ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming X Motherboard Review

The packaging of the ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming X highlights the features ASRock deem to be key selling points including a metal backplate and revised “heatsink armor” design, WiFi 6, integrated RGB lighting, 2.5Gb/s LAN and an integrated I/O shield.

For reference, the Z390 Phantom Gaming 9 did not have a backplate, thermal armor or the integrated I/O shield, so these are all new additions to the design.

The bundle is similar to the Z390 Phantom Gaming 9 but with a few exceptions:

• the I/O shield is now integrated into the motherboard and not part of the bundle;
• A torx screwdriver is included in the bundle to help remove the thermal armor to install M.2 SSDs underneath;
• the antennae design has changed.

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