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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ASRock Z690 Steel Legend – GinjFo

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This Z690 Steel Legend is available in Wi-Fi version or not. For the moment, ASRock only offers it in DDR4 edition. One of its weapons to tackle the competition is its look. The constructor is playing a tricky card because the camouflage style has its effect but can be offensive. It is always risky to offer a look outside the standard, it is a risk-taking that we can only welcome. In our eyes, the whole offers a worked and successful rendering especially at the level of the 6-layer PCB (2 ounces of copper). The marriage of white and black makes it possible to play on the contrast in order to highlight the equipment offering for its part white and silver.

Read more @ GinjFo (French)

GIGABYTE Z690 AERO G – El Chapuzas Informatico

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The Gigabyte Z690 Aero G offers very good USB connectivity, with many and varied connectors, as well as a DisplayPort input and an HDMI output for integrated graphics. In the networking section, it offers an excellent combo of an Intel I225V 2.5 GbE card and an Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 with Bluetooth 5.2 , while the new Realtek ALC4080 7.1 takes care of sound , although it only offers line output and input from microphone for the same as well, as a digital optical output.

Read more @ El Chapuzas Informatico (Spanish)

GIGABYTE Z690M AORUS ELITE DDR4 – GDM

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In addition, a steel-steel-reinforced expansion slot “Ultra Durable SMD PCIe Armor” that can safely operate heavy-duty graphics cards , a stainless-steel-reinforced memory slot “Ultra Durable Memory Armor” , and a high-speed M.2 SSD thermal slot. It is equipped with unique functions such as “M.2 Thermal Guard” that eliminates the ring and “integrated I / O panel” that does not have to be lost .

Read more @ GDM (Japanese)

ASUS ROG STRIX Z690-F GAMING WIFI – GDM

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Adopting a calm design based on black, which is the mainstream in recent motherboards, the power supply circuit is equipped with a 16 + 1 phase digital power supply circuit by “Smart Power Stage” which has higher output than DrMOS . Furthermore, by sticking to a cooling system such as a large heat sink connected by a heat pipe and a 6-layer board that quickly dissipates heat around the VRM, “Maximum Turbo Power” is set to a maximum of 241 W 12th generation Intel Core It is a reason to maximize the performance of the processor.

Read more @ GDM (Japanese)

BIOSTAR Z690 VALKYRIE – GDM

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In addition, it is equipped with a large M.2 heat sink that is mounted so as to cover the motherboard, and a large back plate that can be expected to have a cooling effect while suppressing distortion of the motherboard when a heavy-duty graphics card is installed. In addition, the chipset heat sink is engraved with a gold-colored logo with Valkyrie’s wings as a motif, and the entire motherboard has a unique design with geometric lines drawn in gray or pink color.

Read more @ GDM (Japanese)

MSI MAG Z690 TOMAHAWK WIFI – OC3D

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With very solid performance wrapped in a flexible memory choice structure and on a motherboard that might be all-black, but uses many different textures and types of black to still be attractive to the eye, the MSI MAG Z690 Tomahawk is a great option for those of you who want to move to the 12th Generation of Intel CPUs and all their features, but without busting the budget. VRM temperatures are excellent too, showing that MSI haven’t compromised the build quality to reach the affordability target. 

Read more @ OC3D

ASUS ROG STRIX Z690-A GAMING WIFI D4 – OC3D

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The ASUS ROG Z690 Strix-A D4 isn’t a motherboard that you’ll get the best from if you plan to just build your rig and leave it alone. It won’t disappoint by any measure, but you owe it to yourself to delve into the easy-to-use UEFI and manually fettle it. You could use the AI Overclocking but right now we dont really see the benefits of using this.. For gamers though the Strix-A is a magnificent option and wins our OC3D Gamers Choice Award.

Read more @ OC3D

MSI Rolling Out Updated Z690 Motherboard BIOS’

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So talking about the new changes, first of all, there’s a new CPU microcode and ME (Management Engine) which will optimize the performance for Intel’s 12th Gen Alder Lake Desktop CPUs. There are also performance enhancements specific to the BIOS features so you can get better OC & other tweaking capabilities run better with the new BIOS compared to the older versions. One of the key updates is further optimization for DRAM compatibility and this will definitely help improve DDR5 support on MSI Z690 motherboards as there are several kits that still have issues running at their XMP profiles on the new motherboards.

Read more @ Wccftech

TechSpot’s Z690 Motherboard VRM, Entry-Level Roundup

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So if you really want to make sure that the Z690 motherboard you buy is not hot garbage — as we found with the previous generation Z590 motherboards, yup that happened — here comes our VRM testing. On that note, there are no Asrock motherboards featured in this roundup and that’s not because we’re ignoring Asrock, but rather because we’re still blacklisted by the company for accurate and honest reporting on the performance of their products.

Read more @ TechSpot

MSI MAG Z690 TOMAHAWK WIFI – Pokde

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MSI has clearly targeted a cleaner look with the MSI MAG Z690 Tomahawk WiFi, and I would say they largely succeeded. The darker color scheme and understated aesthetic reminds me of the MEG UNIFY series of motherboards, instead of the more striking design of the MAG Z590 Tomahawk WiFi. I definitely commend MSI for offering a premium look at a more value-oriented lineup.

Read more @ Pokde