Motherboards - Page 10

MSI is the first to confirm next-gen Intel Z790 motherboards, with a tweet that teases "The Next Playground - Reframed" for September 27.

Intel is set to unveil its next-gen 13th Gen Core "Raptor Lake" CPUs on September 27 during its upcoming Intel Innovation event, MSI has now tweeted out its new virtual product launch and it's pretty obvious what to expect: a bunch of awesome new Z790-powered MSI motherboards.

You can see in the tweet that there are four motherboards that MSI is showing us here: one of them clearly states "MPG Z790 EDGE Wi-Fi DDR4" so you know that motherboard is coming. We should expect a new range of Z790 motherboards from MSI, from top to bottom: crazy expensive and high-end, and ready for overclocking that delicious new Core i9-13900K down to mid-range Z790 board designs.

AMD isn't far away from unleashing its new Ryzen 7000 series "Zen 4" processors and new X670E and X670 motherboards, with ASRock's fleet of X670E boards starting at under $300. Not bad at all, ASRock.

ASRock's new family of X670E motherboards will begin with the X670E Steel Legend, which is priced at 278 euros ($280 USD or so) with listings on French retailer websites. French retailers have listed five different X670E motherboards from ASRock, including the X670E PG Lightning, X670E PRO RS, X670E Steel Legend, X670E Taichi, and finally, the X670E Taichi Carrara.

The new flagship ASRock X670E Taichi Carrara motherboard is a new special edition board that's listed for 577 euros (around $580 USD or so), designed to celebrate the 20th anniversary of ASRock. Inside, we've got a high-end 26-phase SPS Dr.MOS power delivery, up to 128GB of DDR5 memory is supported with EXPO overclocking: up to DDR5-6600+ (OC) is supported, while dual 8-pin EPS power connectors are on the ASRock X670E Taichi Carrara motherboard.

MSI has revealed its pricing on its next-gen flagship MEG X670E GODLIKE motherboard, which will be priced at $1300. Yeah, we're not joking around... but it's not that crazy.

In an update to their US store, MSI has revealed pricing for their upcoming AMD X670-series motherboards: the PRO X670-P Wi-Fi, MPG X670E CARBON Wi-Fi, MEG X670E ACE, and MEG X670E GODLIKE motherboards. We're seeing prices from MSI starting at $290 for the cheapest X670 motherboard, while the cheapest X670E motherboard from MSI is the new MPG X670E CARBON Wi-Fi for $480.

But if you want to go absolutely all-out, MSI has its ultra-premium MEG X670E GODLIKE motherboard for $1300. You'll want to join that with AMD's soon-to-be-released flagship Ryzen 9 7950X "Zen 4" processor which AMD has an MSRP of $699 on. That's $1300 + $700 = $2000 total without a CPU cooler, DDR5 RAM, or anything else just yet.

Intel will launch its new 13th Gen Core "Raptor Lake" CPU family and new Z790 motherboards later this month, but we are getting a closer look at the new flagship Raptor Lake-ready motherboard from ASUS in the form of the ROG Maximus Z790 Extreme. Check it out:

The new ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 Extreme motherboard is being tested, benchmarked, and overclocked to its limits by overclocker Roberto Sampaio. Inside, the Z790-based motherboard is running Intel's new flagship Core i9-13900K "Raptor Lake" CPU, which the overclocker notes is boosting up to 6.5GHz on single-core under light loads.

The overclocker notes that he's testing out the new Z790 motherboard and Core i9-13900K, adding that the "12900K is a kid compared to the 13900K". Roberto said that under full load, Intel's new Core i9-13900K processor had its P-cores running at 5.7GHz and the E-cores running at 4.4GHz but adds that he only started testing yesterday.

AMD's new Ryzen 7000 series "Zen 4" CPUs are nearly here, as too are the X670 and B650 series motherboards, where we're now seeing ASRock's interesting new B650 LiveMixer motherboard.

The new ASRock B650 LiveMixer motherboard has been spotted, leaked with a single image showing its design that is... well... interesting to say the least. I actually really love the design, and hope ASRock is using UV paint that would light up under the right lighting inside of a PC... that would be wild.

ASRock's new B650 LiveMixer is shown here in B650 non-E form, so we should expect just a PCIe 5.0 graphics card or SSD, not both: something the "Extreme" version chipset offers. ASRock is most likely going with a 16+2+1 VRM design, dual EPS power connectors, and a full-sized PCIe 5.0 x16 slot and dual x4 slots (PCIe 4.0).

