Hi guys,

So I’m considering to build a new pc with an i5 1600k and a 4070. I was looking at motherboards, when I found one from ROG which was a maximus Z690 hero that was $350 off, going from $600 to $250. However, it only has a Z690 chipset and I found various Z790 boards around the same price. Should I make use of the great deal for the first one or should I disregard that one and get a motherboard with a newer chipset but less features?

  • CarelessSpark@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Been wondering about this myself. Only difference w/ Z790 is 12 -> 20 PCIe4 lanes (+ 16 -> 8 PCIe3 lanes) and somewhat higher supported memory speeds (though I’m not sure how much this part matters). PCIe lane difference shouldn’t matter unless you want more than 4 NVMe slots (CPU has 4 lanes for a total of 16). Meanwhile you can get a like… MSI Z690 ACE for 250$ which is currently less than a Z790 Tomahawk Max and much higher end.