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ASUS has just announced its new BTF ecosystem of gaming motherboards, graphics cards, and PC cases into its ROG and TUF Gaming family of products.

ASUS has said that even before the rise of windowed side panels, ever-so-careful cable management was the "cornerstone of gaming PC building," and they're right. ASUS says it's no good to clog up your primary airflow pathway with a "rat's nest of loose cables" and that with so many builders putting their prized PC components -- GPUs, coolers, motherboards, RAM, and more -- cable management, "affects the aesthetics of your PC as much as its basic functionality".

The BTF ecosystem was born because "with all due respect to the cable combs, zip ties, and custom replacement kits of the world," ASUS would like to introduce its new ecosystem of BTF gaming motherboards, graphics cards, and PC cases to help you build the ultimate in an ultra-tidy PC.

ASUS has just announced its new ROG Maximus Z790 Hero BTF motherboard, with a gorgeous design, hidden power connectors, and more.

The new ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 Hero BTF motherboard features some cutting-edge features, with a PCIe 5.0 x16 slot ready for the graphics cards of not just today but tomorrow. ASUS is ready for a monster graphics card with its PCIe High-Power Connector graphics card capable of drawing 600W through the ROG Maximus Z790 Hero BTF motherboard. Alrighty

ASUS uses a high-quality power solution on the ROG Maximus Z790 Hero BTF motherboard, with 20+1+2 power stages (each rated to handle up to 90A) with dual ProCool II power connectors, high-quality alloy chokes, and durable capacitors that will go hand-in-hand with the Intel 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" CPUs, right up to the flagship Core i9-14900K processor.

MSI is currently cooking its new 2024 motherboards, with HardwareLuxx reporting the company has new 2024 motherboards ready for both AMD and Intel users with the new ATX12VO standard.

The new ATX12VO standard started a few years ago and will replace the huge 24-pin power connector we've all been using for years now with a smaller, more compact 10-pin power connector. Not only is the new ATX12VO power connector smaller, but it also has benefits in 12V power delivery into motherboards.

MSI talked about its new 2024 motherboards with HardwareLuxx, the company talked up its new "Project Zero" motherboards, which have power and interface connectivity on the opposite side. They're sleek boards, and I wish more motherboard makers would do a similar thing on their boards.

AMD and Intel are both aiming to release their next-gen motherboards in Q3 of 2024, a new rumor reckons.

Wccftech spotted the chatter from the grapevine which is the Chinese board channel forums, a source of many hardware-related leaks, but one we should be fairly skeptical around.

We're told that AMD's 700 series motherboard should debut in the third quarter of next year, still using the AM5 chipset - as we know that Team Red has pledged to support AM5 until through 2025, and perhaps beyond that some way.

Minisforum has just announced its new AR900i MoDT motherboard, which packs a high-end Intel Core i9-13900HX "Raptor Lake-HX" mobile processor built-in, with an integrated cooling system supporting up to 100W configurations.

The motherboard itself comes with a CPU and coolers preassembled, so all consumers will need to do is install their RAM and SSDs and then throw the Minisforum AR900i MoDT (Mobile on Desktop) motherboard into a case with a PSU installed. You're ready to rock and roll. The pre-installed Intel Core i9-13900HX processor features 24 cores and 32 threads of CPU power at up to a rather high 5.4GHz with 36MB of Intel Smart Cache included.

There's also a PCIe 5.0 x16 slot for allowing users to add in a high-end desktop graphics card or even an AIC card with a bunch of super-fast M.2 SSDs installed. You can really do it all and have a Mini-ITX system that packs a considerable amount of power with a fantastic CPU included, 4 x M.2 SSD slots, PCIe 5.0 x16 support, and more.

AMD has launched its new Ryzen Threadripper 7000 and Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7000 series CPUs, with TRX50 and WRX90 motherboards now out in the wild. TRX50 motherboards are what HEDT systems will be built with, and now we have some US pricing on the ASUS, ASRock, and GIGABYTE TRX50-based boards.

ASUS has its new PRO WS TRX50-SAGE WIFI motherboard at the higher-end of the TRX50 motherboard pricing spectrum, with a cost of $899. Under that, we've got the ASRock TRX50 WS motherboard for $799, and finally, the GIGABYTE TRX50 AERO D motherboard for $599.

