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ASRock H670 PG Riptide – Hardwareluxx

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ASRock would like to bring the H670 PG Riptide to the public for well under 200 euros. The PG stands for Phantom Gaming. Of course, an extensive armada of connection options and additional features cannot be expected here. Instead, the ASRock H670 PG Riptide is suitable for particularly inexpensive builds that want and should be limited to the bare essentials. But the cheap mainboard representatives do not necessarily have to be bad. This is one of the things we want to find out in this test.

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ASUS TUF GAMING B660M-E D4 – Professional Review

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We already have several TUF B660 boards reviewed, and this Asus TUF Gaming B660M-E D4 model will be the lowest ranked among them. However, it represents an opportunity for users with a tight budget to have a board with M.2 PCIe 4.0 slots in a compact format and with the option of adding a Wi-Fi card when there is a slot. It goes down a step in terms of performance compared to the B660M-PLUS, with less powerful VRM and connectivity cuts, but its price drops to around €150.

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ASRock B660 Steel Legend – PC Gamer

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That puts it in the mid-range of B660 pricing and, at that kind of price, it’s important not to expect too much. Though if you think about it, you can add an i5 and 32GB of DDR4-3200, with your choice of GPU, and it should easily be able to sit at the heart of an eminently affordable gaming system. But the big question is: Do you have to give up a lot of important features compared to more expensive motherboards?

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GIGABYTE Z690 AORUS XTREME WATERFORCE – HardwareCooking

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This card offers four slots for SSDs in M.2 format. All are plugged in PCIe 4.0, unfortunately, no PCIe 5.0 here since this standard will only be found on the two PCie x16 slots. In terms of connectivity , we can count on the presence of two Thunderbolt 4 ports. For the network part, we have a 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet port and a second 10 Gigabit via an Aquantia controller. We also have WiFi 6E 802.11ax. For the power stage , we have no less than 20+1+2 Renesas RAA22010540 105A phases with a Renesas RAA229131 controller configured in 20+0 (Direct mode). Obviously we have 8 PCB layers.

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ASUS ROG STRIX B660-A GAMING WIFI D4 – FunkyKit

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Today we will be presenting the ASUS ROG Strix B660-A Gaming WiFi D4! Oh, the joys of a new socket type. We all are all too familiar with that. Yep, that means if you want the shiny new CPU then you are going to have to upgrade that mobo! This is probably the worst news you could get if you just upgraded, and the next CPU coming out has a new socket type. It’s going to happen, and I don’t see it changing anytime soon. So, if you are and early adopter and want the newest hardware then this is the road you are going to have to follow.

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ASRock Z690 Taichi – Chiphell

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Compared with competing products of the same generation, the expansion configuration of the Z690 Taichi can be described as unique. For example, the onboard 2.5GbE LAN and Wi-Fi 6E network cards are the latest styles of the once-popular Killer brand, and supplemented with a classic I219V thousand Mega LAN. And the ratio of the storage interface is also “heavy SATA, light M.2”. In terms of audio, it still sticks to the classic ALC 1220 Codec configuration, and has not transitioned to the latest ALC 408x series. 

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MSI MPG Z690 EDGE WIFI – NewEsc

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The pcb arrives in ATX format with dimensions of 305 x 240 mm being the base color black with white serigraphy. The heatsinks arrive in complete black except for the decorative details in white. Instead, the protector of external connections receives illumination in the Dragon that is incorporated. We can also see more lighting near the chipset protector although with a graphics card installed we will not be able to appreciate it.

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ASRock Z690 Taichi Razer Edition – ITHardware

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Visually, the ASRock Z690 Taichi Razer Edition looks almost identical to the model from this series tested a year ago for AMD processors on the B550 bridge. This means that, compared to the basic version, the modifications simply replace the standard Taichi line decorations with themes related to the Razer brand. The color scheme is subdued, using mainly blacks and shades of gray, and when it comes to LED backlighting, it is very rich, including the right edge of the PCB, the chipset cooling area, the I / O panel cover and the outputs of the integrated sound card.

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ASUS TUF GAMING Z690-PLUS WIFI D4 – iXBT

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Asus TUF Gaming Z690-Plus WiFi D4 is a gaming solution from the middle line of the company, but the price tag of such models was too high even before the February events. TUF Gaming is a series, rather, without frills and with an emphasis on a very high-quality circuitry and improved protection. The board differs in that it works not with the newfangled DDR5 memory, but with the good old DDR4, providing good continuity when upgrading the PC. This model has 15 USB ports of different kinds (including 1 USB 3.2 Gen2×2 and 3 USB 3.2 Gen2), 2 PCIe x16 slots, 2 PCIe x1 slots, 1 PCIe x4 slot, 4 M.2 slots, 4 SATA ports and 7 fan connectors.

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ASUS ProArt B660-CREATOR D4 – APH Networks

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Our review unit of the ASUS ProArt B660-Creator D4 came in a medium-sized, brown corrugated cardboard box from ASUS’ American offices in Fremont, California, USA. Using FedEx International 2day, the motherboard arrived safely to us here in Calgary, Alberta, Canada for our review today. It was the only thing inside the box, but we have many other ASUS product reviews coming up for all of you, as they were shipped in separate packages.

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