AMD has its high-end new X670E and X670 series motherboards on the way, boasting next-gen PCIe 5.0 connectivity for new GPUs and SSDs... but the new mid-range B650E chipset is going to be a real star.

The new B650E chipset ushers in PCIe 5.0 for the mainstream, as the big difference between the "E" and "non-E" motherboards -- where the E stands for "Extreme" is PCIe 5.0 for both GPUs and SSDs... not just one or the other. AMD will provide PCIe 5.0 lanes to at least one of the M.2 slots, while providing full 16 lanes to PCIe 5.0-based graphics cards.

B650E motherboards will benefit consumers greatly: a cheap entry cost with their B650E-based motherboard, a new Ryzen 7000 series "Zen 4" CPU and if you really wanted... a PCIe 5.0-capable graphics card and PCIe 5.0-capable SSD. It provides that elusive "future-proofing" there, as you've also got DDR5 memory here along with PCIe 5.0, so you'll be good for up to 2025 and beyond.

ASUS has teased a few more members of its X670E motherboards with the introduction of the ROG Crosshair X670E Hero, the ROG Strix X670E-E Gaming Wi-Fi, and the TUF Gaming X670E-Plus Wi-Fi motherboards.

The new ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E Hero, the ROG Strix X670E-E Gaming Wi-Fi, and the TUF Gaming X670E-Plus Wi-Fi motherboards are all ready for AMD's next-gen Ryzen 7000 series "Zen 4" processors, and join the ranks of the ROG Crosshair X670E Extreme motherboard announced earlier this year.

ASUS says that its new ROG Crosshair X670E Hero motherboard bridges the gap between professional PC builders, and everyday gamers with the new ROG Crosshair X670E Hero motherboard "allowing everyone to construct a high-performance showcase PC". There's Polymo lighting throughout the integrated I/O shield which looks slick, with an 18+2 teamed power stages for 110A, you're ready to deliver that power into your next-gen AMD Ryzen 7000 series "Zen 4" CPU.

We now know that AMD will be unveiling and detailing its next-gen Ryzen 7000 series "Zen 4" processors, new AM5 socket, new X670E + X670 motherboards, and DDR5 EXPO memory overclocking technology. But now, now we have some pricing on the next-gen ASUS X670E and X670 motherboards.

ASUS will have its flagship ROG Crosshair X670E Extreme motherboard at the tippy top of its Zen 4-ready motherboards, with new pre-order pricing on the German IPC-Computer website, with a list of X670E and X670 motherboards that people can pre-order.

The motherboard pre-order listing was spotted, and tweeted out by "momomo_us" on Twitter, with 9 new ASUS X670E + X670 motherboards. ASUS will have new X670E + X670 motherboards in its ROG, ROG STRIX, and PRO series motherboards. We're looking at $491 for the cheapest ASUS PRIME X670-P motherboard, while the prices top out at $1500 for the flagship ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E Extreme motherboard. These prices aren't final, so I would expect some changes (for the better, or for the worse depending on where you live).

It looks like today is list AMD's next-gen products day, where we have heard about Ryzen 7000 series "Zen 4" processor pricing, and now we have some early pricing on MSI's next-gen X670E and X670 motherboards.

The pricing tease on MSI's upcoming 600-series motherboards is coming from "momomo_us" on Twitter, where we see some pricing on MSI's upcoming MPG X670E Carbon Wi-Fi motherboard, and PRO X670-P Wi-Fi motherboard. As for pricing, MSI's next-gen MPG X670E Carbon Wi-Fi motherboard is listed at 562 EUR which without VAT (Value Added Tax) converts to around $474 USD.

MSI's new PRO X670-P Wi-Fi motherboard was listed for around 374 EUR which converts to around $316, which is its cheapest price out of all of the listings. The cheapest that the MSI PRO X670-P Wi-Fi is listed for is 374 EUR, the second listing is 416 EUR, the third is listed for 426 EUR which converts to $316, $351, and $359 respectively.

AMD is getting closer and closer to the launch of its next-gen Zen 4-based Ryzen 7000 series CPUs and new X670E and X670 motherboards, with some X670E motherboards already in reviewers' hands.

GIGABYTE's upcoming X670E AORUS MASTER motherboard, with overclocker SkatterBencher receiving the new X670E motherboard in the mail. The X670E AORUS MASTER motherboard is the second-best X670E motherboard, rocking 16+2+2 phase power design, and so much more.

