
It offers excellent memory support and high-speed USB ports at a reasonable price Excellent build quality Simple and modern design

As usual ASUS products run without a hitch.

Clean look and easy BIOS Keeps my 265k boosted as high as other more expensive boards


Compact, easy access, fast Ethernet, plenty of USBs, easy to navigate bios

Supports Linux Supports Win11 Low cost Low power Extensive connectivity Good BIOS

The rgb on the motherboard looks really good the pcie button makes installing larger cards such as the 5090 much easier to do

Value for money

I use this with board with i7-14700 and 6500 DDR5 memory. For work-Inventor 3D with Nastran FEA and for play, Pro Tools Studio. Excellent. Very Low latency with Pro Tools, and the on-board audio is Ideal for my music creation. I don't care either way for the white theme, I love how fast and trouble free it is.

Crazy power and upgradability.

Everything came in like new condition, I found no signs of wear or prior use. Packaging seemed to be factory conditions. I was extremely nervous after the motherboard drama a year ago but was very pleasantly surprised. The ASUS z490 motherboard is great and has fantastic power delivery I would highly recommend it for anyone trying to overclock. Running a 10600k at 5GHz easily with just a couple tweaks.


Wifi Built in

Easy to install into case No I/O cover to deal with Support for M.2 Ver. 4 Multiple M.2 interface locations Good diagnostic LEDs; some MBs don't have these anymore ASUS tech support available via email



Good build quality. Easy setup.

- wifi/lan capable - high quality


thunderbolt 4 pc8000 memory controller m.2 5x4 Updated bios with nice Factory settings S200 overclock 5 rgb headers no fan hub needed standard cpu mount with even distribution pressure, No Hot Spots