Someday quickly™ — don’t ask us when, we’re not telling — Intel will launch its next-gen Core CPUs. Such as you, we’re excited to see how these chips will rework our on a regular basis PC experiences. However we’re not sitting on our arms and ready for the brand new processors to launch. We’re exhausting at work making ready a brand new lineup of motherboards primed that will help you get essentially the most out of your next-gen Intel CPU. Right this moment, we’re able to share some particulars on three of those motherboards: the ROG Maximus Z790 Darkish Hero, the ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming WiFi II, and the TUF Gaming Z790-Professional WiFi. Moreover, we’ve ready a particular model of the ROG Maximus Z790 Hero that’s styled with the colours and themes of Asuka’s EVA-02 mech from the basic anime Neon Genesis Evangelion.
There’s a number of data to go over as we speak, so learn on for all the small print. Comply with the hyperlinks beneath to leap forward to particular part.
LGA 1700 rides once more
Intel’s twelfth and thirteenth era Core processors each slot into the LGA 1700 socket, so customers have been in a position to construct their very own approach with both Z690 or Z790 motherboards whereas taking their choose from a wide array of CPUs. However LGA 1700’s time isn’t over. The truth is, it’s poised to take one other lap across the observe. This socket can even be suitable with next-gen Intel Core CPUs.
Because of this you’ll have plentiful choices as you intend a brand new construct or an improve. Will you improve your motherboard to benefit from the high-performance networking, plentiful connectivity, and optimized energy options of our newest and greatest Z790 motherboards? Or will you stick along with your battle-hardened Z690 or Z790 motherboard when you improve to a next-gen CPU? It’s all as much as you. Simply make sure that to replace your older motherboard’s BIOS for full compatibility with Intel’s next-gen Core CPUs. The BIOS updates you want can be found now — click on right here for the updates for a Z690 or B660 motherboard, and click on right here for the updates for a Z790 or B760 motherboard. Want some assist with the BIOS replace course of? Click on right here for a simple information on how you can get that carried out.
Subsequent-level bandwidth with WiFi 7
Early in 2023, we introduced our very first WiFi 7 routers. Ultrafast WiFi 7 (802.11be) shatters all boundaries to present you distinctive networking speeds for gaming, leisure, and extra. You requested for extra pace, and WiFi 7 delivers. Whereas WiFi 6 centered on congestion-busting tech designed for crowded networks, WiFi 7 kicks into excessive gear with new options that ship sooner wi-fi speeds than ever, all whereas retaining or refining the benefits of WiFi 6 and WiFi 6E.
How does WiFi 7 obtain these larger speeds? It begins with ultra-wide 320MHz channels that enable WiFi 7 routers to ship larger efficiency and bigger capability. 4096 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) permits for better quantities of knowledge to be extra densely embedded in every sign. Moreover, multi-link operation (MLO) permits units concurrently transmit and/or obtain throughout totally different bands and channels, with separation of knowledge and management planes. The parallel hyperlinks allow sooner speeds by aggregating bandwidth, with extra dependable WiFi connections on a number of concurrently used bands.
WiFi 7 additionally makes extra environment friendly use of obtainable spectrum. With Multi-RU and Puncturing, WiFi 7 units will be capable of take full benefit of the remaining a part of the channels that’s not getting used or interrupted. This manner, the WiFi bandwidth can be utilized effectively to make knowledge transmission faster and extra dependable.
To take full benefit of the newest wi-fi commonplace, you’ll want each a WiFi 7 router and a few WiFi 7 units. Our newest ROG Maximus and ROG Strix Z790 motherboards shall be amongst our very first WiFi 7 motherboards. Look to the ROG Maximus Z790 Darkish Hero for the perfect wi-fi networking expertise. Providing hyperlink speeds as much as 5.8Gbps, this motherboard is ideal for customers with a multigigabit web connection, or those that need a high-speed wi-fi connection to a network-attached storage (NAS) unit.
That will help you get essentially the most out of your WiFi 7 connection, we’re introducing the ASUS WiFi Q-Antenna. That includes an all-new {hardware} design together with each circuit optimizations to the PCB and new enhanced inside pin connectors, it vastly improves sign throughput for the 5GHz and 6GHz bands. Its simple one-step design implies that you don’t need to do something greater than plug it in to have an amazing expertise. Because it’s a directional antenna, we additionally offer you handy instruments within the Armoury Crate app to enhance sign high quality and vary by adjusting its place. Course Finder detects sign energy and identifies the best positioning in your antenna in only a few steps, whereas Quick Test provides you a fast option to verify sign energy and be certain that you’re getting one of the best connection.
