Overall and Final Verdict

I have a feeling that the styling on the TUF Gaming X870-Plus Wifi is going to be a little divisive and honestly, it isn’t the styling that I would want. But I think overall the large truck-like styling not only fits the TUF brand perfectly, but it also seems to target a market that no one else has in the past and I like seeing that. It’s easy for a lot of PC styling to echo chamber a lot and just boil back down to one look that is trending at the time and Asus is doing a good job of avoiding that with this along with their other lines like the Pro-Art that go in completely different directions. The TUF Gaming X870-Plus Wifi as a board had a good variety of connection options including a little of everything for USB connectivity. You also get three aRGB headers which is nice to see, it wasn’t long ago when one of those was all you get. There were a few tradeoffs though, for example on the RGB header front you don’t get any of the older 4-pin RGB headers. One of those might be nice, especially with some AIO and other devices that can use those to tie in with your motherboard lighting. You get a lot of M.2 expandability, but again you trade off with limited lanes meaning when you use all four of those you lose your second PCIe slot and the main one drops down to x8.

Because we now have one other X870 board to compare the TUF Gaming X870-Plus Wifi too already tested. The TUF Gaming X870-Plus Wifi did have smaller VRM heatsinks compared to the Aorus board and a little more heat soaked into the PCB when testing. More importantly, that comparison also hurts the TUF Gaming X870-Plus Wifi when it comes to pricing as well with its 309.99 MSRP. That puts it $20 higher and other than more fan headers and 30-watt charging on the front panel USB it feels like the two boards should have price parity not have one priced higher. Overall though, I like what Asus has done with the TUF Gaming X870-Plus Wifi. But do keep an eye on pricing to help with your purchase because that does change as time goes on.

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