ASUS’s upcoming ROG Maximus Z790 motherboards which embody the ultra-enthusiast APEX Encore & Formulation have been pictured.
ASUS Preps Two Fanatic-Grade ROG Maximus Z790 Motherboards For Intel’s 14th Gen CPUs, The Formulation & APEX Encore, New ROG STRIX Fashions Additionally Pictured
It was already recognized that ASUS was getting ready new ROG Z790 additions to coincide with the launch of Intel 14th Gen Raptor Lake Refresh desktop CPUs. Now, we have now footage of those motherboards courtesy of leaker, Momo_US. These motherboards which have been pictured embody the model new ROG Maximus and ROG STRIX choices.
ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 Formulation Motherboard
Beginning with the ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 Formulation, we’re getting a white and black shade scheme which appears nice. The first characteristic of this motherboard is the addition of the ROG Water-Cooling Zone water block on the motherboard, which customers can connect to their present custom-loop setups for higher thermal efficiency on the VRMs. Moreover that, customers additionally get some useful buttons on the board to energy, reset, and use the Flexkey characteristic of the Formulation motherboards.
Transferring to the specs, the ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 Formulation retains its ATX type issue and will get a twin 8-pin connector configuration for the CPU. There are 4 DDR5 DIMM slots which is able to be capable of help over 8000 MT/s speeds and as much as 192 GB capacities. The motherboard has the whole lot of the entrance lined in a white protect which additionally homes the M.2 heatsinks beneath it.
As for growth, the board presents two PCIe x16 slots and all kinds of I/O ports together with WIFI 7 help, two Thunderbolt 4 Kind-C ports, a USB 3.2 Gen 2 10 Gbps Kind-C port, 5 GbE LAN, a lot of USB 3.2 ports and BIOS Flashback/Clear CMOS switches. The motherboard ought to simply value within the $700-$800 US vary since that is additionally the place the ROG Maximus Z690 Formulation was priced.
ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 APEX Encore Motherboard
Subsequent up is the ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 APEX Encore which goes to be the corporate’s prime OC motherboard and the final of the LGA 1700 collection. This motherboard incorporates a VRM that’s made for pushing Intel’s newest 14th-gen CPUs to the max and is powered by twin 8-pin connectors. The motherboard options twin DDR5 DIMM slots to push reminiscence overclocks over 10,000 MT/s and it additionally helps a single DIMM.2 slot which may home as much as two M.2 units. For growth, you might be getting two PCIe x16 slots and two PCIe x4 slots. M.2 slots embody 4 commonplace ports together with a single Gen 5×4 linked to the CPU lanes. There are 4 SATA III ports too.
The motherboard additionally comes with an attachable fan accent that can be utilized as an lively fan-cooler for the DDR5 DIMMs. This may be notably helpful for reminiscence stability when operating them at increased clock speeds.
The motherboard options an auxiliary 8-pin connector to feed the motherboard with extra energy and you too can discover a vary of overclocking and tuning switches close to the Debug LED. I/O consists of 9 USB 3.2 ports, a single USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Kind-C port, WIFI 7 help, 2.5 GbE LAN, BIOS flashback, and clear CMOS buttons alongside two PS/2 connectors which come in useful for overclockers. The motherboard also needs to hit a retail worth of round $700-$800 US because it replaces the present APEX.
ASUS ROG STRIX Z790-F Gaming WIFI II Motherboard
Lastly, we have now the ASUS ROG STRIX Z790-F Gaming WIFI II which is a full-on replace to the present ROG Z790-F Gaming WIFI with a lot of incremental modifications similar to higher I/O, higher cooling, higher aesthetics, and a VRM that’s fine-tuned for 14th Gen CPUs.
Count on the pricing of this board to be on the marginally increased facet versus the present ROG STRIX-F variant which is round $400 US. All 4 ROG Z790 refreshed motherboards ought to hit retail within the coming week which can be when Intel goes to launch its 14th Gen Raptor Lake refresh desktop CPUs.
