ASUS ROG Brings In It’s Latest AMD Motherboard, the Crosshair VIII Impact

ASUS Republic of Gamers has announced that a new model is joining their Crosshair line with the ROG Crosshair VIII Impact.

Priced at 23,320 php and initially available in select stores, (ROG Concept Stores, Complink, Davao Futurebright Enterprises, IT World – Lazada, JDM Techno Computer Center, PC Hub, PC Quickbuys, Strategic Technologies, Tech2027 – Lazada, and Thinking Tools) The ROG Crosshair VIII Impact boasts of breaking the 6 ghz barrier for both CPU and memory frequencies.

The ROG Crosshair VIII Impact features the latest VRM architecture with teamed Infineon TDA21472 power stages that rapidly swing current, while maintaining exemplary thermal performance. This new VRM and chipset combo claims to provide reliable, high-efficiency cooling to aimed to prevent perfomance-sapping performance throttling at peak CPU usage.

Other motherboard features include the ff:

• • x2 M.2 drives
  • OptiMem III
  • Supreme FX
  • ESS ES9023P DAC
  • Dedicated header for a USB 3.2 Gen 2 front panel connectors

Along with the release announcement, ROG is giving away ROG merchandise to the first 10 who purchase the ROG Crosshair VIII. Which include the ff:

• • ROG Drawstring Bag
  • ROG Writing Notebook
  • ROG Passport Holder
  • ROG Lanyard

Here’s the released specification sheet for the ROG Crosshair VIII Impact (However, the final configurations is still location dependent and is subject to change)

Model Name		ROG Crosshair VIII Impact
CPU		AMD AM4 socket for 3rd and 2nd Gen AMD Ryzen™/2nd and 1st Gen AMD Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Vega graphics processors
Chipset		AMD X570
Form Factor		Mini-DTX (8.0″ x 6.7″ in.)
Memory		2 x DDR4 / 64 GB
Graphics Output		N/A
Expansion Slots	PCIe 4.0 x 16	1 @ x16
	PCIe 4.0 x 16	N/A
	PCIe 4.0 x1	N/A
Storage & Connectivity	SATA 6Gb/s	4
	U.2	0
	M.2	1 x  2280 (SATA + PCIe 4.0 x4)
		1 x 2280 (SATA + PCIe 4.0 x4)
	USB 3.2 Gen 2 front-panel connector	1
	USB 3.2 Gen 2	5 x Type-A at back 1 x Type-C at back
	USB 3.2 Gen 1	2 x Type-A at back 2 x Type-A at front
	USB 2.0	2
Networking	Gigabit Ethernet	Intel I211AT
	Wireless	Intel Wireless-AX 200 2 x 2 Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) with MU-MIMO supports dual frequency band 2.4/5GHz Bluetooth 5.0

The free items will last until February 1, 2020 and will have to submit their details here. For more info, you can head to the ROG Facebook or ASUS Global Press Room.