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Argentina, Buenos Aires
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Review on 🎮 Gigabyte Z490 Gaming X AX: Optimal LGA 1200 Gaming Motherboard with Dual M.2, USB 3.2 Gen 2, WiFi 6, and More! by Leonard Herrera

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Very disappointed. - Internal components

This motherboard worked fine for the first few months that I had it. Back then, my laptop broke and I needed something urgently for school, so I decided to just put a desktop together. When I was done, GPUs weren't available or very expensive. Since they didn't fall off, I finally decided to just bite the bullet and buy one at an overpriced price. I have an EVGA GTX 1650. I put it in and nothing. The fans spin, but the system does not recognize the graphics card. I tried to do all sorts of things with software, downloaded all those drivers, read articles, watched videos, nothing could solve this problem. So I took a chance and moved the GPU from the PCIE x16 slot to the PCIE x4 slot. What do you know? It works out. However, I am disappointed as my GPU's performance is limited by being installed in a lower bandwidth slot. this is bs I'm hoping that in the near future when I upgrade and sell my 1650 I'll get different results, but I'm very disappointed. I expected my motherboard to score in all categories.

Pros
  • Free for educational purposes
Cons
  • Long time