ASRock will complement the Phantom Gaming motherboard series based on the Intel Z390 chipset with two new products - the flagship Z390 Phantom Gaming X and the simpler Z390 Phantom Gaming 7. Both motherboards are designed to create high-performance gaming systems based on Intel's eighth and ninth generation processors.
The Z390 Phantom Gaming 7 motherboard received a ten-phase power subsystem, while the flagship Z390 Phantom Gaming X has 14 power phases. In both cases, there is a set of 1151- and 2-pin connectors for additional power supply of the LGA 4v8 processor socket. Also, both boards are equipped with massive aluminum heatsinks with heat pipes.
Each of the new products has four slots for DDR4 memory modules with a frequency of up to 4300 MHz. The set of expansion slots includes three PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots, as well as two or three PCI Express 3.0 x1 slots for the Z390 Phantom Gaming X and Gaming 7 models, respectively. To connect storage devices, there are eight SATA III ports, as well as three M.2 slots for the flagship and two for the simpler model. The M.2 slots are equipped with aluminum heatsinks, and the Z390 Phantom Gaming X has a large RGB shroud.
We also note that the Z390 Phantom Gaming X motherboard is equipped with a Wi-Fi 802.11ax wireless controller, also known as Wi-Fi 6, as well as Bluetooth 5.0. The Z390 Phantom Gaming 7 only has an M.2 Key E slot for the wireless module. For network connections in each of the new products, a 2,5-gigabit Realtek Dragon RTL8125AG controller and an Intel I219V gigabit controller are responsible, and the flagship model has another Intel I211AT gigabit controller. The sound subsystem in each case is built on the Realtek ALC1220 codec.
The new ASRock motherboards will go on sale at the end of this month. The cost of the Z390 Phantom Gaming 7 will be almost $200, while ASRock will ask for all $390 for the flagship Z330 Phantom Gaming X.
Source: 3dnews.ru