New 2023 ASUS Z790 Motherboard Line-up - 14th Gen Ready

[@LeyzarGamingViews]

Please stop blaming inflation for these ridiculous prices.

[@Big-H517]

The fact that she replied to everything else on the comments but this 😂😂

[@justanobody4983]

So who do we blame? Lol kids.

[@Cordialsun29]

Well it is

[@CatWith-AHat]

​@@justanobody4983manufacturers greed, I work in manufacturing and have to do the efficiency calculations to ensure we are clearing an over 500% mark up on our estimated retail prices.

[@maegnificant]

Yeah these reviews are way to shallow and she seems to accept A LOT of sponsor money.

[@The-Real-Kevin]

love that you started with the base model then built up. Great job.

[@TechTesters]

Thanks!

[@AqepbxVondx]

​@TechTesters can you recommend me a board mid range pricing. I'm into gaming and the cpu I want is 14900k using fan cooler. And I want to get rtx4080. 128mb ram.

[@AustnTok]

I just ordered the Z790-E. It was insanely expensive but I'm excited. Arrives on Monday

[@TechTesters]

Enjoy the new board!

[@OD_Plays]

i got me a z790 formula and do not regret it, it looks amazing and performs real well with overclocking

[@deepeshkumaryadav9335]

bro is it necessary to use custom loop or is it fine without it ?

[@OD_Plays]

@@deepeshkumaryadav9335 it's cool without it, depending on what CPU you have I recommend the custom pipe just cause that's what you paid the premium for

[@deepeshkumaryadav9335]

@@OD_Plays i will use an aio for the cpu but the im talking about the mobo which has a block is is necessary to use or its fine?? like without custom loop coz i have seen many people not using and just letting it as it is and buying an aio

[@alrizo1115]

I remember the days when a z370 top end motherboard costs $400. While the regular boards costs less than $200

[@your.bunny.wrote.]

same. i bought my Maximus XI Hero for $340 and now prices is insane. Moreover, I absolutely do not like the way the new motherboards look. There are some good ideas, but they are spoiled by unsuccessful ones. From a technology point of view, it is clear that everything is fine in motherboards. but.. well, I hope that the z890 will look better. p.s. no display port on dark hero, only hdmi. even z790-a II have it, lol

[@rodhester2166]

Heck, I remember and still have boards for around $50 twenty years ago that are still working like new today

[@TigerNationDE]

I remember the days when a good gaming Mobo was at 100 bucks and you could grab a decent board for the casual user for around 60 bucks. It´s so weird where this all went. You still can get 60 buck mainboards but then you miss out on nearly every feature available lmao. I´m 39 now .... so brands like elitegroup tyan and some more were the good budget board manufactures which aren´t available anymore. At least here in germany for me xD

[@Eren-da-Jaeger]

Bruh,, z370? I remember when Intel D845 chipset was the top end and costed about just 75 USD and then z170 was the biggest jump and top end were costing near 300 USD, now this shit. TBH MSI has better bundle of features at the price of around what Asus Tuf z790 is costing.

[@seungjinpark8609]

@@rodhester2166you must have not used any of the new motherboards cause that thing sure ain’t running good as new lmaoooo 20years? da fuk is wrong with you lol

[@Scottiedoesit]

Think I'll stick to the 13900k for now. Bought a prebuilt as my first pc ever this last year for gaming. I couldn't imagine not having a pc now. Love it. No end to what you can learn and create.

[@Psychotoxic86]

Formula looks incredible. It is not just motherboard, it is masterpiece.

[@Testrudi1981]

Literally HEAVEN on Earth! 😇

[@Chris.Brisson]

You'll win a Nobel Prize if you can accurately detail the bifurcation of PCIe lanes with each of these motherboards and all the tradeoffs as you populate the PCIe slots, M.2 slots, and SATA ports, keeping straight which operate at Gen 5 vs Gen 4 vs Gen 3. ASUS does not make it easy to sort out.