The new AM5 socket motherboard will also have 4 x DDR5 DIMMs, support for PCIe 5.0 x16 graphics cards, 4 x M.2 SSD slots which are split into: 2 x PCIe 5.0 x4 and 2 x PCIe 5.0 x4 which are also all with a screwless design. GIGABYTE is also providing a quick release system for its PCIe 5.0 x16 slot, too.

AMD has met with its board partners for its "Meet The Experts" event, where we now have some more details on their respective flagship X670E and X670 motherboards, ready to rock on with Zen 4.

Overall, it appears that no board partner talked about the maximum DDR5 memory speed that their motherboard would support, but I'm sure that will be confirmed soon. Another thing to note is that easy M.2 SSD installation will be on most of the higher-end boards, and doesn't seem to be exclusive to any of the companies. The future is super-fast M.2 SSDs after all.

ASUS showed off its flagship ROG Crosshair X670E Extreme and ROG Crosshair X670E HERO motherboards, where the ROG Crosshair X670E Extreme is an absolute behemoth, that also looks delicious. It rocks super-enthusiast-grade 10GbE networking, USB4 connectivity, RGB lighting, and so much more.

ASUS has detailed its two new X670E motherboards during AMD's recent "Meet The Experts" event, where we now have some more details on the ROG Crosshair X670E Extreme and ROG Crosshair X670E HERO motherboards, ready to rock on with Zen 4.

ASUS showed off its flagship ROG Crosshair X670E Extreme and ROG Crosshair X670E HERO motherboards, where the ROG Crosshair X670E Extreme is an absolute behemoth, that also looks delicious. It rocks super-enthusiast-grade 10GbE networking, USB4 connectivity, RGB lighting, and so much more.

ASUS drops 10GbE and a bunch of weight and size with the ROG Crosshair X670E HERO, it's a smaller motherboard, but still has enthusiast-grade 2.5GbE networking, USB4 connectivity, and more. Both boards of course have PCIe 5.0-ready M.2 SSD slots, and 2 x PCIe 5.0 x16 slots ready for next-gen graphics cards, or RAID cards for some monster storage setups.

MSI is preparing quite the monster motherboard with its upcoming ultra-premium MEG X670E GODLIKE motherboard, where we now have a PCB design that's been leaked and get to ogle at.

Wccftech posted up the PCB design of the MSI MEG X670E GODLIKE motherboard, with its gigantic E-ATX form factor measuring in at a huge 305 x 288mm. MSI will be using AMD's powerful new X670E chipset, which will give PCIe 5.0 abilities to next-gen graphics cards and M.2 NVMe SSDs.

For the geeks: we have 24-pin ATX power, dual 8-pin and dual 6-pin power connectors that one of them being dedicated to USB Power Delivery of up to 60W. MSI is using a monster 24+2+1 phase VRM and 105A Power Stage design. If we compare this against MSI's current MEG X570 GODLIKE, which has just 14 phases for the CPU... the new X670E GODLIKE is a crazy upgrade.

MSI detailed one of the user-friendly functions of its next-gen AMD X670 + B650-based motherboards during its recent MSI Insider Livestream.

We are to expect MSI to use screwless + toolless M.2 SSD installation on its new X670 + B650 motherboards, something that MSI is calling "Screwless M.2 Shield Frozr" that lets users install an M.2 SSD under the Shield Frozr M.2 heat sink... all without any screws or tools required.

MSI's upcoming MEG + MPG family of X670 and B650 motherboards will have the new "Screwless M.2 Shield Frozr" feature, including the MEG X670E GODLIKE, MEG X670E ACE, the MPG X670E Carbon Wi-Fi, and many others. For the motherboards without the "Screwless M.2 Shield Frozr" feature, you'll have EZ M.2 clips that also allow for simple installation, where you can slide the M.2 SSD under the non-Shield Frozr M.2 heat sink.

MSI is pushing out fresh new BIOS updates to its Z690, H670, and B660-based motherboards that support Intel's upcoming 13th Gen Core "Raptor Lake" CPUs.

The current 600-series motherboards from MSI will need a BIOS update, and not all of them have a new BIOS for you to prepare yourself for Intel's upcoming 13th Gen Core "Raptor Lake" CPUs. There's a larger list below, and their respective BIOS versions that are now available.

We should expect MSI to push out BIOS updates for its full fleet of 600-series motherboards, as we lead into the launch of the new 13th Gen Core "Raptor Lake" CPUs later this year. MSI will of course have its own next-gen 700-series motherboards led by the new flagship Z790 chipset, which will arrive later this year.

AMD is splitting up its chipsets like usual for its upcoming 600-series chipsets, with ASRock's upcoming AMD 600-series motherboard list being leaked... teasing a B650E chipset is coming.

