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ASRock Z590 OC Formula – Chiphell

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After the launch of the Z170M OC Formula with dual memory slot design, which was widely loved by overclockers and looked very bold at the time, ASRock’s “OC Formula” (OC Formula, referred to as OCF) series also fell into silence for many years. But with With the end of Intel LGA1151, the LGA 1200 platform has entered a mature stage, and the OCF series has finally returned. The Z590 OC Formula launched this time continues to focus on the dual memory slot design that is conducive to memory overclocking. At the same time, it has returned to domineering and more expandable. The E-ATX large board type.

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ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII EXTREME – Chiphell

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The excessive heat generation of the original X570 made it almost impossible to use passive cooling control, which greatly affected the user experience. And AMD finally decided to optimize the X570 two years after its release, bringing the motherboard factory to bring a round of X570 “Refresh”. With this round of rhythm, ROG officially added the ultimate model of the Crosshair VIII series: ROG Crosshair VIII Extreme, which is C8E. The last time ROG Extreme appeared on the AMD mainstream platform, it was launched in 2017 based on the original AM4 platform. X370 chipset C6E.

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ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z690 HERO – Chiphell

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The ROG Maximus Z690 series of this generation first made a breakthrough in appearance, weakened the oblique lines that brought the trend of its own, and introduced a digital array style, and equipped with a light effect display to provide RGB enthusiasts with more ways to play. Performance It still maintains the consistent good style of the ROG series, through the luxurious scale of 20-phase CPU power supply and unlocking the complete voltage and parameter adjustment items of the CPU and DDR5 memory, with all-round coverage of heat dissipation, ensuring that players have the challenge of overclocking.

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MSI MEG Z690 UNIFY – Chiphell

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Unlike the previous generation MEG Z590 Unify, this generation of MEG Z690 Unify, PCIe support came to the 5.0 era with the 12th generation Core, and memory overclocking provides nominal DDR5-6666+ level support. In terms of the number of interfaces, M. The 2 ports have been upgraded to 5, and the PCIe ports have been upgraded to the quasi 2 PCIe 5.0×16. The onboard network card has also been upgraded to a dual 2.5Gb LAN and Wi-Fi 6E model.

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GIGABYTE Z690 AORUS XTREME – GinjFo

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The dress is worked through a minimized view on the PCB. The entire connection is placed at 90 ° to facilitate connections and storage of cables in a box. The card is capable of controlling many fans, water cooling, pump and more. It has RGB and aRGB header, temperature probes (external and internal) or even sound measurement. To all this are added Power and Reset buttons and a Debug LED display useful in the event of a problematic start-up.

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MSI MEG Z690 UNIFY – Overclockers Ukraine

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The first impression is a strict board with a practical layout. The design is made in dark colors (gray-black), there is a carbon-like texture on the casing, as well as a pattern on the interface panel radiator. Yes, this is a radiator, not a piece of plastic, which is good news. Among the shortcomings of the topology of mounting elements, I would like to note the position of the CR2032 battery, it is hidden under the casing, and to access it you need to remove the M.2 heatsink.

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ASUS PRIME Z690-A – Overclockers Ukraine

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Externally, the board looks, as it should be for a representative of the Prime series, calm and non-aggressive: black textolite is complemented by silver cooling elements and decorative white inserts. More smooth contours have been added than previously. Prime Z690-A is a standard ATX form factor with nine attachment points, which, once the system is assembled, will not allow the board to sag on the side of the connectors.

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ASUS ROG STRIX Z690-E GAMING WIFI – Overclockers Russia

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Like many modern motherboards, there is a plastic shroud on the left. In fact, this is not a casing, but a continuation of the radiator, which turns out to be simply huge. In its middle part, above the rear panel connectors, there is an insert with an inscription with the ASUS ROG logo and an RGB LED module inside. Above is written ROG Strix Gaming.

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MSI MPG Z690 CARBON WIFI – Overclockers Russia

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Before us is an ATX motherboard. Its dimensions do not differ from the classic ones and are 305 x 244 mm. The external design is also recognizable and resembles other devices from this series. This is noticeable by the characteristic carbon film coating on the shroud on the left and on the lower radiator on the right. The board looks strict and calm, and the main play of colors is assigned to the RGB backlighting.

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