Extra quick storage at your beck and name
Within the months following the discharge of our first Z790 motherboards, the primary PCIe 5.0 M.2 SSDs hit the market. Providing unprecedented peak switch speeds, these drives are excellent for fanatics who want high-speed entry to massive information and datasets — to not point out any person who craves absolutely the quickest boot and utility load instances.
To make it even simpler so that you can benefit from these cutting-edge drives, we’re providing onboard PCIe 5.0 M.2 slots on extra Z790 boards than ever earlier than. The ROG Maximus Z790 Darkish Hero awaits for those who’re in want of one in every of these high-performance M.2 slots.
For folk constructing a PC in 2023, the variety of accessible M.2 slots is commonly simply as necessary because the accessible bandwidth from every slot. You would possibly want many M.2 slots to conveniently construct out a big storage library, or maybe you’ve a set of M.2 drives from earlier builds that you simply’d choose to get extra mileage out of. Both approach, we’re bolstering our Z790 lineup with much more choices, just like the ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming WiFi II, that provide a complete of 5 M.2 slots — and we’re ensuring that these slots have efficient heatsinks that match the aesthetic of the board.
Handy front-panel machine charging
Most people want all of the handy charging areas that they’ll get. With all of the units within as we speak’s related properties, you virtually definitely have a smartphone, pill, or handheld that would use a battery top-off everytime you sit down at your laptop.
Our greatest Z790 motherboards make it simple with a connector that means that you can arrange a totally loaded front-panel USB Kind-C port in a suitable case. With USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 speeds, it’ll switch knowledge as much as 20Gbps. With Fast Cost 4+ or USB Energy Supply 3.0 tech, relying on the motherboard you choose, you may quickly recharge your related machine.
However that’s not all. We additionally present a built-in characteristic referred to as USB Wattage Watcher. USB Wattage Watcher permits customers to observe the present wattage delivered to a tool related to the USB 20Gbps Kind-C® front-panel connector. With USB Wattage Watcher, customers can look at their machine’s charging wattage in real-time and verify on their machine’s Quick-Charging standing.
Straightforward reminiscence optimization with AEMP II
For a time, PC builders debated whether or not they’d choose inexpensive DDR4 or high-performance DDR5 RAM for his or her methods. Now that the DDR5 market has matured, and a variety of reminiscence kits can be found at more and more attractive costs, it’s getting more durable to disregard the efficiency potential of next-gen reminiscence. Content material creators, players, engineers who work with massive datasets, and heavy multitaskers all profit from a high-core-count CPU with distinctive multi-threaded efficiency — and DDR5 is a greater match for Intel’s next-gen Core CPUs than DDR4.
To provide you a hassle-free option to get your reminiscence package up to the mark, all our Z790 motherboards that assist DDR5 offer you entry to AEMP II profiles. Constructed by way of a versatile coaching methodology, these profiles make it simple so that you can tune your reminiscence above baseline settings whereas sustaining steady system operation. With AEMP II, optimized reminiscence settings are only a click on away whether or not you’re getting essentially the most out of an entry-level module or priming a high-speed package for final efficiency. The ROG Maximus Z790 Darkish Hero and the ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming WiFi II go a step additional with DIMM Flex, a BIOS characteristic that screens DRAM temperatures and dynamically adjusts efficiency as thermal headroom permits.
Clever controls get it carried out
It looks like AI is everywhere in the information nowadays, what with generative AI tech taking an enormous leap ahead. Nevertheless it’s nothing new round our design labs — we’ve been utilizing superior methods for years to present PC builders easy-to-use options that unlock the potential of their PC with only a couple clicks.
It begins with AI Overclocking. Powered by exhaustive analysis and characterization of the efficiency potential of 1000’s of precise CPUs in our testing labs, this instrument leads the trade for overclocking efficiency and ease of use. It boosts CPU clocks with only one click on. AI Overclocking’s refined intelligence additionally screens the effectivity of your CPU cooler and modifications within the working surroundings of your system to tune its parameters over time for one of the best efficiency along with your system’s distinctive set of elements. You’ll have entry to AI Overclocking on all our ROG Z790 motherboards. For the primary time, you can too use AI Overclocking on a TUF Gaming motherboard with an Intel chipset — seize your self the TUF Gaming Z790-Professional WiFi to get in on the motion.
