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Just bought this motherboard and its great looks good and performs good. Only the bios is a bit complicated for me… and it doesn’t give enough power to my 13900K to get to 6Ghz but that might be silicon lottery or the VRM’s idk im buying a 14900K tomorrow let’s see. Also it can’t run my 96GB DDR5 C32 at 6600MT/s only at 6200MT/s but that might be due to the CPU memory controller aswell. I mean it has 8 layer pcb and stuff so that should help the memory.
Great video! If definitely looks pretty easy to use. Between this motherboard and the MSI z790 Tomahawk (DDR5), which one would you pick for an intel i9 13900k? These are the other components of the pc: - corsair 1000w gold plus - rtx 3090 fe - Corsair Vengeance 64 gb RAM 6400 mhz CL32 I'm using the pc mainly for video editing (premiere pro and other adobe software). Thanks!
I don't know if others mentioned but the wifi7 win 10 driver doesn't exist. Had to go to win11 with my board..... Weird none of these reviewers are mentioning that.
Dude i just built my damn 13900ks computer like 2 months ago fml I dont reallt care about the cpu gen coming, anything like that, what i do care about is that these new boards all promise amazing ram overclock and stability potential. Getting my 7200mhz stable on strix z790 e was a fucking NIGHTMARE until i magically headed to the right voltage combo sweet spot. Then this stuff comes out promising to beat Apex clockspeeds on a FOUR dimm board Also sucks that the strix-e is so using the cpu based m2 slot lowers the gpu pcie slot to x8
For someone like me who upgrades almost continually part by part, this motherboard makes sense. No point dropping $800 on a board, when I will replace it for a new chipset in 1-2 years, or for some better m.2 feature, etc. Better to buy something that works for a reasonable price. I usually buy Aorus Master, but I really see no point anymore, and will stick with Elite as for a simple 14900k/4090 gamer, there is no reason for a better board. For people who want to overclock for that 0.2% better performance, or who buy computers to see better numbers on overclocking graphs, then maybe drop the 600-800$ for the board with more VRM.
Straight up... if your board doesn't have TOSLink, I'm not gonna' buy it. It's what I use out to my DAC on my main system and it what I use to go to my AVR on my couch gaming system.
So do we still have lane issues making us choose between using the m.2 5 5.0 slot for a 5.0 nvme, or having our gpu @ x16 instead of x8? HOW are these companies advertising like they are? Are ANY of them fully transparent? There's a bunch of, "You can have THIS (or) AND THIS!!!"... It's tiring. I'm not too worried about 4.0 v.s. 5.0, I just want to know where to put my windows-nvme without compromising my GPU's full power... Do you still need (can you use) a thermal contact frame on this? Does that new edge to the socket inhibit the installation of a contact-frame?
0:10 has to be the best face Nick's made in their UA-cam career. Also the ad spot made me release air through my nose at an elevated speed/rate 🤣 thanks for the laughs, mate. Great overview, I'm all in for those QoL improvements
interesting. i did see that also. i was making a maintenance and did see a small tiny difference. so you think intel make the socket higher so cpu have more room to sit?
246 in / What, no ITX board ?! I am currently, on my daily driver, a Gigabyte B650itx with 7800X3D,and its great,with some tuned GSKill 6000 2x32 at 1.4v 30-38-36-32! 485 tuned ram using Buildzoid timings.
I can't believe I basically got one of them Z790 boards that were developed with the Intel 14th Gen processor in mind. Wi-Fi is all good and well, but only for inside my own network, which is maximum 6e right now. Bluetooth 5.4 is coming, the biggest improvement there is the disappearing lag for audio. The price I paid was wrong, totally wrong, but thanks Jeff Bezos.
This may sound like a dumb question about this Wifi MoBo, but WHERE IS THE WIFI? I just got this board, and the drivers wont install, throws an error. device manager says there is an unknown network device listed, but can't update. No settings in BIOS for wifi on/off? Just how do I enable the wifi and what drivers do I need? Ver1.0. thanks
I had the same question! (My Wifi works OK, but I can't help wondering how to replace it when the next gen comes out, or when the BT stops working -- especially since there are so few PCIe slots). I suspect it is hidden very near the antenna connectors.
