ASUS TUF GAMING Z790 PLUS WIFI

its nice and i would love to do more product reviews

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Very nice motherboard. I recommend this to everyone

Upgraded PC from an Asus Tuf H-370 pro gaming wifi to this one. Zero problems. Installed an intel i5 14600k, Lexar (SK hynix) ARES Gen2 RGB 32 gb CL30 6400mhz DDR5, Installed all my m.2 NVME's (Kubuntu, Win 11, Samsung 990 EVO, an ssd, and hdd's. Booted right up on first boot. Immediately installed the newest BIOS. Runs great. Fantastic board.

Does everything expected of it. It is in custom PC build.

Easy to install and find all connections. Plenty of space for upgrades, bios is easy to tune and adjust, fan controls, voltage, etc. Seems like almost endless options, love it.

This is a great board, only complaint is no flash button to update the bios that way before installing cpu. Little rough setting up with the bios and case fans communication. I also have a Asus probate case. Once I ran fan configuration and changed some settings it runs perfectly. Love the lighting options that all interact together. I have a Asus gpu with a small rgb and they all connect.

Love the motherboard, looks good, great quality, and all the features work perfectly EXCEPT the RGB stuff. I tried every connector possible and the Aura software will not connect to any device whatsoever to control lighting. I ended up the leaving it disconnected and using my cases built in options and icue app for my ram lighting. Would still buy, seems like good hardware.

I gave this a 4 star because I do have a couple of things I am working through with it. This is a new build. It has an Intel I9-14900K with 32 gig of RAM and a Geforce 4070 Super. I have a memory error on boot, but once it loads into Windows 11, everything works fine with no issues, even when gaming. There is no lag or anything playing Borderlands 4. I ran Memtest64 and it found no errors after 1 hour of testing. I also have a problem getting into Bios on restart or power on boot. The original display I used during the build did not display the Enter Bios message after restart. It did, however, show it on power on so I was able to get into Bios. It is an older display that has a VGA and a DVI input. I used an adapter cable to convert from HDMI to DVI on it from my GEForce RTX4070. With the display I have it on now, it has two HDMI on it. With it, even on power on, I get no Bios message screen, just black until Windows 11 is loaded for login. I'm going to connect the display I used during the build and see if I can get into Bios to try to run Memtest86 at boot. I tried running the Windows memory test on boot, but I got nothing but a black screen. Again, the M/B is fine and works great once Windows. I kind of suspect, the memory issue may be a bios problem, but the fact that I can't get the Windows memory test to give a blue screen with running test information concerns me. I did verify the memory is compatible with this motherboard. I did update the bios and drivers to the latest versions on the ASUS site.

Tried using with Corsair Vengance 96gb 5600m/t kit with a i9 12900k, didn't matter what I did. IT WOULD CRASH. Memory errors out the wazoo. Confirmed Memory was not the issue. Board and CPU could not handle the 96gb or ram, even though it claims it can handle 192 with the newest bios. I would suggest trying a higher end Asus board.

New out of the box board was missing. MS firmware in bios had to be returned very much a hassle. And if you have to return something from Anza, expect very long wait times for a replacement.