Asus 970 pro gaming aura review
Table of contents:
- Asus 970 PRO Gaming Aura technical characteristics
- Asus 970 PRO Gaming Aura unboxing and design
- Test bench and tests
- BIOS
- Final words and conclusion
- Asus 970 PRO Gaming
- COMPONENTS
- REFRIGERATION
- BIOS
- ADDITIONAL FEATURES
- PRICE
- 9.5 / 10
Asus 970 PRO Gaming Aura Review is about the revamped motherboards for the AM3 + socket of the FX8350 and FX8370. Asus has opted for a new facelift and has incorporated much-needed technologies for this year 2016: USB 3.0, M.2 slot, SupremeFX sound and an ideal network card for gamers. Don't miss our review.
We thank Asus for trusting the product for its analysis:
Asus 970 PRO Gaming Aura technical characteristics
Asus 970 PRO Gaming Aura unboxing and design
The Asus 970 PRO Gaming Aura is presented in a black and red box where we see large letters with the name of the product and an image of the motherboard. Once we are in the back we have all the most important technical characteristics.
When we open the box we find two sections, the first where the motherboard is and the second all its accessories. Inside we find the following bundle:
- Asus 970 PRO Gaming Aura motherboard. Back plate. Instruction manual and quick guide. CD disk with drivers. Set of SATA cables. Stickers to organize the wiring.
The Asus 970 PRO Gaming Aura is an ATX format motherboard with dimensions of 30.4 cm x 22.4 cm for the AMD guerrilla socket AM3 +. As we can see the design of the motherboard is quite aggressive combining the black color and red details on its heatsinks. The PCB is matte black and includes a small LED strip on the right side on the left side.
Rear view.
They have been analyzing Asus motherboards for many years and they all have excellent cooling. The first heatsink is located in the power supply phases and the other in the SB950 chipset, which is quite cool as standard. It has 8 + 2 feeding phases with the best components on the market.
It has available 4 DDR3 RAM memory sockets compatible with up to 32 GB with speed from 1333 MHz to 1866 MHz with overclocking.
In our tests we have been able to insert 2400 MHz modules but we have had to lower the speed to 1866 to make them stable.
The Asus 970 PRO Gaming Aura presents a distribution quite ideal for mounting an SLI or CrossFireX. It has two PCIe 3.0 to x16 sockets, others up to two PCIe 3.0 x1 connections and two Normal PCI.
As expected we have an M.2 connection to install any disk of this interface with its 32 GB / s bandwidth. Compatible models are 2242/2260/2280 with PCIE 2.0 speed at x4.
It's time to talk about Supreme FX sound card signed by Realtek with 7.1 playback, an SNR of up to 115dB that offers us an improved experience and guarantees maximum fidelity of integrated sound. It also has an acoustic echo cancellation system, Beam Forming and compatibility with high headphones impedance.
On the storage it has six SATA III connections of 6 GB / s with support for RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10. Along with M.2. previously indicated.
It will undoubtedly be among the best AM3 boards on the market. Few are capable of coughing it up, at least for now, in features. We recommend reading our guide to the best motherboards on the market .
The rear connections come to meet the needs of most users. It has:
- 8 x USB.PS/2. Fiber optic output for sound. 1 x Network card. 2 x USB 3.1 Type A. 7.1 Sound outputs.
And once we mount it with its processor, memory and heatsink.
Test bench and tests
TESTING BENCH |
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Processor: |
FX-8370 @ 4.3 GHz |
Base plate: |
Asus 970 PRO Gaming Aura |
Memory: |
2 × 4 8GB DDR3 @ 3000 MHZ Kingston Savage |
Heatsink |
AMD Wraith |
HDD |
Samsung 840 EVO 250GB. |
Graphic card |
Nvidia GTX 780. |
Power supply |
EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2 |
To check the stability of the FX-8370 processor at 4300 MHZ and the motherboard we have stressed with Prime 95 Custom and air cooling. The graphics we have used is an Nvidia GTX780, without further delay, let's see the results obtained in our tests with a 1920 × 1080 monitor.
BIOS
Asus has completely renewed the AM3 motherboard. Now it incorporates a first-class UEFI BIOS, with a spectacular design and full of options to get the most out of our computer. Both in configurations and overclock possibilities. We look forward to ZEN to see what awaits us.
Final words and conclusion
Asus has created the best AM3 + motherboards we have tested during all these years and that is that it has everything a motherboard should have: 8 + 2 power phases, excellent heatsinks, support with all heatsinks and M.2 connectivity.
They have also incorporated a dedicated SupremeFX sound card and its particular technology in the network card (ESD Guards) that multiplies tolerance against static electricity and resists up to 15 kV against power surges.
Its availability is immediate and it is found for about 105 euros in online stores. Compared to other alternatives, it becomes the best AMD quality / price motherboard on the market. Great job Asus!
ADVANTAGE |
DISADVANTAGES |
+ DESIGN |
- NONE. |
+ PERFORMANCE. | |
+ POSSIBILITY OF OVERCLOCK. |
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+ POSSIBILITY TO INSTALL 2 NVIDIA OR AMD GRAPHICS CARDS. |
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+ EXCELLENT PRICE. |
The Professional Review team awards him the platinum medal:
Asus 970 PRO Gaming
COMPONENTS
REFRIGERATION
BIOS
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
PRICE
9.5 / 10
THE BEST AM3 + BOARD ON THE MARKET
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