It'd be interesting to see how the M.2 latches cope with NVMEs with heatsinks. I can categorically say from experience that M.2 NVME motherboard heatsink is not adequate enough for 3 M.2s nvmes as I had 3 m.2s under a motherboard heatsink on a the X670E Crosshair Hero. In short I had system stability issues on idle when they went above 55 degrees c (one of the nvmes was a gen3). The only solution was to put the seperate heatsinks on the M.2s but since the q latches on the mobo do not support m.2s with heatsinks. I had to replace the latches with nylon stand-offs. Asus blamed me for installing the m.2 motherboard heatsink ontop of the nvme heatsinks when it's not remotely possible - that was their first response when I asked if they could send latches that enabled me to use nvmes with heatsinks. When I pointed out it was not possible to install the motherboard heatsink ontop nvme heatsinks, their response was the motherboard was not designed to support nvme heatsinks. When I asked were Asus categorically limiting users on a £700 motherboard - they completely shut up and have not responded since - to anything. This was before the whole thing the bios on AM5 blew up. I currently have 3 nvmes all gen4 and I have not experience any system instability since replacing the stand-offs. They are glued onto the board and screwed on the underside - removing the screw does not allow you to remove the q latch stand-offs. You have to use a decent amount of force with a u shaped spanner bit that goes on screwdrivers... I ended up replacing them as I accidently slightly over tightened a very smaaaall m2 screw and it broke inside the q-latch stand-off. So, I just replaced all the lower m.2 nvme q-latch stand-offs. The Gen-5 m.2 was not replaced as it has a whoppingly large heatsink on it.
Aorus has been my go to over the years for features and stability. This motherboard the heat sinks look like they might be too tall for an air cooler. I love the placement for the CMOS battery in the bottom right. No more removing the graphics card to replace it.
i‘ve got the X670E Aorus Master, i love the Design and Materials but mine came with a faulty CMOS battery, and ofc. i just noticed it, after i‘ve completed the build, had to take the whole thing apart again and disassemble it to change the battery… takes abour 2 hours, not such a great experience. i came from MSI and i don‘t really like the Gigabyte Bios that much tbh. especially with the mouse sensitivity, i hope it‘s going to be a better experience after the CMOS problem is sorted out.. have a good one!
@@mr.m945 i did RMA the Mainboard, i've got to wait for a new one or the old one to be fixed, and then i can tell you my updated experience, so far, it's doodoo
@HIIMUsc Damn, I heard this mobo in the vid is the top of the line for its category but I've seen so many mixed reviews of drives not downloading, the bios not working properly, and ram usage and wifi for some reason not working as well, others say it works perfectly so idk if I'll end up getting this one or end up getting the msi tomahawk that's a z790, forgot the full name
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Just bought this motherboard and its great looks good and performs good. Only the bios is a bit complicated for me… and it doesn’t give enough power to my 13900K to get to 6Ghz but that might be silicon lottery or the VRM’s idk im buying a 14900K tomorrow let’s see. Also it can’t run my 96GB DDR5 C32 at 6600MT/s only at 6200MT/s but that might be due to the CPU memory controller aswell. I mean it has 8 layer pcb and stuff so that should help the memory.
SO DID IT RUN OK?
I do like how Aorus Software Sweet allows you to update the BIOS directly from the Internet straight to the Board without using a USB Flash Drive.
Great video! If definitely looks pretty easy to use.
Between this motherboard and the MSI z790 Tomahawk (DDR5), which one would you pick for an intel i9 13900k?
These are the other components of the pc:
- corsair 1000w gold plus
- rtx 3090 fe
- Corsair Vengeance 64 gb RAM 6400 mhz CL32
I'm using the pc mainly for video editing (premiere pro and other adobe software).
Thanks!
these improvements a great cant wait for it to be incorporated by other companies great job guys
I don't know if others mentioned but the wifi7 win 10 driver doesn't exist. Had to go to win11 with my board..... Weird none of these reviewers are mentioning that.
