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As we show in our video, removing the covers and stripping the NZXT down to the basics reveals a conventional ASRock Z590 motherboard that is powered by DrMOS VRMs. There is nothing particularly special about the underlying hardware, but neither does anything stand out as an obvious problem. As far as we can see the NZXT is based on the ASRock Z590 Steel Legend WiFi 6E which costs a little under £200 while this NZXT N7 Z590 sells for £240. This poses two main questions about the aesthetics and the implementation of the BIOS, which will lead us to judge whether the N7 Z590 offers decent value for money.
On the face of it the BIOS has been developed by ASRock and then given a cosmetic makeover to suit NZXT, however it seems there is something else going on beneath the surface. ASRock has typically produced five updates for each of its enthusiast Z590 motherboards and two updates for its lesser models such as the Z590 Phantom Gaming 4/ac+. By contrast the NXT Z7 Z590 was delivered with BIOS P1.10 which we updated to the latest P1.20 version. As you will have seen in our video, we are clear the NZXT N7 Z590 requires some work on its BIOS, and it seems there is more to the job than merely renaming an ASRock BIOS file.
