Review on Motherboard GIGABYTE Z490 AORUS XTREME WATERFORCE (rev. 1.x) by Jnis Kokins ᠌

Name: Motherboard GIGABYTE Z490 AORUS XTREME WATERFORCE (rev. 1.x)
Item: Motherboard GIGABYTE Z490 AORUS XTREME WATERFORCE (rev. 1.x)
Rating: 3

May 13, 2023

I should have looked better, spent money on an ordinary product.

Drank all my blood. It didn't start at all when first turned on. Tormented with her day, replaced all that is possible, to no avail. I went by taxi to take under warranty. In the SC it started up immediately when checking, I precipitated. Came home connected on the table works. I put it in the case, it does not work! So 3 times. To carry again through all of Hong Kong to the SC that would not want to be dishonored again. Dismantled to the screw. The result of a short circuit to ground through the back plate mount. When assembling, they tightened the mounting leg. She crumpled the gasket and from the track closed the duty 5 volts to ground. I put a homemade gasket assembled and it works. But now a new pain. The leakage protection works by itself without any water at all. Spontaneously. Not decided!

Pros

Very beautiful. Very heavy. Just a bombshell. The 11th generation of the CPU and the penultimate release of the PCI bus.

Cons

Heavy radiator :), inconvenient wire for its bottom connection. Not very smooth sole contact with the processor. Disk connection compromises. (They put a few tires, not enough for everyone). Very loose thermal interfaces. Removed the water block 2 times and put the gaskets in the trash.