News New motherboards for Intel Arrow Lake CPUs are announced

[Admin]

With the launch of Arrow Lake, we have put together a list of all Z890 motherboards that are releasing with Intel's latest CPUs.

New motherboards for Intel Arrow Lake CPUs are announced : Read more

 

[Notton]

Did they all hire the same designer? The top end models look very similar to each other, just with a different logo slapped over the VRM/rear I/O area.
or is this Hotelling's law in action?

 

[Jame5]

Man.... This is the hole that Anandtech leaves in the tech world. They always did an actual feature comparison and detailed roundup of new chipsets/motherboards when they launched.

Here at Tom's we get... a list of names. Woo.

 

[James Roach]

Finally! Thunderbolt 5 support on an Intel motherboard! Thanks!

 

[dimar]

I'm not a fan of missing PCIe slots. I'd like all PCIe slots available after the gigantic 4090/5090 leaves some space on ATX motherboards. You can aways put M.2 adapters.

 

[vato3001]

This 1851 what a scam, 8x Sata 800€ ??
4 x Sata is not enough, 6x Sata not existing yet.

 

[thestryker]

Did they all hire the same designer? The top end models look very similar to each other, just with a different logo slapped over the VRM/rear I/O area.
or is this Hotelling's law in action?

The top models all use screens so there's only so much that can be shifted there. Otherwise I assume it actually likely comes down to them getting the heatsinks from the same suppliers so they can increase margins by not having fully custom solutions.

I'm not a fan of missing PCIe slots. I'd like all PCIe slots available after the gigantic 4090/5090 leaves some space on ATX motherboards. You can aways put M.2 adapters.

Several of the boards have 3 full length slots which is all you're really going to fit when they leave the 5 slot gap for the stupid video card coolers. The Unify-X actually has 4 slots, but the 4th is an x1 above the top x16 slot.

This 1851 what a scam, 8x Sata 800€ ??
4 x Sata is not enough, 6x Sata not existing yet.

MSI Unify-X has up to 6x SATA ports, but realistically you're not going to see more than 4 in the vast majority of client boards because the intended audience wants more M.2 ports. You can always get an adapter which turns an M.2 slot into multiple SATA ports.

 

[thestryker]

Since the article didn't list much information or include links to at least the splash pages:
MSI:
https://www.msi.com/Landing/intel-arrow-lake-core-ultra-z890-b860-h810-best-ai-pc-gaming-motherboard
Asus:
https://www.asus.com/microsite/motherboard/intel-ultra-series-2-arrow-lake-s-z890-h810-b860/
ASRock:
https://www.asrock.com/microsite/IntelZ890/
Gigabyte didn't put together a splash page only a direct link to their board models page:
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/Intel--Chipset-Intel-Z890

The prices on these seems to be exactly where I'd expect them which is to say largely overpriced. The ASRock Taichi Lite is probably the most reasonably priced board with a good feature set. The Asus ProArt at least gives TB 5 and 10Gbe for its ~$490 pricetag which is a tangible benefit as opposed to most of the features on the $500 class boards.

I'm disappointed as usual that the 1DPC boards are only premium class feature filled overclocking boards. MSI doesn't have a price on the Unify-X yet, but if the Apex is $720 and OCF is $600 it's a safe bet it won't be cheaper.

 

[halfcharlie]

I'm disappointed by the lack of USB ports on everything other than the top or second top boards, which are expensive. More and more devices require USB-C now, one or two of them is unacceptable. Just between the mouse, keyboard, printer etc alone is 5 USB-A ports needed as well. Most of these are bare minimum, and unusable for me. The AM5 boards are even worse. This is gonna be a rough upgrade for me and my bank account (I can't wait another gen, upgrade is overdue and needed for productivity/work). Also lol people caring about SATA ports in this day and age, it was two upgrades ago since I touched a SATA port, of course it's not a priority for motherboards anymore.

 

[USAFRet]

Also lol people caring about SATA ports in this day and age, it was two upgrades ago since I touched a SATA port, of course it's not a priority for motherboards anymore.

My current system has 4x SATA III SSDs, in addition to the 2x NVMe.

All 4 SATA IIIs will be transplanted to the new system in a couple of months.

 

[thestryker]

I'm disappointed by the lack of USB ports on everything other than the top or second top boards, which are expensive. More and more devices require USB-C now, one or two of them is unacceptable. Just between the mouse, keyboard, printer etc alone is 5 USB-A ports needed as well. Most of these are bare minimum, and unusable for me.

Perhaps you didn't look at MSI?

Spoiler

PRO Z890-A WIFI ($240 board)
4x USB 2.0 (Front)
4x USB 5Gbps Type A (Rear)
2x USB 5Gbps Type A (Front)
3x USB 10Gbps Type A (Rear)
1x USB 10Gbps Type C (Rear)
1x USB 20Gbps Type C (Front)
2x Thunderbolt4 ports (Rear)

I'm not really sure what you're plugging into your system that this isn't actually perfectly fine.

 

[FoxTread3]

Did they all hire the same designer? The top end models look very similar to each other, just with a different logo slapped over the VRM/rear I/O area.
or is this Hotelling's law in action?

October 12, 2024 - Dis is why I come to dis forum Yo! Dare be some really smart people here Yo😎😊 Seriously though. I'm old and I have never heard of Hotelling's Law before. Thus sending me down another rabbit hole of exploration. So thank you.. I think.. for helping broaden my education even at such and advanced age. As us old Trekkies say.. "Live long and prosper🖖"😊

 

[FoxTread3]

Man.... This is the hole that Anandtech leaves in the tech world. They always did an actual feature comparison and detailed roundup of new chipsets/motherboards when they launched.

Here at Tom's we get... a list of names. Woo.

October 12, 2024 - That's of kind harsh.. but funny! Stay well.