Motherboard News & Reviews

Welcome to the Motherboard News & Reviews Database. This is a collection, primarily of reviews, dedicated to motherboards from across the globe. Looking for something specific? Use the search utility, tags, or just explore through using the drop-down menu. From there, you can select your preferred motherboard manufacturer to find a listing of motherboards by chipset that have reviews available. If it’s been reviewed recently, you’ll find it. All reviews that are not natively in English will have translated links provided where possible.

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MSI MEG Z590 ACE – TechPowerUp

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The MSI Enthusiast Gaming, or MEG for short, line of motherboards represents the best of the best MSI has to offer. Last year’s Z490 MEG line offered some of the best overclocking available on an Intel platform. Memory overclocking was particularly noteworthy due to such innovations as MSI’s tabbed memory trace layout. Those same innovations return on MSI’s new Z590 lineup with even more refinement. The MSI MEG Z590 ACE features a massive 19-phase VRM with top of the line 90 A power stages and a robust VRM cooling solution, four M.2 slots, Thunderbolt 4, and a plethora of overclocking features. The MSI MEG Z590 ACE has a premium spec sheet, let’s see if there is premium performance to match!

Read more @ TechPowerUp

ASRock Z590 Taichi – HKEPC

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The 11th generation Intel Core series CPU has not yet appeared, the motherboard of the Z590 chipset will be the first to enter the battle, ASRock will launch the new Z590 TAICHI, continue to use strong power supply materials and perfect peripheral connectivity as a selling point, using 14-phase 90A Dr.MOS The power supply module fully meets the power requirements of the next generation Intel Core i9 under heavy overclocking. Continue to have a full-covered heat-dissipating armor and aluminum alloy back panel design. The all-black color scheme sets off the gear decoration that symbolizes the Tai Chi series. One set of gears will rotate slowly when the system is running. I want to build the 11th generation Intel machine. Readers may wish to consider it.

Read more @ HKEPC (Chinese)

ASRock Z490 Taichi – Windows Central

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ASRock’s Taichi range of motherboard has been a solid choice for both AMD and Intel processors and the Z490 is the latest for team blue. As well as continuing the gorgeous aesthetics we’ve come to love with this series, the latest Taichi motherboard from ASRock comes with support for 10th and 11th Gen Intel processors.

Because we’re talking 11th Gen support, ASRock has worked in PCIe 4.0 tech that will be ready to go with the latest CPUs from Intel. There’s a heavy power delivery phase design with active cooling for enhanced performance and overclocking and 2.5Gb/s LAN (or Wi-Fi 6) connectivity allows for some seriously fast data transfer over networks.

Read more @ Windows Central

AGESA 1.2.0.2 BIOS Updates for USB Issues Coming Soon

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Per a prost from AMD via Reddit, we can expect an AGESA update shortly to address the known USB connectivity issues. AGESA 1.2.0.2 will be used to deploy this update to the masses:

We would like to thank the community here on r/AMD for its assistance with logs and reports as we investigated the intermittent USB connectivity you highlighted. With your help, we believe we have isolated the root cause and developed a solution that addresses a range of reported symptoms, including (but not limited to): USB port dropout, USB 2.0 audio crackling (e.g. DAC/AMP combos), and USB/PCIe Gen 4 exclusion.

AMD has prepared AGESA 1.2.0.2 to deploy this update, and we plan to distribute 1.2.0.2 to our motherboard partners for integration in about a week. Customers can expect downloadable BIOSes containing AGESA 1.2.0.2 to begin with beta updates in early April. The exact update schedule for your system will depend on the test and implementation schedule for your vendor and specific motherboard model. If you continue to experience intermittent USB connectivity issues after updating your system to AGESA 1.2.0.2, we encourage you to download the standalone AMD Bug Report Tool and open a ticket with AMD Customer Support.

ASUS PRIME B550M-A (WI-FI) – Comptoir Hardware

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The B550 chipset makes it possible to bring more reasonable prices to users wishing to take advantage of PCIe 4.0 on their configuration. This has also enabled manufacturers to improve the quality of cards of a lower range than flagships, by improving the power supplies and on-board functions. So we took a look at the ASUS Prime B550M-A , in Wi-Fi version, to see what it is worth to make more affordable machines.

Read more @ Comptoir Hardware (French)

ASUS ROG STRIX Z590-E GAMING WIFI – GinjFo

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Listed at the recommended retail price of € 419.90, this ROG Strix Z590-E Gaming WIFI targets the high end, not to say the very high end. It is aimed at players looking for the latest technologies and an armed platform to accommodate muscle and an imposing graphics card. Its connectivity is generous while Asus deploys a host of so-called intelligent technologies. They affect different aspects ranging from cooling to overclocking through audio.

Read more @ GinjFo (French)

How a Motherboard Handles Power – An AORUS Tutorial

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VRMs are often overlooked by gamers and those who are getting started with building their computer. Due to many electronic components connected to your motherboard, the VRM makes sure that your processor, graphics card, and other components get proper & accurate power delivery at a steady voltage.

Having a motherboard with low-quality VRM can lead to poor performance and also risk damaging your hardware. With poor quality VRM, you’ll also limit your overclocking potential and will experience unexpected shutdowns while overclocking. For the best performance possible you will want to look at running a high-quality motherboard and offers fantastic power delivery, such as the Z590 AORUS MASTER.

Read more @ AORUS Blog

ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO – itndaily

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The PCB of the specified motherboard contains elements that you often will not find on more affordable devices (even in the ROG line). ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero is based on the AMD X570 chipset, so the owner of this base can count on all the fastest and most modern technologies / connectors of today (including PCI-E 4.0 interfaces).

The ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero form factor is classic (ATX), but the developers have managed to place an impressive number of all kinds of connectors, bulbs and switches on the PCB. We suggest that you familiarize yourself with the most curious of them in detail.

Read more @ itndaily (Russian)

GIGABYTE Z590 AORUS PRO AX – HKEPC

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GIGABYTE newly launched the Z590 AORUS PRO AX motherboard. Compared with the previous generation Z490, the motherboard’s VRM power supply module is upgraded to a straight-out 12 + 1 phase 90A DrMOS digital power supply design, equipped with a second-generation Fin-Array stacking type The large VRM heat sink with fin technology provides powerful and stable high-performance output, supports the latest PCIe 4.0 transmission interface and 802.11ax WiFi 6 wireless module, and is upgraded to up to four sets of M.2 SSD configuration, with a very comprehensive peripheral expansion Features.

Read more @ HKEPC (Chinese)

BIOSTAR Announces Z490 Motherboard Support for 11th Gen Rocket Lake-S Processors

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March 11th, 2021, Taipei, Taiwan – BIOSTAR, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards, and storage devices today, announces that their Z490 series motherboards are ready to support the latest Intel 11th gen Rocket Lake processors.

In anticipation of the imminent launch of Intel’s 11th gen processors, BIOSTAR has wasted no time in preparing their products to support the new chips. The Z490 series motherboards, which consists of 5 models (RACING Z490GTA EVO, RACING Z490GTA, RACING Z490GTN, Z490A-SILVER and Z490T-SILVER) have received optimized BIOS updates (ME 14.1) to support the 11th gen Intel processors and can be easily updated just by downloading and installing the new BIOS patch from the official product page.

Gamers and content creators will enjoy the combination of BIOSTAR motherboards with the new Intel processors greatly as BIOSTAR’s products are highly optimized to extract the maximum performance out of the new Intel processors in a stable, reliable way. 

To learn more about the Z490 series click here: https://www.biostar.com.tw/event/biostar_Z490_intel11/