Overclockers present the best motherboard designed for computer enthusiasts and overclockers - ASRock Z890 Taichi OCF.
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Overclockers review presenting the ASRock Z890I NOVA - the latest and probably the best motherboard with the Intel Z890 chipset.
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I'm currently using the Z890I Nova from the review on my 24/7 PC. It's 100% stable, has no issues, etc. The Z890 OCF is used for RAM tests right now. I also tested the Z890 Taichi Lite, and it was working great, too.
Gigabyte also works without issues, but ASRock in this gen has better RAM support. It doesn't matter much as it's ~9200 vs ~9466, and almost only few top, 2-slot mobos will make more. The best performance-wise is still 8800-9200 Gear 2. It's more a matter of luck as 8800 Gear 2 should make every average CPU. 9000 is already not as easy, and 9200 will make top ~5% CPUs. On the other hand, 8000-8200 UDIMM is barely slower. The good thing is that the new Intel actually makes use of fast RAM.
Nowadays, most people share only negative things about Intel, while the same people share good things about AMD, even though the 9000 series is probably as disappointing as Arrow Lake. At the same time, Intel still has over 65% of the market, and it's not really changing even though we could hear a lot about the last gen fails.
People say that the Arrow Lake doesn't sell. Still, the largest stores make pre-orders for the 285K and mark the new series as a "top seller."
"Leakers" and "news posters" hate Intel, so this is only what you can expect from them.
Most "reviewers" hate Intel until they get free stuff, and then it's fine. It's like they got free CPUs, but are reviewing for free (read, get only review samples, but no steady salary), then it's great. If it's their main job and have to return samples then it's bad.
Nowadays, you won't find a 100% trustworthy source. I recommend focusing on what is most important to you. Both sides have well-designed motherboards, and I haven't noticed any stability issues on leading motherboard brands. Even if some websites report 10-20% lower performance in something caused by a lack of optimizations, then it's still more than enough for pretty much everything. It's also not bad, but the expectations are higher.
I wouldn't use Arrow Lake in my daily PC if it were bad, as it literally runs 24/7. I'm happy with what it offers. Of course, it could be better, but it still looks better than the last gen.
Wccftech.com is more of a leaker than a trustworthy source. It started by flooding the web with unconfirmed "news." You may wonder how they get many things first on the web and how everything spreads due to many other websites that repost them. Everything repeated enough times on the web, miraculously becomes true.