Friday, April 17th 2020

ASUS Leaks PRIME Z490-P and Z490-A Motherboards for Intel's 10th Gen

ASUS has inadvertently leaked images of their upcoming PRIME Z490-P and Z490-A motherboards, which will accompany the introduction of Intel's 10th Gen "Ice Lake" CPUs. As is usual with Intel, the new generation CPU release will be met with a new chipset launch, of which ASUS apparently has finalized designs: the company has uploaded Z490 pictures on their current Z390 PRIME webpage.

Like with previous ASUS designs, the PRIME Z490-P seems to target budget-conscious users, with a reduced feature set including a no-frills VRM heatsink design (which means the VRM itself isn't a top-tier one) and a pretty basic on-board sound processor. The motherboard still packs 2x M.2 slots and 2x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots, though the rest of the expansion slots are of the 1x kind (4x slots in total). The Z490-A, though, boasts of a more premium construction, with oversized heatsinks (including for at least one of the M.2 slots) and 3x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots alongside 3x Pcie 3.0 1x slots. The sound processing subsystem has also been clearly beefed up in comparison.
ASUS PRIME Z490-P ASUS PRIME Z490-A
Sources: ASUS, via Videocardz
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52 Comments on ASUS Leaks PRIME Z490-P and Z490-A Motherboards for Intel's 10th Gen

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yeeeemanIntel should have skipped Comet Lake entirely and launch Rocket Lake (Tiger Lake on 14nm) on Z490 platform.
Totally agree. Intel engineers probably feel the same way, lol But even if not buying CML, we can still watch the super-beefed VRM and other cool trends as they appear on the mobos.

I'm watching Asus ROG Strix Z490-A Gaming, it sounds-like a brand new 2-dimm board from Asus maybe around the $349 price point, then that would allow the Apex XII (other ROG 2-dimm board) the ability to rise to the top of the product stack. (wishful thinking on my part) lol

So yea watching ROG Apex 12 and EVGA Z490 Dark - just to see what EVGA comes up with. :)

I'm not buying this platform either - probably be good 'til Alder Lake next year.

Buuut, I do have a Seasonic TX-700 fanless titanium shipping from Newegg tomorrow, oh yea. Been wanting the PSU since last Computex June 2019. "Been a long time awaitin' " breaks into a blues song. :D
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