🎮 Gigabyte Z490 Gaming X AX: Optimal LGA 1200 Gaming Motherboard with Dual M.2, USB 3.2 Gen 2, WiFi 6, and More! Review

My previous motherboard broke so I had to order another one for the night. It was the only item that could be delivered in one day. I'm using this on a 10th gen i7 and it runs really fast with no issues. it doesn't have fancy LEDs, but that doesn't matter.

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…

About a week after I bought it it went on sale for $30 less than what I paid for. This is the first time I've had a problem with a Revain return/refund. The reason I give this 5 stars is because this item is exactly as advertised by the seller!

This mainboard is not suitable for beginners. This requires some fiddling, especially on older hardware. Most mobos are practically plug and play. Changing this means going back to the drawing board. The first board was DOA, the second requires more fiddling than a premium furniture. You get what you pay for.

Wi-Fi is amazing and fast. Don't really use it for hardcore gaming, but it does the job. Easy installation, great motherboard. The bios lags behind the competition, but it still works.

I have an i7 with 16GB RAM. I configured it for RGB. So far, so good. I encountered a strange problem when rebooting, it goes into the bios. I have to abort and boot then it works fine. I updated all firmware and it persists.

This is by far the worst bios I've seen including the hardware I used in the 90's. I configured this motherboard with a brand new i5-10500, 4 x 8GB Corsair Vengence memory modules (32GB total) and a platinum rated 850W PSU. The BIOS version that came with this motherboard was completely non-functional; The system will not recognize any SATA drive as bootable and the BIOS will be corrupted once the CSM is enabled. Also, the system got stuck in the BIOS settings as soon as a USB storage device…

Bought for $140. best value Notes: - it's slightly smaller than the standard ATX - it's also warmer. Should fit i5 and i7. - The main m.2 slot is located under the main GPU slot and absorbs all the heat from the GPU.