Although Asus is a company that stands out for its gaming solutions such as ROG or other laptops designed for artistic activities, this brand has always focused on the development of components and has not been bad at it. In fact, some of our favorite motherboards for both AMD and Intel configurations belong to this brand. However, no solution lasts forever, and with the next generation of Intel processors, Asus has decided to finally make the leap to an improved socket, more friendly to the latest solutions than the LGA1700 that debuted with the Intel 12 generation.
Everything new from ROG Z790
Asus is not satisfied with just improving its sockets, and of the three boards it has chosen to upgrade, the two with the highest performance are going to come up against a myriad of improvements: Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Dark Hero and Asus ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming WiFi II will see their connectivity greatly increased, as they will have WiFi 7 and Bluetooth 5. 4, plus 60-watt Quick Charge 4+ ports and some very interesting upgraded heatsinks for the SSD storage drives, so that they heat up to a lesser extent. They also expand their RAM capacity to 192 gigabytes and a few other tidbits.
The little sister, Asus TUF Gaming Z790-Pro WiFi, which by the way is also a very interesting board, has slightly more discreet improvements: it maintains the same RAM capacity, PCIe ports, SSD ports and connectivity, incorporating fast charging via USB-C of just 30 watts. However, it improves some of its connectors, such as a PCI-Express 5.0 x16 line. Although we could not expect it to reach the level of the highest range, it is true that we would have expected some major changes; however, it is an affordable board designed as a mid-budget solution that can be expanded through expansion cards.
Apart from this, Asus knows that the new processors will imply a higher power consumption, so their power supply connection has been modified and all of them will have to have a 24-pin ATX connector. The prices of these new configurations are also yet to be known, but we will surely find out very soon.
