Smells like Chipzillah "EOL'd" the Z490, and they are looking to clear-out inventory in the next 3 months ____ just don't see a lot of Intel CPUs moving
Mobo is $290.99 at B&H Photo $50 off with Egg Vomit Lake Combo (not a big mover)
$330 off i9-9900K Coffee Lake / $250 off i9-10850K at my MicroCenter (no mobo) --- looks like the only thing moving is the i7-10700K at $350
Can't find a Ryzen 3900X at a decent price --- much less a 5000-series. I'm still ticked I missed it at $400
We don't all work in a singular office. Ryan and I are several thousand miles away. We started the Intel 400-series testing with the 8 core and it's continued through.
I'm surprised to see this review now with Z590 coming out in less than a week (and Gigabyte leaking their own Aorus lineup today, in fact).
I guess it could still be a useful board to try and find on clearance for Rocket Lake (z590 doesn't seem to offer anything that you can't find on Z490, as far as I can tell), but testing a board of this level with a mid-tier CPU seems kind of crazy to me. I was wondering why the numbers looked so off until I realized I'd overlooked the 10700k in the testing notes. Very odd choice, for VRM analysis.
It does make sense to wait until the new Z590 boards hit the deck. Making sure that there are extra worth while boxes to be checked and seen and before making any $$$ jump. But we already know to get ready for sticker shock. Looked at the Z590 ASUS HERO VIII and this baby checks out at a cool $500. While BH has the Z490 Hero at around $379. If I only had the cash...but you know that drill.
Yeah. Gigabyte is a very serious vendor. I own a Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master, and it runs flawlessly. I also had other Gigabyte motherboards (non-Aorus) in the past and they all worked well.
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j@cko - Thursday, January 7, 2021 - link
Screw Intel and their chipset refresh money grab tactics. They ain't gonna win back customers this way.Deicidium369 - Thursday, January 7, 2021 - link
LOL... All Businesses are there to make money PERIOD And you know that these motherboards are all old - right?Smell This - Friday, January 8, 2021 - link
Smells like Chipzillah "EOL'd" the Z490, and they are looking to clear-out inventory in the next 3 months ____ just don't see a lot of Intel CPUs moving
Mobo is $290.99 at B&H Photo $50 off with Egg Vomit Lake Combo (not a big mover)
$330 off i9-9900K Coffee Lake / $250 off i9-10850K at my MicroCenter
(no mobo) --- looks like the only thing moving is the i7-10700K at $350
Can't find a Ryzen 3900X at a decent price --- much less a 5000-series. I'm still ticked I missed it at $400
Oxford Guy - Thursday, January 7, 2021 - link
What's an Aorus?Deicidium369 - Thursday, January 7, 2021 - link
What is a Camry?quiq - Sunday, January 24, 2021 - link
a teacher carhenkhilti - Thursday, January 7, 2021 - link
VRM testing with an Core i7-10700K, really?Ian Cutress - Friday, January 8, 2021 - link
Yes, really. We don't all work in the same office and the 10900K has been used for reviews. We have editors all over the world.TheinsanegamerN - Thursday, January 7, 2021 - link
Curious why the 10900k was not used for testing? It would put greater load on those VRMeShmee - Thursday, January 7, 2021 - link
Or at least a 10850k. Those are a bit more common and a decent deal these days.Deicidium369 - Thursday, January 7, 2021 - link
They do CPU testing - did someone take them and sell them on Ebay?Ian Cutress - Friday, January 8, 2021 - link
We don't all work in a singular office. Ryan and I are several thousand miles away. We started the Intel 400-series testing with the 8 core and it's continued through.anomalydesign - Friday, January 8, 2021 - link
I'm surprised to see this review now with Z590 coming out in less than a week (and Gigabyte leaking their own Aorus lineup today, in fact).I guess it could still be a useful board to try and find on clearance for Rocket Lake (z590 doesn't seem to offer anything that you can't find on Z490, as far as I can tell), but testing a board of this level with a mid-tier CPU seems kind of crazy to me. I was wondering why the numbers looked so off until I realized I'd overlooked the 10700k in the testing notes. Very odd choice, for VRM analysis.
fogifds - Monday, January 11, 2021 - link
Shouldn't I wait for Z590?Tom Sunday - Friday, January 29, 2021 - link
It does make sense to wait until the new Z590 boards hit the deck. Making sure that there are extra worth while boxes to be checked and seen and before making any $$$ jump. But we already know to get ready for sticker shock. Looked at the Z590 ASUS HERO VIII and this baby checks out at a cool $500. While BH has the Z490 Hero at around $379. If I only had the cash...but you know that drill.rubi - Tuesday, January 12, 2021 - link
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NDRE28 - Monday, March 8, 2021 - link
Yeah.Gigabyte is a very serious vendor.
I own a Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master, and it runs flawlessly.
I also had other Gigabyte motherboards (non-Aorus) in the past and they all worked well.