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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Intel Z790, B760 Motherboard Hit EEC

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About three months ago, Intel launched its 12th Gen Core series Alder Lake-S desktop CPUs at the Innovation 2021 event. Alder Lake-S needs to be paired with socket LGA1700-based 600-series chipset motherboards. And while the same socket, also sometimes called LGA1800, is expected to be re-used for the succeeding 13th Gen Raptor Lake CPUs too, the chipset will be all-new 700-series ones.

Motherboard vendor Biostar looks like it has already started working on the next-gen boards and has applied for Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) certification. Twitter leakster @harukaze5719 has spotted a number of these motherboard models, Z790 and Z760, on the EEC portal.

Read more @ Neowin

GIGABYTE Z690 AORUS PRO – PC Gamer

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It’s worth noting that while we’re reviewing the Aorus Pro DDR5 model, there’s also a DDR4 version. Sadly, though it’s easily found in my native Australia, is not available in the US or the EU. That’s a real shame as the Aorus Pro DDR4 looks like it’s one of the better featured DDR4 boards, though I guess we can understand the desire to keep the DDR4 models more on the budget end of things.

Read more @ PC Gamer

ASUS ROG STRIX B660-I GAMING WIFI – Chiphell

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The product used for evaluation this time is the ASUS ROG Strix B660-I Gaming WiFi motherboard, which belongs to the ROG Strix series and is positioned as an ITX motherboard for the B660 platform. For players who pay attention to ITX DIY, the ROG Strix ITX series motherboards must not be unfamiliar. It is also one of the old faces of our evaluation. The product iteration accompanying the hardware platform upgrade often makes the product better meet the needs of players, and how does the ASUS ROG Strix B660-I Gaming WiFi perform? Let us discuss it next. Let’s see.

Read more @ Chiphell (Chinese)

ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z690 HERO – Hardwareluxx

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Instead of “ROG Maximus XIV Hero”, ASUS has now chosen the name “ROG Maximus Z690 Hero” and has therefore said goodbye to the Roman numerals, at least in the Maximus series. As expected, as the entry-level model in the ASUS premium range, the ROG Maximus Z690 Hero has a number of features on board that make the heart of the enthusiast beat faster. The LGA1700 CPU can be boosted thanks to the 20+1 phase design, which also applies to the DDR5 memory, which is mandatory. Other highlights include Thunderbolt 4 with two USB Type-C ports and, of course, PCIe 5.0 support.

Read more @ Hardwareluxx (German)

ASUS ROG STRIX Z690-F GAMING WIFI – Overclockers Russia

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The exterior design is very attractive. Very high quality printing, thick cardboard, and all the information on the box is explanatory. There is nothing superfluous. The background is predominantly black on the front and back, and red on the two sidewalls, which corresponds to the style of ROG. They removed the pink insert, but this does not mean that cyberpunk is gone, they just got a little tired of it and want something more calm. 

Read more @ Overclockers Russia (Russian)

ASRock B660 Pro RS – GDM

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Introducing the middle-grade 12th generation Intel Core processor and lower chip motherboard, which was good news for cost-effective users. Check out the Intel B660-equipped motherboard, which is just right for building a “moderately middle” machine that combines these. From the many lineups, ASRock Incorporation (Headquarters: Taiwan) ‘s “all-rounder motherboard”, “B660 Pro RS” .

Read more @ GDM (Japanese)

MSI MPG Z690 CARBON EK X – TechPowerUp

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This collaboration with EKWB has taken the MPG Z690 Carbon WiFi feature-set and placed an EK-Quantum Matrix7 monoblock over the 18 VRM power stages. In addition to this, an M.2 socket is also directly cooled, thus allowing for near-ambient temperatures during large data transfers. This helps alleviate potential heat-related issues that can accompany these intense user workloads. Fear not, though, the remaining four M.2 sockets include full heatsink coverage. To round out the experience, the newest WiFi 6E technology and 2.5G LAN are present and accounted for.

Read more @ TechPowerUp

ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z690 FORMULA – OC3D

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The ASUS white motherboards have nearly always been part of their Prime range, although naturally those of you who have been around for a while will remember models like the Sabranco, but for the Z690 they have moved their white one to the Maximus Formula. Throughout the lifespan of the ASUS ROG Maximus range there have usually been two, the more affordable Formula and the high end Extreme. Recently they’ve enlarged the range with the even more affordable Hero, leaving the Formula in the middle of the pack.

Read more @ OC3D

BIOSTAR Z690A VALKYRIE – Overclockers

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The Biostar Z690A Valkyrie supports the twelfth generation Intel processors using the LGA 1700 socket.  The board boasts 20-phase (19+1) VRMS to handle the power requirements of the flagship 24-thread Intel Core i9-12900K. To cool the VRM, Biostar has once again added active cooling: two 25mm fans on each VRM heatsink along with a solid copper base. These fans can be audible (especially under load), but you can control them through the BIOS and Biostar’s Aurora software.

Read more @ Overclockers