The Z690 platform ushers in a new generation of marginally more pricey motherboards and even previously known budget boards have gotten a bump in pricing. Is ASUS' PRIME Z690-A a worthy contender? Find out more in this review.
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The ASUS ProArt Z690-Creator WIFI gets an upgrade with an overbuilt VRM, a denser PCB and more I/O for storage that can see a system built with this board hooking up to a 10GbE NAS, at Thunderbolt4 or USB3.2 Gen2x2 DAS as well as an internal SATA and M.2 RAID array, its definitely build with growing creators in mind but will people get over the fact that it does not have RGB lighting? Find out if the ASUS ProArt Z690-Creator WIFI is the motherboard for you in this #B2G review.
An increased price premium requires an equal amount of value and the ROG MAXIMUS Z690 HERO balances build quality, features and performance to deliver a well rounded motherboard for the new Intel 12th-gen Intel Core CPUs.
A performance review of the Intel Core i9-12900K 8+8 core CPU
An overview of the ASUS ProArt Z690-Creator motherboard: IO-rich foundation motherboard for content creators
An overview of the ASUS PRIME Z690-A motherboard: ASUS' top-end, general purpose motherboard
An initial look at Intel's 12th-gen Core CPU features and details
A gaming performance review of the Intel Core i7-11700KF 8-core processor.
A gaming performance review of the Intel Core i9-11900K 8-core processor.
Let’s take a closer look at the gaming performance of the Intel Core i5-10400 and pit it against the pricier Ryzen counterpart as well as the top Intel CPU right now, 10900K and let’s how the value game has changed.
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Kingston and MSI has teamed up to bring together the best of both companies. With their shared vision, MSI and Kingston recently released prescribed specs for gamers of various price ranges. We have the Mainstream Combo here featuring the MSI MAG B460, Kingston A2000 SSD and HyperX Fury memory. Let’s take a look at the numbers.
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The sudden jump of price from $300 to $500 may not come as a surprise for much of the Z490 high-end motherboards but the Z490 AORUS MASTER puts that into question given how vanilla this board is. Is this motherboard really worth $500? Find out in this #B2G review.
