I don't buy cars very often. I don't buy system boards very often either. I always say that people that buy cars every couple of years do not get a proper perspective on the advances that are made over the span of a few years. The same with system boards. Feature packed with the latest, with adequate ports for most all the current peripherals. Unlike cars, the price has not leaped up on a good system board, either! My PC projects are mostly photo editing with a dash of gaming thrown in. I am very happy with my decision! Being as I has mostly old stuff this has resulted in the purchase of a new case, CPU, memory, and power supply to get everything up to standards. All good for the PC economy.
The board works fine. It could be better though. ATX boards have a 9 screw layout, but this board only uses 6 screws. The front edge is unsupported. Then again, there shouldn’t be any reason to push anything firmly into the front edge. I also wish that the I/O plate was integrated into the motherboard. But that’s minor. Otherwise the layout looks good and it works. Aura worked once, then couldn’t find the fans. I switched to the free version of Signal RGB. It works fine.
The motherboard is fairly simple to get everything connected and has a decent amount of features for today’s computing requirements. Wish they would have included the USB-C cable with the motherboard instead of having it as an additional option to purchase.
Very good mainboard and love the space theme! This is the 3rd exact ASUS Z790 board like this I have built with the i9 14900k and they have all worked wonderfully. You will need to download Armory Crate and all the Drivers, so either use the wired network port, a WiFi USB Card, or download on you other PC and put them on a flash drive, but no problem for an experienced builder.
Won't let wifi work nothing we do works tried dpwnload drivers still won't work
Response from https://www.asus.comBy CLM, April 8, 2025
Dear Bear8935,
Thank you for your comment.
We do understand your disappointment and the inconvenience this may have caused if are unable to connect to WIFI. To resolve this issue and eliminate any potential driver or software conflict, if Windows was not installed clean using this motherboard, ensure old drivers were uninstalled or removed completely before installing the WIFI driver. Check if your system is within range to an established wireless router or access point and internet service is working properly. Additionally, check if your system is running with the most current system update(Windows, drivers, BIOS and applications. Should you need further assistance, please email me at cl-rodel@asus.com and I would be more than happy to help. Or you are most welcome to call Product Support Hotline at: 1(888) 678-3688. Also, you can chat with an ASUS live support agent from the link: https://www.asus.com/us/support/article/1135/.
Modern tech, sleek design, proper spaced PCI slots
on February 14, 2025
Posted by: EZEE
Frequency of use:Daily
Verified Purchase:Yes
Great motherboard that provides ports and the appropriate spacing to support 3 GPUs to be attached via PCI. The components and heatsinks all look professional, sleek, and quality made. Has the right amount of modern tech for DDR5, PCI5, M2 drive connections, USB-C, front-back ports, and is all laid out very well for ease of maintenance. Once I had my GPU dual bios switch set correctly, the motherboard fired right up first time. I'm using an Intel i7-12700KF with a massive CoolerMaster heat sink and fan, 32GB DDR5 6000, 1TB M2 (and other backup drives on SATA), and an old PCI3 RX580 in the PCI5 slot (have two more I can plug in when needed). Asus software supporting the motherboard and peripherals are ok - note the AI Suite 3 tool does not work if Memory Integrity is enabled in the Win11 settings.
I have used ASUS motherboards for the last 20 years. This one, for some reason decided to kill some internal parts of the motherboard and became corrupted after about a month of light use, no gaming or overclocking. I even upgraded the BIOS and still the same issue. I was using the computer connected to a UPS (always do for all of my computers)
Response from https://www.asus.comBy CLM, May 1, 2025
Dear Very Concerned ci...,
Thank you for reaching out.
We certainly understand your disappointment and the inconvenience this may have caused. ASUS is an ISO certified company, as a result, all products go into a strict quality manufacturing standard. All ASUS products undergo intensive quality control testing and inspections that ensure each one is trouble-free, and are built to last. If the motherboard stop working, this is a random problem. ASUS provides warranty coverage for the product. We recommend you send the product in for service so this may be resolved immediately. An RMA number is required to send it in for service. For RMA details, please go to: https://www.asus.com/us/support/article/818/. If you need more information or further assistance with the warranty for the product, please email me at cl-rodel@asus.com and I would be more than happy to help. Or, you are most welcome to call Product Support Hotline at: 1(888) 678-3688. Also, you can chat with an ASUS live support agent from the link: https://www.asus.com/us/support/article/1135/.