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The ASRock B550 Taichi — and other B550 boards priced close to $300 — are in a peculiar space. While the B550 Taichi looks the part and is, by most accounts, a premium motherboard, it still isn’t X570. But if you are willing to shell out $300 for a B550 motherboard, the Taichi has that high-end look, performs well, and brings enough features to stand with its peers.
Read more @ Tom’s Hardware
The ASRock Z490 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB3 is designed to provide the best experience in the smallest form factor. It’s small, yet its specification isn’t far from competitor’s full-size ATX motherboards. Let’s begin the review with some technical data and product features.
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The BIOSTAR Racing B460GTA features dual M.2 slots, each with their own full coverage heatsink, RGB lighting, a large VRM heatsink, and even an integrated rear I/O cover. It is advertised as being built for commercial and casual use, which fits in nicely with the capabilities of the B460 chipset.
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We’ve had the chance to review and analyze quite a few X570 boards to date, but one of the standout models boards that piqued our interest during testing was the GIGABYTE X570 Aorus Xtreme, which is the only X570 board to include a passively cooled chipset heatsink.
Read more @ AnandTech
As we already tested the MEG X570 GODLIKE countless times since we got our hands on it, we’re really looking forward to giving the MEG Z490 GODLIKE a try after seeing the official announcement from MSI. While we wait for our Intel Core i9-10900K to arrive, we’ll first share our first impression and hands-on experience of the MEG Z490 GODLIKE for now.
Read more @ Tech Critter
Rocking an 8+2 DrMOS power delivery with Digi+ VRM, a comprehensive range of heatsinks, Intel WiFi 6, 2.5G ethernet, Realtek S1200A onboard audio with AI-powered noise cancelling software for the microphone and subtle RGB lighting on the bottom-right of the board.
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The MSI MEG Z490 Godlike motherboard was a monster when I first got it in hand, and I was excited to give it a run. From our testing and analysis, the board does not disappoint in regards to relative performance and feature sets. However, like any product, it is not infallible, so let’s jump into the bad/good of the new Godlike entry form MSI.
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The MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk again delivers a well-balanced feature set at a competitive price. Performance is up there with the more expensive boards, and the VRMs held their own even when overclocked. At $180, you’ll have to live without Wi-Fi and just six USB ports on the rear IO, but otherwise, this is a fully featured and capable option.
Read more @ Tom’s Hardware
Despite the absence of PCIe 4.0 support, the Daisy Chain memory layout on the Z490 AORUS Master is still something that is worth taking note of, especially if you like to tweak with your memory settings. Such design gives users a better advantage in memory overclocking, notably on 2x8GB memory kits as compared to the T-topology layout on the Z390 AORUS Master.
Read more @ Tech Critter
AsRock are one of the finest brands out there, and they’ve created many of the best looking and more feature-packed motherboards for several generations now. Premium, mini-ITX, Phantom, flagship, these are all words that roughly translate to expensive. However, despite the price tag, it seems you’re getting everything you’re paying for and then some with the ITX/TB3.
Read more @ eTeknix