ASROCK Z490 PG Velocita Review

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This video is going to be really, really similar to the last Z490 review, the MSI ACE, so let me hit you with the headlines, this is decent. It’s a little more technical when it comes to overclocking, but it’s solid. It’s overbuilt, even for the new i9, but noisy thanks to its triple-tiny-fans on the VRMs. Still interested? Ok lets dive deeper. But first, if you haven’t already, consider subscribing for more videos like this one every Monday, Wednesday and Friday!

Lets start with the important bit, the power delivery. This board uses the same ISL69269 controller as the MSI Ace, although uses different MOSFET drivers, SIC654A’s which are rated at 50A each, with 12 Phases available for the CPU. That’s still a theoretical maximum of what, 600A, or 900W at 1.5V. Still overbuilt for sure. 

Proving that point is my testing with the new i9 in it, it was sitting around 70°c even with a 5.1GHz overclock that was drawing a full 300W so I’m not too worried about the board being able to support even higher core count chips in the future, should Intel offer that. The downside though is that the three fans on the VRMS, two on the top and one under the steel plate on the lower side, get noisy. They aren’t overly whiny, it’s mostly air noise over anything else, but it’s still a little annoying, which may put some people off should you actually want one of these.

As for the rest of the board, it’s pretty standard. You’ve got 2 M.2 Slots, which as far as I’m aware all still connect via the chipset meaning you won’t get the full potential out of 1, let alone 3, but at least they are there I suppose. You also have their “Dragon” 2.5Gb Ethernet, alongside a normal gigabit connection, and a space for Wifi in the rear I/O, should you want to pick up the E key M.2 wifi card separately.

Otherwise it’s still got plenty of RGB, as you’d expect, and the usual USB ports, 8 total SATA ports and plenty of fan and RGB headers too. 

BIOS wise, it’s a bit of a new look, and I don’t think I’m a fan. It’s “easy mode” is fine, you have a few options for stuff like XMP and boot priority, but it’s not overly clear what is the “selected” button and what isn’t. Advanced mode is a little more normal. You have all your overclocking settings in separate folders for CPU, RAM and Voltage, which I’m not a fan of, and changing fairly basic settings like CPU multiplier and voltage seem to tweak other settings too which is a little strange.

Something to note with this board is that compared to the MSI Ace, the chip drew more power for the same frequency, and was a little less stable, even with the same settings. Now I can likely attribute that to user error, specifically me not knowing enough to know what settings I should be tweaking to make it more stable, but it’s something to note if you are little more of a novice at overclocking. 

So, all in all this is a decent board, if a bit noisy and a little more complicated than I’d like. It is almost half the price of the MSI Ace though, at £265 instead of the £400 MSI wants, so it’s not a bad deal. While MSI, and most other manufacturers actually, do have options at this price range you might want to consider instead, this one won’t be your worst pick. 

Z490 Velocita on Amazon: https://techteamgb.co.uk/z490vel
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