
The Stage 2 Actually works, with the 270k. I had the 265K and could not get it to work other than just be in windows and be a browser. Just the cpu swap, reinstalled the latest bios, (which I already had), Now doing Stage2, and asrock extreme voltage. Gives me everything the 200s boost had to offer, and freedom to go farther with the ram voltages. Currently only doing 7600mhz with xmp timings for 7200 stock m-die 24gb per stick of gskill.


2 NVME slots Internal header for USB-C Fast WIFI


Easy to install. Not a large Motherboard compared to a z series. gigabyte is easy and straight forward to update BIOS extremely easy

ALERT! It's 2025 already, and this motherboard will not recognize a GPT-partitioned device as bootable! Once I figured out why I didn't seem to have any bootable drives, I formatted and partitioned my M2 SSD with a MS-DOS partition table, and it was good to go. I bought a pair of 24 GB G.Skill Trident DDR5 DIMMs that are listed on the ASROCK QVL. The CPU is an Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF. I learned that my nice legacy heatsink was incompatible with the heatsink footprint (the 4 holes) on a LGA 1851, so I bought a Noctua NH-D9L and it works great. CPU temp with air cooling is 32-35C. I;ve been a pretty reliable Asus MB user over the years, but this ASROCK unit is getting the job done for me and I have zero regrets for this decision.

Easy to assemble Bottom slot is PCIe gen 4 x4 to CPU, great for AI No weird bottom PCIe power connector bc pz layout so second GPU is easy It has a thunderbolt 5 header for when MSI releases that to to consumers. It looks clean! Hidden gem Great price

z890 Aorus Elite WiFi7 w/Core Ultra 7 265k Both great I/O and internal connections, 1 USB-C/Thunderbolt, 5 USB 3.2 and 4 2.0 USB on the rear IO panel, not to mention however many extra you plug into the front connectors, built-in RGB LED's are nice, bright and add appeal even before in, I MUST be losing my mind because after doing BIOS updates HWInfo64 shows the motherboard is in the quad-channel memory setting, which I haven't heard anything about in the last 10 years or so and thought it was dead and gone. So a VERY pleasant surprise that not only am I upgrading from DDR4 3600Mhz ram to DDR5 6000 Mhz, but swapping from dual-channel to quad as soon as I get 2 additional sticks of DDR5 ram

Build solid, heavy, durable. Great location for connectors (at least for my artic c8) Everything went together easy. No issues with clips, mechanisms, etc. Looks beautiful. Updated bios before power on, this is a great board, with great features. Very easy to navigate bios, everything worked exactly as it should.

easy to install solid build

Affordable price Excellent workmanship Stable and easy-to-use BIOS

Came from Maximus XII Z490, This board is faster somewhat Running 10850K on air, DDR4 G Skill 4266 32GB C17 (2x16) , TEAMGROUP T-Force CARDEA II 1TB NVME Runs cool and Fast as hell without any overclock yet other than xmp on the ram boosts to 5.3 on 2 cores and rocks all of them at 4.8 consistent max temps 74c adding a second m.2 turns off a sata port and not the pcie slots

You can cram one of these motherboard+processor combos into a tiny case with the power supply abstracted to an external laptop-style PSU. The board is powerful enough for everyday tasks and you can drag it around for various things.


Supports Linux Supports Win11 Low cost Low power Extensive connectivity Good BIOS



"This review for ASRock review rebate program." Lots of options for connection of SSD's.

- Excellent build quality of board - m.2 slot has decent heatsink - Generally easy to setup and use - Easy to use bios - Easy to install a AIO cooler
