For testing, I used the Intel Core i9-12900K and Core i5-12600K which were sent to us by Intel. The motherboards used included the ASRock Z690 Taichi & Z690 PG Velocita motherboards.
Intel Z790 Motherboards Test Platform:
ProcessorsIntel Core i9-13900K
MotherboardMSI MEG Z790 ACE (7D86v111)
ASRock Z790 Taichi Carrara (4.07 BETA)
ASRock Z790 Steel Legend (3.06 BETA)
Gigabyte Z790 AERO G (F4G)
ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 HERO (0502)
Power SupplyASUS ROG THOR 1200W
Solid State DriveSamsung SSD 980 PRO M.2 (1 TB)
MemoryG.SKILL Trident Z5 32 GB (2 x 16GB) CL34 7200 Mbps
Video CardsMSI GeForce RTX 4090 SUPRIM X
Cooling SolutionsCorsair H150i (With LGA 1700 Mounting Kit)
OSWindows 11 64-bit
Our test rig includes the Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB SSD that boots up our main OS. In addition to these, we are running an MSI GeForce RTX 4090 SUPRIM X graphics card, and an ASUS ROG Thor 1200W power supply. For this specific review, we used G.Skill’s latest Trident Z5 DDR5-7200 memory kit running at CL34 timings. We also got an LGA 1700 mounting kit for the Corsair H115i to use as a cooling solution for our test setup. The cooling solution choices are very limited so far due to the availability of mounting kits but things are expected to get better in the coming days.
