News Asus' New Z790 Overclocking Motherboard Listed Overseas For Over $850

[Admin]

Renders and retailer listings of the Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Apex Encore motherboard have surfaced online.

Asus' New Z790 Overclocking Motherboard Listed Overseas For Over $850 : Read more

 

[Crazyy8]

$850 dollars for a MOBO? I can get an entire system for that price, and a good one for that.

 

[Co BIY]

$850 dollars for a MOBO? I can get an entire system for that price, and a good one for that.

But can you you get one with fewer memory slots and fewer storage connections than standard?

Yah, you probably can.

 

[Crazyy8]

But can you you get one with fewer memory slots and fewer storage connections than standard?

Yah, you probably can.

My 13 year old X58 MOBO has more than this MOBO, more than most MOBOs these days(6 DDR3 slots, I am using all of them). The standard needs to be 4 dimm slots(6 for expensive MOBOs like this is supposed to be), a debug display, CMOS reset, good VRMs, PCIE 4-5 X4 slots and PCIE 4-5 X16 slots, and unlocked overclocking(Like on most Ryzen boards).

 

[Co BIY]

Its amazing that in times of our ongoing economy still being in turmoil and our nationwide inflation further going south, that MB OEMs are still producing products at this price level. Obviously the OEMs are not living in reality nor with boots on the ground. Then the 15th generation is all but looming up ahead with a larger new generation chip and a possible uplift of 30%. I question that in times like these who would buy any Z790 MB refresh.

The market in the high end may actually be less volatile than for mid and low range.

These OC boards are more like a Flagship or even Prototype ( Protohype ? ) to demonstrate what the hardware can do. Not really what it needs or will do for most.