for multiple GPUs). As for the slot breakout, it's: 2 x PCIe 5.0 x16 slots with Q-Release Slim (supports x16 or x8/x8** or x8/x4/x4 modes***) ** When you use both PCIEX16_1 and PCIEX16_2, PCIEX16_1 and PCIEX16_2 will run x8. ***When M.2_3 are enabled, PCIEX16_1 will run x8, and PCIEX16_2 will run x4.
SICK. Love your designs!
Clean and beauty!
Nothing compared you!
beautiful rig :O
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Thankfully, AMD is working on a BIOS update to resolve the latency issue.
Well said my dude. I noticed the new x870 proArt did not have an extra power plug (sad) where as the new x870 Hero does. I need it for a second GPU. Do you know if that extra power plug on the Hero is only for over clocking or will it help stabilize power for a second GPU? I can't tell without a manual if the second slot is true x16 (I hope). Knowing them, one hand giveth power and the other hand taketh away a 16x slot = go buy a threadripper for that last detail.
For the X870E Hero, ASUS website says: "* To support 60W, please install the power cable to the 8-pin PCIe power connector or else only 27W will be supported." for the front-panel USB 20Gbps port. Looks like at least part of the power from that plug can be routed to that USB-C port. No further info I could find. Not sure that it would really make a difference tho since most GPUs don't pull much PCIe power (each slot's 75W should be plenty even for multiple GPUs). As for the slot breakout, it's:
2 x PCIe 5.0 x16 slots with Q-Release Slim (supports x16 or x8/x8** or x8/x4/x4 modes***)
** When you use both PCIEX16_1 and PCIEX16_2, PCIEX16_1 and PCIEX16_2 will run x8.
***When M.2_3 are enabled, PCIEX16_1 will run x8, and PCIEX16_2 will run x4.
AMD messed up with marketing these chips to gamers. Otherwise, these are great for anyone doing things as mentioned in the video.