ASUS ROG Crosshair 2006 motherboard, AM5, ATX, Wi-Fi 7

The ASUS ROG Crosshair 2006 marks the 20th anniversary of the very first ROG motherboard with a retro, copper-toned design and the signature OLED animation. It is a flagship X870E board for AMD Ryzen 7000, 8000 and 9000 Series processors in the AM5 socket, with five M.2 slots (two of them PCIe 5.0), two USB4 ports, 10 Gbit/s and 5 Gbit/s Ethernet, and Wi-Fi 7.

The maker highlights: a built-in 2-inch LiveDash OLED panel that shows POST codes at start-up and CPU frequency, temperatures or fan speeds during use; you can also upload your own image or animation.

• CPU socket. AM5
• Chipset. AMD X870E
• Form factor. ATX
• Memory. DDR5, 4 slots, up to 256 GB
• M.2 slots. 5 (2 × PCIe 5.0, 3 × PCIe 4.0)
• Graphics card slot. PCIe 5.0
• Networking. 10 Gbit/s and 5 Gbit/s Ethernet, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4
• Colour. black / gold
• Manufacturer code. 90MB1PP0-M0EAY0
• Warranty. 36 months