ASUS ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming WiFi II (Intel 14th, 13th & 12th Gen) LGA 1700 ATX motherboard, 16+1+2 power stages, DDR5, Five M.2 slots, PCIe 5.0, WiFi 7, USB 20Gbps Type-C with PD 3.0 up to 30W

I was worried when I ordered this board with a number of negative reviews online regarding ASUS build quality and CS but this went against my own personal experience of this manufacturer and their mainboards which I'd owned many variants over the last 2 decades or more all of which were rock solid either paired with Intel or AMD CPUs and a variety of other components.This board feels, looks and performs in the month I've used it flawlessly and feels and looks as well built as any MBs I've used before from ASUS. The BIOS is simple to use set up and armour crate has worked with ease too and with none of the problems you may read about from some users, In my new build paired with Intel i5 13600k and CORSAIR DDR5 Dominator MM 6200M/Ts this motherboard is flawless.10/10 ASUS for another great product

hi i bought this motherboard recently and i must say it is a amazing board it looks fantastic with the light and the nice heat sinks too, looks very well made. its so easy to use as well with aura sync and over clocking, its make my pc stand out and run so fast, iam very happy with this product i give it 5 out of 5

I bought the z790-f gaming and it just refused to show my internet connection,after trying everything it was time to send it back and buy a new board so I ended up buying this z790-a and let me tell you that not only does this board look fantastic even in a black case! The build quality!..the build quality is absolutely top tier and any review that you see saying otherwise are simply from Asus haters I would say,I've been using Asus boards for a number of years and all have been on the top level just like this one so if you have been put off by negative reviews of this board then don't be!.Solid board easy to set up and navigate through the bios.Very happy.

I have been a PC builder for 25 years and this is the first PC build that was ever faulty. I am not a professional, but I am self taught and this is my final build as I will never buy another PC again, so it was on my bucket list to do. However, I have been googling and youtubing and found that these boards are not supposed to be 19-9000k friendly, you need to flash the bios first but even doing that, I still had an orange light when the ram was in A2, in B2 it went past the orange light and kept saying HDMI connected and then disconnected. I had no post. I am now upgrading to the E version and hoping that this works. However, the more I read about 14th gen processors the more worrying it is, because none of these boards despite being advertised as 14th gen, are actually 14th gen friendly and a lot of crashes, memory errors, blue screens etc. It is a good thing that I waited until I brought all the parts to build, rather than buying parts every month and waiting until I had everything, otherwise the return date would have passed and I would have been at the mercy of the warranty. Sadly, a bad experience for me, and I am not going to run the risk of trying this board again, even though I wanted the white/grey of this mobo, sadly I now have to have black and nothing but black.

The media could not be loaded. This motherboard is a more realistic price in the rod strix series.Solid, heavy, good quality. Just beautiful.14th gen ready, took my i9 1400k no issues.Bios is so easy to use.The argb ain't as bright as I like and is over powered by everything else, but in sleep mode it the only thing that's lights up pretty cool.

It's a great well made board, but I had issues with it from the get go which still remain.Asus have really dropped the ball on this one. Not with build quality and features but with support, and it's not just this board, that has problems, I've discovered since purchasing it. It's the Armoury Crate software that's mainly the issue. Fan Expert which used to be hosted in the AI Suite app is now nestled in Armoury Crate, and it doesn't run properly if at all. After searching for a fix online I quickly found this is a wide spread problem not just with this but many boards and there is even a thread on Asus ROG support site with over 2,000 entries for a problem that persists even with the latest version of Armoury Crate.There is no fix, but there are some workarounds that give semi-acceptable results depending on the extent of the problem in your circumstances. I was unable to get it working at all in Armoury Crate so had to remove Armoury Crate completely and use an earlier version of AI Suite (V3) with Fan Expert 2. The current Fan expert Version is 4. but this means I don't have the control utilities such as Aura lighting at my disposal, and of course my Fan Expert isn't exactly optimal, though it does work... for the most part.I had other issues with the board initially, intermittent USB functioning, Bluetooth not starting, even drivers were installed correctly. Even reinstalling windows didn't fix the problem, though USB's not functioning at startup is clearly a hardware issue, but I just wanted to be comprehensive in my quest for a solution. Anyway, after deciding to returning the board, I though I'd try replacing the battery, and this has so far fixed the problem.The board has been a pretty solid performer outside these issues however, so I don't want to bash Asus unnecessarily, but there are clear issues with the overall package offered here.Anyway these will be big problems for some, though for me, I've never liked Armoury Crate and don't use Aura lighting, overclocking, undervolting or any of the other faciilties it offers, and now since its trying to flog you games and utilities though its online portal it's even less attractive to me. Still, that fact that I've had to uninstall it completely doesn't speak well for the software support on this board, and others may not be able to so casually tolerate this shortcoming... so be warned, particularly since this isn't a board specific problem.Anyway, hope this helps. 9/10 for the actual hardware 3/10 for the associated software supporting it.UPDATE:Logged off the PC yesterday came home switched on - Fans spin, lights but no beeps or video output. Red light on DRAM motherboard LED. I just sighed and left it since I knew this would take some troubleshooting, which I've been doing this morning. Cut a long story short DIMM Mondule_B1 has failed and taken one of the two 32GB Kingston FURY Beasts with it. So, I can boot with the good module in any of the DIMM slots except _B1.This is a bit surprising since the board had been performing perfectly since I'd done the Fan expert workarounds and changed the battery. Statistically, hardware failures to tend to occur most at the beginning of life cycle and considering there are only 4 days till the 30day return expires I'll consider myself lucky.As with all my component purchases, I did read the reviews before taking the plunge and there are a fair few reports of Memory DIMM slot failures so this isn't entirely unprecedented, and given the problems I had with the hardware initially, not even unexpected, if a little disheartening since the board was working so well. I've probably bought just south of 40 Asus boards since I've been system building, and they are my preferred brand, but this is my first Asus Motherboard return. More than a handful of bad DIMM slot failures in your reviews isn't good, and in my case a working slot developed a fault and took my RAM with it is even worse. Not good Asus! Not good at all.I could only get a refund rather than replacement so will be getting the same board again, the specs are great, and since its the only board I could find with 16 PCIE lanes in both the first and second x16 slot (2nd run off the chipset) its the only one in class I could find. By all performance and stability accounts till now, the board has been exceptional.Kudos to Amazon who accelerated this return process for me as this primary PC. New board and memory received very quickly and working without issue. This MB had none of the temperamental issues of the first, and highlights the fact that if a board has even slight problems, you should probably just return it straight away as it's in indication that underlying issues my exist. Big thanks to Amazon on this one since the fast turnaround really helped.

Loads of features. Has been running like a Swiss watch with a i9 14900 k in it and 7400 ddr 5 dram.Server quality hardware at a fanboi price.