ASRock Z590 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB4

[Black Haru]

The latest ITX offering from ASRock’s popular Phantom Gaming line, the Z590 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB4 is here! Featuring a powerful VRM solution with 10 phases and top of the line power stages, along with the Phantom Gaming ITX’s signature Thunderbolt support, the ASRock Z590 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB4 promises to be a worthy successor, so let’s put it to the test!

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[TheLostSwede]

@Black Haru small typo in the USB table for the Thunderbolt chipset, if the one on the picture is correct, 5 instead of 3.

 

[Hardware Geek]

Other than pcie4, is there an advantage to getting a rocket lake processor? From what I'm seeing in this review, it would seem that the 10th gen 10 core is still faster.

Also, I'd to see a memory overclocking section that shows how high the ram will clock in gear 1 and a comparison with the benchmark results from gear 2 at the same frequency.

 

[lukart]

It's shame that these Z590 are so expensive, they could sell well if they came in at the right price.. Intel wants to make up the loss margin on the CPUs I guess.

 

[owen10578]

That VRM fan seems idiotic in placement...is that literally flush mounted on a solid block of metal? How is it supposed to blow any air? Much better if it was mounted to the rear IO panel exhausting air.

 

[TheinsanegamerN]

Other than pcie4, is there an advantage to getting a rocket lake processor? From what I'm seeing in this review, it would seem that the 10th gen 10 core is still faster.

Also, I'd to see a memory overclocking section that shows how high the ram will clock in gear 1 and a comparison with the benchmark results from gear 2 at the same frequency.

Well....no. I think its common knoledge that rocket lake is a dud of a processor. Only the 6 core makes any kind of sense, and only because intel allows for faster RAM on locked chipsets with them. Thats it.

 

[Hardware Geek]

That's the conclusion I have come to as well. I'm waiting for zen 4 and ddr5, but am hopeful Intel can get back to at least being on par with AMD. I'm not a fanboy (anymore) and simply look for the best price vs performance, but with zen 4 ddr5 on the way, I'm waiting for good deals on a zen 3 system.