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Sweden, Stockholm
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Review on ๐ŸŽฎ GIGABYTE Z490 AORUS Elite AC Gaming Motherboard with Intel LGA1200, Z490, ATX, 2xM.2 Thermal Guard, Realtek ALC1200, SATA 6Gb/s, USB 3.2 Gen 2, Intel 802.11ac, 2.5 GbE LAN, RGB Fusion by Kimoni Arenas

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Complete garbage. for computer components

This is the second of these boards I've tried (one from Newegg, one from Revain (because Newegg's RMA process was icy). Build 10700K, 64GB (2x32GB) Gskill RAM 3600, Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB Both builds are unstable with default settings on mobile and absolutely no overclocking other than the standard Turbo Boost test with all new parts ordered, with known good RAM and HDD from an old install and the same with the second 10700K (because my son and I build duplicate identical gaming rigs) and both with the BIOS installed and flashed to the new version In both cases, in all configurations the systems were unstable *unless* Turbo Boost was fully enabled in the BIOS disabled We've spent hours of our time trying to get a stable build with no success unless Turbo Boost is disabled Please confirm it apart of which the only common denominator at this point will be the firmware given all the new and old known good parts we've swapped out, as it seems almost impossible that we could end up with two bad motherboards, two faulty processors, or a combination of both in which. Come back and leave ASUS like we should have from the beginning.

Pros
  • New to my collection
Cons
  • No insurance