ASUS’s upcoming ROG Maximus Z790 motherboards which embrace the ultra-enthusiast APEX Encore & Method have been pictured.
ASUS Preps Two Fanatic-Grade ROG Maximus Z790 Motherboards For Intel’s 14th Gen CPUs, The Method & APEX Encore, New ROG STRIX Fashions Additionally Pictured
It was already identified that ASUS was making ready new ROG Z790 additions to coincide with the launch of Intel 14th Gen Raptor Lake Refresh desktop CPUs. Now, we’ve footage of those motherboards courtesy of leaker, Momo_US. These motherboards which were pictured embrace the model new ROG Maximus and ROG STRIX choices.
ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 Method Motherboard
Beginning with the ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 Method, we’re getting a white and black coloration scheme which appears to be like nice. The first function 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. In addition to that, customers additionally get some useful buttons on the board to energy, reset, and use the Flexkey function of the Method motherboards.
Shifting to the specs, the ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 Method 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 have the ability to assist over 8000 MT/s speeds and as much as 192 GB capacities. The motherboard has everything of the entrance lined in a white protect which additionally homes the M.2 heatsinks beneath it.
As for enlargement, the board provides two PCIe x16 slots and all kinds of I/O ports together with WIFI 7 assist, two Thunderbolt 4 Kind-C ports, a USB 3.2 Gen 2 10 Gbps Kind-C port, 5 GbE LAN, plenty 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 Method 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 sequence. This motherboard contains 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 might home as much as two M.2 units. For enlargement, you’re getting two PCIe x16 slots and two PCIe x4 slots. M.2 slots embrace 4 customary 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 energetic fan-cooler for the DDR5 DIMMs. This is likely to be notably helpful for reminiscence stability when operating them at larger 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 contains 9 USB 3.2 ports, a single USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Kind-C port, WIFI 7 assist, 2.5 GbE LAN, BIOS flashback, and clear CMOS buttons alongside two PS/2 connectors which turn out to be useful for overclockers. The motherboard also needs to hit a retail value of round $700-$800 US because it replaces the present APEX.
ASUS ROG STRIX Z790-F Gaming WIFI II Motherboard
Lastly, we’ve the ASUS ROG STRIX Z790-F Gaming WIFI II which is a full-on replace to the present ROG Z790-F Gaming WIFI with plenty of incremental modifications reminiscent of higher I/O, higher cooling, higher aesthetics, and a VRM that’s fine-tuned for 14th Gen CPUs.
Anticipate the pricing of this board to be on the marginally larger 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.
