Aorus Z390 I Pro WIFI (Socket 1151/Z390/DDR4/S-ATA 600/Mini-ITX)

I use Linux, specifically Ubuntu, as my only operating system. I recently built a new i9 9900K workstation and chose the Designare Z390 for the motherboard. I couldn't be happier with it! First of all, everything (I care about) on the motherboard works with Ubuntu 18.04.2 and 18.10 which are the current LTS and interim releases at the time of writing. WiFi, both Ethernet ports, Bluetooth, Thunderbolt, Audio and the rest all work. No messing about required, and what we expect from modern Linux these days. What you are not able to do is configure the RGB on the motherboard, those tools do not exist for Linux (yet). Thankfully, I am not a fan of RGB and deliberately chose a motherboard that didn't light up like a Christmas tree ;-) The default lighting for the Designare Z390 is a subtle blue glow. About as tasteful as it gets. I am a developer and routinely build large applications inside virtual machines and containers. So I/O and CPU performance are important to me. I love that both M.2 NVME slots are connected to CPU PCIe lanes and the GPU still has 16 CPU connected PCIe lanes available. This configuration does reduce the usable SATA ports on the motherboard to 3 from 6 however. I appreciate the inclusion of decent heat shields for both the M.2 slots. The Designare Z390 does offer some overclocking features in the BIOS but not everything that something like the Z390 Aorus Master offers. That said, I have managed to achieve a permanent all core CPU overclock of 5.1Ghz thanks to the excellent VRMs (power delivery) on this motherboard. I have Thunderbolt enclosures, so being able to use those with this motherboard is also great. I've currently got 64GB RAM (16GB DDR43200 x4) installed. The XMP profile was correctly picked up, after selecting it in the BIOS, and I even have the memory on a permanent DDR4 3600 overclock, I couldn't go higher than that though. Since buying the motherboard in January a BIOS update has been released that adds support for 32GB DIMMS, meaning it is now possible to support 128GB RAM on this motherboard. The Designare Z390 is at the heart of an all-round performance workstation which meets my demands as a developer, content creator and sometime gamer.

Having built a fair few PC's in my time, they seem to get easier as the years progress. My latest one was a breeze, partly due to the ease of connecting this motherboard. The connectors are fairly well laid out around the board, so it's easy to get things looking neat. There's a nice header for the case connectors (which I found after I'd installed everything). Memory is 2 x CORSAIR VENGEANCE RGB PRO 32GB which works great. The multi-colour rippling LED colouring is nice (if you're into that sort of thing) but can't be replicated once you use the RGB Fusion software. You can only cycle through colours, not have lots on the same chip at the same time. I installed a 1TB M.2 drive which works great. Be sure to read the manual to see what support it has, as two M.2 chips are only supported in certain circumstances. It does boot up rather quick though! I'm also using all 6 SATA ports without issue. BIOS seems fine to me. You set it up, play with it a bit then leave it. Fan control is pretty good, as most turn off when it's ticking over. My i9 is running at 21C and it's only when you push it extra fans start up. Depending on your setup this is where any fan noise may spring in, but you can set it to not turn them off and keep them ticking over, which is nice. It's a solid motherboard and coming from a military electronics background, appears to be well made. Lots of pretty lights if that's your thing.

I upgraded my Asus Prime to this motherboard to run a mild overclocking (all cores boost speed on a 9700K). The VRMs in this board are known to be brilliant. If you plan on any overclock, VRMs are very important to guarantee the right power supply to the CPU. If you don't need to overclock then there isn't much difference between boards really. Some evident differences you may find when not overclocking between this and a chap basic board: - USB-C. This board has USB-C on the back and the specific connector internally as well for external connectors - Fan headers. The board has 4 system fan headers, all independent. Cheaper board might have less - RGB. It isn't obvious, but the lights on the board are all RGB. There is a software for the board that allows you to control the effects. All the lights will behave the same way (same colour, same effect, no separation allowed). - Instead of a separate I/O shield, the I/O panel is integrated and nicer - The m.2 sockets have a heat dissipator for the SSDs Note that these boards have 1x 4pin plus 1x 8pin connectors for the CPU power, so if you want to take sull advantage of the power supply in case of overclocking with these boards you need a power supplier with the 2 lines for the CPU (usually found on the more powerful/more expensive PSUs). I upgraded from an Asus Prime basic board to this. Managed before to get 4.8GHz all cores on my 9700K, couldn't get more. Got now 4.9GHz all cores on the same CPU. Potentially can get better increasing the voltage a bit more, but happy overall. Note: it is "easy" to install for someone that knows what to do. Do not install this if you are not sure of what you are doing. Get help from an expert if you want to learn how to do it, be guided or get it assembled by them. If you get things wrong YOU WILL damage your components