[@TechTesters]

😂 That's nothing new, and not really ASUS exclusive either. This batch does make the SSD stuff easier: all boards I've seen so far all have Gen4 for each SSD, and if the board offers Gen5 it's the top slot above the GPU. You'll still drop to x8/x8 if you use the second PCIe slot that's connected to the CPU, but that's unavoidable due to the 20 lane CPU limit.

[@zhardy323]

holy god those prices are insane

[@computer6800]

A very good video but it does overlook an absolutely critical element of the boards (and something pretty much all channels miss) and that is what the PCIE slots are.

[@ZERO-gt1lg]

I just bought the ROG x Evangelion Asuka Edition full set, the EVA-02 feature from the modified Maximus Z790 Hero mother board looks simply awesome! ❤

[@TechTesters]

Nice! I just got that one in, didn’t get to look at it yet 🫣

[@ZERO-gt1lg]

@@TechTesters Please make a review video about this beauty if you have time… >.< This is by far one of the best PC set up I ever bought in my entire life

[@TechTesters]

@@ZERO-gt1lg that’s the plan!

[@ZERO-gt1lg]

@@TechTesters Looking forward to it and prepared to share! ☺️

[@creativegreatsvisuals]

What makes it better than the regular z790 hero for 14th gen ?

[@johntotten4872]

Here in the US the Tuf Pro is $50 more costly then last gen, the Strix A is also $50 higher, the Strix E seems to be around the same price. RIP Euro buyers.

[@hontam7118]

Really appreciate these product line break downs. I'm curious about msi range as well.

[@TechTesters]

Thanks! I only have 3 boards so far, will see if I can get some more. They are interesting though as they are making some different choices.

[@narutodayo]

These prices are simply insane.

[@TechTesters]

Not wrong there.

[@dabneyoffermein595]

It's ridiculous

[@DAD5447]

And to think I complained about paying $150 for my Aorus pro ddr4 a year ago. No regrets now. Cmon 14700k!!

[@lordmephisto6654]

Thank you! I was looking for something like this. I'm going for a 14th gen build as my 4th gen has finally died. Would love to see what Gigabyte, MSI and Asrock has to offer on their lineup.

[@TechTesters]

I have some GB and MSI boards coming up. Nothing Asrock though.

[@xlr555usa]

You have a 4th gen Intel cpu? What is the model?

[@lordmephisto6654]

@@xlr555usa 4770k. It just died about a month ago. So I decided to wait for 14th gen before upgrading however it seems it wasn't worth waiting for lol.

[@kucherenkozzz]

@@lordmephisto6654 Why not? I mean with a new 14th gen on a market i think 13th gen as well as 12th gen will get cheaper so you can get yourself something like 13600k or 12700k at a much better price

[@xlr555usa]

@@lordmephisto6654 14th gen is a snoozefest but maybe it will bring down prices for 13th gen eventually? I may pick up a i9 13th gen or the 14th gen i7-14700K which has more cores and threads than its predecessor with 20 cores and 28 threads. The i7-14700K is the only processor worth looking at for 14th gen.

[@Pillokun]

Inflation 10%, price of stuff goes up by 50 to 100%, yep sounds like inflation :p

[@903Skooba]

You people are acting like you all just woke up from under a rock. . Can’t be serious. Everything has been expensive for a while now. Anyway, just bought the Dark hero z790. It’s a monster and works flawlessly. Definitely worth the money imo.

[@jdgoesham5381]

My ASUS TUP Z790 Plus-Wi-Fi has been a great board for the two builds I use on the regular. I got them both open box(unused, just damaged boxes)for 90 ea plus tax on Amazon.

[@EnosTech]

Great video as always Nada!

[@TechTesters]

Thank you! 😃

[@candislacharite2254]

the E is on sale this weekend, in Canada anyways. Thanks to your awesome breakdown, went out and got it.

[@TazzSmk]

most of those mobos are more expensive than 13700K, that's WILD, years back when I got workstation-tier ASUS X99-S it had all those fancier features for about half the cost

[@ToshoKatana]

Great in-depth review, very well presented! ....I like the Z790-E!

