ASUS ProArt X570-Creator WIFI (AMD AM4)

With 2020-2022 feeling like the longest year ever, it's easy to forget that the X570 chipset has been out now for three years in just a few months. That is a long time for any chipset, but even longer when you consider X570 is just at the end of an even longer run with the AM4 socket as a whole. In the time from the X570 launch until now, other released motherboards have seen a few improvements, especially on the network side of things where 10G and 2.5G are available on most higher-end boards. X570 was a little left behind until we saw some refreshed boards released last year including the ProArt X570-Creator WiFi. So while it is still running the now older chipset, the ProArt X570-Creator WiFi is packed full of features. Just for networking alone, it has both a 2.5G NIC and a 10G NIC which is a big improvement over the Crosshair VIII Hero from the X570 launch which had 1G and 2.5G NICs. Then for wireless, the ProArt X570-Creator WiFi now supports WiFi 6E where the Hero only supports WiFi 6.

The ASUS ProArt X570-Creator WiFi has a whole raft of features designed squarely at the creators in our midsts. It's all about having high performance storage options and consistent performance. It might not be the motherboard that will see you breaking world records of peak performance, but that isn't the point. We don't want a motherboard that can be blisteringly fast for five minutes and then needs a long rest. We - by which we mean creative types - need one that will work relentlessly. An endurance racer rather than a dragster. The ProArt has this covered. The power phases are solid and the heatsink doesn't soak your system with heat build up. It hits just below 50°C and then stays there all day long without issue.