Intel Z390 Motherboard Review Collection
Today we’ll be taking a quick look at the MSI MPG Z390I Gaming Edge AC Motherboard. This motherboard comes in a mini-ITX form factor and comes with a host of amazing features normally found on more expensive enthusiast motherboards.
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MSI managed a fairly balanced approach with the MAG Z390 Tomahawk, downgrading the audio codec and dropping Wi-Fi in favour of a fancy integrated I/O shield, USB 3.1 Type-C ports, plus the full complement of audio outputs. Today we’re looking at Asus’ similarly-priced TUF Z390-Plus Gaming (Wi-Fi), which takes another very different approach.
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Supermicro’s naming scheme might seem a bit confusing, but we have seen Supermicro change their new boards to use the new C9 moniker, which was traditionally reserved for higher-end models capable of supporting the new Core i9 series of CPUs.
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Much like what DFI did with their LanParty boards the EVGA Dark is what I would call a revision and enhancement of the EVGA Z390 FTW that improves and tunes the motherboard for extreme overclocking while still offering out of box performance for fans of high-end hardware.
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Enter the Z390 Aorus Pro from Gigabyte. The Aorus brand is synonymous with PC gaming, as many great GPUs, motherboards and more are emblazoned with its Horus-inspired falcon logo, and overall they are fantastic options for discerning gamers out there.
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The heatsink proved to be very effective too, as our Samsung 970 Evo was 18°C warmer without it and a massive 29°C warmer sat flat on the motherboard with the horizontal heatsink removed, leaving the SSD stuck between the DIMM.2 module and memory.
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Both the ASUS ROG Strix Z390-I Gaming and the ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming-ITX/ac are around the $200 mark, which is a very popular enthusiast price point for small form factor high powered motherboards. Both motherboards also share similar features, including dual M.2 slots for storage and 802.11ac Wave 2 Wi-Fi modules. Nonetheless, there are differences between the two worth examining.
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ASRock’s Taichi series of motherboards has been hugely successful, offering up a lot of features, a solid VRM, and good aesthetics at a very reasonable price. The Z390 Taichi Ultimate features a 10Gbit NIC, which is one of its biggest advantages over the Taichi and even the Phantom Gaming 9. Let’s see what it has to offer.
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Sitting at the middle of ASRock’s consumer motherboard line, the Extreme4 has long offered users a cheaper way to achieve a mild overclock from high-end processors. That same concept has applied whether we were talking about the 8700K, the 7900X, or even some of its AMD offerings.
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Today we take a look at one of the most expensive and well-endowed motherboards for the Z390 chipset; the GIGABYTE Z390 Aorus Xtreme. The Xtreme nomenclature basically replaces the Gaming 9, which replaced the UD9, one of the most intense X58 motherboards ever on the market.
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