Dude i just built my damn 13900ks computer like 2 months ago fml
I dont reallt care about the cpu gen coming, anything like that, what i do care about is that these new boards all promise amazing ram overclock and stability potential. Getting my 7200mhz stable on strix z790 e was a fucking NIGHTMARE until i magically headed to the right voltage combo sweet spot. Then this stuff comes out promising to beat Apex clockspeeds on a FOUR dimm board
Also sucks that the strix-e is so using the cpu based m2 slot lowers the gpu pcie slot to x8
For someone like me who upgrades almost continually part by part, this motherboard makes sense. No point dropping $800 on a board, when I will replace it for a new chipset in 1-2 years, or for some better m.2 feature, etc. Better to buy something that works for a reasonable price. I usually buy Aorus Master, but I really see no point anymore, and will stick with Elite as for a simple 14900k/4090 gamer, there is no reason for a better board.
For people who want to overclock for that 0.2% better performance, or who buy computers to see better numbers on overclocking graphs, then maybe drop the 600-800$ for the board with more VRM.
Just got this board. Noticed the big m.2 heatsink (one that says Aorus) has some play in it. I don’t like things not being tight and rattling
I'm a tool
ugh.. i am old fashioned and really miss the manual that use to be included. I know, its on line just like all the drivers ..
You didn’t say anything but IT IS obvious.. you said so much in that 😂😂😂
I didn't get it. What is obvious?
I don't get what's obvious either. Or why nobody wants to say it out loud. :^)
that toolless system is sweet.
Straight up... if your board doesn't have TOSLink, I'm not gonna' buy it. It's what I use out to my DAC on my main system and it what I use to go to my AVR on my couch gaming system.
Love watching your videos because they are helping me so much cause i am saving up for my first pc🎉
So do we still have lane issues making us choose between using the m.2 5 5.0 slot for a 5.0 nvme, or having our gpu @ x16 instead of x8? HOW are these companies advertising like they are? Are ANY of them fully transparent?
There's a bunch of, "You can have THIS (or) AND THIS!!!"... It's tiring. I'm not too worried about 4.0 v.s. 5.0, I just want to know where to put my windows-nvme without compromising my GPU's full power... Do you still need (can you use) a thermal contact frame on this? Does that new edge to the socket inhibit the installation of a contact-frame?
0:10 has to be the best face Nick's made in their UA-cam career. Also the ad spot made me release air through my nose at an elevated speed/rate 🤣 thanks for the laughs, mate. Great overview, I'm all in for those QoL improvements
interesting. i did see that also. i was making a maintenance and did see a small tiny difference. so you think intel make the socket higher so cpu have more room to sit?
Hello i love your vids i am getting a pc this christmas
Is it for ML?
246 in / What, no ITX board ?! I am currently, on my daily driver, a Gigabyte B650itx with 7800X3D,and its great,with some tuned GSKill 6000 2x32 at 1.4v 30-38-36-32! 485 tuned ram using Buildzoid timings.
I can't believe I basically got one of them Z790 boards that were developed with the Intel 14th Gen processor in mind. Wi-Fi is all good and well, but only for inside my own network, which is maximum 6e right now. Bluetooth 5.4 is coming, the biggest improvement there is the disappearing lag for audio. The price I paid was wrong, totally wrong, but thanks Jeff Bezos.
Added support for those thiccc boys is nice. Really like the m.2 latches too.
This may sound like a dumb question about this Wifi MoBo, but WHERE IS THE WIFI? I just got this board, and the drivers wont install, throws an error. device manager says there is an unknown network device listed, but can't update. No settings in BIOS for wifi on/off? Just how do I enable the wifi and what drivers do I need? Ver1.0. thanks
I had the same question! (My Wifi works OK, but I can't help wondering how to replace it when the next gen comes out, or when the BT stops working -- especially since there are so few PCIe slots). I suspect it is hidden very near the antenna connectors.
@dialogpartofclarivate I moved to win11 from win10 and everything has been great.
Looks interesting. However until gigabyte fixes their screaming loud coil whine issues on their motherboards then I’ll be staying far away.
If this had a postcode.. it would have been the go-to Z790.
