Intel Z490 Motherboard Review Collection
The Maximus series has long bee one of the hottest tickets in the PC world. I mean, they’re not shouting about it into their 12th generation of this series for nothing! Bridging the gap between the high-end and the extreme, the HERO is a very popular choice for many PC enthusiasts and it’s easy to see why.
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We really don’t see too many mini-ITX motherboards these days, and mATX boards even less so. However, we’ve been lucky enough to receive the new ASUS ROG STRIX Z490-I Gaming motherboard, which looks perfect for those wanting big performance in a compact form factor.
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ASUS has kept the feature set focused on what your typical gamer would need. There’s both Intel LAN and WiFi 6, which are more than fast enough, but no 2.5G or 5G option here like on the more expensive boards. There’s great overclocking support, fast memory support, and rather fantastic audio hardware ready right out of the box though.
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In this review, we’ll take a look at ROG MAXIMUS XII EXTREME, the one overclocking series board, now aimed at premium watercooling enthusiast but still maintains its pedigree of pushing performance to the limit. Read on to see how ASUS ROG is bringing the EXTREME this time around in this review.
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In today’s review, we’ll check out the Z490 AORUS XTREME. The top-end motherboard from GIGABYTE under their AORUS gaming lineup and it is one heavy kit. Featuring much of the design that made the X570 AORUS XTREME, GIGABYTE will be looking to feed off of that success withe Z490 but with nearly a $1000 price tag, this motherboard is extortionately premium.
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The ASRock Z490 Velocita yielded some of the best performance numbers of the five Z490 boards tested so far. With a premium Realtek audio codec, eight SATA ports, dual M.2 slots, CrossfireX support, and PCIe 4.0 support for future processors, it’s capable and well-rounded for its $259.99 price.
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Intel’s new 400-series platform has kicked off with Z490 platform, promising next generation performance, especially when paired with 10th-Generation Intel CPUs. In this case we are looking at ASUS’ latest dive into the world of PC backbones, and the venerated motherboard manufacturer has really pulled a home run with the ROG Strix Z490-E Gaming.
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The SUPERO Pro Gaming series blows gamer’s expectations out of the water with top tier performance and a range of features that will get you to a higher level than ever before. Our C9Z490-PGW motherboard is fully loaded with our latest SUPERO Booster overclocking software, multiple high-speed storage options including M.2, and the fastest wired and wireless networking technologies.
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The new Z490 Unify line aims to take this philosophy to the next level with active cooling that pulls fresh air in through the rear I/O panel to help maintain optimal VRM temperatures as well as top of the line 90 A power stages to help drive even the most power hungry of Intel’s new 10th generation CPUs.
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The Z490 board I have the privilege to introduce is the ASRock Z490 Velocita. The widely successful Phantom Gaming line is back, and with a new member. ASRock’s Phantom Gaming family of motherboards was introduced with the Z390 platform not much more than a year ago. The product line features black, red, and gray styling, 2.5 Gb/s LAN, and an emphasis on performance.
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