Motherboard for i9 9900K

meteogoldpvp · November 23, 2018

Hello,

I'd like to ask which of these two motherboards is better for i9 9900K:

ASUS ROG Maximus XI Hero

GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS Ultra

Princess Luna · November 23, 2018

3 minutes ago, meteogoldpvp said:

GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS Ultra

This one all the way, Asus decided to become Razer now, bad products sold only due excessive marketing, the XI Hero is the only top tier motherboard from the Z390 line up to feature only 4 phases only all the competition has 8 or more phases solutions.

This means the XI Hero is the worse alternative for overclocking from the bunch as VRM will get hotter and power phases are insufficient to provide all the power the chip might need if heavily stressed with a 5ghz+ OC