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David S.

David S.

Joined on 05/01/02

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A beast of a board

ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 Hero (WiFi 6E) LGA 1700(Intel 14th & 13th&12th Gen) ATX gaming motherboard(PCIe 5.0,DDR5,20+1power stages,2.5Gb LAN, Bluetooth V5.2,2x Thunderbolt 4 ports,5xM.2/NVMe SSD,Thunderbolt 4 USB Type-C,
ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 Hero (WiFi 6E) LGA 1700(Intel 14th & 13th&12th Gen) ATX gaming motherboard(PCIe 5.0,DDR5,20+1power stages,2.5Gb LAN, Bluetooth V5.2,2x Thunderbolt 4 ports,5xM.2/NVMe SSD,Thunderbolt 4 USB Type-C,

Pros: The motherboard is fast and wonderful, and is very power efficient Everything is still easy to work around for both cable management and access to screws (I have big hands and never struggles to reach things.) Now that it is all working. I am very happy

Cons: All of these are MINOR consL Was slightly longer than I was expecting, so there was some finessing to get everything to fit in my case (Fractal Torrent). Windows 11 doesn't recognize any of the hardware so having to find the correct drivers and install both Lan and wifi drivers during the initial installation was a bit frustrating to trouble shoot. (Window would could not find an internet connection during set up until i figured out to download the drivers from Asus and pre install them from a usb drive) Kept getting q-code 98 which was from not having anything connected to the CPU-Fan header and finally figuring out where I could turn it on to IGNORE in the bios was incredible frustrating. (I am using and AIO and with the Fractal Design Torrent case, I am using their fan hub which is plugged into a different fan hub for cable routing purposes) You also need to update the BIOS to the latest version to get it to recognize ram running over 6000 mhz and turn on XMP (which was intuitive to find) Outside of those minor frustrations in set up I have no cons, and they were all very MINOR issues that are now all resolved.

Overall Review: Overall would recommend the board, and so far am very happy with it.

Fast enough

G.SKILL Trident Z5 Series 64GB (2 x 32GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6000 (PC5 48000) Desktop Memory Model F5-6000J3238G32GX2-TZ5K
G.SKILL Trident Z5 Series 64GB (2 x 32GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6000 (PC5 48000) Desktop Memory Model F5-6000J3238G32GX2-TZ5K

Pros: 32-38-38-96 SK Hynix chip set

Overall Review: Fast and SK Hynix chips, so Win-Win

Fast easy install

WD_BLACK 1TB SN850X NVMe Internal Gaming SSD Solid State Drive - Gen4 PCIe, M.2 2280, Up to 7,300 MB/s - WDS100T2X0E
WD_BLACK 1TB SN850X NVMe Internal Gaming SSD Solid State Drive - Gen4 PCIe, M.2 2280, Up to 7,300 MB/s - WDS100T2X0E

Pros: Very fast

Overall Review: Using as second drive for work files, got it on winter sale

Fast storage

WD_BLACK 4TB SN850X NVMe Internal Gaming SSD Solid State Drive - Gen4 PCIe, M.2 2280, Up to 7,300 MB/s - WDS400T2X0E
WD_BLACK 4TB SN850X NVMe Internal Gaming SSD Solid State Drive - Gen4 PCIe, M.2 2280, Up to 7,300 MB/s - WDS400T2X0E

Pros: Scored high on 3d mark test

Overall Review: Fast and 4 TB, Got on sale, so I feel it was worth it

Awesome Airflow, wish it was slightly larger

Fractal Design Torrent Black E-ATX Tempered Glass Window High-Airflow Mid Tower Computer Case
Fractal Design Torrent Black E-ATX Tempered Glass Window High-Airflow Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: Super Easy to work with. Nice onboard cable management systems. Looks pretty...

Cons: My Rog Maximus z790 Hero Motherboard is a very tight fit with the fans at the bottom and had to remove one of the rubber cable passthroughs at the top because the motherboard was resting against it. The Artic Liquid Freezer 2 - 420 is 3 mm to big to fit without editing the metal fan base plate. After cutting out a small section it fit like a glove but had to be installed hoses up or lose one of the bottom fans

Overall Review: Great case. I wish I didn't have to modify it for the AIO. If the case was like 1-2 cm taller where the mother board goes everything would have fit in perfectly. Because of that I give the case a 4.5 not a 5. Otherwise amazing case