ASRock Z690 Extreme offers quite good USB connectivity with 4 USB 3.2 Gen1 connectors and a pair of USB 3.2 Gen2 connectors in A/B format . In addition, it has DisplayPort 1.4 and HDMI 2.1 video outputs for integrated graphics and 7.1 analog and SPDIF audio outputs . In the networking section, it offers a combo of a Dragon RTL8125BG 2.5 GbE card and an Intel I219V GbE , perhaps missing the factory Wi-Fi.
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MSI MAG X570S Tomahawk Max WIFI is a top-end product, and by definition it cannot be cheap. Even despite the fact that the passive CO used here noticeably heats up, and there is nothing supernatural and original on the board (in relation to interfaces, functionality, etc.).
Not in favor of MSI MAG X570S Tomahawk Max WIFI and the fact that more and more budget motherboards are compatible with Ryzen 5000 processors, which means there are not so many reasons to choose a profile product in 2022.
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The motherboard is based on a 6-layer black PCB in standard ATX format. The design mainly uses black and gray elements, but there are also colored electronic elements. Formally, the board has no predecessor – the Intel B660 chipset and 12th generation processors offer completely different functionality, so just taking and slightly changing any existing product just won’t work. Moreover, Aorus has an almost identical board in its arsenal, but with support for DDR5 memory – B660 Aorus Master.
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The printed circuit board is black, the surface is matte. The manufacturer reports six layers of plating and two ounces of copper per layer. The board is rigid, does not bend and is still quite heavy. It is clear that it has several heatsinks, but it is not light in itself because thick layers of copper are used in the production of printed circuit boards.
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The renewed connectivity is found in important elements, especially in communication with the processor, introducing additional performance buses such as DMI 4.0 that uses an 8x PCI Express 4.0 interface, doubling the bandwidth available to the Z590 and also doubling the bandwidth of its direct competition, the AMD X570. They are a total of 128GT/s of bandwidth, double that of the previous generation, which was already double the previous one.
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Something unusual is the inclusion of a backplate, plus MSI takes advantage of being aluminum to incorporate thermalpads and thus cool the VRM. Although it is true that I expected more lighting effects, this has come to nothing for this model, very serious in appearance. To compensate, we have different ports between ARGB, RGB and Corsair, thus being able to add lighting components and further customize our equipment.
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The card is equipped with three PCIe x16 slots. The first two reinforced to accommodate a large graphics card are PCIe 5.0 standard while the last is PCIe 3.0. The wiring of the set is x16, x8/x8 and x4 type. On the audio side, we are entitled to a Realtek S1220A codec. Asus specifies a power pre-regulator, switching noise reduction and Audio protection.
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This new generation of motherboard based on the Intel Z690 chipset also leads to the appearance of PCIe Gen 5.0 as well as DDR5. On this last point and for various reasons (availability, price, etc.), the various brands do not hesitate to include motherboards that support DDR4 in their catalog. This is the case with our MAG Z690 Tomahawk Wifi which is also available under the name MAG Z690 Tomahawk Wifi DDR4 .
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ASUS ROG Maximus Formula motherboards are designed for gamers and enthusiasts who want maximum system stability in any usage scenario, including fully loaded overclocked Core i9 processors. The key difference between Formula boards is a pre-installed water block on the power subsystem, which can also serve as a conventional heatsink – in fact, this is a combined solution. The novelty, based on the Intel Z690 chipset, received noticeable design changes compared to its predecessor based on the Z490 (Z590 was skipped by the manufacturer).
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Almost everything on a modern motherboard is defined by the chipset, and certainly to a large extent by the processor itself. Part of the connectivity, depending on the processor, depends on it, so the chipset, although still very important, is relegated to secondary functions that Intel, as in this case, uses to differentiate certain ranges of its products.
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