intel 700 series ROG MAXIMUS motherboard, full name: ROG MAXIMUS Z790 EXTREME. In a word, the motherboard is: no matter whether you use the functions and interfaces you can use or not, they will be equipped with them; for the enjoyment of enthusiasts, the 24 + 1 phase power supply design can withstand a maximum of 105A current; the various accessories on the motherboard are made of solid materials, as if they look noble, otherwise they would not have offered a price of 9,999 yuan.
intel The highest specification CPU product of the 13th generation is i9-13900K(F), with 24 cores and 32 threads, including 8 performance cores (P-Core) and 16 energy-efficiency cores (E-Core), 32MB of Level 3 cache, and the maximum turbo frequency can reach 5.8GHz. Although it has a significant improvement from the previous generation i9-12900K(F) in terms of parameters, according to relevant reviews from experts, the gaming performance is less than 5%, and the power consumption is 20% higher on average.
Although it is still a toothpaste squeezing in netizens' eyes, and it seems that it is a lonely upgrade compared to i9-12900K, the i9-13900KF has a starting price of 4,699 yuan, which is still 100 yuan more expensive than i9-12900KF. If you buy two top kings separately, it will cost 14,698 yuan; the price of the board U set would be much more affordable, but I didn’t expect it to still cost 14,599 yuan.
In this way, not only does the effect of CPU upgrades be average, but the overall difference between 600 and 700 motherboards is not very obvious. The only thing that can continue to pay for is explained as faith recharge. As of today, more than 20,000 reservations have been made. Compared with EXTREME's sub-flagship HERO series products, the actual price of a single motherboard is about 5,200 yuan, and the price is almost 50%, but the number of bookings is only more than 1,100 yuan.
By the way, the next door AMD ROG Supreme flagship ROG CROSSHAIR X670E EXTREME motherboard, paired with R9-7950X, the price of the board U is only 12,699 yuan. If the performance of R9-7950X and i9-13900K are comparable, and the motherboard designs of X670E and Z790 are similar, can we continue to talk about AMD YYDS?
If you don’t know the screen, will you consider starting and experiencing it? If we start from a practical perspective, new product installation is not recommended at present. Intel's i3-12100(F)/i5-12400(F)/i5-12490F+H610/B660, AMD's R5-5600+B550(B450) set is still the best cost-effective recommendation. What would you choose?