Z590
Whether overclocking the CPU is your cup of morning tea/coffee/something stronger or not, there are specific motherboards built by professional overclockers and engineers designed to squeeze out as much performance as possible. For example, while the regular everyday PC user might groan at the thought of spending $500 on a Z590 motherboard with two memory slots, boards such as the ASRock Z590 OC Formula pay homage to the art of overclocking. As such, legendary overclocker and ASRock employee Nick Shih has overseen the design and creation of one of the best series of motherboards for overclocking. The OC Formula has been ASRock's brand for their pinnicle performance motherboards for generations - it seemed dead as we hand't seen it in a while, but it...
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ASUS TUF Gaming Z590-Plus WIFI Motherboard Review: Is $260 Mid-Range or High-End?
Despite the Z590 chipset being the premium option for Intel 11th Gen Rocket Lake processors, and the boards starting around $200, not every model is there to decimate the...
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ASRock Z590 Steel Legend WiFi 6E Review: Z590 On A Budget
Over the past six months we've looked at a varied selection of Z590 motherboards. While most of these have been in the mid-range to premium category, today we are...
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ASUS ROG Maximus XIII Hero Review: Everything for Rocket Lake
On our test bench today is one of ASUS ROG's enthusiast models designed for Intel's Rocket Lake processors. The ASUS ROG Maximus XIII Hero brings plenty of premium controllers...
28 by Gavin Bonshor on 7/9/2021
MSI MEG Z590 Ace Motherboard Review: Premium Rocket Lake with TB4 and 4x M.2
Prior to the release of Intel's 11th Generation Rocket Lake processors, motherboard vendors unveiled their ranges of Z590 motherboards ready for the realm of PCIe 4.0. We saw a...
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GIGABYTE Z590 Aorus Tachyon Review: Built for SPEED
One of the most unique models on the Z590 chipset is the GIGABYTE Z590 Aorus Tachyon. While it functions as a 'relatively' normal day-to-day motherboard, the main focus is...
15 by Gavin Bonshor on 5/10/2021
Intel’s Integrated Graphics Mini-Review: Is Rocket Lake Core 11th Gen Competitive?
In the last few months we have tested the latest x86 integrated graphics options on the desktop from AMD, with some surprising results about how performant a platform with...
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GIGABYTE Z590 Aorus Master Review: Soaring High With Rocket Lake
The latest flagship desktop processor from Intel, the Core i9-11900K, has been out for over a month, and we've been busy putting numerous Z590 motherboards on tests to see...
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MSI Drops A Bling Bling Motherboard: the MEG Z590 Ace Gold Edition
On the back of Intel's 11th generation Rocket Lake processor release last month, MSI has dropped a new Z590 motherboard which certainly raises an eyebrow towards aesthetics. The new...
35 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/14/2021
G.Skill Announces DDR4-5333 Memory Kits for Intel Rocket Lake
Designed with a focus on Intel's latest 11th generation Rocket Lake processors and the new memory controller ratios, G.Skill has announced a wave of new memory kits designed to...
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ASRock Z590 Taichi Review: An Intel Motherboard with Moving Parts (and Thunderbolt 4)
Intel has now launched its latest 11th Generation Core processors for desktop. The highest performing of these is the Core i9-11900K, with 8 cores and 16 threads, and it...
50 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/1/2021
The ASRock Z590 OC Formula Motherboard: By and For Overclockers
ASRock and its in-house extreme overclocker Nich Shih have created the latest in its series of high-end enthusiast-grade motherboards. The OC Formula brand returns, famed for its good extreme...
20 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/1/2021
Intel Rocket Lake (14nm) Review: Core i9-11900K, Core i7-11700K, and Core i5-11600K
Today is the official launch of Intel’s 11th Generation Core processor family, given the internal name ‘Rocket Lake’. Rocket Lake showcases new performance gains for Intel in the desktop...
279 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 3/30/2021
Rocket Lake Redux: 0x34 Microcode Offers Small Performance Gains on Core i7-11700K
One of the leading questions as to our original Core i7-11700K review was the validity of those results given that, as usual with launches, motherboard vendors push BIOS updates...
90 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 3/14/2021
ASUS Bundles MemTest86 With its ROG Z590 Firmware
Back at the all-digital CES 2021 trade show, ASUS and the other big motherboard vendors announced its Z590 models designed for Intel's LGA1200 processors. With many of the models...
14 by Gavin Bonshor on 2/1/2021
The MSI Z590 Godlike, Comparing it to the Z490 Godlike
One of MSI's most prominent motherboard ranges is its Godlike series, set as the premium model no matter which platform it is aimed at. As Intel has recently launched...
24 by Gavin Bonshor on 2/1/2021
The Intel Z590 Motherboard Overview: 50+ Motherboards Detailed
At the start of 2021, Intel has unveiled its latest desktop platform, designed primarily for its Rocket Lake 11th generation processors. Intel is officially moving to PCIe 4.0, with...
89 by Gavin Bonshor on 1/19/2021
Intel Previews 11th Gen Core Rocket Lake: Core i9-11900K and Z590, Coming Q1
Spending five generations on the same base microarchitecture is a long time. Progress and excitement can be sustained through optimizing a process node, adding cores, and extracting every drop...
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