ASRock Z790 Phantom Gaming Motherboards with Nova/Riptide WiFi7
The ASRock Z790 Nova WiFi7 and Z790 Riptide WiFi7 motherboards, a part of the premium Phantom Gaming lineup, are Intel-only. Hopefully, mobo makers will quickly add Wi-Fi 7 for the AM5 platform from AMD. you can also like ASRock N100DC-ITX and N100M two new fanless motherboards.
Wi-Fi 7 routers have been obtainable for nearly 12 months now. However, they approach overpriced because the know-how is featured in only a few shopper units. The scenario ought to change quickly because the know-how makes its approach into extra computer-related {hardware} resembling ASRock’s motherboards currently displayed at Computex 2023.
ASRock is among the first corporations to showcase mobos suitable with the Wi-Fi 7 normal. Sadly, the fashions on the show are a part of the premium Phantom Gaming ATX lineup, so Wi-Fi 7 may solely be obtainable for the dearer options at first. Moreover, the mobo fashions solely function the Intel Z790 chipset for the LGA 1700 platform.
First up is the Z790 Nova WiFi7 motherboard that packs a 20+1+1 section energy VRM and 2x USB-C 3.2 Gen2X2 ports. However, the Z790 Riptide WiFi7 mannequin options 16+1+1 VRM and solely 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen2X2, but it indeed comes with 8x SATA3 ports as a substitute of 4. Surprisingly no Thunderbolt 4 connector.
However, each board function 1x PCIe 5.0 X16, 1x PCIe 4.0 X16, and 1x PCIe 3.0 x1 slots plus 4x DDR5 DIMMS, in addition to a ton of USB ports, 7.1 Realtek codecs with Nahimic audio and 1x PCIe 5.0 M.2 storage slot. One other attention-grabbing function, in addition to the Wi-Fi 7 connectivity, is the inclusion of a 5 GbE LAN NIC from Realtek on every card.
