Month: August 2021

ASRock Z590 Steel Legend WiFi 6E – AnandTech

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One motherboard that is positioned towards the lower end of the Z590 pricing structure is the ASRock Z590 Steel Legend WiFi 6E ($200), with a standard Z590 Steel Legend model also available without Wi-Fi 6E for a slightly lower cost ($190). One interesting element to the Steel Legend, which is one of ASRock’s latest motherboard ranges and only debuted in 2019, is the design. ASRock has opted for an urban camouflaged styled PCB, with a light theme throughout, including silver and grey heatsinks and elements of customizable RGB LEDs for users to create their own look. The question is if to get the look there has been a compromise in component quality. That’s what this review wants to look at.

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ASUS TUF GAMING Z590-PLUS WIFI – AnandTech

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Back in the day, TUF stood for ‘The Ultimate Force’ and was one the designation for ASUS’s robust series of motherboards. It spawned the Sabertooth series, clad in armor, looking clean, and offering superb value to users. ASUS decided to rebrand its TUF series back in 2017 to a more gamer-friendly brand, which is now known today as TUF Gaming. This series is designed to provide gamers with all the tools it needs to benefit from the performance. Still, ultimately, it sits as its entry-level to mid-range opener behind its core Republic of Gamers (ROG) models, with Strix sitting in the middle.

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ASUS ROG MAXIMUS XIII EXTREME GLACIAL – TechPowerUp

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The ASUS ROG Maximus XIII Extreme Glacial features an extreme VRM solution with no less than 20 top of the line power stages from Texas Instruments, each rated for 100 A. On top of that, there is a massive full-coverage monoblock to keep not only the CPU and VRM cool, but also the chipset.

Dual BIOS and BIOS flashback have also been included, as well as ASUS’s excellent BIOS designed to provide an optimal, stress-free overclocking experience. The ASUS ROG Maximus XIII Extreme Glacial also offers great connectivity with not only WiFi 6 and 2.5 Gb/s Ethernet, but also 10 Gb/s Ethernet, Thunderbolt 4, and five M.2 slots. All of this performance is bundled into a beautiful silver and mirror-polished package with excellent RGB options and even an OLED screen.

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EVGA Z590 DARK – Hardware Asylum

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While the general market conditions allowed mobo makers take it easy with this generation there were a few notable exceptions.  In this review we will be looking at the EVGA Z590 Dark.  This motherboard is the latest in the long line of Dark series motherboards designed for the hardware enthusiast, Gamer and competitive overclocker.  Of course, you can say that about a number of motherboards on the market and yet the Dark Series is different by allowing enthusiastic a chance to own one of the few mass-produced unicorns in the PC world.

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ASRock Z590 OC Formula – TweakTown

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Moving into the board specifications, the OC Formula is a board focused on overclocking but doesn’t sacrifice components to do so. At the top, we have support for both 10th and 11th Gen processors with a 16-phase power design. Memory is supported over two slots, 64GB top capacity with speeds ranging from 2133MHz to 6000MHz+.

For storage, we have eight SATA 6Gb/s ports alongside a single Hyper M.2 for Gen4 drives and two Ultra M.2 for Gen3 NVMe. Networking is handled by the Intel i225v for 2.5Gbe and Intel i219 for 1Gbe, while Wi-Fi uses the Intel AX210 WiFi6e chipset that includes Bluetooth 5.2.

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ASUS ROG MAXIMUS XIII EXTREME – GreenTech_Reviews

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ASUS ROG Maximus XIII Extreme is the flagship of the Maximus XIII series among, so to speak, classic motherboards. There is also a version of Glacial , which differs not only in design (it is made in white), but in the cooling system – its design uses a full-coverage water block, a cooling processor, its power subsystem, a network controller and an SSD-drive, as well as a chipset. And from its predecessor in the face of ROG Maximus XII Extreme, the novelty differs in general in everything, since the requirements of the 11th generation Intel Core processors are radically different from those of the 10th generation. What does the manufacturer offer us and what can be done about it? Let’s find out now!

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ASRock X570S PG Riptide – Wccftech

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Touting it as the X570S (S for Silent), one of the main features of the new motherboards is the lack of active cooling solution on the X570 PCH. Several users had requested their respective favorite brands to offer fanless motherboards and well here they are. Rocking brand new designs, features, and improved power delivery, the X570S motherboards are finally available and we are starting our testing spree with a budget-oriented motherboard from ASRock, the X570S PG Riptide which is said to retail at around $200 US.

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ASRock X570S PG Riptide – PC Gamer

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The X570S Riptide, like all X570 boards, features a PCIe 4.0 x4 link between the CPU and the chipset. This compares to a PCIe 3.0 link for B550. This means you’ll get better performance if you’re using two PCIe 4.0 drives, or multiple PCIe expansion cards. This factor alone may be the clincher that leads you to consider the X570 chipset over otherwise similarly performing B550 boards.

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GIGABYTE X570S AORUS MASTER – Tom’s Hardware

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Gigabyte’s X570S Aorus Master marks the second chipset fan-omitting X570S board to make it to our test bench (the first was ASRock’s X570S Riptide). While X570S doesn’t bring with it substantive new features (outside of the absence of a fan), it does give companies the opportunity to refresh their AMD-based board lineups, add more features of their own, and make another run at our best motherboards list.

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ASRock B550 PG Riptide – Tom’s Hardware

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Digging down into the features, the board has 10 Phase digital power with Dr. MOS MOSFETs. There are two M.2 sockets (one with a heatsink) and six SATA ports — what many would call standard for budget motherboards.  Memory support is listed over DDR4 5000, but of course, your memory mileage may vary. On the networking side, the PG Riptide includes a Killer Networks 2.5 GbE, but does not have integrated Wi-Fi (there’s an available M.2 socket to add it). If you need many rear USB ports, there are 10 to choose from, including a 10 Gbps Type-C port, but there is no 20 Gbps port/header.

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