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With the incoming release of the Intel 13th Gen CPUs, we hope to answer where to buy Z790 motherboards which support the Raptor Lake socket LGA 1700.
The Z790 pre-order began on 27th September after the Intel Innovation product reveal, and whilst you can use a Z690 motherboard to house either your Alder Lake or Raptor Lake CPU, the newest range of Z790 mobos will unlock the best efficiency for your 13th Gen Intel CPU.
Where to buy Z790 and LGA 1700 socket motherboards
- ASUS ROG Maximum Z790 Hero
- ASUS Prime Z790-P
- ASUS TUF Gaming Z790-P
- ASUS ROG Maximum Z790 Hero (SCAN UK)
- MSI Z790 Tomahawk (SCAN UK)
- Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX (SCAN UK)
- ASUS Prime Z790-P
- ASUS ROG Strix Z790
- ASUS ROG Maximuz Z790
- MSI MEG Z790 Godlike
- ASRock Z790 Taichi
- ASRock Z790 PG
Z790 motherboard retailers
Z790 motherboards US
- Amazon – ASUS ROG Z790s available now, more coming soon
- Best Buy – Z790, Z690 motherboards fitting LGA 1700 socket CPUs
- Newegg – ASUS Prime, ROG STRIX, MSI and ASRock Z790s released on 20th October
Z790 motherboards UK
Z790 motherboards CA
Why buy a Z790 motherboard?
The Z790 chipset allows you to maximise your usage of PCIe 5.0 slots, which the Alder Lake CPUs couldn’t do.
This allows you to double the bandwidth between the two GPU slots on the motherboard, and so you have the potential to double processing speeds between the GPU and CPU, and thus unlock higher framerates in-game, and rendering and processing speed for content creators, designers, and anyone requiring intense graphical crunching.
Furthermore, the DDR5 memory is a hugely enticing benefit.
You might also want to consider a cooler that fits your Z790 and new Intel CPU – read our guide on the best coolers and water coolers for the i9-13900K and other Raptor Lake CPUs
Where to buy Z690 motherboards
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