Question Feedback please on GIGABYTE Z490M Gaming X and/or Asrock Z490m Pro 4

[mrjayviper]

I found a good price for these 2 boards.

• Gigabyte at around $170 USD in local currency
• $150 USD (again in local currency) for the Asrock

These are at the cheapest/cheaper end of the Z490 that's available locally. I have a limited budget hence looking for good/great value boards. There are other board in this price range. But these 2 boards have these advantages:

• these 2 has a heatsink on VRMs on the edge of the board
• these 2 also can with 1 M.2 heatsink

I did a net search and didn't find any review on both. I would appreciate it very much if you can share your experiences with either boards.

I plan to get a 10600k and do some "mild" (4.5-4.8 OC) paired with a AIO 360mm setup.

Thanks!

 

[maluckey1]

Not sure if you already made your choice but......I had the Z490M Gaming X, and found it not so great. I upgraded to the Aorus Pro AX. Runs stable at 1.22V @ 4.9 Ghz all cores (air cooled with Noctua cooler), a 45 ring ratio and zero avx offset. Also runs 32gb (2 x 16gb) RAM at 3600 speed with VERY tight timings (enhanced-twek setting @17-18-18-38-56) at only 1.36v.

Not upset about the 70 buck difference at all. This overclock took 5 minutes

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