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ASRock Launches Intel Z390 motherboards with Phantom Gaming Series
ASRock is pleased to announce the launch of the new Intel Z390 motherboard series, and also the Phantom Gaming Motherboards, the latest addition to the company's popular Phantom Gaming line up.
These versatile new motherboards support the latest 9th Generation Intel® Core™ processors with socket 1151.
TAIPEI, Taiwan, October 05th, 2018 – The leading global motherboard manufacturer, ASRock, is pleased to announce the launch of the new Intel Z390 motherboard series, and also the Phantom Gaming Motherboards, the latest addition to the company's popular Phantom Gaming line up. These versatile new motherboards support the latest 9th Generation Intel® Core™ processors with socket 1151.
A Blazingly Fast Gaming Network Experience
Fast internet will be the trend of the future, it is certain that the old-fashioned 1 Gbps Ethernet with soon be replaced by the more advanced 2.5 Gbps LAN interface, giving network performance boost to up to 2.5x the speed of old-fashioned gigabit Ethernet. The Z390 Phantom Gaming motherboards will be the first to adopt this new industry standard and provides blazing fast 2.5 Gbps LAN, supporting next generation networking standards, for an unbeatable experience. The intelligent Phantom Gaming 2.5Gb/s LAN platform is designed for the demanding requirements of home networking, content creators, online gamers and users of high-quality streaming media. Also ASRock’s Phantom Gaming network software is able to automatically accelerate critical gaming network traffic ahead of other data to provide smoother, stutter-free game performance and give gamers the ultimate competitive edge.
Stable power 24/7
ASRock's IR Digital PWM 12 Power Phase design is ready for the most demanding modern processors. In this latest generation, Intel® has added more cores to the new processors, so these already powerful CPUs now offer even higher performance. But more cores can sometimes demand more power when overclocking. By providing the steady and solid support of twelve power phases, the ASRock power system is designed for maximum stability at all times, and for maximum overclocking ability whenever you need it.
The new Z390 motherboards from ASRock bring best-in-class features to power users, including the most responsive high-speed internet connectivity at up to 2.5 Gbps, super stable 12 phase power design – plus outstanding ASRock features such as USB Type-C, vivid Creative Sound Blaster Cinema 5 sound, vibrant Polychrome SYNC full color RGB LED control, and full coverage M.2 heatsinks to keep up with the fastest storage performance. With all these powerful and versatile new features, ASRock now has the best all round product line for gamers, as well as for performance-hungry power users.
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#5592695 Posted on: 10/05/2018 02:33 PM
Yep, that was the plan. They, however, posted it all.
Yep, that was the plan. They, however, posted it all.
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#5592707 Posted on: 10/05/2018 03:16 PM
If rumors are true, you will be able to get a 2700x with it´s fan cooler and an Asus Crosshair motherboard for the price of a 9900k CPU when it launches. Let´s wait until october, 19th to get the reviews (if is not just a paper launch) and let´s hope that the price/performance ratio worth it
If rumors are true, you will be able to get a 2700x with it´s fan cooler and an Asus Crosshair motherboard for the price of a 9900k CPU when it launches. Let´s wait until october, 19th to get the reviews (if is not just a paper launch) and let´s hope that the price/performance ratio worth it
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#5592962 Posted on: 10/06/2018 04:07 AM
the new standard 2.5Gb ? where ? the next standard already exists and it's called 10Gbit
I'm lucky enough to have 10GBit internet so hard pass for me completely useless port
win7 with Intel X550 ethernet card https://www.speedtest.net/result/d/b6170b84-a376-42f8-8413-4bbdfcb144aa
in reality my max seems to be 2.8Gb/s probably because of the SSDs/motherboard etc..steam torrents etc all max out at 2.8 can't be a coincidence
I know I'm a special case, still why would you release a brand new chipset with 2.5Gb it seems dumb to me..I'm waiting for the ASrock with the 10Gb port
the new standard 2.5Gb ? where ? the next standard already exists and it's called 10Gbit
I'm lucky enough to have 10GBit internet so hard pass for me completely useless port
win7 with Intel X550 ethernet card https://www.speedtest.net/result/d/b6170b84-a376-42f8-8413-4bbdfcb144aa
in reality my max seems to be 2.8Gb/s probably because of the SSDs/motherboard etc..steam torrents etc all max out at 2.8 can't be a coincidence
I know I'm a special case, still why would you release a brand new chipset with 2.5Gb it seems dumb to me..I'm waiting for the ASrock with the 10Gb port
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#5592982 Posted on: 10/06/2018 07:04 AM
As a Romanian, very proud by my 1gbps connection, seeing what Salt Fiber offers at a very small price... well, I'm hiding in a dark corner, weeping uncontrollably.
As a Romanian, very proud by my 1gbps connection, seeing what Salt Fiber offers at a very small price... well, I'm hiding in a dark corner, weeping uncontrollably.
