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Review on ๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ ASUS Prime Z490-P LGA 1200 ATX Motherboard: Dual M.2, DDR4 4600, USB 3.2, Thunderbolt 3, RGB & More! by Rashid Vaquera

Revainrating 1 out of 5

It works as advertised for now

Bought to replace a Z490 board from another company that wouldn't boot. Either it didn't like the two XMP-compatible 16GB 3200MHz sticks I bought, or it needed an extra 4-pin input for a processor I didn't have. If the motherboard was the problem, I bought that, installed the CPU, RAM, graphics card, and tested it with the standard dual 4-pin CPU inputs. Sweet. First time no problem. Finished assembly and started bios. The RAM was originally read at 2133MHz, but the XMP I profile bumped it up to 3200MHz with one click. At the moment I haven't tried overclocking the processor, but I've tried saving the current configuration to a USB drive and I'm still not sure if it was saved because I can't find it. I deduct a star for that. The problem is that there are two disk save options, neither of which is my USB drive. You have to find out, but it shouldn't be a guessing game. Otherwise happy with the motherboard and component compatibility.

Pros
  • Free for educational purposes
Cons
  • Not sure