Our clever tech stands able to optimize your cooling, as nicely. AI Cooling II is the right resolution for builders who go for higher-RPM case followers able to transferring massive volumes of air. These followers are simply the ticket for maintaining high-performance elements cool below load, however they’ll produce extreme noise when customers are performing gentle duties like studying posts on-line, looking YouTube, or responding to e mail. AI Cooling II provides you a simple instrument for getting efficient airflow below load and quiet operation throughout gentle duties.
If you first allow this instrument although FanXpert within the Armoury Crate app, it makes use of a machine studying algorithm to assemble knowledge about your system throughout a quick stress check. From then on, AI Cooling II screens your CPU and makes use of the info from its stress check to calculate the bottom fan pace required to successfully cool your system — whereas minimizing noise ranges. This fan management system can cut back system fan noise by as much as 5.7dB below sustained masses. Via this self-adaptive system, you’ll all the time have cooling energy whenever you want it and quiet operation whenever you need it. We’ve additionally taken the chance to replace FanXpert with our full set of fan calibration and management choices. You’ll get temperature enter mapping and fan response mapping, all inside Home windows by way of the handy Armoury Crate app.
If you’re assembly with coworkers, giving a presentation to a possible consumer, or coordinating along with your squadmates as you play a aggressive sport collectively, clear communication is important. Two-Approach AI Noise Cancelation makes it occur. Our newest audio utility, Two-Approach AI Noise Cancelation leverages an enormous deep-learning database to cut back background noise out of your microphone and incoming audio. Distracting keyboard clatter, mouse clicks and different ambient noises are neatly pared again so you may hear and be heard with crystal readability whereas gaming or in calls.
Do extra with Armoury Crate
The Armoury Crate app provides you a one-stop location for monitoring your {hardware}, putting in updates, controlling your Aura Sync RGB LED lighting results, and far more. For the newest model of Armoury Crate, we’re making it much more handy to fine-tune your PC expertise. Customers of our newest ROG Maximus and ROG Strix boards will be capable of entry Sonic Studio by way of Armoury Crate to regulate audio controls, tailor acoustics by way of a graphic EQ, and map totally different audio streams to totally different outputs.
We’re additionally integrating AI Networking into the Armoury Crate app, as nicely. This makes our proprietary ROG GameFirst utility extra available to all customers — newbies, specialists, and everybody in between — in order that they’ll optimize community settings to make sure easy on-line gameplay. New to this era, GameFirst options AI-enhanced identification and enhance expertise to make sure sooner and smarter community optimization.
DIY-friendly options make PC constructing simpler than ever
With each era of PC elements, we work to make the method of constructing a PC simpler. The unique ASUS Q-Design improvements throughout our Z790 lineup simplify and streamline the method of constructing and upgrading your PC.
Right this moment’s cutting-edge graphics playing cards usually have beefy cooling options and durable backplates. That’s nice for efficiency—however they’ll get in the way in which of popping the PCIe launch latch free. Our PCIe Slot Q-Launch button helps you to launch your graphics card from the slot with one press, no fumbling or tiny fingers required. We first debuted this handy characteristic on our highest-end Z690 motherboards, and we’re proud to additionally provide it on our mainstream TUF Gaming boards.
Equally, conventional DIMM slot designs require you to lock in each side of the reminiscence stick, and it wasn’t all the time simple for these of us with bigger fingers to unlock the latch closest to the graphics card. That’s why we’ve additionally carried out our single-sided Q-DIMM latching design on a lot of our greatest Z790 motherboards. With this association, you gained’t have to fret a few latch that could be too near your graphics card. A single latch on the easier-to-access facet of the DIMM slot is all it takes to carry your reminiscence stick firmly in place. Putting in your RAM — and upgrading it down the street — is that a lot simpler.
Our newest Z790 motherboards even assist in the occasion that you simply don’t fairly set up a stick of RAM appropriately. The Q-LED indicator will gentle up — even earlier than booting — to let you already know {that a} reminiscence stick isn’t seated correctly.
We’ve additionally simplified the method of putting in an M.2 drive. Our M.2 Q-Latch provides you the peace of thoughts that you simply’ll by no means need to deal with one other tiny, simply misplaced M.2 screw ever once more. Now, you may safe or loosen an M.2 drive with simply your fingertips. You’ll discover the M.2 Q-Latch on each ROG Maximus, ROG Strix, and TUF Gaming Z790 motherboard.
