GIGABYTE Z490 AORUS XTREME

So rather than bore you with how interesting RAID10 isn’t let us move straight on to the pictures and we can point out what the Gigabyte Z490 Aorus Xtreme brings to the party as we go. Naturally we’ll leave this lengthy spec table up for those of you who, more realistically, care about how many USB sockets are available for your plethora of peripherals.

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MSI MPG Z490 GAMING CARBON WIFI

Here in rather lengthily named MPG Z490 Carbon Gaming WiFi format. Sporting all the high speed, high bandwidth technologies upon which we’ve come to rely, and marrying them up to the freedom of wireless networking and some pretty attractive looks, it could prove to be a trump card in the Z490 setup. 

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MSI MEG Z490 GODLIKE

The Godlike series from MSI, as the name would suggest, is designed to showcase what the brand is capable of. When cost is thrown out and everything else is thrown in, the result is a board that aims to be the best at everything. For the MSI MEG Z490 Godlike that means a top-tier 16 phase VRM with 90 A power stages, as well as a finned and actively cooled heatsink.

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MSI MEG Z490 ACE

MSI uses eight Intersil phase controllers with 16 power stages (actually, 16+1 in total) rated at 90A and as we’ve mentioned, these are actively cooled. However, even in the fan’s boost mode where it spins up at the lowest temperature and after 10 minutes of full non-AVX load with our Core i9-10900K, the VRMs sat below 55°C and the fan failed to reach its start-up temperature. 

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ASRock Z490 PG Velocita

Although Intel’s latest Z490 chipset didn’t bring many new features per say, ASRock took care of that and introduced a couple of interesting solutions that make our experience richer. In the next few pages of this review, I will describe the key features of the Z490 PG Velocita motherboard, and we’ll show you how much you can expect of this fantastic looking motherboard.

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MSI MPG Z490 GAMING CARBON WIFI

When it comes to motherboards MSI actually has six gaming lines or series (talk about confusing right!). At the top you have MEG, then it goes down to MPG, then you have MAG. Today we are taking a look at the MPG Z490 Gaming Carbon WiFi motherboard, which sits as the highest-end motherboard in the MPG line. The tagline for this board is “Game without concessions” and we are going to see today if that is true.

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ASUS ROG MAXIMUS XII FORMULA

The Maximus lineup is now in its 12th instalment and carries with it the Hero, Apex, Formula and Extreme models – all of which host the new Intel Z490 chipset. Each of the motherboards within this series offer something slightly different – but being in the upper echelon of this division, all are most definitely regarded as high-end offerings.

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