You can buy AMD's monster new Ryzen Threadripper 7000 series CPUs already, but the motherboards won't be launching until December. If you want the even higher-end WRX90 motherboards, then you'll be waiting a little while longer again. The Ryzen Threadripper 7980X flagship 64-core, 128-thread CPU will cost you $4999... meanwhile, the TRX50 motherboards max out with the $899 ASUS PRO WX TRX50-SAGE WIFI.

ASUS has a super limited edition ROG Maximus Z790 Hero EVA-02 Edition, which is inspired by the popular anime series "Evangelion,"... but the company has misprinted the word, spelling it "Evangenlion"... oops, big oops.

ASUS recently launched the new motherboard alongside a family of EVA-02 series PC components, with the $700+ motherboard out in the wild and consumers finding the typo sitting on their motherboard forever. The other ASUS products in the EVA-02 series of PC components include the Evangelion motherboard, graphics card, power supplies, and even a wicked-styled case.

The typo on the board is to the left of the display on the motherboard and to the left of the CPU socket. It will be covered up once the motherboard is installed into the case and the rear fan is installed... but that's not good enough. How many people did this motherboard go through before it was manufactured and shipped to consumers? 10? 15? 30 people? Sheesh.

With the launch of the 14th Gen Intel Core CPU series that includes the new flagship Intel Core i9-14900K, we've seen a notable increase in PC performance - down to memory and storage. Colorful Technology Company Limited, creator of high-performance graphics cards, motherboards, all-in-one solutions, and storage, has just announced two stylish, feature-packed motherboards for the 14th Gen Intel Core CPU range.

The COLORFUL iGame Z790D5 FLOW in white sports "wave-shaped cooling armor" and overall aesthetics inspired by the movement of water and the flow of waves. This design can be seen on everything from heatsinks to the patterns on the PCB. The COLORFUL iGame Z790D5 ULTRA, also in white, features holographic flourishes to match COLORFUL's ULTRA series of graphics cards. Plus, RGB lighting on its chipset heatsink.

Outside of clear differences in the overall aesthetics, both motherboards feature near identical specs and come equipped with an 18+1+1 power phase (90A Dr.MOS) design, Aerospace-Grade Tantalum Capacitors, and DDR5 memory support that can reach 8200MT/s (OC) speeds thanks to using 30μm gold-plated contacts.

MSI stepped into an interesting direction with its Project Zero motherboards, cleaning the front of them of all of their power plugs and moving them to the back of the board, and now a new Z790 Project Zero motherboard is baking in the oven.

The company has been collaborating with DIY-APE on the recent B760 and B650 chipsets. Now MSI is stepping up into the Z790 Project Zero, which will be capable of housing Intel's new 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" processors, including the new flagship Core i9-14900K chip.

MSI's upcoming Z790 Project Zero motherboard will feature a solid brushed silver and black theme, with high-end VRMs for those power-hungry Core processors and 4 x DDR5 DIMM slots. There are 4 expansion slots here: 3 x PCIe x16 and 1 x PCIe x1, as well as 4 x M.2 slots: 1 x Gen5 x4, 3 x Gen4 x4. The company uses an aluminum heatsink design that covers the entire front of the motherboard, which looks cool. Highlighted by the fact that there are zero -- pun intended -- power connectors or front I/O cables connected to the Z790 Project Zero motherboard. That's all on the back, folks.

We got to check out MSI's new 'Project Zero' range of motherboards at Computex 2023 earlier this year, and when paired with the company's compact and stylish Project Zero compatible case and new slimline GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs, it was hard not to be impressed.

Like initiatives from ASUS and GIGABYTE, Project Zero looks to redesign the traditional PC motherboard by placing all of the connectors (the stuff that needs cables) to the underside of the motherboard. The result is a cleaner and more eye-catching build - especially in the age of PC cases with tempered glass panels.

The good news is that it looks like the launch is right around the corner, with product pages with full specs and details for two Micro-ATX Project Zero motherboards popping up online - the MSI B650M PROJECT ZERO for AM5 Ryzen 7000 Series processors from AMD and the MSI B760M PROJECT ZERO for LGA1700 Intel Core 14th, 13th, and 12th Gen CPUs.