ASRock Phantom Gaming Z790 RIPTIDE WIFI Motherboard Review

[Spencer_E]

Introduction Today we have the new ASRock Phantom Gaming Z790 RIPTIDE WIFI in the house to put through our testing and see how it holds up. Currently, this motherboard is $249 on NewEgg, putting it at a very attractive price point. We will be loading this motherboard up with the i7 14700k that we recently […]

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[Grimlakin]

Is Intel that limited on pcie 5 lanes that it can't support a x4 m2 slot and a x16 pcie slot st full pcie lanes? I found that offputting even if not needed.

 

[Space_Ranger]

Yeah.. Intel was on the PCIe limiting bandwagon a while ago. Sadly, AMD followed suit shortly thereafter. Your only saving-grace if you're looking for more PCIe lanes is to go the Server Motherboard route or HEDT with AMD's Threadripper series.

 

[Grimlakin]

Yeah.. Intel was on the PCIe limiting bandwagon a while ago. Sadly, AMD followed suit shortly thereafter. Your only saving-grace if you're looking for more PCIe lanes is to go the Server Motherboard route or HEDT with AMD's Threadripper series.

Yea, maybe if I went a few hundred K to use as I want. I'll take the dive and build myself a true HEDT.