ASUS Maximus Z790 Extreme (DDR5) review

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This motherboard has a tremendous 24+1 VRM topology with 105A power stages that are ready to help you take advantage of the full overclocking potential of Intel 13th Generation CPUs. It has both an Intel-powered 2.5Gb Ethernet port and a Marvell 10Gb Ethernet connector, giving you access to the fastest local network transfers.


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It has a high-end Intel AX411 WiFi 6E adapter that gives you high-speed wireless connectivity on the wide-open 6GHz spectrum. Intel Double Connect Technology (DCT) improves your WiFi gaming experience even more by connecting you to two bands at once and giving priority to traffic on the faster band.


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The large EATX layout of the ROG Maximus Z790 Extreme gave us a lot of room to meet a need for super-fast SSDs. Five NVMe SSDs can be used with this motherboard. The main feature is an onboard PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot, and the board gives you a lot of room to grow with two onboard PCIe 4.0 M.2 slots. With the ROG DIMM.2 add-in card, you can get two more slots.


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ROG True Voltician is included with the ROG Maximus Z790 Extreme to help hardware enthusiasts get the best performance. This oscilloscope kit contains everything you need to analyse the power circuitry on the motherboard in detail.


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Once the oscilloscope is hooked up to your gear, it shows voltage information in real time on a separate system. It is never been easier to get the information you need to overclock.


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Connections internal: 1x Thunderbolt 4 socket (40Gb/s, Intel JHL8540, iGPU), 1x USB-C 3.2 Key-A Header (20Gb/s, PD, max. 60W, QC4+), 1x USB-C 3.1 Key-A Header ( 10Gb/s), 2x USB 3.0 header (5Gb/s, 4x USB 3.0), 2x USB 2.0 header (480Mb/s, 4x USB 2.0), 6x SATA 6Gb/s (Z790), 1x RSVD header, 1x OSC-Sence header

  • Header cooling: 2x 4-pin CPU fans, 4x 4-pin fans, 2x 4-pin pumps, 1x thermal sensor, 1x flow sensor, 1x water block sensor
  • Header lighting: 1x 4-pin RGB (+12V/G/R/B, max. 3A), 1x 3-pin ARGB (+5V/DATA/GND, max. 3A, ASUS Gen2), 2x 3-pin ARGB (+5V/DATA/GND, max. 3A, ASUS Gen2, via 1x 6-pin ARGB)
  • Buttons/switches: USB BIOS Flashback (external), Clear CMOS button (external), Power button (internal), Reset button (internal), SafeBoot button (internal), Retry button (internal), FlexKey button (internal) , BIOS switch (internal), SlowMode switch (internal), RSVD switch (internal), V_LATCH switch (internal), BCLK button (internal)
 

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The ROG Maximus Z790 Extreme is also ready to be the centre of a strong cooling system. It has eight fan headers built in, and the ROG Fan Controller that comes with it makes it easy to add another six. Want to add more lights at the same time? You can connect LED strips to the three-gen 2 addressable RGB headers and sync them with the rest of your gear using Aura Sync.  Btw audio is arranged by 7.1 (Realtek ALC4082, ASUS SupremeFX), DAC (ESS ES9218), DTS Sound Unbound.

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