Review on ASUS ROG Strix Z490-I Gaming Z490 WiFi 6 LGA 1200 Mini-ITX Gaming Motherboard, 8+2 Power Stages, DDR4 4800, Intel 2.5 Gb Ethernet, USB 3.2 Front Panel Type-C, HDMI 2.0a, Aura Sync by Kenny Donald

This will be the last time I blindly believe in ASUS. I really needed to read the reviews for this board but I saw that this board had the features I needed and was made by ASUS so I just bought it. It was my mistake that I will not make again. I'm another person who got bad pay to begin with. It just turns off after being on for between 1 and 3 minutes. I can't even get past the Windows installation. I double checked if the problem is with the board by disconnecting everything from the board, flashing the latest BIOS and testing different types of RAM, PSU and CPU. It seems that there are many people who have similar problems. I thought long and hard about getting a replacement or going for another brand. I ended up going for a replacement as I like the ASUS BIOS and I already know that the cooler I have for this build will work with this build, which in the case of SFF with an ITX board is a real one problem can be. However, I will say that if the new board I receive has problems, I will part with ASUS until I am sure it will not happen again. ASUS MUST SOLVE THIS PROBLEM! This is totally unacceptable. These are currently the most expensive Z490 ITX boards with the fewest power levels, resulting in the hottest VRMs in the high-end. And what about reliability issues? They should recall all of these boards and take them off the shelf until they figure out what the problem is. I was hoping ASUS would bring back the high-end compact form factor for the Zx90 platforms like they did for the AMD X570 in their ROG Crosshair VIII Impact. Now I'm just glad I didn't spend over $400 on an unreliable board that should be the best.