The new X670E chipset from AMD is an "Extreme" version of the X670, both of which will support next-gen PCIe 5.0 SSDs and PCIe 5.0 GPUs... but the X670 Extreme (or X670E) will have "PCIe 5.0 everywhere" which means both PCIe 5.0 SSD + GPU at the same time. The regular non-E variant in the X670 will have PCIe 5.0-ready SSDs, but you'll need to go "Extreme" if you want both.

This means that the B650E chipset should see higher motherboard prices in the mid-range, but you'll get Zen 4 CPU support, DDR5 memory, and then PCIe 5.0 support for both your GPU and SSD of the future. Motherboard makers will also use higher-end PCBs packing improved signaling to comply with the strict Gen5 protocol specs.

Intel will be launching its new 13th Gen Core "Raptor Lake" CPUs later this year, led by the flagship Core i9-13900K, which will all work in existing 600-series motherboards. But... there are new 700-series motherboards we've been hearing about since June 2021 with rumors from over a year ago, and now there are some fresh leaks.

In a fresh new video, Tom @ Moore's Law is Dead says the new Intel 700-series chipset would be led by the flagship Z790 chipset, which would feature support for super-fast PCIe 5.0 SSDs. This would bring Intel to the same level as AMD with enthusiast-class consumer chipsets, as the upcoming AMD X670E chipset and its X670E-powered motherboards will support both PCIe 5.0 SSDs and a PCIe 5.0 GPU.

But just like AMD and its AM5-based motherboards, some of the new Intel Z790-based motherboards won't have PCIe 5.0 SSD support. You'll still have PCIe 5.0 x16 on some of those boards, but it'll only work with a PCIe 5.0-ready GPU. Speaking of which, AMD's next-gen RDNA 3-based Navi 31-powered Radeon RX 7970 XT (or whatever it ends up getting named) will reportedly be on the new PCIe 5.0 x16 standard.

NZXT has just unveiled two new motherboards based on the Intel Z690 chipset, with the introduction of the N7 Z690 and N5 Z690 motherboards.

The new NZXT N5 and N7 series motherboards are ready to rock and roll with Intel's new 12th Gen Core "Alder Lake" CPUs. NZXT is going with a white and black theme with their new N5 and N7 series motherboards, with the higher-end N7 Z690 motherboard featuring a white metal color across most of the board.

NZXT drops the metal cover on the N5 Z690, as well as its overclocking ability, with the company saying that it's a "slimmed-down design with an excellent cost versus performance ratio in mind". On the higher-end N7 there's "additional overclocking headroom due to more VRM phases (12 v 8 on the N5)" as well as a "2oz copper printed circuit board for better thermal conduction".

MSI has leaked out an interesting new dual-chipset X670 motherboard, which is ready for the next-gen AMD AM5 socket (LGA1718) and upcoming family of Zen 4-based Ryzen 7000 series CPUs.

But the new dual-chipset motherboard was teased during the recent MSI Insider live stream, the company teased an AMD X670 chipset design that was not only passively cooled but rocked a dual-chipset design. AMD's next-gen AM5 platform will support CPUs of up to 170W PPT (socket power).

As for the AMD X670E and X670 chipsets, their dual-chipset design will have up to 24 PCIe Gen5 lanes -- which can be used for PCIe 5.0-based GPUs and SSDs. AMD's upcoming X670 chipsets can be passively cooled, and don't require cooling -- allowing for a more simple design of X670-based motherboards -- which is good for consumers and gamers alike.

GIGABYTE has unveiled its new flagship X670E AORUS Xtreme motherboard, ready for the world of next-gen Zen 4 processors from AMD.

The new GIGABYTE Z690 AORUS Xtreme motherboard features the new AMD AM5 socket (LGA1718) with an 18 Phase (105A) power delivery, through dual 8-pin connectors. GIGABYTE has 4 x DDR5 DIMMs that are good for up to 128GB of DDR5 RAM, and feature EXPO (Ryzen Extended Profiles For Overclocking).

You've got 3 x PCIe x16 slots (1 x PCIe 5.0 x8, and 2 x PCIe 4.0 x4) as well as a total of 4 x PCIe 5.0 M.2 slots for some next-gen SSDs capable of pushing the dizzying heights of 13,000MB/sec (13GB/sec) reads. GIGABYTE includes some enthusiast-class 10GbE networking, plenty of USB ports, while we should have a price of around $500 for the X670E AORUS Xtreme motherboard. Not too bad at all.