cover
Hardware

Intel Z790 Motherboard MEGA Review Ft. MSI MEG ACE, ASRock Taichi Carrara, ASRock Steel Legend & Gigabyte AERO G

Hassan Mujtaba

CPU & VRM Temperatures

In terms of packaging, Intel's Raptor Lake Desktop CPUs ship with a Solder TIM interface and higher-quality gold plating under the IHS. The thermal testing was carried out with the Corsair H150i AIO liquid cooler:

Temperatures (Stock)
Gaming Load
VRMs
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
ASRock Z790 Taichi Carrara
72
64
ASRock Z790 Taichi Carrara (Fan-Enabled)
69
60
ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 HERO
69
58
ASRock Z790 Steel Legend WIFI
64
64
MSI MEG Z790 ACE
62
55
Gigabyte Z790 AERO G
64
51
Temperatures 5.7 GHz Overclocked
VRMs
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
ASRock Z790 Taichi Carrara
75
ASRock Z790 Taichi Carrara (Fan Enabled)
70
ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 HERO
72
ASRock Z790 Steel Legend WIFI
70
MSI MEG Z790 ACE
68
Gigabyte Z790 AERO G
68

You can find additional information about our hardware review process and ethics policy here.

Hassan Mujtaba Photo

About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.

Follow Wccftech on Google to get more of our news coverage in your feeds.

Button