Motherboard News & Reviews

Welcome to the Motherboard News & Reviews Database. This is a collection, primarily of reviews, dedicated to motherboards from across the globe. Looking for something specific? Use the search utility, tags, or just explore through using the drop-down menu. From there, you can select your preferred motherboard manufacturer to find a listing of motherboards by chipset that have reviews available. If it’s been reviewed recently, you’ll find it. All reviews that are not natively in English will have translated links provided where possible.

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ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z690 FORMULA – GreenTech_Reviews

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ASUS ROG Maximus Formula motherboards are designed for gamers and enthusiasts who want maximum system stability in any usage scenario, including fully loaded overclocked Core i9 processors. The key difference between Formula boards is a pre-installed water block on the power subsystem, which can also serve as a conventional heatsink – in fact, this is a combined solution. The novelty, based on the Intel Z690 chipset, received noticeable design changes compared to its predecessor based on the Z490 (Z590 was skipped by the manufacturer).

Read more @ GreenTech_Reviews (Russian)

ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z690 HERO – ThinkComputers

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We here at ThinkComputers are finally getting a chance to take a look at some new Intel Z690 motherboards!  With the introduction of their Alder Lake processors and subsequent Z690 chipset Intel is taking the fight back to AMD.  Motherboards are one of the favorite things we like to cover and Intel is really stepping things up with Z690, giving the platform both PCI-Express 5.0 and DDR5 support.  We are starting our Z690 journey with ASUS’s ROG Maximus Z690 Hero motherboard.  If you are not familiar with the ROG Maximus line from ASUS it basically serves as their flagship with the Hero board being the entry point.  

Read more @ ThinkComputers

BIOSTAR Racing Z690GTA – [M]adShrimps

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The Racing Z690GTA mainstream motherboard for Intel’s Alder Lake generation does feature a catchy color scheme and is very well equipped in terms of interfaces. The BIOS is easy to configure/understand and has support for high-speed RAM as well (32GB kits should work fine till 4200MHz at least, while with 16GB you might get lucky and run at 4600MHz as well). The top VRM heatsink is complimented with two small fans in order to keep temps in check which can get loud at times, but their fan curve can be customized as well via UEFI or the Windows application.

Read more @ [M]adShrimps

GIGABYTE Z690 UD DDR4 – Geeknetic

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Almost everything on a modern motherboard is defined by the chipset, and certainly to a large extent by the processor itself. Part of the connectivity, depending on the processor, depends on it, so the chipset, although still very important, is relegated to secondary functions that Intel, as in this case, uses to differentiate certain ranges of its products.

Read more @ Geeknetic (Spanish)

MSI MPG Z690 FORCE WIFI – Overclockers Russia

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There are four black slots for DDR5 memory modules. There are latches on both sides. To activate dual-channel mode, you need to install two brackets through the slot from each other. Intel Core 12 Gen processors use a dual memory controller. The emphasis is on DDR5 because this is one of the main innovations of the new platform and it needs to be promoted.

Read more @ Overclockers Russia (Russian)

ASRock Z690 PG Velocita – El Chapuzas Informatico

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In the lower half of the motherboard, we find 3 PCIe x16 slots , each one of a generation. And it is that although the first is a PCIe 5.0 x16 with direct connection to the processor, the second is a PCIe 4.0 x16 with 4 lines and the third a PCIe 3.0 x16 also with 4 lines, as well as 2 PCIe 4.0 x1 slots . Another aspect to note is that the chipset has a small fan to improve its cooling, and you can also see the always interesting Debug LED screen in the lower right corner.

Read more @ El Chapuzas Informatico (Spanish)

ASUS ROG STRIX B660-F GAMING WIFI – GDM

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It is a product positioned at the top of the Intel B660 series of ASUS, and it is a luxurious specification equipped with a total of 17 phase digital power supply circuit by “power stage” in the power supply circuit while adopting a middle range class chipset . Furthermore, by combining a large aluminum heat sink and a powerful cooling mechanism such as a 6-layer board, it is designed so that the “Maximum Turbo Power” can fully bring out the performance of the 12th generation Intel Core processor that reaches up to 241W.

Read more @ GDM (Japanese)

BIOSTAR H610MH – Vmodtech

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Even though it is a small chipset H610, BIOSTAR H610MH motherboards provide a full range of features to use in a small, cost-effective motherboard, such as Super Hyper PWM , Super Durable Solid Caps , PCIe. 4.0 , PCIe M.2 32Gb/s , Intel GbE LAN , Debug LED , Smart Update , BullGuard Internet Security (90 days FREE trial) , UEFI BIOS , AI FAN , Debug LED , HD Audio , can be assumed to be used.

Read more @ Vmodtech (Thai)

ASRock Z690 Taichi – Guru3D

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This product is from a series that already appeared using the Z590 chipset, which we’ve reviewed not long ago. When looking at the overall specs, the ASRock Z690 Taichi isn’t much different from the predecessor, which would explain such a price difference. We can see the (not wanted) progress (?) in the prices as the new one is even more expensive, as the MSRP is 589.99 USD (that’s 130 USD more than Z590). For 629 USD, you can find the MSI Z690 Unify, and for about 600 USD, there’s an Asus Maximus Z690 Hero available. There are, of course, cheaper ASRock Z690 models like PG Velocita, Steel Legend (DDR4), so you should find your match.

Read more @ Guru3D

ASUS ROG STRIX Z690-I GAMING WIFI – TweakTown

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The onboard power design is space-saving with its 10+1 design, but ROG has deployed 105A stages to make up for any losses, and its 1050A capacity should make for solid OC ability. Connectivity doesn’t suffer much, if at all. The Z690-I includes two Thunderbolt 4 ports, 2.5Gbe and WiFi6e, along with USB 3.2 Gen1, 2 and 2×2 available via internal header. Audio is the ALC4080 with a Savitech AMP making for impressive sound without the need of an external DAC.

Read more @ TweakTown