There’s plenty to get excited about here, though, with two large heatsinks for the Hero’s own pair of M.2 ports plus plenty of overclocking and testing tools with power and reset buttons as well as an LED POST code display on the PCB, not forgetting also USB BIOS Flashback and CMOS clear buttons on the rear I/O panel.
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We would like to introduce you to the ASUS ROG Maximus XI Extreme. ASUS and their Maximus series of boards have been synonymous with gamers, overclockers and overall enthusiasts over the many years since ROG or Republic of Gamers came to be.
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The VRM on the C9Z390-PGW might only have six phases, but it was able to handle our overclock to 5.2GHz, we still recommend cooling fan pointed at the VRM. The six-phase VRM is capable of supporting the OC because of its quality level. Supermicro is also using the more expensive Texas Instruments re-drivers for USB 3.1 ports. They didn’t cut corners where they could have.
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Intel’s Z390 is a bit of an oddity on the PC world. While not really a full generational leap it does supplant Z370 as the flagship chipset for Intel’s 9th generation launch. Since ASUS never really got around to launching its flagship ‘Extreme’ product position on the Z370 platform, it’s making up for lost time now with Z390, the true…
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Z390 Master excels in cooling design, with a solid, L-shaped heatsink that wraps around the 12-phase digital VRMs. A solid aluminium block is augmented by stacked fins, and Aorus has thick thermal interface material between it and the VRMs for direct-touch cooling. Measuring 25mm high and screwed in properly on the rear side, this is about as good as motherboard cooling gets.
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ASRock is the first company to properly power and cool Intel’s Core i9-9900K in this compact factor with its Z390 Phantom Gaming-ITX/ac. Packed with features for such a small board, it’s also surprisingly affordable. When we wrote this it was selling for about $190 (£145).
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The Gigabyte Z390 AORUS XTREME represents the top of the line motherboard from Gigabyte. Targeted at gamers, overclockers and enthusiasts, this flagship Z390 motherboard is equipped with the best in class components and features to bring about the best possible user experience.
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But it also means new motherboards and I’m curious what else might get changed. MSI, for example, has revamped their naming scheme. The board they sent over is the MPG Z390 Gaming Plus. So I wanted to touch on the new MSI naming and then check out the new board and see what it has to offer.
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In this review, we look at the ROG STRIX Z390-E Gaming. The board as stated is positioned in a more mainstream region and has that ROG stamp, stuff we like of course. This board as well has some interesting new features, AI overclocking for example? Have a peek and then let’s head onwards into the review my man.
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In this review, we’ll be taking a quick look at the ASRock Z390 Taichi motherboard featuring the latest Intel Z390 chipset, supporting both the 8th gen and latest 9th gen Intel Core processors (Coffee Lake-S) on the LGA1151 platform.
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