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Review on 🔥 ASUS PRIME Z390-A: Optimal Performance and Versatility Unleashed by Wiktor Barczuk ᠌

Revainrating 2 out of 5

I didn't like it, I don't recommend buying it.

In general, I was disappointed a little in Asus. Before that, there were Asus boards, there were no problems. Started out of the box. The new one was created for those who like to dance with a tambourine. Firstly, when installing Windows, even the network does not work, i. E. you can’t install anything online, although it could be done 15 years ago. But there is a disk for the board, we install drivers from it, and only then the network starts working and you can install everything else. Another point with the network that personally did not work for me from a twisted pair cable. (2 other PCs are working) The installation of a p-through adapter (with 2 rj-45 sockets) helped, I inserted a vitukha at one end, a patch cord from an old modem at the other, and the network worked as expected. I also encountered the problem of og multi-channel sound, i. E. where there is a connection with 3 plugs. In the default drivers from the disk, from the Asus website, and the last one from the Realtek 2.82 website, there is a problem that when you turn on music or video, the sound comes only as 2.0 without subwoofer support and other things, although all the speakers work in the test. The problem was solved by installing older drivers 2.81 from the Internet. I also had to go into the BIOS to enable the standard frequency for slats at 2666 MHz, by default it started from 2133. And also enable virtualization support if you want to use a virtual machine. In general, I did not expect that after 10 years there would be dances with the Asus board, which were not there with the boards on the 45th chipset. But they screwed the mouse in the BIOS)) Of course, I understand that there should also be support for Windows so that everything starts right away, but putting crooked drivers in a box with your products is the height of idiocy. I'm not surprised why more and more people are switching to Macs to save themselves with setting up such boards.

Pros
  • Good workmanship. Works with i9 9900k. There is technical support. There is a CD with drivers, which is very necessary. Power supply to the 8-pin processor, you can use old PSUs.
Cons
  • Requires a DVD drive (no way without it, or a second PC) Problem with drivers for multi-channel sound. Incompatible with twisted pair or RJ-45 plug (requires p-through adapter and patch cord if router is not nearby) I didn’t set the required memory frequency automatically, I had to go into the BIOS. Incompatible with Windows 7, USB devices including keyboard and mouse will not work in it. Only Windows 10. Although this, I think, is of little interest to anyone.