- Sep 29, 2008
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I bought the Asus Prime Z390-A, but haven't opened it yet. Keep or send back? I'm building a new system with the following:
CPU
Intel - Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor
CPU Cooler
Noctua - NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler
Thermal Compound
Thermal Grizzly - Kryonaut 1g 1 g Thermal Paste
Motherboard
Asus - PRIME Z390-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Memory
G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory
Storage
Samsung - 970 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
Video Card
Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB Dual Video Card
Case
Nanoxia - Deep Silence 3 ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply
Corsair - 750 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
I'm Ok spending more for a mobo, but what are the real world tangible benefits of say the Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master over the Asus Prime Z390-A Is it just some theoretical difference? I'm not a gamer, but a photographer and will be using it for Lightroom. I would like to OC the 9700k but don't want to spend time manually doing so and would prefer OEM software to do that. Does the Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master do that? I'm assuming I can use a NVMe drive on the Gigabyte Aorus Master?
What does 12 phase digital VRM offer for my needs, so why should I care? I don't need wifi or bluetooth, so many the Ultra is an option?
Thanks. Open to being convinced one way or the other
Thanks,
Reid
CPU
Intel - Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor
CPU Cooler
Noctua - NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler
Thermal Compound
Thermal Grizzly - Kryonaut 1g 1 g Thermal Paste
Motherboard
Asus - PRIME Z390-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Memory
G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory
Storage
Samsung - 970 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
Video Card
Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB Dual Video Card
Case
Nanoxia - Deep Silence 3 ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply
Corsair - 750 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
I'm Ok spending more for a mobo, but what are the real world tangible benefits of say the Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master over the Asus Prime Z390-A Is it just some theoretical difference? I'm not a gamer, but a photographer and will be using it for Lightroom. I would like to OC the 9700k but don't want to spend time manually doing so and would prefer OEM software to do that. Does the Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master do that? I'm assuming I can use a NVMe drive on the Gigabyte Aorus Master?
What does 12 phase digital VRM offer for my needs, so why should I care? I don't need wifi or bluetooth, so many the Ultra is an option?
Thanks. Open to being convinced one way or the other
Thanks,
Reid
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