Z490
Intel's latest 11th Generation Rocket Lake processors have launched and officially on sale, which means Z590 motherboards with PCIe 4.0 can make use of the new hardware. Despite the initial reaction to reviews of the Core i9 and Core i7 being somewhat negative, the mid range Core i5 hardware seems to be a good offering, and Rocket Lake it's still seen as a technological advancement of Intel's portfolio with the new core design. To use one of Intel's new Rocket Lake processors, or indeed its previous Comet Lake processors, Intel has plenty of chipsets available offering different entry price points and purposes. A lot of Intel's latest Z590 and B560 models are still yet to hit retail, but they are slowly filtering through. This...
Intel Z490 Motherboards Available For Pre-Order: From $150 to $1299
In preparation for the launch of Intel's Z490 chipset and Intel's 10th generation Comet Lake desktop processors, Z490 motherboards are now available to pre-order from various retailers. For entry-level...
32 by Gavin Bonshor on 5/6/2020
The ASRock Z490 Aqua: Thunderbolt 3, PCIe 4.0 Ready, Water Cooled
Following a resurgence of motherboards decked out with custom monoblocks, ASRock has announced details on its Z490 Aqua. It includes a familiar aluminium plated copper custom monoblock, with just...
18 by Gavin Bonshor on 5/5/2020
First ATX12VO Consumer Motherboard: The ASRock Z490 Phantom Gaming 4SR
A blog post from Intel has showcased the first consumer motherboard with the ATX12VO power standard from ASRock, and we reached out to ASRock for more details. They have...
44 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 5/5/2020
The ASRock Rack Z490D4U-2L2T, Micro-ATX Server For LGA1200
Off the back of the announcement of a substantial amount of Z490 motherboards designed for Intel's 10th generation desktop processors, ASRock Rack has announced a server-focused model. The ASRock...
10 by Gavin Bonshor on 5/5/2020
The Intel Z490 Overview: 44+ Motherboards Examined
After another long wait for a new Intel platform, Comet Lake and the 400 series finally descends. Here we get a new socket, support for up to 10-cores with...
51 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/30/2020
Intel’s 10th Gen Comet Lake for Desktops: Skylake-S Hits 10 Cores and 5.3 GHz
Today we get the full range of its Intel’s 10th Generation processors for desktops. These chips, which fall under the banner of ‘Comet Lake’, will now go up to...
177 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 4/30/2020
German IT Distributor Publishes AMD+Intel Roadmaps: Z490, Z390, 8-Core CFL in Q4
With Computex just around the corner, a lot of thought is being put to exactly what are we expecting to see at the show. There are questions about AMD’s...
30 by Ian Cutress on 5/3/2018
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