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Not that I'm in the market for one, but the Z790 boards are very scarce at the moment.
Yea they are. That's how I ended up getting an Aorus. I never would have gotten an Aorus. I have used MSI boards for the past 15 years. I had no choice. I didn't like the MSI offerings and the Aorus Master looked incredible.
You're right about the weight. I did use an Aorus Z690 Master before switching out to another board. I was a big Aorus/Gigabyte user for a long time. That board gave me issues using Aorus memory and honestly I couldn't pinpoint which piece of hardware was causing the issue so I returned both for a refund. I'm sure they worked the kinks out in later bios updates, but I get impatient sometimes in my old age..lol.
Ah darn that was a sticky situation. Was the memory over clocked? I mean it's not like most people have another set of memory just sitting around to swap out for troubleshooting anyway, I don't they were too expensive still. Did you try running it at stock speed also or only on XMP? I see why you went Aorus memory also so keep the RGB synchronized. At this point I can't go everything synced because I don't want all the same brand of component. I'm ok with the RGB glowing a little different for everything, gives it a different touch. Besides my EK reservoir is 4 pin RGB not 3pin Argb so and the graphics card Is a EVGA 3080ti hydrocopper and Trident Z5 ram everything is different no chance I could sync it all together but I don't mind.
I've never noticed the creator boards. I only use my computer for gaming now a days. I used to use it for work using Adobe suite but I started to dislike working on the PC because I wanted it to be my outlet for fun and relaxation. What do you use the creator boards for?
I was looking at this one also. It was between the Strix and the Aorus. I was an MSI fanboy but between the Asus or Aorus I didn't care lol. I probably could have gotten the Asus but aren't they comparable in pretty much every measurable way? Same price also. Stix just has a reputation for being more expensive in my opinion but not this time lol
I threw down 5 bills for the Z790 Aorus Master. But honestly, compared to the rediculous GPU prices believe it or not I'm happy they are not even more expensive. After spending 300 on a skimpy board that I hated I love the feeling this monster gives me. I'm coming from Asus Rampage Extreme boards before so I need something substantial to fulfill my nerdy needs and wants haha just for fun I did an all core OC on the 12700kf at 5ghz at 1.25v stable in cinebench. I'm impressed. I think I might wanna grab a Raptor Lake sometime sooner or later to push up to 6ghz.
I actually was considering a Z790 board to tinker with, but I'm finding it hard to find a board that would be any better than my EVGA Z690 Classified board. I do have the ROG Z690-E board in my back up PC and that has been a decent board as well with no issues, but the EVGA is built like a tank. This was originally a $700 motherboard that I got on sale at $300 ($329). I'm running a 13900K with the latest bios and it performs very well. I really wanted a white themed board for my build, but all the higher end one Z790's are out of stock and being price gouged by scalpers like the Asus Apex Z790. I think I'll just keep the EVGA board.
Z790 Aorus Master does DDR5 8000 also and 10gb ethernet and pcie5 main slot and pcie5 m.2 slot and backplate and the beefiest heatsinks of any board I've ever seen along with the most overkill VRM setup. It's probably close to 10lbs you have to put your back into it to lift it lmao
As of right now I think it only officially support 6800 or maybe it's stable at 6800. Either way after seeing the bios update, I decided to grab the 6800 instead of the 6000.
Which board r u talking about? The Z790 Aorus Master? What do you mean officially?
Talking about the latest bios update. It doesn't state what they officially support or guarantee to work.
Aorus Master Z790 owners we just got another BIOS update on 1/18/23 it is the F5 BIOS I just installed it, it's good.
I've worked with this board. Absolutely fantastic.
+1 for this one. I like mine and I did have to wait for it. Well worth it.
Fixed, and no. I put one in a machine I built for a friend and never heard any coil whine out of it.
No coil whine here.
Which board? The Z790 Aorus Master? No coil whine sound at all. Not from the board or from the 4090 Gaming X both are quiet.
I've heard coil whine with a graphics card, but never with a motherboard.
There are several negative reviews on Newegg that specifically talk about coil whine. Maybe it was on some of the earlier made boards.
The same thing as a board that costs a fraction of the price does just like most motherboards.
I had a Gigabyte Z690 ITX motherboard which made noises when doing things like scrolling through a webpage. Or opening an app. And in those situations, my fans are totally inaudible. So, I just hear the crackling sounds from the motherboard.
I have to admit the "AI Overclock" feature on the ASUS Z790 boards I've tested is freakishly good after some initial skepticism - with 1 click it is within 1-2% of the manual OC performance tuning that took me weeks of re-learning all the theory and settings from massive guides put out by an ASUS engineer (Sampaio) that posts on OCN. Frequency of ASUS BIOS updates have also been stellar - especially beta BI0S updates released for extreme memory OC's earlier on in Raptor Lake's cycle.
Why? Mine has been so wonderful.
You can just use the CPU connected gen 4 slot instead and not even deal with the gen 5 m.2 slot that shares bandwidth. Just avoid that one. I have my main m.2 into the CPU gen 4 slot and the game drive on the chipset connected slot.
