Intel Z390 Preview - Leo gets ALL the boards!

As Intel's NDA breaks, we are now allowed to show you the upcoming boards we are going to review from ASUS, MSI and GIGABYTE. Should these be on your shortlist for a new system build? Until we are allowed to show you benchmarks and more indepth analysis, we hope this is a good starting point to make a solid buying decision.

00:15 Introduction and chat about the processors
06:01 ASRock Z390 Pro4 Motherboard
07:10 ASRock Z390 Taichi Motherboard
08:15 ASUS ROG Strix Z390-E Gaming
09:00 ASUS ROG Strix Z390-I Gaming
09:58 ASUS ROG Maximus XI Hero (wifi)
11:00 ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula
12:50 MSI MEG Z390 ACE
14:32 Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master

LEO'S NOTES:

Has Intel hit the end of the line with desktop model codes?
Intel Z390 chipset adds 6x USB 3.1 Gen.2 ports and Wireless-AC CNVi which requires a companion RF module such as Intel Wireless-AC 9560, 9462 or 9461 plus antennae
https://www.intel.co.uk/content/www/uk/en/support/articles/000026155/network-and-i-o/wireless-networking.html

The LGA1151 socket carries over from Z370
Coffee Lake Refresh
Is Z390 required for 8-cores?

uArch Cores/
Threads Base Turbo L3 DRAM TDP Price
Core i9-9900K CFL-R 8C/16T 3.6 5.0 16 MB DDR4-2666 95 W 595
Core i7-9700K CFL-R 8C/8T 3.6 4.9 12 MB DDR4-2666 95 W 475
Core i5-9500 CFL-R 6C/6T 3.0 4.3 9 MB DDR4-2666 65 W
Core i5-9400 CFL-R 6C/6T 2.9 4.1 9 MB DDR4-2666 65 W
Core i3-9100 CFL-R 4C/4T 3.7 - 6 MB DDR4-2400 65 W
8th Gen Offerings
Core i7-8086K CFL 6C/12T 4.0 5.0 12 MB DDR4-2666 95 W £480
Core i7-8700K CFL 6C/12T 3.7 4.7 12 MB DDR4-2666 95 W £450
Core i5-8600K CFL 6C/6T 3.6 4.3 9 MB DDR4-2666 95 W £310
Core i3-8350K CFL 4C/4T 4.0 - 8 MB DDR4-2400 91 W £220
Core i5-9600K CFL-R 6C/6T 3.7GHz 9MB L3 DDR4-2666MHz 95W TDP Euros 315

Core i9-9900K Euros 595
Core i7-9700K Euros 475
Core i5-9600K Euros 295
Core i7-8086K £480
Core i7 8700K £460
Core i5-8600K £310
Core i3-8350K £220

Ryzen 7 2700X £300
Ryzen 5 2600X £200

Z390 Motherboards

ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming (replaces Fatal1ty and gains 2.5G Ethernet)
ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming 9
ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming 4
ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming SLI/AC
ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming-ITX/AC Mini-ITX
ASRock Z390 Taichi
ASRock Z390 Extreme4
ASRock Z390 Pro4
ASRock Z390M Pro4 Micro-ATX
ASRock Z390M-ITX/AC Mini-ITX

Asus TUF Z390M-Pro Gaming/(Wi-Fi) Micro-ATX
Asus TUF Z390-Plus Gaming/(Wi-Fi)
Asus TUF Z390-Pro Gaming
Asus Prime Z390-A
Asus ROG Strix Z390-E
Asus ROG Strix Z390-F
Asus ROG Strix Z390-H No M.2 cover
Asus ROG Strix Z390-I Gaming Mini ITX
Asus ROG Maximus XI Hero (Wi-Fi)
Asus ROG Maximus XI Gene Micro-ATX
Asus ROG Maximus XI Formula Hybrid EK water block on VRMs, ROG Armour
Asus ROG Maximus XI Code, ROG Armour
Asus ROG Maximus XI Extreme with OLED, DIMM.2 and 5G Aquantia
Double capacity DDR4 DIMMs for Maximus XI Gene and Strix Z390-I

US$214 Gigabyte Z390 UD
US$245 Gigabyte Z390 Gaming X
US$261 Gigabyte Z390 Gaming SLI
US$292 Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Elite with 12+1 power, 2x M.2
US$310 Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro with 12+1 power, 2x M.2
US$330 Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro WiFi
US$410 Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Ultra with 12+1 power, 3x M.2
US$470 Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master with 14-phase (12+2?) power, 3x M.2

EVGA Z390 FTW with big yellow audio caps
EVGA Z390 Dark with 24+8+8 power

US$207 MSI Z390-A Pro
MSI MEG Z390I Gaming Edge AC Mini-ITX
US$278 MSI MEG Z390 Gaming Edge AC
US$292 MSI MPG Z390 Gaming Plus
MSI MAG Z390 Tomahawk
US$334 MSI Z390 Gaming Pro Carbon
MSI Z390 Gaming Pro Carbon AC with AC WiFi
US$419 MSI MEG Z390 Ace 13-phase, 8+8 power
US$857 MSI MEG Z390 Godlike E-ATX, 18-phase, 8+8+6 power, PLX chip, onboard capture card, 3x M.2, OLED

SuperO C9Z390-CG-IW Mini-ITX
SuperO C9Z390-CG Cost effective
SuperO C9Z390-CGW Balanced, 10Gb Aquantia
SuperO C9Z390-PGW Max OC Performance, 10-layer PCB, Up to 140W TDP, 10Gb Aquantia

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