Month: March 2022

MSI MEG Z690 UNIFY-X – Igor’s Lab

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The board is kept monochrome throughout, with black heat sinks made of anodized or brushed aluminum. In addition to the voltage converters, the M.2 slots are all covered with heat sinks. Only the silver-colored socket ILM, the coils around it and the two PCIE x16 slots stand out visually. Various “MEG” and “Unify-X” lettering can be found on the heat sinks and an MSI dragon in matt embossing on the IO cover. In the ATX form factor, MSI packs two DDR5 slots as close as possible to the socket for short signal paths and high overclocking potential.

Read more @ Igor’s lab (German)

ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z690 EXTREME – Overclockers Russia

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Overclocking exists for this, to buy cheaply and how to get the performance of a more expensive device, or not? Unfortunately, everything has changed a long time ago and now they even start doing business on this. Indeed, in order to overclock the Intel processor now, you need to buy a modification with the letter “K”, otherwise the manufacturer does not approve. Even the processor itself does not guarantee anything. You also need a board, memory, and, in general, just all the most expensive hardware to squeeze out 200 MHz.

Read more @ Overclockers Russia (Russian)

ASUS TUF GAMING B660-PLUS WIFI D4 – Professional Review

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After testing the Micro ATX version without Wi-Fi, we decided to recommend the Asus TUF Gaming B660-Plus WIFI D4 , which we will analyze today, based on size, internal connections, and price. It will be a good way to see if we are actually right in our decision, as it is a board that expands its capacity to 3 PCIe 4.0 slots with heatsinks, Wi-Fi 6 or 4 expansion slots. The VRM is maintained in 10 + 1 power phases , being compatible with DDR4 memory.

Read more @ Professional Review (Spanish)

MSI MAG H670 TOMAHAWK WIFI DDR4 – GDM

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The motherboard equipped with the Intel H670 chipset is the main character of this time, “MAG H670 TOMAHAWK WIFI DDR4” . Although it belongs to the “MAG” series , which is positioned as an entry class in MSI’s gaming motherboard, it is equipped with a robust power supply circuit with a total of 16 phases that adopts highly efficient “Dr.MOS” for the power supply circuit.

Read more @ GDM (Japanese)

ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z690 HERO – The PC Enthusiast

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The Maximus Z690 HERO is based on Intel’s latest 600 series chipset, Z690 to be exact, and is designed for the latest 12th gen Intel Alder Lake processors, supporting socket LGA 1700. Some of its highlighted features are 20+1 power stages; DDR5 memory support; dual Thunderbolt 4.0 ports; PCIe 5.0 support; USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 front-panel connector; support for up to five M.2 SSDs; onboard WiFi 6E; and let’s not forget, Aura Sync RGB lighting.

Read more @ The PC Enthusiast

BIOSTAR Racing B660GTA – FunkyKit

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After the successful launch of Z690 based motherboards last year (Q4 2021), Intel have now released their lower-end 600-series with B660, H610, and H670 chipsets. The B660 chipset is dedicated to gamers who don’t need special controllers or additional PCIe lanes, but still want to enjoy the new platform and its improved features. For most users, the difference between the B660 chipset and the Z690 won’t be significant, while for sure B660 motherboards will be much cheaper.

Read more @ FunkyKit

GIGABYTE Z690 AORUS ULTRA – ThinkComputers

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Gigabyte’s AORUS line of motherboards is known as their gaming line, but they also have many features enthusiasts will enjoy as well.  For Z690 there are quite a lot of boards in the AORUS line including the Pro, Ultra, Elite, Tachyon, Master, and Extreme.  Many of these have some of the same features so it all really depends on what features are the most important to you.  Today we are taking a look at the Z690 AORUS Ultra which features a 19-phase power design with 105A power stages, support for DDR5, USB 3.2 gen 2×2, four M.2 slots, and an updated look over the previous generation.  Is this the board you need for your Alder Lake build? Read on as we find out!

Read more @ ThinkComputers