ASRock Z890 Motherboard Roundup

KitGuru has been waiting for Intel to fix its Core Ultra 200S Arrow Lake CPUs which suffered a rocky launch in November. Chipzilla has made progress and promises to have the final update in place very soon, and we will then be able to be able to review these CPUs which will require a Z890 chipset motherboard. Today we are looking at five models of Z890 from ASRock to see the features that are on offer.

00:00 Start
00:59 Z890 Pro-A
03:37 Phantom Gaming Z890M Riptide WiFi
05:53 Phantom Gaming Z890 Lightning WiFi
08:23 Phantom Gaming Z890i Nova WiFi
10:52 Z890 Taichi Lite

Z890 Taichi Lite

• Chipset: Intel Z890
• VRMs: 20+1+2+1 x110A SPS, enlarged heatsinks, Renesas RAA 229130 controller
• Memory support: 4 DIMMS, DDR5-9600+
• PCI Express: 1x PCIe 5.0 x16 from CPU, 1x PCIe 4.0 x4 from chipset (if occupied the 4th M.2 is disabled)
• Storage: 1x Gen 5 M.2 and 1x Gen 4 M.2 from CPU, 4x Gen 4 M.2 and 4x SATA 6Gb/sec from chipset
• Networking: 5Gbit Realtek and 2.5Gbit Dragon Ethernet, 2×2 Intel WiFi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4
• Input/Output:
  • 2x Thunderbolt 4 (rear)
  • 1x USB-C 20Gbps (front)
  • 4x USB-A 10Gbps (rear)
  • 8x USB-A 5Gbps (4 rear, 4 front)
  • 6x USB 2.0 (2 rear, 4 front)
• Fan connectors: 8x PWM
• Backplate: No
• PCB: 8-layer
• Form factor: ATX 305mm x 244mm

Buy for £383.99 from Scan HERE.

Phantom Gaming Z890i Nova WiFi

• Chipset: Intel Z890
• VRMs: 12+1+1+1 x110A SPS DrMOS, enlarged heatsinks with a heatpipe, Renesas RAA 229134 controller, 30mm fan under I/O shroud
• Memory support: 2 DIMMS, DDR5-9866+
• PCI Express: 1x PCIe 5.0 x16 from CPU
• Storage: 1x Gen 5 M.2 from CPU, 2x Gen 4 M.2 and 2x SATA 6Gb/sec from chipset
• Networking: 5Gbit Realtek Ethernet, 2×2 Intel WiFi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4
• Input/Output:
  • 2x Thunderbolt 4 (rear)
  • 1x USB-C 20Gbps (front)
  • 6x USB-A 10Gbps (rear)
  • 2x USB-A 5Gbps (front)
  • 2x USB 2.0 (front)
• Fan connectors: 3x PWM
• Backplate: Partial
• PCB: 10-layer
• Form factor: Mini-ITX 170mm x 170mm

Buy for £290.99 from Scan HERE.

Phantom Gaming Z890M Riptide WiFi

• Chipset: Intel Z890
• VRMs: 16+1+1+1+1 x80A DrMOS, enlarged heatsinks, Richtek RT3638AJ controller
• Memory support: 4 DIMMS, DDR5-9466+
• PCI Express: 1x PCIe 5.0 x16 from CPU
• Storage: 1x Gen 5 M.2 and 1x Gen 4 M.2 from CPU, 1x Gen 4 M.2 from chipset and 4x SATA 6Gb/sec from chipset
• Networking: 2.5Gbit Killer Ethernet, 2×2 Intel WiFi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3
• Input/Output:
  • 2x Thunderbolt 4 (rear)
  • 1x USB-C 20Gbps (front)
  • 2x USB-A 10Gbps (rear)
  • 6x USB-A 5Gbps (4 rear, 2 front)
  • 6x USB 2.0 (2 rear, 4 front)
• Fan connectors: 7x PWM
• Backplate: No
• PCB: 8-layer
• Form factor: Micro-ATX 244mm x 244mm

Buy for £246.98 from Scan HERE.

Phantom Gaming Z890 Lightning WiFi

• Chipset: Intel Z890
• VRMs: 18+1+1+1+1 x80A SPS DrMOS, enlarged heatsinks, Monolithic MP 29005-A controller
• Memory support: 4 DIMMS, DDR5-9466+
• PCI Express: 1x PCIe 5.0 x16 from CPU, 2x PCIe 4.0 x4 from chipset
• Storage: 1x Gen 5 M.2 from CPU, 1x Gen 4 M.2 from CPU, 2x Gen 4 M.2 from chipset and 4x SATA 6Gb/sec from chipset
• Networking: 2.5Gbit Killer Ethernet, 2×2 Intel WiFi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4
• Input/Output:
  • 2x Thunderbolt 4 (rear)
  • 1x USB-C 20Gbps (front)
  • 2x USB-A 10Gbps (rear)
  • 8x USB-A 5Gbps (4 rear, 4 front)
  • 6x USB 2.0 (2 rear, 4 front)
• Fan connectors: 8x PWM
• Backplate: No
• PCB: 8-layer
• Form factor: ATX 305mm x 244mm

Buy for £259.99 from Scan HERE.

Z890 Pro-A

• Chipset: Intel Z890
• VRMs: 16+1+1+1+1 x80A DrMOS, enlarged heatsinks, Richtek RT3638AJ controller
• Memory support: 4 DIMMS, DDR5-9066+
• PCI Express: 1x PCIe 5.0 x16 from CPU, 2x PCIe 4.0 x4 and 1x PCIe 4.0 x1 from chipset
• Storage: 1x Gen 5 M.2 and 1x Gen 4 M.2 from CPU, 2x Gen 4 M.2 from chipset and 4x SATA 6Gb/sec from chipset
• Networking: 2.5Gbit Realtek Ethernet
• Input/Output:
  • 1x Thunderbolt 4 (rear)
  • 2x USB-C 20Gbps (1 rear, 1 front)
  • 1x USB-A 10Gbps (rear)
  • 6x USB-A 5Gbps (2 rear, 4 front)
  • 8x USB 2.0 (4 rear, 4 front)
• Fan connectors: 8x PWM
• Backplate: No
• PCB: 8-layer
• Form factor: ATX 305mm x 244mm

Buy for £181.99 from Scan HERE.

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KitGuru Says: Once Intel has fixed Arrow Lake we will be able to take a proper look at the Z890 platform, and that is coming soon.

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