Pretty good value overall for just over $100. I've tended to stick to lower priced Z-series MSI/Gigabyte/AsRock boards for Intel unlocked and overclockable CPUs in the past. (Asus board quality is nice, too, but their cheapest models are often much more expensive than the competition.) If I was on the market for an ATX Z390 board, this would be a contender.
For an Intel CPU for a typical PC gaming setup, you really just need a Z-series chipset for overclocking, adequate I/O, adequate VRMs (to match with an adequate value-minded heatsink, like the Cryorig H7, Hyper 212-series, Reeven Justice, Thermalright True Spirit, etc. to get a good enough overclock), and good user reviews.
If you're in the price range where an unlocked Intel + Z-series motherboard doesn't make financial sense for your budget, it's better to just go with a value-minded AMD CPU + B450 board anyways, since you'll still retain the ability to overclock these lower priced CPUs with those lower priced boards anyways, and you'd still have a forward-looking upgrade path for higher core count CPUs in the future.
Just learned about ZombieLoad/RIDL/Fallout minutes ago. Kinda too bad for AsRock here since the majority of the Intel chips this board is supposed to serve are now really poor choices in terms of security.
What's funny is I THINK that's actually 3+2 phase, with two inductors per phase on the CPU side. Basically every CPU side VRM with "6" phases on these budget boards from Asrock is actually a three phase with doubled inductors to make it look "beefier" afaik.. At least their Ryzen boards are... They could have easily stuck with a single, larger spec inductor and just had three of them, but of course marketing is marketing!
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JoeyJoJo123 - Wednesday, May 15, 2019 - link
Pretty good value overall for just over $100. I've tended to stick to lower priced Z-series MSI/Gigabyte/AsRock boards for Intel unlocked and overclockable CPUs in the past. (Asus board quality is nice, too, but their cheapest models are often much more expensive than the competition.) If I was on the market for an ATX Z390 board, this would be a contender.For an Intel CPU for a typical PC gaming setup, you really just need a Z-series chipset for overclocking, adequate I/O, adequate VRMs (to match with an adequate value-minded heatsink, like the Cryorig H7, Hyper 212-series, Reeven Justice, Thermalright True Spirit, etc. to get a good enough overclock), and good user reviews.
If you're in the price range where an unlocked Intel + Z-series motherboard doesn't make financial sense for your budget, it's better to just go with a value-minded AMD CPU + B450 board anyways, since you'll still retain the ability to overclock these lower priced CPUs with those lower priced boards anyways, and you'd still have a forward-looking upgrade path for higher core count CPUs in the future.
Irata - Wednesday, May 15, 2019 - link
And higher thread count* even at the same cores if security is your thing it appears.*referring to ZombieLoad
JoeyJoJo123 - Wednesday, May 15, 2019 - link
Just learned about ZombieLoad/RIDL/Fallout minutes ago. Kinda too bad for AsRock here since the majority of the Intel chips this board is supposed to serve are now really poor choices in terms of security.liu_d - Wednesday, May 15, 2019 - link
Well, 6+2 phase. Calling it an 8-phase board is a little dishonest.AshlayW - Thursday, May 16, 2019 - link
What's funny is I THINK that's actually 3+2 phase, with two inductors per phase on the CPU side. Basically every CPU side VRM with "6" phases on these budget boards from Asrock is actually a three phase with doubled inductors to make it look "beefier" afaik.. At least their Ryzen boards are... They could have easily stuck with a single, larger spec inductor and just had three of them, but of course marketing is marketing!Oxford Guy - Friday, May 17, 2019 - link
Buildzoid appears to be the source to go to to find out what the VRM configuration really is. These companies are so sueable but no one bothers.Oxford Guy - Friday, May 17, 2019 - link
It's funny that there are frivolous lawsuits, like suing AMD over Bulldozer for core count, and yet lawsuits that absolutely should happen don't.Blatant fraud has been happening with the VRM count for years.
nobozos - Wednesday, May 15, 2019 - link
"doesn't support NVIDIA SLI across it's two full-length PCIe 3.0 slots " ->"doesn't support NVIDIA SLI across its two full-length PCIe 3.0 slots "
Bulat Ziganshin - Wednesday, May 15, 2019 - link
I wonder that they cut in $100 mobo?