Today we test on OCinside.de the ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming 9 motherboard with Intel Z390 chipset. You have to see the features and you can overclock the ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming 9 excellently! How high you can overclock an Intel 8th Gen and the new Intel 9th Gen CPU we test on this Intel LGA1151 v2 motherboard with an Intel Core i7-8700K and very impressive with an Intel Core i9-9900K CPU.
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The X3999 Aorus Pro is certainly well equipped, offering support for the entire TR4 range of CPUs, as well as quad-channel DDR4 memory and overclocking. You’ll find superb connectivity too. There are USB 3.0, 3.1, and Type-C inputs. Expansion cards can benefit from 4-way GPU support.
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For the first time ever, we’re looking at a mini-ITX motherboard with an integrated I/O shield, which looks fantastic, and unlike its predecessor the ROG Strix Z390-I Gaming has an I/O shroud too making the former look positively skinny by comparison.
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It comes with a ton of features such as ASRock’s Super Alloy, 8 Power Phase & Dr. MOS, as well as Phantom Gaming 2.5Gb/s LAN, PCIE steel slots, 3 x Ultra M.2 connectors, Polychrome RGB Sync, 2 x USB 3.1 Gen2 (both Type-A and Type-C) and 12 x USB 3.1 Gen1 ports. And there’s more …
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That makes the ROG Maximus XI Gene a great board for a very particular kind of builder looking for a compact, no-compromise PC. Just know that it won’t be cheap, as this board currently sells for around $400 in USA (UK gets it for only £300 inc. VAT).
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AMD has really been taking the fight to Intel over the last year. Ryzen has made AMD a viable CPU option for gamers and enthusiasts while Threadripper is outstanding for workstations. But arguably the big money – and the most important battle – is at the highest end of the market. This is where EPYC comes in, and industrial-strength motherboards like the Gigabyte MZ01-CE0 (rev. 1.0) on test here.
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Motherboard manufacturers are introducing refined X299 boards in the wake of Intel’s Basin Falls platform refresh, and Asus’ Prime X299-Deluxe II promises to fix some of the teething pains of its predecessor. We paired this board up with the Core i9-9980XE to see whether it’s up to the job of hosting Intel’s highest-end desktop chip yet.
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Some people complain about Killer, but in this case, the wired NIC is not much different than Intel, and the Killer Wireless AC 1550 is pretty much Intel’s latest controller but with a Killer brand. On top of that, the NICs can operate as a switch, and provide other connected devices with internet/network connectivity made possible because of Killer’s product.
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It’s fairly evident, though, that the Z390 I Aorus Pro WiFi hasn’t reigned in the features quite as much as MSI to keep the price low. You get reasonable cooling for the six-phase power circuitry plus a large M.2 heatsink that sits atop a PCH heatsink – the M.2 heatsink of course being absent on the MSI board.
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In this review I’ll be showing you the MSI MEG Z390 ACE. This board shares many of the design cues found on the X399 Creation but is built on the Intel Z390 chipset for LGA 115x 8000 and 9000 series processors. Position wise, it is one step down from the MEG Z390 Godlike and really designed to do more than just game.
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