Stealthy appears and stellar efficiency: the ROG Maximus Z790 Darkish Hero
Different colours wax and wane in recognition, however black has a timeless high quality that by no means goes out of favor. The ROG Maximus Z790 Darkish Hero doubles down on the shadowy tones to create a show-stopping aesthetic. Polymo lighting on the I/O shroud units all of it off with the right accent. This microstructural array of sunshine and coloration options two layers of RGB lighting that work in tandem to show a luminous ROG design.
We again the stealthy attractiveness of this ROG Z790 motherboard with a cutting-edge characteristic set. Twin Thunderbolt 4 connectors on the rear panel stand able to assist next-generation peripherals at full pace, and next-gen ROG SupremeFX audio paired with an ESS® ES9218 Quad-DAC for front-panel connections offers crisp, clear gaming audio it doesn’t matter what headset or audio system you plug into your PC. A USB 20Gbps connector provides you a high-bandwidth USB Kind-C port in your entrance panel — and Fast Cost 4+ assist implies that this port can quickly recharge a related machine like your smartphone, too. Three Gen 2 addressable RGB LED headers and one conventional four-pin lighting header coordinate the illumination of your construct completely with Aura Sync.
Planning to overclock one in every of Intel’s top-shelf CPUs? The ROG Maximus Z790 Darkish Hero provides a 20+1 teamed energy stage topology to energy the CPU Vcore and onboard graphics processor. Every energy stage is rated for as much as 90A of output, they usually present the cleanest potential energy supply to the processor, even below the very best masses.
The ROG Maximus Z790 Darkish Hero’s ample M.2 assist provides you high-end choices for constructing out a speedy and spacious storage system. The onboard PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot helps you to set up one of many quickest drives in the marketplace, and 4 extra PCIe 4.0 M.2 slots allow you to complement your storage even additional with extra drives.
The ROG Maximus Z790 Darkish Hero provides you high-end networking choices. WiFi 7 assist will allow you to entry the newest era of wi-fi networking whenever you pair this motherboard with a WiFi 7 router. For individuals who choose wired connections, a high-bandwidth 2.5Gb Ethernet port awaits.
Lastly, this motherboard simplifies your construct course of and offers useful diagnostics instruments. The pre-mounted I/O defend eases an necessary set up step, and the PCIe Slot Q-Launch button and M.2 Q-Latch system streamline the method of putting in and upgrading your graphics card and storage drives.
| ROG MAXIMUS Z790 DARK HERO | |
|---|---|
| Measurement | ATX |
| Reminiscence | 4 x DIMM, Max. 192GB, DDR5 |
| PCIe | 2 x PCIe 5.0 x16 (@x16 or @x8/x8) 1 x PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Storage | 1 x M.2 22110 (PCIe 5.0 x4) 4 x M.2 2280 (PCIe 4.0 x4) |
| Networking | Wi-Fi 7 1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet |
| Rear I/O | 2 x Thunderbolt™ 4 ports (2 x USB Kind-C®) 6 x USB 10Gbps ports (5 x Kind-A + 1 x USB Kind-C®) 4 x USB 5Gbps ports (4 x Kind-A) |
| Entrance I/O | 1 x USB 20Gbps connector (helps USB Kind-C®) with QC 4+ as much as 60W 2 x USB 5Gbps headers (assist 4 USB 5Gbps ports) 2 x USB 2.0 headers (assist 4 USB 2.0 ports) |
| Aura | 3 x Addressable Gen 2 headers 1 x AURA RGB header |
| Cooling | 1 x 4-pin CPU Fan header 1 x 4-pin CPU OPT Fan header 1 x 4-pin AIO Pump header 4 x 4-pin Chassis Fan headers 1 x W_PUMP+ header 1 x 2-pin Water In header 1 x 2-pin Water Out header 1 x 3-pin Water Movement header |
White surfaces and plentiful gaming energy: The ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming WiFi II
ROG Strix motherboards take the essential DNA of our ROG Maximus sequence and distill it into extra attainable designs that present distinctive gaming efficiency and outspoken fashion. The ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming WiFi II strikes the sequence ahead with extra connectivity, refined VRM cooling, and extra storage choices.
The ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming WiFi II stands able to function the inspiration in your white-themed construct with its hanging white and silver I/O shroud and heatsinks, every an eye catching distinction to the black PCB. Even the ASUS WiFi Q-Antenna is draped in luxurious white in order that your construct has a cohesive aesthetic.
As a WiFi 7 motherboard, the ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming WiFi II will make waves with its assist for the newest wi-fi commonplace alone. However that’s removed from the one improve supplied by the ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming WiFi II. We’ve boosted its M.2 slot depend as much as 5, and every of these slots has sturdy cooling with a built-in heatsink. The rear I/O choice now features a complete of 12 USB ports to make sure that you’ve the connectivity that you simply want. And we’ve bolstered the VRM cooling resolution with large heatsinks and high-conductivity thermal pads.
| ROG STRIX Z790-A GAMING WIFI II | |
|---|---|
| Measurement | ATX |
| Reminiscence | 4 x DIMM, Max. 192GB, DDR5 |
| PCIe | 1 x PCIe 5.0 x16 SafeSlot x16 (@x16) 1 x PCIe 4.0 x16(@x4) 1 x PCIe 3.0 x1 |
| Storage | 2 x M.2 22110 (PCIe 4.0 x4) 2 x M.2 2280 (PCIe 4.0 x4) 1 x M.2 2280 (PCIe 4.0 x4 & SATA) |
| Networking | 1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet Wi-Fi 7 |
| Rear I/O | 1 x USB 20Gbps port (1 x Kind-C®) 3 x USB 10Gbps ports (2 x Kind-A, 1 x USB Kind-C®) 4 x USB 5Gbps ports (4 x Kind-A) 4 x USB 2.0 ports (4 x Kind-A) |
| Entrance I/O | 1 x USB 20Gbps connector (helps USB Kind-C®) with as much as 30W PD Quick-charge 1 x USB 5Gbps header (helps 2 USB 5Gbps ports) 2 x USB 2.0 headers (assist 4 USB 2.0 ports) |
| Aura | 3 x Addressable Gen 2 headers 1 x AURA RGB header |
| Cooling | 1 x 4-pin CPU Fan header 1 x 4-pin CPU OPT Fan header 1 x 4-pin AIO Pump header 5 x 4-pin Chassis Fan headers |
New smarts, identical coronary heart: the TUF Gaming Z790-Professional WiFi
PC builders in all places belief TUF Gaming to ship important gaming options, a no-frills aesthetic, and dependable efficiency. The TUF Gaming Z790-Professional WiFi carves new territory for the household with options that was the only real area of our most cutting-edge motherboards.
The TUF Gaming Z790-Professional WiFi provides entry to AI Overclocking, a primary for the TUF Gaming household of ASUS Intel motherboards. Novice builders will recognize the way it permits them to simply elevate the efficiency of their construct. Superior PC fanatics can benefit from AI Overclocking to ascertain a baseline for his or her tweaking efforts. And everybody can take pleasure in the way in which that this characteristic can act as a failsafe in your system, scaling again efficiency as essential if one thing surprising occurs, like a fan failure.
Many PC customers love to make use of a entrance panel port to recharge their smartphone whereas they use their PC. The TUF Gaming Z790-Professional WiFi helps you to hook up a high-speed port in your entrance panel with its USB 20Gbps Kind-C connector outfitted with USB Energy Supply 3.0.
Lastly, we’re additionally providing our all-new ASUS WiFi Q-Antenna with the TUF Gaming Z790-Professional WiFi. Paired with a WiFi 6E router, this motherboards’ WiFi 6E connectivity helps you to benefit from the newly opened 6GHz band to rise above the interference that is likely to be slowing down your private home wi-fi community. The ASUS WiFi Q-Antenna offers you the instruments you could get the absolute best sign.
