ASUS Reveal Intel Comet Lake-S Z490 Motherboards
Mike Sanders / 4 years ago
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With the release of the Intel 10th-gen Comet Lake-S platform expected within the next 4-8 weeks, it was only a matter of time before some of the motherboard designs for this new range would leak online. In a rather unusual turn of events, however, it seems that someone at ASUS might have gotten a little ‘click-happy’ with their website.
In a report via Videocardz, following official posts being made on their website, we have some solid images and details for at least two of their upcoming Z490 motherboard releases!
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ASUS Prime Z490-P
Starting with the ASUS PRIME Z490-P, it seems pretty clear that this is going to be their ‘budget-focused’ entry to Intel’s Comet Lake-S platform. The main belief behind this lies in the fact that it doesn’t include an in-built I/O shield and that motherboard appears to lack any fancy level of RGB features. In addition, when compared to the Z490-A, this doesn’t appear to have quite as many PCI connection ports.
- 2 x M.2 drives
- 2 x PCIe x16 slots
- 4 x x16 slots
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ASUS Prime Z490-A
Comparatively, the Prime Z490-A does appear to be a more ‘bells and whistle’ premium version from the range. A closer look at the design seems to suggest some of the following:
- 2 x M.2 drives
- 3 x PCIe x16 slots
- 3 x PCIe x1
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With both products removed from the ASUS website now, this is, if nothing else, a pretty solid window into what we can expect from the upcoming Intel 10th-gen motherboard designs. Albeit, there is a matter of confusion in the fact that the written text references H470 when these images are clearly H490 designs. I mean, just look at the boxes!
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What Do We Think?
With the Comet Lake-S platform likely set to be launched within the next couple of months, expect to see a lot more in the coming weeks regarding motherboard design leaks and specifications. This one from ASUS, however, does at least give us a clue as to what we can expect. Now all we have to hope is that the processors aren’t as terrible as they beginning to sound!
What do you think? – Let us know in the comments!
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