Intel Z490 Preview – First look at the motherboards!

1. Intel Z490 - Asus Maximus XII Hero and Gigabyte Aorus Master2. Gigabyte Aorus Pro AX and Ultra3. Gigabyte Xtreme Waterforce and MSI MEG Ace4. MSI MPG Gaming Carbon and MEG Godlike5. View All Pages

Intel 10th Gen Comet Lake-S has been announced today, along with its new LGA1200 CPU Socket and matching Z490 chipset. Naturally that means a torrent of new motherboards will be arriving in the near future to support the Core i9-10900K (and its lesser brethren) and we are kicking off the party with a preview of eight Z490 motherboards from Asus, Gigabyte and MSI. Please note: Pricing is currently under wraps and will become clear during the next week.

Asus ROG Maximus XII Hero (Wi-Fi)

Estimated Price £400

Key Features

• Form factor ATX
• CPU VRMs 14x60A
• Memory support Max 128GB, DDR4 4700+(OC)
• Graphics PCI Express 2x PCI 3.0 x16 or x8/x8 with SLI and CrossFireX
• M.2 slots x3
• USB:
  • 4x USB 3.2 Gen 2
  • 4x USB 3.2 Gen 1
  • 2x USB 2.0
• Ethernet Marvell 5Gb + Intel Gigabit
• Wi-Fi Intel 2×2 Wi-Fi 6

Gigabyte Z490 Aorus Master

Estimated Price £350

Key Features

• Form factor ATX
• CPU VRMs 14x90A
• Memory support Max 128GB, DDR4 3200
• Graphics PCI Express 2x PCI 3.0 x16 or x8/x8 with SLI and CrossFireX
• M.2 slots x3
• USB:
  • 5x USB 3.2 Gen 2
  • 4x USB 3.2 Gen 1
  • 8x USB 2.0
• Ethernet Intel 2.5 Gb
• Wi-Fi Intel 2×2 Wi-Fi 6

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