Durable and cool A first look at the GIGABYTE Z790 UD AC reveals some seriously solid construction, with a metal reinforced PCIe slot to accommodate today's rather large GPUs. The VRMs and MOSFETs are protected equally, with a decent sized piece of metal acting as a...
À savoir avant de passer à l’achat ! Comme précisé en introduction, la carte mère est un choix crucial dans la configuration de votre PC, elle est donc à choisir avec attention. Voici 3 points à prendre en compte : Les cartes mères x570 ne sont pas les moins chers du...
Affordable PCIe 5.0, With A Catch ASRock's Phantom Gaming Z790 RIPTIDE WIFI has a PCIe 5.0 16x slot and a PCIe 5.0 x4 M.2 slot, however if you want to use both, then this PCIe slot drops eight lanes and becomes a x8 slot. The effect it will have depends on the GPU you...
“Let's take a moment to talk about graphics cards. You can use a traditional graphics card or a BTF graphics card for a BTF motherboard — the PCIe 5.0 x16 slots are ready for any GPU you want to install. However, a typical graphics card requires the usual power cable...
ASRock offers everything you could possibly need, except for a few spare strips The ASRock Phantom Gaming Z790 NOVA WIFI motherboard has, among other things, a total of six M.2 slots, one is a Gen5 slot while the others are Gen4. This is a lot of PCIe lanes which has...
A rare mATX motherboard If you prefer mATX to mini-ITX then head over to The FPS Review for a look at the ASRock B760M STEEL LEGEND WiFi. As far as B760 motherboards go, it's in the middle of the pack at ~$150. There are less expensive boards, but not in this format,...
Decent value if you don't mind missing out on some bells and whistles The MSI Z790-P PRO WiFi comes at an attractive price and offers some nice modern features such as 2.5GbE, USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 Type-C and up to 192GB DDR5-7000. Power delivery is also solid, at least...
You may have heard of PCIe x16 slots, ces slots that allow you to install expansion cards in your computer. But do you know exactly what they are and what they are for? In this article we will explain what the PCIe x16 slot is, how it works and what are its benefits...
Snowy with Style! ASRock launches all-white motherboards TAIPEI, Taiwan, August 2, 2023 – ASRock launches the company's first all-white motherboard available on both Intel and AMD platforms, and the exciting thing is that this design is not only limited to high-end...
Best chart to build a budget? ASRock, as we've said many times, now produces quality products that generally cost less than the competition while retaining most of the features. The ASRock B650 Pro RS is a great example of this, with DDR5, PCIe 5.0, 2.5GbE LAN and...
A budget option that can be enough for almost everyone Some very affordable AM5 motherboards are on the horizon as AMD made the A620 chipset official today, with ASRock, ASUS, BIOSTAR, GIGABYTE and MSI listed as partners. Obviously this won't match the specs of the...
Introduction: In this article, we take an in-depth look at the ASUS ROG Strix B650E-F Gaming WiFi, a motherboard affordable that offers impressive features for users who want to take advantage of AMD's AM5 socket without breaking the bank. Design and aesthetics The...
All of this can be yours for $289.99 Those who love tiny PCs should consider the ASRock B650E PG-ITX Wi-Fi, a mini-ITX AM5 board with almost everything you could want except USB4. You'll get DDR5 support up to 6400MHz, a single PCIe 5.0 16x slot, a pair of SATA ports,...
All of this can be yours for $289.99 Those who love tiny PCs should consider the ASRock B650E PG-ITX Wi-Fi, a mini-ITX AM5 board with almost everything you could want except USB4. You'll get DDR5 support up to 6400MHz, a single PCIe 5.0 16x slot, a pair of SATA ports,...
DDR5 and PCIe 5.0 will cost you Graphics card prices may make most of the headlines, but if you've priced out a new system build, you may well have noticed that motherboard prices have risen at least as much, if not more. The MSI MEG X670E ACE is an example of this,...
$300 for your B650 As you have heard many times, this generation of components is extremely expensive. Surprisingly, the CPU is now often the cheapest component to buy for a new build, with even the mid-range B650 and Z590 boards costing around $300. This means the...
It is AZ $700 Board The current generation of motherboards come with impressive prices, regardless of whether you buy AMD or Intel. The MSI MEG Z790 ACE DDR5 is no exception to this, its $700 price is lower than the Godlike but almost double the price of other...
Sure DDR5 is great, but do you have to pay the toll? One nice thing about the current generation of Intel motherboards is the ability to choose between DDR4 and DDR5 when you buy one. All Raptor Lake processors are memory technology friendly, just make sure you know...
Cool down with the EK-Quantum Momentum² VRM bridge The ASUS ROG Formula series of motherboards have been around with integrated water cooling for a while now, which has become even more popular when ASUS replaced their original aluminum block with a copper one...
Bye Bye BSoD Those who bought Gigabyte's AORUS Z690i Ultra when it first hit the market saw a large number of blue screens of death thanks to Windows hardware error architecture bugs. These stemmed from an issue with the one and only PCIe 4.0 slot and led to Gigabyte...
Background (the blog part) In my previous personal builds, as well as some I've built for family and friends, I've used Asus ROG boards almost exclusively. I found them to be well made, reliable and I was very familiar with the ROG UEFI layout. There's also the fact...
White and silver PCB, reflective color stickers and lots of RGB Colorful isn't the first name that comes to mind when shopping for an Intel Z690 motherboard, but they're still an option. The Colorful CVN Z690M Gaming Frozen V20 is available for review on Neoseeker if...
Made by ASRock, Made Cool by NZXT The NZXT N5 and NZXT N7 are both Intel Z690 motherboards that support DDR4 but offer different features and very different aesthetics. They also sell at different prices, $300 for the NZXT N7 and $240 for the NZXT N5, which gives you...
It has PCIe 5.0, Just Not On The M.2 Slots FPS Review recently took a look at the BIOSTAR Racing Z690 GTA motherboard, giving it a Silver Award as they faced a few challenges. The first challenge was the power modulation, BIOSTAR suggests it has 17 phases, but FPS...
A Maximus Extreme with integrated EKWB monoblock If you want a serious motherboard for Intel's next build, the ASUS ROG Z690 Maximus Extreme Glacial is the pinnacle of Z690 boards right now. The 24+1 phase power supply design on a 12-layer PCB will ensure that you can...
If you're building your own computer, you should choose a good motherboard. This is the central room where most components like RAM, graphics card are installed and where peripherals like mouse and keyboard are connected. Although a motherboard does not directly...
It's now official... In a few days, MSI will release a new motherboard with the X570S chipset on the market! The latter actually represents a optimized version of the X570 that benefits from connectivity and many interesting features. You would like to know more about...
Its release date new Ryzen 5000 processors on November 5th fast approaching! For the occasion MSI updates its catalog with new motherboards with AMD B550 chipset and AM4 socket. Thus begins the series I Unify. These new models offered by MSIMEG B550 Unify et MEG B550...
Processors Ryzen 5000 will be released around November. They are compatible with AMD 500 chipset motherboards. But what about older versions like AMD 400? AMD 400 chipset motherboards are compatible MSI just confirmed via their press release that the motherboards from...
According to our sources, the new Intel 500 series motherboards and processors Rocket Lake it won't arrive until March 2021, months after Ryzen solutions based on the Zen 3 architecture. For a long time and especially in the last few months, there have been rumors...