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Review on πŸ’» ASUS ProArt Z490-CREATOR 10G: Advanced Intel Z490 LGA 1200 ATX Content Creation Motherboard with Thunderbolt 3 Type-C, 10G LAN Card, and DDR4 4600 Support by Justin Frazier

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Good board for tb3, bad board for non-tb3

This board is like no man's land, for me it's a 10/10 replacing Apple and Lenovo computers with something more usable. my universal audio, Focusrite and Avid products. Adobe, Protools, Games, etc. are perfect for the average user. it's an easy 5/10 just because the price is double the average Z or X board. (Also, unless you're a pro or using tb3, what are you using Intel for anyway? For most people, AMD better!) I can't comment on the Tb3 graphics, but you need to connect your display to the motherboard display and it is NOT hot-swappable. It looks crazy with the display cable going from the graphics card to the motherboard. To be honest this board is probably too complex for those who just want to play tb3 as there is a bandwidth split between tb3/pcie/m2/integrated graphics. I would just wait if you don't want to understand. asus extb3 integrated card instead of real integrated tb3. The overall score isn't high enough to recommend it to everyone, but frankly it's a poor payoff.

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