Sunday, October 9th 2022
Amazon US Lists Pair of ASUS Z790 Motherboards with Pricing
Amazon US has kindly revealed the pricing for a pair of upcoming Intel Z790 chipset based motherboards from ASUS. For those hoping for better motherboard pricing versus AMD's X670 based boards, we have to be the bringer of bad news, as the two fall in the same ballpark, although Intel seems to have a slight edge here. The cheaper of the two models is the ASUS Prime Z790-P WiFi, which is the Intel equivalent to the Prime X670-P board for AMD's AM5 socket. The Prime Z790-P offers slightly weaker connectivity around the back, but has more PCIe slots compared to its AMD sibling. Unfortunately, it seems like Amazon doesn't stock the Prime X670-P, so we had to look elsewhere for pricing and Newegg charges US$289.99 for it, whereas Amazon charges US$249.99 for the Prime Z790-P, making it a more attractive option. However, that's still US$30 more than its predecessor, the Prime Z690-P, making this a pretty steep jump in price considering the two are very similar in terms of what you get for your money.
The second board is the ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 Hero, which is a premium product, something that's reflected in the pricing as well. Features like Thunderbolt 4 and an ROG Hyper M.2 card for PCIe 5.0 SSDs are included here, as well as an extended bundle. There's no direct AMD equivalent here, as ASUS only has a model in the US$400 range and one in the US$1000 range on the AMD side. However, it appears that ASUS has decided to keep the same price point as the ROG Maximus Z690 Hero. This isn't entirely surprising, as the boards appear to be almost identical, bar some change to the layout to the rear I/O. At US$629.99, this isn't a cheap board, but it wasn't expected either, as ASUS does charge a premium price for its ROG products. Both boards are said to be shipping from the 20th of October.
Sources:
Amazon (Prime Z790-P), Amazon (ROG Maximus Z790 Hero), via @momomo_us
The second board is the ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 Hero, which is a premium product, something that's reflected in the pricing as well. Features like Thunderbolt 4 and an ROG Hyper M.2 card for PCIe 5.0 SSDs are included here, as well as an extended bundle. There's no direct AMD equivalent here, as ASUS only has a model in the US$400 range and one in the US$1000 range on the AMD side. However, it appears that ASUS has decided to keep the same price point as the ROG Maximus Z690 Hero. This isn't entirely surprising, as the boards appear to be almost identical, bar some change to the layout to the rear I/O. At US$629.99, this isn't a cheap board, but it wasn't expected either, as ASUS does charge a premium price for its ROG products. Both boards are said to be shipping from the 20th of October.
44 Comments on Amazon US Lists Pair of ASUS Z790 Motherboards with Pricing
What a time to be alive.
:banghead:
AMD A520 AMD Motherboards | Newegg.com
LGA 1700,Intel Q670,Intel H670,Intel B660,Intel H610 Intel Motherboards | Newegg.com
Gamers Nexus did a 12100F vs 5500 comparison, look it up. It's not good for the AMD chip.
That's crazy.Boards (new Intel's and AMD's) need to come down to 70 - 100$ starting price from the current 200$ for people to start buying them.
www.amd.com/en/chipsets/a520
Might as well just stick with AM4.
Also, I doubt that the target audience of these boards actually cares about upgrading to 13th gen. Of course, here the primary target is people who give less money.
AM5 is simply placed as an extremely premium platform and is a 100% no-go as of now.
no PCIe Gen 5 capability whatsoever EDIT: only PCIe Gen 5 for the M2 slot. The same is true for several other motherboards at this price range, which either completely lack PCIe Gen 5 capability or are limited to the first M2 slot only.And frankly, the a520 offers just about everything a typical user needs. Your average user has a GPU. Sound is external now. Maybe 1 M.2 SSD and a single sata SSD. dual GPU is dead. 5.25" drives are mostly dead. So long as it has lots of USB ports (and 13 is more then you will likely use) its fine. Things like the VRM are chipset agnostic.