SuperO C9Z390-PGW
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$374.99 USSuperO C9Z390-PGW - Power Consumption and VRM Temperature
The Coffee Lake architecture is meant to improve overall system power consumption and add to the efficiency. In the case of the 9th Gen CPUs, we are looking at refined 14nm++ process which allows Intel to gain improved clock speeds and increase the number of cores within the same power envelope.
With the frequency bump, the new chips do end up with higher power consumption both in idle and load states. The Intel Core i9-9900K when overclocked, breaches the 400W barrier. Even the stock operation is higher than the previous generation flagship which tells that this part has may not be aiming the higher efficiency point as the previous generation parts. You can also note the VRM temperatures for the various Z390 motherboards we have tested so far:
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The SuperO C9Z390-PGW is really a server-grade board designed for both, the gaming and entry-level workstation builders, providing one of the best OC support, a large number of PCIe lanes for additional graphics cards or storage and an impressive list of features which only a flagship tier motherboard could provide.
- Support for Intel 8th and 9th Generation Coffee Lake CPUs
- Up To 8 Core Processor Support
- Excellent Overclocking Support on Unlocked Intel CPUs
- Excellent Design Scheme With Solid Heatsink Solution
- Excellent Build Quality With High-Quality VRM and PCB
- Broadcom PLX PCIe Switch For 16 Extra PCIe Lanes
- Aquantia 10Gb Ethernet LAN Port
- 10 Phase Server-Quality Grade VRM
- Tons of Connectivity Options
- Tons of USB 3.1 Gen 2 and Gen 1 Ports
- Intel Wireless-AC 9560 With 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac WiFi + Bluetooth v5.0 Support
- Up To 4000 MHz (OC+) DDR4 Memory Support
- Dual M.2 Slots With full coverage heatsinks
- Lots of Software Support
Pros
- Extremely Expensive Motherboard ($374.99 US)
- Very Generic BIOS layout
- Only Two M.2 slots
