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z3 90 is finally amongst us and the cpu details are still out there in the wild so we'll have to wait on those but in particular in this review I can't talk about any of those CPU details as just yet but I can't say one thing and that is I did test out a particular CPU that puts out a lot of heat to stress this vrm for this review and so what we've got here is the Z 390 Taiji ultimate from asrock which is essentially a step up from the Z 370 I 7 professional gaming series even though it features a similar set they've gone with the Taichi ultimate to implement that 10 gigabit NIC for example as well as adding two additional USB ports on the back and then beefing things up on the motherboard for instance they're giving you eight PWM fan controller outs as well as an additional four pin power feed for the CPU but on that note of V RMS and everything else with this motherboard let's go in-depth and take a look for you guys welcome back to check your city and here we have the Z 390 Tai Chi ultimate which is as Rox flagship board for this chipset in particular previously it was the professionals I said in the intro Z 370 gaming i7 professional motherboard they are pretty similar in terms of their 12 phase vrm designs featured 12 K capacitors from niche econ 60 amp chokes as well as Texas Instruments next FETs these effects that are true and tried in the industry and they did a phenomenal job of keeping a particular CPU under wraps when it came to overclocking when it wasn't overclocked we're looking at about 79 degrees on that motherboard and then 44 degrees on the heatsink the heatsink they are using weighs in at about 250 grams but I will say one thing with this vrm it did handle the particular CPU absolutely fine nothing to worry about even with no vrm cooling but in terms of efficiency the Maximus hero 6 did do an ever so slight edge in getting better efficiency numbers so maybe as ROC will want to think about in the next and lamentations of their motherboards moving over to vishay silicon X MOSFETs moving over to memory over clocks this is 32 hundred megahertz XMP profiles matched overclocked and manually to 3,700 megahertz same as the Maximus hero so the memory over clocks at least in my experience with this motherboard aren't going to be limited by the motherboard itself more so your memory moving down the motherboard we've got three nvme solutions here the bottom one featuring a heat sink and this heatsink does work and it works pretty well dropping temperatures over 20 degrees so when we had the heatsink we saw 72 degrees in the software itself doing a 100 gigabyte file transfer 58 degrees on the heatsink then with the heatsink off 94 degrees on the PCB and then 97 degrees with it off keep in mind I am doing my readings at particular points in the test and that I'm comparing it apples to apples in that same particular test so another motherboard reviews you may see the results differ a little bit but maybe through PCI solutions they've got steel-reinforced slots on the 16x slots even though one of them is only a true 16x slot the one below that is 8 X and then the one below that 4x so if you are getting to RTX 28 ET is then you may wish to step it up to the X 299 or go with AMD solutions for their motherboards because you will be limited a X Lots when it comes to putting those motherboards in NV link which I haven't tested yet but it may be cause for concern since the 8-speed slot may just limit the RT X 28 ETA I haven't tested it yet so I can't confirm the movie through other features we've got power and reset buttons as well as a dr. debug LED readout your front USB type-c out as well as front USB three out and eight SATA ports onboard so a lot of connectivity as well as as we mentioned before apt om fan controllers that can be controlled via a software there's also RGB lighting at the top-left heatsink and also the bottom right Taichi ultimate heat sink that can be controlled via the polychrome RGB sync software as well as having an additional four pin and three pin outs for connecting different devices and controlling it via the motherboard itself and now looking at as rocks on board audio solution they called the purity sound for it is phenomenal for an onboard audio solution below seven Hertz we saw a drop off there just like the upcoming a Zeus review you see that the onboard audio solutions are phenomenal and we saw like literally maximum was like a two decibel drop-off below seven Hertz after that we saw the frequency response curve being pretty much perfectly flat the whole way through those frequencies that your ears will definitely need for a nice natural sound under 80 decibels of crosstalk however after a volume level of 90 there is a little bit of audio leaking over from the left channel to the right channel so if you are using the realtek 1220 onboard audio solution for headphones or speakers via analog output then in my opinion you will want to keep that volume level at 90 or below the balance of the left and right channels compared to each other was within point one decibel spec which is phenomenal again and looking at the onboard mic in or the ADC we've got here 192 kilohertz 24-bit as well as on that note the audio out supports up to 192 kilohertz 32 bit depth so you've got a lot of play room there though with the mic in itself we've got a hundred level + 30 DB and there is noise suppression this is visible when