Gigabyte's new z790 boards are the few best ram overclocking motherboards right now
It'd be interesting to see how the M.2 latches cope with NVMEs with heatsinks. I can categorically say from experience that M.2 NVME motherboard heatsink is not adequate enough for 3 M.2s nvmes as I had 3 m.2s under a motherboard heatsink on a the X670E Crosshair Hero. In short I had system stability issues on idle when they went above 55 degrees c (one of the nvmes was a gen3). The only solution was to put the seperate heatsinks on the M.2s but since the q latches on the mobo do not support m.2s with heatsinks. I had to replace the latches with nylon stand-offs. Asus blamed me for installing the m.2 motherboard heatsink ontop of the nvme heatsinks when it's not remotely possible - that was their first response when I asked if they could send latches that enabled me to use nvmes with heatsinks. When I pointed out it was not possible to install the motherboard heatsink ontop nvme heatsinks, their response was the motherboard was not designed to support nvme heatsinks. When I asked were Asus categorically limiting users on a £700 motherboard - they completely shut up and have not responded since - to anything. This was before the whole thing the bios on AM5 blew up.
I currently have 3 nvmes all gen4 and I have not experience any system instability since replacing the stand-offs. They are glued onto the board and screwed on the underside - removing the screw does not allow you to remove the q latch stand-offs. You have to use a decent amount of force with a u shaped spanner bit that goes on screwdrivers... I ended up replacing them as I accidently slightly over tightened a very smaaaall m2 screw and it broke inside the q-latch stand-off. So, I just replaced all the lower m.2 nvme q-latch stand-offs. The Gen-5 m.2 was not replaced as it has a whoppingly large heatsink on it.
When is the release date on these ?
my z790 pro x in white will be here friday
Should i install ssd in cpu m2 slot above gpu?
Thats toolless m2 really love it I hate loosening and drop the m2 screw 😂😂
I’m wondering if it will need a BIOS update for Intel 14th Gen processors
the new x boards yesss
Must be great for recording streams with all of that on board storage ye got there :D
I think my MSI MPG Z790 Carbon Wifi is better than this board...
Its just a motherboard bro.
It is
Nah, that’s last generation. Old tech now.
No your msi is 20c hot than that gigabyte Motherboard
Does anyone mention that the
It looks awful
Is this board actually available anywhere? I don't see any US dealers.
Got mine from Amazon. Coming in today.
Thanks for sharing. Just ordered one. @@tripleap
I love these videos
another great overview
Aorus has been my go to over the years for features and stability. This motherboard the heat sinks look like they might be too tall for an air cooler. I love the placement for the CMOS battery in the bottom right. No more removing the graphics card to replace it.
i‘ve got the X670E Aorus Master, i love the Design and Materials but mine came with a faulty CMOS battery, and ofc. i just noticed it, after i‘ve completed the build, had to take the whole thing apart again and disassemble it to change the battery… takes abour 2 hours, not such a great experience. i came from MSI and i don‘t really like the Gigabyte Bios that much tbh. especially with the mouse sensitivity, i hope it‘s going to be a better experience after the CMOS problem is sorted out..
have a good one!
@@HIIMUsc do you know if it is? I was thinking of buying this mobo but heard so many mixed reviews of gigabyte
@@mr.m945 i did RMA the Mainboard, i've got to wait for a new one or the old one to be fixed, and then i can tell you my updated experience, so far, it's doodoo
@HIIMUsc Damn, I heard this mobo in the vid is the top of the line for its category but I've seen so many mixed reviews of drives not downloading, the bios not working properly, and ram usage and wifi for some reason not working as well, others say it works perfectly so idk if I'll end up getting this one or end up getting the msi tomahawk that's a z790, forgot the full name
@@HIIMUsc oops it didn't @ you in my other reply sorry
hope more boards comes with more m.2 slot and less PCI-E slot that most people don't even use
is it better than z70 godlike? been planning to go for that one but now this one got released
If only the person doo doo-ing all the speaking was tool-less 😂Nah kidding mate, you're alright. Excellent video.
Banger of a Motherboard overview fams. Keep up the hard work
release date??? waiting to buy the non wifi model
No offense, but double "L" on the preview... 🫥