[@davepianist84]

Amazing video as always Nada! In my opinion the Strix will always be the best middle ground regarding Asus

[@ployth9000]

12:26 if they just included igpu they would've made the apex much more attractive

[@matthewdexter1136]

SO if I run a gen5 SSD at PCIE5 ill lose my GPU at 16x4 so whats the point of running gen5 SSD if I lose my GPU speeds?

[@WildCard23917]

I just love your content! Love from 🇺🇸

[@ArtemDzhadzha]

About a year ago, I deliberately chose TUF gaming Z790-plus over the ROG because of the Gen 4 M.2 that goes directly into the CPU and doesn't steal PCI Gen 5 lanes from the GPU. So that way, I utilize all 16 lanes of Gen 5 PCI for the GPU and 4 lanes of Gen 4 for the SSD. All other m.2 slots are also occupied, but only the SSD with the system goes into the CPU directly.

[@rohancrawford2967]

Not sure that’s how it works sorry. There is only 16 lanes in total and even the RTX 4090 is still gen 4

[@ArtemDzhadzha]

@@rohancrawford2967 Intel 13th Gen has 20 lanes in total. And there are only two modes: 1x16 pci 5 + 1x4 pci 4, or 2x8 pci 5 + 1x4 pci 4. Even if the GPU is Gen 4 it is backward compatible and uses either all 16 lanes of Gen 5 or only 8 lanes if here is another device using pci 5 lanes. If you use Gen 5 ssd connected to CPU controller, the controller runs in 2x8 lanes mode (and yes, 4 lanes out of 8 are wasted)

[@poshpaul55]

My thoughts are the same thats why i have just brought the same motherboard

[@dabneyoffermein595]

@@ArtemDzhadzha Ah, good retort!

[@anglo-dutchsausage344]

I hope there will also be an M-ATX board to fit in my M-ATX case of Asus of all cases... Asus? You there? 😅

[@johnmclaughlin9674]

I think why motherboards are increasing is that you don’t need to upgrade as quickly three generations is very nice

[@oguzhnakgun]

Really nice review ❤

[@TechTesters]

Thank you 😊

[@metrix8155]

Man, isn't great that entry level motherboard board are now over 200$. I love it when I'm forced to spend ridiculous amounts of money for no reason when a basic motherboard would serve me just fine.

[@TechTesters]

There are cheaper boards, just not if you also want a high-end power delivery, lots of storage, connections, etc etc. Ideally we'd see some boards that can handle i9s with minimal features but we all know they won't want to sell any boards that make too much sense at the lower end.😉

[@iamspencerx]

I would think nobody spends more than 150-200€ on mainbords, but the fact that they keep making these is probably because they still sell well

[@RocketRenton]

No need, a simple BIOS update on most current 13th Gen boards will suffice, it's just more money on something not needed.

[@AlfaPro1337]

@@RocketRenton Only if you have a computer

[@theyoungjawn]

Good motherboards haven't been 150-200 in over three years now. If you want more than 2 m.2s and PCIE 5 on the primary x16 slot, it starts at 250-260 USD. The bare minimum I'd go in terms of features and m.2 slots is the Z790/X670 MSI Pro models and those hover around $200-250.

[@didamnesia3575]

​@@RocketRentonsome people, not me, want wifi 7. I just got 6e so I'm fine and can't think of a use for 7 yet (for me)

[@Kabodanki]

@@theyoungjawn I gave up searching for decently priced mini itx under 200e couple months back

[@Clay_333]

That Strix E is hideous. The bubble font ROG logo doesn't fit the theme and the logo on the top M.2 slot is just cheesy. I think Asus knew it was the best value so they purposely added things that people wouldn't like to push them to buy something higher in the product stack. I am still on Z690 with the Strix A and have had a good experience. With ram prices coming down I just really wish I would have went DDR5, but it doesn't make sense to spend the money on a new board to upgrade the ram. I was thinking about upgrading to Threadripper until the pricing got announced. $1500 for the cheapest model is ridiculous. I was figuring we would get an entry chip for $800-900. I miss having an enthusiast platform. My first PC was X58 (which was the best platform ever IMO) followed by X99. Back then you could get on an enthusiast platform for only about $100 more than mainstream. Now it's about $1000 difference. I understand inflation is a thing, but not to that level. That is just greed.