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#5592993 Posted on: 10/06/2018 07:47 AM
you can be very proud, Europe, all the "eastern" countries especially Russia have fast connection compared to the US or Australia I was looking for large files to test the connection and downloaded some random 8K quality demo movie with torrent, one guy from Ukraine was uploading to me at 111Mbyte/s too bad I couldn't message him to say thank you ahahah (fun fact I could not play the video on that computer)
anyways thanks Guru3d I'm waiting to order a Z390 motherboard, my current computer seems to be dying I have a lot of trouble to boot I can't boot at all with the default settings in bios
time to upgrade and switch to win10
edit : uh wait don't tell me they completely removed the 10Gbit from their z390 line ?
the fatality MB had one and they announced one for it's z390 replacement
a PCIE 10Gb card not only takes a PCIE slot but also 4x pcie lanes (it can even shutdown other things like SATA drives if you run out of lanes, happened to me)
I was hoping that maybe if it was integrated onto the MB it wouldn't be the case, ethernet cards M.2 SSDs more and more stuff is using lanes, they release motherboards with x m.2 and pcie slots but you can't use them anyway...unless you buy a Ryzen ^^
As a Romanian, very proud by my 1gbps connection, seeing what Salt Fiber offers at a very small price... well, I'm hiding in a dark corner, weeping uncontrollably.
you can be very proud, Europe, all the "eastern" countries especially Russia have fast connection compared to the US or Australia I was looking for large files to test the connection and downloaded some random 8K quality demo movie with torrent, one guy from Ukraine was uploading to me at 111Mbyte/s too bad I couldn't message him to say thank you ahahah (fun fact I could not play the video on that computer)
anyways thanks Guru3d I'm waiting to order a Z390 motherboard, my current computer seems to be dying I have a lot of trouble to boot I can't boot at all with the default settings in bios
time to upgrade and switch to win10
edit : uh wait don't tell me they completely removed the 10Gbit from their z390 line ?
the fatality MB had one and they announced one for it's z390 replacement
a PCIE 10Gb card not only takes a PCIE slot but also 4x pcie lanes (it can even shutdown other things like SATA drives if you run out of lanes, happened to me)
I was hoping that maybe if it was integrated onto the MB it wouldn't be the case, ethernet cards M.2 SSDs more and more stuff is using lanes, they release motherboards with x m.2 and pcie slots but you can't use them anyway...unless you buy a Ryzen ^^
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#5593146 Posted on: 10/06/2018 04:32 PM
it seems that ASrock backed down from 10Gb ethernet and replaced it by 2.5
a downgrade that makes sense when you read this and my post above (10Gbit takes x4 lanes !)
probable reason found in videocardz comments
>savt
The bigger problem with 10Gb is that it requires multiple PCIe lanes to run, 2.5Gb takes a single 2.0 lane, 1Gb takes a single 1.0 lane.
considering that irl I have more like 2.8 limited by my hardware, going to 2.5 to free up 2 lanes seems like a good idea if it allows to install a(nother) M.2 SSD
edit : the taichi ultimate still has 10Gbit ethgernet it seems
that said I'm not sure I want it now freeing up 2 lanes for another SSD or USB seems a better option, getting speeds above 2.5 is not everyday anyway, you'll be getting 500Mb/s most of the time on steam typically, that was a special case, pre-load are always ultra fast
it seems that ASrock backed down from 10Gb ethernet and replaced it by 2.5
a downgrade that makes sense when you read this and my post above (10Gbit takes x4 lanes !)
probable reason found in videocardz comments
>savt
The bigger problem with 10Gb is that it requires multiple PCIe lanes to run, 2.5Gb takes a single 2.0 lane, 1Gb takes a single 1.0 lane.
considering that irl I have more like 2.8 limited by my hardware, going to 2.5 to free up 2 lanes seems like a good idea if it allows to install a(nother) M.2 SSD
edit : the taichi ultimate still has 10Gbit ethgernet it seems
that said I'm not sure I want it now freeing up 2 lanes for another SSD or USB seems a better option, getting speeds above 2.5 is not everyday anyway, you'll be getting 500Mb/s most of the time on steam typically, that was a special case, pre-load are always ultra fast
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#5593169 Posted on: 10/06/2018 05:42 PM
The only thing phantom about ASRock is their customer support and quality checking. They didn't even respond the last time I emailed them which wasn't even for tech support, it was to order an item you can only buy by ordering directly through them. When they respond for tech support they say some nonsense in broken English that makes no sense until you give up. Well, at least they don't remove power phases from later motherboard revisions like Gigabyte does.
The only thing phantom about ASRock is their customer support and quality checking. They didn't even respond the last time I emailed them which wasn't even for tech support, it was to order an item you can only buy by ordering directly through them. When they respond for tech support they say some nonsense in broken English that makes no sense until you give up. Well, at least they don't remove power phases from later motherboard revisions like Gigabyte does.
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Weren´t Z390 suppose to be announced the 8th of october? https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/intel-releases-z390-on-october-8th8-core-cpus-two-weeks-later.html