Asus ROG Maximus XII Formula Z490 Motherboard Review – Built For Water Cooling Enthusiasts

Asus ROG Maximus XII Formula Z490 Motherboard Review

In today’s review let’s check out the Asus ROG Maximus XII Formula Z490 motherboard; built for the latest Intel 10th gen Core processors. If you’re familiar with Asus’ lineup, a “Maximus Formula” motherboard is one of the company’s high-end motherboards. Maximus Formulas are designed with the water-cooling enthusiasts in mind. It has been that way … continue reading

Intel 10th Gen vs 9th Gen vs 8th Gen CPUs Compared (Updated)

Intel 10th Gen vs 9th Gen vs 8th Gen CPUs

Intel announced their 10th Gen Comet Lake Core processors, together with the Intel 400 series chipset, towards the end of April. So aside from the new CPUs, motherboard manufacturers also announced their Z490 motherboards. In this article let us compare Intel’s 10th Gen CPUs with its predecessors the 9th Gen and 8th Gen CPUs. Specifically, … continue reading

Intel Core i7-10700K Review – Still The Best Gaming CPU?

Intel Core i7-10700K Review

Today we are going to check out and review one of Intel’s latest 10th gen processors – the Intel Core i7 10700K. It’s an 8 core 16 thread CPU, with a base clock speed of 3.8GHz and a maximum turbo speed of 5.1GHz. These new 10th Gen Comet Lake CPUs are designed for the latest … continue reading

Five Z490 Mini-ITX Motherboards Available Now

Z490 Mini-ITX Motherboards Available

If you are planning to build a small gaming machine powered by the latest 10th Gen Intel Core processor; here are five Z490 mini ITX motherboards you can choose from. These mini ITX Z490 motherboards are built with Wi-Fi 6 wireless connectivity (except for one); can support DDR4 memory speeds up to 5000MHz (OC); some … continue reading

G.Skill DDR4 Memory Reached 5000MHz with Intel Core i9-10900K

g.skill trident z royal DDR4 memory reach 5000MHz

G.Skill recently showed how their DDR4 memory performs with the latest 10th Gen Intel Core processor and Intel Z490 chipset-based motherboards. They used a Core i9-10900K together with some flagship Z490 motherboards. In their tests, G.Skill was able to reach a “higher tier of extreme speed”; reaching up to DDR4-5000MHz with an 8GB and 16GB … continue reading

The ASRock Z490 AQUA Is One of The Most Expensive Z490 Motherboards Available!

ASRock Z490 Aqua Motherboard

ASRock announces their latest flagship motherboard – the ASRock Z490 AQUA. If you heard that name before, that’s because this isn’t the first Aqua motherboard. ASRock released the X570 Aqua last year. The concept and design are basically similar, but there are several new features that the Z490 Aqua offers. And yes, at $1,100 USD, … continue reading

Z490 Motherboards Will Support 11th Gen Intel Rocket Lake CPUs and PCIe 4.0

Z490 motherboard compatible with 11th Gen Rocket Lake CPU

Intel has just announced their new 10th Gen Comet Lake CPUs. And as expected there are many questions raised in relation to this release. One of those question is whether or not the Z490 motherboards will support the 11th Gen Rocket Lake CPUs? Well, Gigabyte (unexpectedly) confirmed that it will support the next gen CPUs. … continue reading