[@smuludgn]

Best Asus mb for me was all white TUF Z97 Sabertooth limited edition. Its sad Asus not following that design language.

[@TechTesters]

That was a great looking board! Loved their later Prime Deluxe too.

[@DihelsonMendonca]

⚠️ I don't want any motherboard which don't have radiators for the m.2 drives. They NEED to work very cool in order to last. 👍

[@TechTesters]

Most SSDs are completely fine with any sort of (motherboard) heatsink tbh

[@herc_ules_therealone]

Another great review. Thanks for the facts and your in depth explanations.

[@xnvaznx]

I like your overviews but I also think all reviewers should be more critical of "DIY" morherboard manufacturers that lack a debug cose display at a $380. This is a useful feature that has been removed that was available on $200 motherboards just a few years ago.

[@TechTesters]

Thanks! And I guess they just found their feature that people are actually willing to pay a lot more for. Not sure what more I can do other than point it out though.

[@peterwstacey]

Whilst I agree that it is crazy that this has been removed at these price-points, I don't get why people don't put a $1 speaker on the motherboard and listen to the BIOS beep codes, like in the old days. Sure there's not as much nuance as the hex displays, but it tells you which component is failing the POST

[@HiltonHeslop]

Can you do a Gigabyte/ Aorus lineup please? A lot of us who follow Jayz2cents Have boycotted ASUS

[@TechTesters]

Trying to get my hands on enough boards for one atm :)

[@ronnie8274]

Thank you for the information, Nada. I know what board top get now, mostly to handle gaming and flight sim. (FYI Hero in case you were wondering)

[@TechTesters]

Hope I helped :)

[@ryukjoga]

Still rocking my Maximus VIII Hero, but I'll now considering an upgrade. Maybe Formula will be nice on a all white setup

[@cracklingice]

RIP. My X99 Taichi was $330 at launch and every single ROG Z790 is higher than that? For crappy consumer socket?!?!

[@daffyduck1937]

Vertex PX-850 platinum got mine in my new build! WHISPER Quiet! Whine Who?? Best $250 spent Even though I'm not an Asus guy those boards are SICK! ❤

[@ceuser3555]

The most updated channel for PC stuff.

[@Waldherz]

So first Asus doesnt put their m.2 slots right where the GPU sits because they overheated during testing. Thats why the Z790 Hero Gen1 has the extension card. Now they added them back where they are and slapped plastic over the slots? The only two other changes is a removal of TWO sata ports and a 8pin supplemental port.

[@cenciende9401]

Obviously not plastic, they're heatsinks, are you blind/deaf?

[@Aleksieff]

Prices are high yes, BUT! I ordered Asrock, had problems, returned it, ordered aorus pro X, had problems, returned it. Now im waiting for the asus z790-a wifi ii. Lets see what happens.

[@TechTesters]

Good luck, 😅

[@wntofly]

Awesome video, very well done! Exactly what I was looking for, thank you for doing this one! (Earned a Sub)

[@Woodzta]

WiFi 7 already? I don't even have a WiFi 6 network / router yet and I have 6/6E motherboards

[@TheGameBench]

At the stupid pricing of these boards... it's insulting that none of them even come with 10Gb Ethernet, and inflation is mostly just a sad excuse to price gouge people to the degree that they are.

[@joejohnson8966]

2:20 love competition. 8:20 a great way to do business.

[@dianaalyssa8726]

Have Asus Z690s, good boards though. I think if I upgrade from 12th would just update those.

[@Overbuilt.Gaming]

Those prices, holy!!!

[@Alex-cc3ol]

Dark Hero - just because I like this name )

[@mightyakkylex]

I got the Z790-A Gaming WiFi II a few days ago and I'm supper happy with the looks and options included. Waiting for RAM and AIO to actually try to start it and see actual performance :D

[@AqepbxVondx]

So many choices which kne to choose

[@skywalkies77]

Hey! Mine arrives today. Did you need to flash the bios for 14th gen?