| TUF GAMING Z790-PRO WIFI | |
|---|---|
| Measurement | ATX |
| Reminiscence | 4 x DIMM, Max. 192GB, DDR5 |
| PCIe | 1 x PCIe 5.0 x16 slot 1 x PCIe 4.0 x16 slot (@x4) 1 x PCIe 4.0 x4 slot 1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slot (@x1) 1 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slot |
| Storage | 2 x M.2 22110 (PCIe 4.0 x4) 1 x M.2 2280 (PCIe 4.0 x4) 1 x M.2 x 2280 (PCIe 4.0 x4 & SATA) |
| Networking | 1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet Wi-Fi 6E |
| Rear I/O | 1 x USB 20Gbps port (1 x USB Kind-C®) 3 x USB 10Gbps ports (2 x Kind-A + 1 x USB Kind-C®) 4 x USB 5Gbps ports (4 x Kind-A) |
| Entrance I/O | 1 x USB 20Gbps connector (helps 1 x USB Kind-C® with as much as 30W PD Quick-charge) 1 x USB 5Gbps header helps 2 extra USB 5Gbps ports 2 x USB 2.0 headers assist 4 extra USB 2.0 ports |
| Aura | 3 x Addressable Gen 2 headers 1 x AURA RGB header |
| Cooling | 1 x 4-pin CPU Fan header 1 x 4-pin CPU OPT Fan header 1 x 4-pin AIO Pump header 4 x 4-pin Chassis Fan headers |
Anime followers take discover: The ROG Maximus Z790 Hero EVA-02 Version
The basic anime sequence Neon Genesis Evangelion was a watershed second for manga and anime. Combining high-stakes mecha motion and gripping psychological drama, it transfixed a era of anime fanatics. Final yr, we gave followers of the sequence an all-new option to immerse themselves within the designs and themes of Evangelion with a sequence of PC elements and peripherals primarily based on EVA-01. Now, we’re releasing a brand new set of ROG x Evangelion gear — however this time round, we’re specializing in the unmistakable colours and designs of Asuka’s EVA-02.
The ROG Maximus Z790 Hero EVA-02 Version catches your eye with EVA-02’s signature red-and-orange theme and traces of inexperienced. Look deeper, and also you’ll see much more connections to the legendary sequence: an AT Discipline design surrounds the CPU socket, and Polymo lighting on the I/O cowl switches between Asuka and her EVA-02 unit.
We complement the ROG Maximus Z790 Hero EVA-02 Version’s distinctive aesthetics with a strong characteristic set. It provides all the facility, cooling and versatile options you could take Intel® Core™ processors and DDR5 reminiscence kits to the following stage.
| ROG MAXIMUS Z790 HERO EVA-02 EDITION | |
|---|---|
| Measurement | ATX |
| Reminiscence | 4 x DIMM, Max. 192GB, DDR5 |
| PCIe | 2 x PCIe 5.0 x16 (@x16 or @x8/x8) 1 x PCIe 4.0 x16 (@x4 or @x4/x4) |
| Storage | 3 x Onboard M.2 Slots ・ 1 x M.2 22110 (PCIe 4.0 x4) ・ 1 x M.2 2280 (PCIe 4.0 x4) ・ 1 x M.2 2280 (PCIe 4.0 x4 & SATA) ROG Hyper M.2 Card ・ 1 x M.2 22110 (PCIe 5.0 x4/PCIe 4.0 x4) ・ 1 x M.2 22110 (PCIe 4.0 x4) |
| Networking | Intel® Wi-Fi 6E Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet |
| Rear I/O | 2 x Thunderbolt™ 4 ports (2 x USB Kind-C®) 6 x USB 10Gbps ports (5 x Kind-A + 1 x USB Kind-C®) 4 x USB 5Gbps ports (4 x Kind-A) |
| Entrance I/O | 1 x USB 20Gbps connector (helps USB Kind-C®) with QC 4+ 2 x USB 5Gbps headers (assist 4 USB 5Gbps ports) 2 x USB 2.0 headers (assist 4 USB 2.0 ports) |
| Aura | 3 x Addressable Gen 2 headers 1 x AURA RGB header |
| Cooling | 1 x 4-pin CPU Fan header 1 x 4-pin CPU OPT Fan header 1 x 4-pin AIO Pump header 4 x 4-pin Chassis Fan headers 1 x W_PUMP+ header 1 x 2-pin Water In header 1 x 2-pin Water Out header 1 x 3-pin Water Movement header |
Z790 motherboards: Extra data but to come back
The ROG Maximus Z790 Darkish Hero, ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming WiFi II, and TUF Gaming Z790-Professional WiFi all stand prepared for Intel’s twelfth and thirteenth Gen Core CPUs — and for Intel’s next-gen CPUs, as nicely. We have now much more motherboard information to share this fall, so keep tuned for our subsequent bulletins. Use the “Subscribe to our publication” instrument within the higher right-hand nook of this web page to get a fast e mail notification after we submit new content material.
