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Question

Z390 Aorus Master or Z390 Designare, what is better??

Apr 15, 2019 7:39AM PDT

Post was last edited on April 15, 2019 7:46 AM PDT

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Clarification Request
Is RGB lighting necessary?
Apr 15, 2019 9:49AM PDT

If so, the first but the z390_designare looks to be the way to go with no catering to older USB 2.0 ports and more.

There should be little to no performance difference but my view doesn't matter about RGB. Some folk are all about the lighting effects and not about the nuts and bolts.

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Not so much.
Apr 15, 2019 1:16PM PDT

Thanks for reply. I dont care much about rgb on matherboard, it's more about the performance. I'm not sure what is better for i9 9900k. Besides in my opinion the rgb lighting on designare looks also very good.

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A long time ago
Apr 15, 2019 1:36PM PDT

Toms Hardware did some motherboard testing and found that the benchmarks for boards with same chipset, RAM speeds, etc. came so close that any winner was most likely due to human error. Less than a percent point.

That's why I looked at the USB 3.0 ports and other items.

That said, be sure to check out the ultimate build by Linus at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCfmM71NOTo

Notice he had failed before and this was his newest attempt. Also notice why they choose that board. Performance and the extra space for the second GPU.