[@mightyakkylex]

@@skywalkies77 nope, it works out of the box as it was intented for 14th gen

[@skywalkies77]

@@mightyakkylex awesome thanks!

[@mightyakkylex]

@@skywalkies77 yw :D

[@LexLutha]

Damn I want that Dark Hero but I’m just not interested in the 14th gen.

[@DoubleVGames]

i'm lending towards getting the dark hero only for the thunder bolt. I plan to put my pc on the otherside of my house and run a fiber optics thunder bolt cable from that to a dock like linus.

[@ameliabuns4058]

can't wait for sales on the 13th gen motherboards and CPUs

[@fahim454]

You also need to explain which board supports which frequency of DDR5 RAM

[@TechTesters]

Do you really think that matters? Even the TUF boards support 8000MHz these days. Does anyone buy kits that get near that outside of xOCers that will buy (or get 😅) Apexes anyway.

[@fahim454]

@@TechTesters i don’t see any differences on Z690 Z790( last year ) & these Z790 , Companies are just milking consumers

[@robertcochran7103]

Thank you so much for posting this excellent video. I really appreciate the motherboard roundup. A while ago, I built a system with the Asus "ProArt Z790 Creator Wifi" and it has been a solid performer for the person who owns it. It was a very pricey motherboard, but it worked well and gave no trouble and build time and continues to be quite acceptable. I mostly want motherboards useful for content creators. That would mean plenty of NvME and RAM. A few months ago, I believe that Jay on the channel "JayzTwoCents" was very critical of Asus for sending him defective motherboards. I don't know if that is your experience also. Perhaps I was lucky with my own board. I would love to see some reviews that look at boards useful for content creation. Thanks again for a really excellent roundup of Asus products.

[@TechTesters]

Thank you for the compliments 😊 I'd say most boards are fine for content creation these days. Even with 4-5 NVMe and 4-8TB SSDs you probably have more storage than you'll need. It's hard to fit more SSDs physically, but you can always add more with those PCIe expanion cards if you want to. But if you need more than what these boards offer you'll probably want a dedicated storage server and a 10Gb link (or faster). But even mid-range boards get you plenty of storage and plenty of USB, so the only things I see missing that creators might want that are rare are thunderbolt (great for external storage too) or faster networking. As for brands. I can't speak for lesser known brands, but ASUS/MSI/Gigabyte have all been really solid for us. I can't remember a board coming in broken from any of them and we use dozens from each brand every year. We use a bit more ASUS boards generally out of habit and familiarity with the bios, but I don't see any structural issues with the products from any of those three.

[@robertcochran7103]

@@TechTesters Thank you so much for responding. I was telling myself that your system building and testing experience far exceeds mine -- I have great trust in your reviews of all the products that you test.

[@dreamEnd]

Unfortunately, not a fan of their design. The standard Z790 boards or even Z690 boards are just superior aesthetic wise. The Strix-E looks even more cringe, and for Maximus, the oversized logo on the chipset kinda ruins it, but overall it looks okay.

[@KelvinKMS]

I just got a great price on MSI Z690 MAG ACE for just $249 !!! I think it is the best value I can buy now !! I hate ASUS sells everything overpriced !! I was ASUS fanboy but I switched to MSI this time !!

[@mfelicio1]

Very very beautiful motherboard. I will buy one with my Intel 14900K and 4090.

[@RBFR01]

I'm really interested in the z790E specs

[@Blah-i7n]

omg that graphics card release button is huuuuuuuuge, how many times i almost broke the lock is countless .. i hate doing that i get nervous

[@computerenthusiast402]

Is the PCB manufacturing better on these boards than other or previous boards ? Do these have 10 layer PCB's ?

[@Ras-wisdom]

Nice review the only thing asus and msi needs to do is drop their prices because they perform same or less better than cheaper motherboards!

