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Asrock's Phantom Gaming Velocita is a well-rounded, mid-price ATX motherboard for anyone looking to build (and, maybe, overclock) a solid 10th Generation Intel PC, while spurning the expensive excesses of a flagship board.

3.0

A slick-looking premium board for 10th Gen Intel, the MEG Z490 Ace has an attractive feature set and wise PCB arrangement, but issues with the firmware suggest waiting for some patching-up, especially considering the price.

Intel's 10th Generation desktop CPUs are hitting the streets, and a new wave of high-end motherboards using its new LGA 1200 socket are right alongside. Here's what's coming from Asus, Asrock, Gigabyte, MSI, and others...plus, what's new in the Z490 chipset.

Only 999 of these motherboards will be made available.

By Matthew Humphries
3.5

Asrock's TRX40 Taichi Threadripper motherboard offers unique style, ritzy thermals, and extensive M.2 SSD support, but mind the placement of some of its ports and headers.

4.0

Asrock’s X299 Taichi CLX motherboard delivers extra PCIe lanes, offers a clean BIOS and board layout, and proves a fine choice for a powerhouse Intel Core X desktop PC build.

4.0

If you're willing to pay the (necessarily) big bucks to create a new TRX40-based Threadripper desktop, few motherboards on any platform can match the Asus ROG Zenith II Extreme for sheer robustness and feature set.

If your MSI product qualifies and its warranty expires in March, you're being offered a complimentary 2 month extension.

By Matthew Humphries
3.5

MSI's MEG X570 Godlike AM4 motherboard runs fine, looks stupendous, and has some cool features and accessories, but this EATX board's soaring price makes it an extravagance unless you truly need everything in the box.

3.5

MSI's X470 Gaming Pro Carbon is a likable, if not particularly stylish, AMD AM4 ATX-size motherboard that will satisfy gamers who can live without extensive overclocking options or built-in Wi-Fi.

4.0

We'd avoid using both of its M.2 slots, but the ATX-size Asus ROG Strix B450-F Gaming is otherwise a solid AMD AM4 motherboard for a midrange Ryzen PC build.

2.5

It's encouraging to see NZXT's continued efforts to break into the motherboard business, but the company's N7 Z390 board is uncompetitive in today's market.

3.5

MSI's MEG X570 Ace is a premium ATX motherboard designed for latest-gen Ryzen CPUs, brimming with creature comforts (such as an overclocking knob) and the core stuff that sets the X570 chipset apart. It's a solid effort, but it could use a little more flash and legacy storage support.

4.0

Packing Wi-Fi 6 support and a heap of tweaker creature comforts, the Asus ROG X570 Crosshair VIII Hero (Wi-Fi) is an excellent cutting-edge AM4 motherboard for gaming and overclocking on AMD's latest-gen Ryzen CPUs.

4.0

Asrock's X570 Extreme4 is a well-designed ATX motherboard for AMD's latest Ryzens, packing plenty of features, an attractive look, and an easy-to-use BIOS. Value-minded power users can find a good balance of features and punch here.

4.5
Editors' Choice

Delivering a wide-ranging feature set, Wi-Fi 6 support, and a brute-force design, Asrock's X570 Phantom Gaming X is a prime-value ATX motherboard for overclockers and tweakers with their sights on AMD's 2019 Ryzen lineup.

For the first time, an AMD chipset—the X570—is bringing some future-crucial functionality to the PC before any other. Here’s a look at the first boards for the third-gen Ryzen platform from Asus, MSI, Gigabyte, Asrock, and others.

Whether you'll see actual price increases will depend on various factors. But some PC vendors already have manufacturing outside of China. It'll also take time for the tariff hike to ripple through product stock.

By Michael Kan
4.5
Editors' Choice

Built on the Z390 chipset for the very latest Intel CPUs, the Asus ROG Maximus XI Code ATX motherboard brings serious gaming attitude and excellent overclocking features to your PC. (And don't get us started on the LEDs.)

By Josh Gulick
4.0
Editors' Choice

With a nifty gear motif and lots of connections for M.2 drives, RGB strips, and external devices, ASRock's Z390 Taichi is an attractive motherboard for tweak-minded PC builders and upgraders regrouping around unlocked 9th Gen Core i7 or i9 CPUs.

By Josh Gulick