we were doing a focus recording just from the mic in line itself find no microphone you can see that it's perfectly flat though when you do change sometimes you can identify a little boost while it's changing the decibel levels that's essentially noise suppression kicking in heavier the more you raise the volume so for professional recordings with this onboard audio you'd only want to use the line in but the mic in will be fine for talking to your mates playing games and keeping things noise free also one notable thing with the audio out is the volume levels have been raised especially when I compared to that of the Z 370 also covering some last-minute things with this motherboard you've got dual band AC Wireless with an included antenna which is an external device me personally I do prefer the antennas I think they're more mobile and less clutter on your desk but of course the module is seems to be a way where the higher end flagship boards are going and look at the back of the board I must say you've got a lot of different connectivity here 8 USB ports one of those are 3.1 one of those a type C as well as six of those being 3.0 DisplayPort and HDMI outs as well as two one gigabit per second NICs one of those being a 2-1 9 V and the other being a 2-1 180 and then you've got an equator 10 gigabit NIC which in speed tests did a phenomenal job and also on that note testing the USB 3 speeds they showed no slowdowns whatsoever you've also got a clear CMOS button and a manual 5.1 analog out for your surround sound or an optical out and I love those optical outs especially if you're using something like the Z 906 surround sound which I'm using and I absolutely love it and I do rely on those optical outs so please never get rid of them and touching on the UEFI bias you've got a simple in advanced mode of course I'm so used to advanced mode going through the features here has everything I'd want especially for air and water overclockers nothing has really changed up here compared to previous generations of azeroth motherboards at least the civically the z 370 or the Z 200 series it has all the features I'm looking for when it comes to overclocking CPU control as well as voltage case ratios ddr4 Ram speeds as well as having presets there too but one thing I will point out is maybe it could use an aesthetic boost I think the competitors are starting to update their biases I would like to see a little bit of a fresh update but one thing I didn't find the polychrome RGB software control in this particular boss but keep in mind this is a pre-release sample though there is the option to automatically update it if you've got an internet connection coming in via your router you can also save overclocking profiles individually and control each of the PWM fan headers automatically or manually and now we're a conclusion time with the XIII night Itachi ultimate and as always as rock do a phenomenal job I guess of bringing value into flagship this does come in cheaper than the competitors options or at least with the ultimate since you're getting the 10 gigabit Nick it comes in around the same as the competitors solutions which are their flagship motherboards if you take away the ultimate and just get the Tai Chi and you do save quite a bit of money and it is my recommendation to go with the normal Z 390 tai chi that should be released with the same specs - one of those 10 gigabit NICs and so I've recommended this in the past just grab yourself a tanking a bit Nick if you need it and then port that over to build a build since you do get that for speed PC a slot down the bottom which let's face it no one's going to be going with 3-way SLI in 2018 or 2019 unless you're going for crazy overclocked battles but even then they're only using two cards but currently the Z 370 Taichi and asteroid comes in around 280 Ozzy in America it's a lot cheaper as well so if coming into the great price point the ultimate as I said before does add around about 70 to 100 Ozzy dollars I don't have official pricing just yet I will update the description below but basically for a flagship board it definitely ticks all the boxes I'd want and you would want to go with the Taichi ultimate if you see yourself using this for say the next five years and you do utilize ten gigabits per second solutions for the NIC itself so you do have that on board you won't have to worry about getting any adding cards so that is the option as rocker offering and it is a solid board through and through from anything from the vrm to the overclocking to the blast features and to the onboard audio but more importantly it can handle CPUs that do put out a lot of heat with overclocks that are very high I have confirmed with a colleague of mine who lives up in Brisbane about these overclocking Xand this board civically and he was able to get much better numbers than I was through high-end custom overclocking water cooling and he said that the VRM on this particular board as well handled the particular CPU that puts out a lot of heat absolutely fine anyway guys hope you enjoyed this review stay tuned I will have the Maximus hero 6 coming out as well hope you enjoyed this one if you did then be sure to hit that like button let me know in the comment section below what you think about z3 90 and more typically the Z 390 Tai Chi ultimate love reading your thoughts and opinions as always and I'll catch you on the next tag video very soon peace out for now bye you