[@tamaslichtenberger8529]

amazing video (as usual!) :) the TUF no-RGB is interesting as the Z690 TUF (at least my WIFI-PLUS D4) has it. also, I'm not happy with the nvme covers of the Dark Hero. as I have a 4090, and if I want to add/replace nvme drive in the most bottom slots, I don't need to remove the GPU. on the Dark Hero you can unscrew the whole cover in one piece. Formula and Apex Encore are just overkills... and a question: how do you see, cheaper boards' VRMs will be enough to handle a 14th gen i9 with some OC?

[@Norkill1]

I have same but AMD x670e there is TUF logo on top right that looks exactly like mine, and mine glows (also on the right but lower)

[@Darkswordz]

These boards are about $150.00 too expensive across the entire line.

[@erikedwards]

Other then the fact that your gorgeous I do like your videos and appreciate the info on the newer lineup/refresh's , ty for the info )

[@michalwalks]

Would have liked to see a new Asus Z790 Pro Art with less quirks but it didn't come through so purchased the Aorus Pro X as my creator motherboard.

[@j340_official]

Do these new ASUS motherboards have DLVR (Digital Linear Voltage Regulator) technology? Also regarding WiFi 7, the ASUS z790 manuals say that the MLO feature isn’t coming unitl Windows 24H2. So “WiFi 7” is just marketing in name only, for now. Finally, the z790 formula has a regression in the Ethernet spec vs the z690 model. For the z690 model, ASUS went with Marvel Aquantia 10 GbE. But with z790, we only get half the speeds with a 5 GbE controller from Realtek.

[@Michael-hb8nq]

The formula is the best choice , Unless you can get the, “Asus rog Maximus z790 extreme”

[@Vannellus]

Gen5 M.2 makes absolutely no sense on Gen12/13/14 iCPUs, cause using those Gen5 M.2 slots makes PCIe_1 running on x8. So, if u are planning to build a system which is more future-proof concerning Gen5, the only way is AMD, which offers already 24 PCIe Gen5 lanes for 1 GPU and 2 M.2 without any sharing (depending on MB layout).

[@TechTesters]

AMD is definitely the way to go for full future hw support.

[@creativegreatsvisuals]

@@TechTesterswhat’s a good motherboard for amd?

[@didamnesia3575]

The updated Aorus Master (x) is 50$ more msrp than the og z790 master, so currently selling for 100$ more. 100$ for wifi 7 if you have the router for it

[@Ben_D.]

Very high production quality. Nice vid.

[@MannidonnaXT]

I am Sorry, but these prices are completely out of order! This is not Inflation alone! I hope noone will buy a single board out of this line! That´s the only way to tell them ! And by the way: This isn´t meant to critic Asus. All of the motherboards are way too expensive!

[@Testrudi1981]

I would propose to the Formula right away. 😘

[@s.j.graphicsdesignaccounti5340]

Where is this model laptop Asus Rog G752VS-GB094T 32Gb ram Nvidia GTX 1070 Graphics 8gb Intel core i7-6820HK 500GB SSD+1TB HDD 17.3 IPS 4K (3840X2160)

[@AR-24]

Personally going for asus over other similarly cheaper boards for the thunderbolt port

[@outlet6989]

Hi Nada, and thank you for your many replies. When I purchase a new motherboard, it has to have an EATX form factor because my wife keeps telling me bigger is always better. I want to think she is talking about buying a new car.

[@IAMNOTRANA]

I wonder if the CPU bending issue is fixed for refresh?

[@PillowOfEvil]

These prices are insane. Every board should have a damn hex display ffs.

[@TechTesters]

But how would they sell premium models then 😅

[@PillowOfEvil]

@@TechTesters Like there aren't several other features they could offer lol. Also, inflation or not, 400€+ for a board that offered the same amount of features last gen for almost half the price isn't justifiable.

[@user-df2uu4tq6d]

Well I was gonna upgrade until I seen the price

[@Netryon]

I only want some motherboards for Motherlode! and that oven raid boss M.O.T.H.E.R, because that merchandise has that new thing scent, but 'm not planing to build a second PC Primal Council Xenothreat, but that means for your support must buy it and as customers are not allowed to use WC in these cases - which is somewhere near the fan connectors every public town WC.

[@Rhialto]

Wish there was a refreshed mini-ITX.

