
Obviously simple to install it make my system run nice and fast. No real issues until I try to setup XMP. But other than that It runs great and error free and the LED's are really cool. The WiFi-7 is very fast and trouble free. The ICE White color of the board is a really nice touch. The list of pro's are great and I'm starting to think I'm way behind the curve as to properly set it up. I'm used to an actual Intel C-Mos program and I find the Aorus C-Mos is quite complicated. But I really do like the board.

Lots of PCIe drive slots (6) Using the PCIe Gen 5.0 drive slot does not impact the PCIe 1 slot speed as in Z790s Two high speed LAN connections WIFI 7 High end Audio DAC Top end Power Phase ATX form factor PCIe 5.0 spec on slot 1 to support new 5 series nVidia cards

ALERT! It's 2025 already, and this motherboard will not recognize a GPT-partitioned device as bootable! Once I figured out why I didn't seem to have any bootable drives, I formatted and partitioned my M2 SSD with a MS-DOS partition table, and it was good to go. I bought a pair of 24 GB G.Skill Trident DDR5 DIMMs that are listed on the ASROCK QVL. The CPU is an Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF. I learned that my nice legacy heatsink was incompatible with the heatsink footprint (the 4 holes) on a LGA 1851, so I bought a Noctua NH-D9L and it works great. CPU temp with air cooling is 32-35C. I;ve been a pretty reliable Asus MB user over the years, but this ASROCK unit is getting the job done for me and I have zero regrets for this decision.


Lots of oc options, easy install, great BIOS with tons of options and easy navigation

Always been of fan of gigabyte brands , 20 years no problems

Plenty of m.2 slots for the most Exstream gamers. The ability to have up to 5G Lan on a motherboard with today's internet speeds is amazing. I don't have the ability to get internet that fast lol. I liked how they changed the slots for the CPU power from the left side of the motherboard to the right giving more room to get the cables connected.

New LGA 1851 Lots of room for PCI 5 expansion Onboard BT and WiFi Tons of space for M.2 memory (gen 4 at least)

Love the all black look. Straight forward design and works well for my mid range built.

similar to the z790, which I currently have. Great look and amazing options.

Product arrived quickly and was fairly straightforward to install into my computer. A friend bought the same motherboard and had to q-flash it in order for it to work, so we did that with mine too, but I don't know if it was necessary for mine. No issues after q-flashing. Works great in my computer

Very easy to install and set up, everything worked right out of the box. Solid build quality with good layout and plenty of useful features. Supports DDR5 and has great connectivity options, including Wi-Fi 7 and Thunderbolt. BIOS is user-friendly and makes tweaking or updating settings simple. Runs stable with no crashes or compatibility issues so far.

-went in easy with the built in i/o shield. -Plenty of fan headers, good connectivity. -Good basic board, if it lasts half as long as my last gigabyte board, (12 years) I'll be very pleased.

No issues and love the look of the board. 4 m.2 slots with heatsinks and quick latches so no post n screws needed. Quick release button for gpu easy to get to for cleaning Intergrated io shield

Wifi Built in

he addition of a heavy metal plate at the back and an M.2 SSD heatsink enhances durability and cooling efficiency. Installing an SSD is a breezeno screwdriver needed. The motherboard and CPU fan mount size are compatible with previous generations, eliminating the need for additional upgrades. The new BIOS interface provides more configuration options. Paired with an Ultra i7 processor, the performance nearly matches my i9-14, while temperatures during intensive deep learning tasks have dropped significantly from 70°C to 48°C.

Great stuff. Make sure to go into the Realtek audio settings and turn the amp setting up if you have high impedance headphones like me. Was initially disappointed the volume level was so low, and found out they have different amp settings in the app.

Value, Performance

- Good price that is barely more expensive than a Z690 Motherboard - Very solid construction and has almost the same overclocking potential as $500+ motherboards. I was able to push my 13900K to 6GHz (for two P cores) using just Noctua D15s. You still need a 360 AIO to avoid throttling when running Cinebench or Prime95 though. - Great DDR5 memory support. I used a G.Skill Ripsaws 32GBx2 DDR5 6000 CL32 Kit and this mono can easily overclock the kit to DDR5-6600 with the default XMP timing. But 6600 is the limit, consistent with MSI's official spec that the max frequency for dual rank DDR5 is 6600 (this seems to be a limitation even for the most expensive Z790 mono). - No coil wine at all. - LAN and WIFI/BT all use Intel chips and are the best on the market.

- easy to set up lots of space