Placa mãe com excelente acabamento em sua construção. Setup da Bios bem organizado e pode ser colocado em português, se quiser. Possui muitas porta USB. Uma placa robusta, mas com estabilidade no seu funcionamento. Excelente produto.

TL:DR, Vous cherchez une carte mère à "bas" prix pour un 9700K, ou 9900K? Foncez, vous ne trouverez pas mieux pour ce prix. Les plus (+) -Excellente carte mère pour ce prix, je le répète mais ce prix avec une qualité pareil sur une Z390 est imbattable. -BIOS au top contrairement aux commentaires laissés sur cet article. La mienne étant déjà flash en version F8, donc UI rework, aucun problème pour y naviguer. -Installée avec un i9 9900k, aucun problème durant l'installation windows 10, fréquence laissé stock et XMP non activé pendant pour éviter le moindre souci, XMP activé (3200Mhz 14-14-14-32) et CPU OC(5Ghz/1.3V) ensuite, aucun souci de crash ou de post. -Les VRMs sont solides, cette carte mère étant une des meilleures niveau qualité des composants utilisés. -OC extrêmement simple, si vous débutez un guide est également fournis avec la CM, ce qui est un bon plus! -Personnellement je suis stable à 5Ghz all cores à 1.3V, sans offset AVX, bien que cela repose plus sur le CPU que la carte mère, aucun problème d'overheat sur les VRMs, grâce au heatsink beefy installé pour les "refroidir" et la qualité de celles-ci! -Le RGB est pas mal, pour moi il n'a aucune utilité mais c'est toujours sympa. -Les leds d'indications durant le post sont très utiles pour déterminer l'origine d'un problème, en tout cas si problème il y'a, c'est un gros plus, ça fait gagner du temps ! -Ports PCI-E renforcés, ça donne un bel effet sur la carte mère et ça contre un peu le sagging GPU si elle pèse sur le port. -Les heatsinks pour les SSD en m.2 sont éfficaces, et heureusement vu leurs épaisseurs, j'ai un 970 Evo 1Tb d'installé sur le premier et il ne dépasse pas 45C durant les loads disque lourds d'après Crystal disk info, 34C en moyenne. Les moins (-) -Pour le coup je pense plutôt que j'ai eu de la malchance mais durant l'installation de mon SSD sur le premier slot m.2, la vis de rétention du heatsink s'est cassée en deux dans le pas, ce qui m'a pas mal surpris et déçu, attention donc à ne pas visser trop fort. (à noter que le packaging viens avec plusieurs vis pour adapter vos besoins au niveau des m.2 donc miniplus(+) ici, lol) Et c'est à peu près tout, j'espère que cet review vous aura aidé concernant cette carte mère!

Good product. Happy with my purchase

Estoy muy contento. Excelente calidad/precio. Diseño muy atractivo y gran calidad de constracción y acabado. Muy buenas prestaciones; tiene todo lo que uno necesita para montarse un PC gaming de última generación. La tengo funcionando con un i9-9900K, una RTX 2080 Ti Gaming OC y 32GB (2x16) DDR4 y todo funciona de maravilla, ningún problema. Ofrece grandes posibilidades de OC, soporte Nvidia SLI o AMD CrossFire, diseño Dual BIOS, RGB... entre otras lindezas. La funcionalidad e interface de la UEFI BIOS ha sido mejorada y en su última versión F9 no tiene nada que envidiar a las mi anterior placa MSI para entusiastas. No todas las aplicaciones son útiles, pero las principales (APPCenter, @BIOS, EasyTune, SIV y GameBoost) son bastante correctas. Llegó en perfectas condiciones.

I got this motherboard a long time ago for my old pc, served me well and never gave me any difficulty.