[@stevehiggins9351]

Lack of involvement from EK on the Asus Formula might have something to do with the corrosion issues on the last model.

[@TechTesters]

I thought that might be the case, but without any real info on it I didn't want to imply a connection there.

[@keyone198]

I bought rog z790a-II for 350 pounds (about 390 euro). Cheaper price than in the video

[@psyber84]

Nada great video as always! Would you prefer the MSI Tomahawk Max over the Asus TUF PRO? I cannot chose between them. Their most obvious difference is that the MSI supports one pci xpress 5.0 nvme while the asus doesn't.

[@TechTesters]

Thanks! And unless you really need one of those specific differences you can’t really go wrong with either imho. In that case i would pick either the same brand as the GPU, pick a particular look (but these look pretty similar), buy the cheaper one, or Id recommend you pick the brand that you have some personal preference for. Chances of you ever really telling the difference are close to none.

[@pepinosan30]

At these price ranges thunderbolt 4 should be ubiquitously included. I've seen Evo laptops for less than $800 with thunderbolt 4. Sad times with ASUS.

[@gevorian]

I've never used thunderbolt, like EVER. I don't even know what it is utilized for if you could explain?

[@pepinosan30]

@@gevorian you can connect a external NVMe PCI SSD like the Samsung 990 Pro and use it at it's rated read/write speeds for example you could also connect additional displays with a single cable. The 40Gbps bandwidth comes very handy to have.

[@gevorian]

Thank you! That sounds very useful!!! @@pepinosan30

[@nynty5]

I just found my ASUS z690 Maximus Extreme, and it is the Creator board for my purposes.

[@bulufish8208]

With those kind of prices everything else on my build has to be high end. Otherwise it's going to be shit.

[@LifeIsButaBluff]

How much!? Inflation plus Asus Tax. Ouch!

[@jaybsproductions9068]

Looking to upgrade from 10th gen but it seems it might be wise to wait for the 15th gen, as it seems the 14th gen are the end of the lifecycle for motherboards, meaning any further upgrades will require a new one.

[@TechTesters]

That's likely. 15th gen will be a while though.

[@theshockbro]

I need Gigabyte lineup :D Good video, very informative, nicely broken down. You gotta sub :D

[@TechTesters]

Thank you! And Im working on it now. Probably online next week.

[@theshockbro]

@TechTesters Aside of this topic, I'd like to ask you for your opinion on this. What makes more sense in your opinion: Get Intel platform, 14700k or maybe 14900k, 4090 etc.. and be stuck with 1700 platform, and when time comes change it as a whole, mobo and cpu. Or Get am5 platform with say 7800x3d maybe, and hope that zen5 will be better in productivity and upgrade cpu then, as they will use am5 socket? My main focus is on productivity and gaming, as I'm doing games development course in uni, and we will be doing everything in UE5 starting new years. Thank you!

[@Joy-tx5th]

Which is the best for over glocking

[@mrdappernature8861]

I have the Asus Tuf D4 version and there are some rgb on the board. Its in the back just highlighting the name.

[@buzzengine]

Why is there no ROG STRIX Z790-F GAMING WIFI? Golden mean.

[@vusolamo]

It's 14th gen already and I'm still using my 2nd gen intel core i7 2600k with asus maximus IV gene-z.

[@TechTesters]

At least if you upgrade you get a LOT more performance :D

[@yadah44]

I bought msi 760m-a pro this month, I was wondering if it's 14th gen ready? I'm currently using i5 13th gen, my worry is if I decided to upgrade to 14th gen cpu I might need to do extra workaround to make it work/compatible.

[@rsgr3963]

perform bios update

[@OGbigDCo]

I LOV3 Asus ROG. Already have a full ROG build that I put together just last year, so I know it's capabilities. My favorite feature is honestly just MORE WHITE! 🥳 🎉 LOL! We need more white in the PC/gaming space. And I LOV3 that ROG is 1 of the biggest providers of hardware in the color #AsusUpgradeAPalooza

[@saitamamako7949]

Hows it goin for u no crashes even with bios updates?