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ASUS ROG STRIX-E Gaming Z490 Motherboard Review
While ASUS may have a lot of appeal in the enthusiast market with their mighty MAXIMUS and HERO boards, the STRIX boards are still firmly focused on the gamers. Make no mistake though, this is still a pretty serious motherboard, with a more advanced feature set and a bit more…
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ASUS ROG STRIX-I Gaming Z490 Motherboard Review
We really don’t see too many mini-ITX motherboards these days, and mATX boards even less so. However, we’ve been lucky enough to receive the new ASUS ROG STRIX Z490-I Gaming motherboard, which looks perfect for those wanting big performance in a compact form factor. It’s part of their STRIX series,…
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ASUS ROG MAXIMUS XII HERO (Wi-Fi) Z490 Motherboard Review
The Maximus series has long bee one of the hottest tickets in the PC world. I mean, they’re not shouting about it into their 12th generation of this series for nothing! Bridging the gap between the high-end and the extreme, the HERO is a very popular choice for many PC…
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Gigabyte Z490 AORUS Master Motherboard Review
Sitting high up in the Gigabyte AORUS motherboard range, you’ll find the mighty Gigabyte Z490 AORUS Master, one of their flagship motherboards for the enthusiast gaming and overclocking market. Of course, it’s not quite as extreme as they, erm, XTREME, but it’s certainly up there in terms of build quality,…
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Gigabyte Z490 AORUS PRO AX Motherboard Review
I know many of our readers will want to see the performance of the AORUS XTREME or even the flagships from ASUS, MSI and others. However, in the real world, very few people actually buy those motherboards. They’re epic, but they’re expensive and overkill for most. The Z490 AORUS Pro…
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Intel 10th Gen i5-10600K & i9-10900K Review
The Intel 10th Gen CPUs are finally here, and they seem to have been one of the worst kept secrets in recent memory for tech launches. However, while we’ve read into the rumours and actually written about a fair few of them, it seems things aren’t quite what we expected.…
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MSI MEG Z490 GODLIKE Motherboard Review
The Alpha, The Omega, Thee Almighty! There are few words that could top “EXTREME” or “ULTIMATE” but I think GODLIKE just about tops them all. That’s a bold name for any product though, you’re implying it’s basically infallible and perhaps even omnipotent. What I’m getting at, is that if this…
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ASUS ROG Maximus XII Extreme Z490 Motherboard Review
We’re you impressed by the MAXIMUS XII HERO, you’ll know it takes a lot to do better than what it had to offer. If anything can do it though, it’ll be the ASUS ROG MAXIMUS XII EXTREME, as big and bold as it’s obnoxious all-caps product name. It’s the flagship…
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Gigabyte Z490 AORUS XTREME Motherboard Review
There are a LOT of motherboards hitting the market for Z490, but few come with the hardware to rival the Gigabyte Z490 AORUS XTREME. This is one of their high-end motherboards to date, with only the XTREME Waterforce motherboard matching the features in the AORUS range. Bigger heatsinks, bigger VRM,…
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Gigabyte Z490I AORUS Ultra Motherboard Review
It seems with every generation we see fewer and fewer mini-ITX motherboards, which is a real shame, as I absolutely love them. Then again we see even fewer mATX motherboards now, which is also a real shame. Thankfully, AORUS has a heck of an answer with their Z490I Ultra motherboard,…
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MSI MEG Z490 Unify Motherboard Review
The MSI MEG ACE may be lavished in shiny gold trim, but the MSI MEG Z490 Unify is much sleeker, stealthy and more menacing. It’s also shed a few features such as dual LAN and some of the heatsinks and armour is a little more dialled back to lower the…
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MSI MEG Z490 ACE Motherboard Review
We know that MSI love to create some of the best-looking motherboards out there, and we suspect the MSI MEG Z490 ACE is one of them! As one of their high-end enthusiast motherboards, it’s crammed full of features to ensure great overclocking performance from the latest Intel CPUs. However, aesthetics…
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MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Carbon WiFi Motherboard Review
MSI is one of the leading brands in the enthusiast gaming market. They’ve delivered many of the best graphics cards, motherboards and much more over the years. Sure, we’re reviewing their GODLIKE motherboard today too. However, that’s BIG money and pretty extreme for most gamers. The Carbon series has long…
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MSI MAG Z490 Tomahawk Motherboard Review
MSI is launching quite a lot of motherboards for Z490 and they’ll be hitting a wide range of price points too. From the affordable gaming boards to their ultimate overclocking monsters, there’s bound to be something for everyone. However, the Z490 TOMAHAWK has a lot of broad appeal in the…
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ASUS TUF Gaming Z490-PLUS (Wi-Fi) Motherboard Review
I’m a huge fan of the ASUS TUF series, it’s always been a byword for quality and value. It was once TUF as in TOUGH for their durable hard-wearing products, and that’s still true in many ways. However, with TUF Gaming Alliance, it’s also about support, stability and ease of…
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