ASUS ProArt Z790-Creator WiFi 6E LGA 1700(Intel 14th,13th&12th Gen) ATX Content Creator Motherboard(PCIe 5.0,DDR5,2X Thunderbolt 4,10G&2.5G LAN,4xM.2/NVMe SSD,Front Panel USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C).

I'd read a number of horror stories about the current crop of Asus motherboards, but this motherboard has been just great, and I think most of those reviews reflect misunderstanding on the customer's part. (Amazon should remove the reviews for the obsolete models which no longer apply, e.g., the current model has WiFi.)First off, there have been complaints about bent pins. The manual contains a warning that if the protective cover has come loose in transit, pins can be damaged. Check first to make sure that the pins are OK, and send back if there's an issue.Then, there are complaints to the effect that four sticks of memory don't work at XMP rates. Well, they won't, and nobody ever said the would. You cannot combine two sets of overclocked memory; you would need a set of four. Even then, unbuffered memory isn't going to give you full speed with four modules installed. *People should check the Asus QVL before buying memory, as well as the QVL of the memory manufacturer, which has tighter standards. Pay attention to the number of sticks.*The memory I chose, 2 x 32 G Skill Trident 6400, was on the Asus QVL but not Gskill's. However, someone here said it worked, and GSkill listed all the other Asus motherboards of this generation, so I took a risk and it worked fine with XMP. I suspect I could overclock it beyond that if I tried. (There are also new 48 GB chips as well as faster ones, but in the absence of information I chose not to take that risk.) In any case, it does fine with Memtest86.One caveat: I'm using this with an i7-14700. The 13th gen chips may not have as much headroom in their memory controllers.That out of the way, the motherboard is built like a tank and has just about anything I could want, without the gamer bling that isn't of use to me. Such limitations as there are are mostly due to Intel's chipset, which has an inadequate number of PCIe lanes. That means that if you were to install a PCIe Gen 5 SSD -- which would require an accessory card on this motherboard -- you would have to change the first PCIe slot from x16 to x8. (Wish I could afford or justify a HEDT machine!) But PCIe 5 was of little use to me, since there are few SSD's that use it at this point.Another consideration that has nothing to do with Asus is that the Z790 is a dead-end board -- the next generation of chips will not be compatible. Those who can wait may want to do so. And the current Intel chips run hot hot hot hot hot!If I have a complaint, it's that I wish there were more USB slots on the back. It has a strange arrangement whereby two DP outputs from the graphics card can be plugged in at the back and the video taken out again via the Firewire ports, but I'm not sure why someone wouldn't just run DP cables. Anyway, isn't useful for me and it would just occupy a Firewire port that could be used for something else.Another limitation -- not as many slots as I'd like. Again, Intel -- it seems the processor manufacturers want to sell those HEDT boards something fierce.Finally, a major caveat -- Asus's support is famously bad. If you get this board, make sure it works well within Amazon's 30-day return window.The manual is well organized and excellent, and I love the layout of the BIOS. Warning: With Asus manuals, you *must* read all the fine print. It often contains crucial points.Value: Asus motherboards carry a premium. I've always had good luck both with the motherboards and their BIOS support. Some other motherboards may be as good -- I don't know, since I read and hear contradictory things. I just know that they work for me and it isn't worth it to me to take a risk.But most of these are quibbles. It's a great motherboard and my experience has been good so far.

This motherboard has been super easy to work with, worked straight out of the box with my 13th Gen i9, and has more connection options that I will ever use.I have recommended this board to others and bought a nearly identical model to build my wife's computer.I've been running this board for over a year with no problems.

I bought this refurbished. Took a chance and am not disappointed. One of the best budget pcie 5 boards I've worked on.

I bought this Asus board to replace my Asus TUF board from 2017. I had no issues so upgrading to another ASUS board was a no brainer. I mean, they seemed to have a great reputation and I had a good experience last go around. But Man, this thing had issues.My intention was to upgrade my MB, CPU (i7 13700K), RAM (DDR5), m.2, and AIO cooler together. Everything installed easily, however, upon boot I received several RAM errors. After troubleshooting for an hour I played around with the RAM slots and found that only B2 was working. While having 1 stick in B2 the PC booted up and I installed Windows and my other programs and games.I immediately noticed a big issue when I went from a game to another monitor. A 20-30 second cursor freeze, then it would work again. I thought it was my RAM sticks so I bought 2 more 16GB corsair and tried them in the slots. The RAM worked but I still had the freezing issues so I reinstalled Windows. Same problem, then suddenly upon a bootup I had stopmemory errors once again and found the RAM in A2 was no longer working again. Swapping RAM, it seemed like one of my new sticks was faulty. I replaced a 3rd time. I was able to, again, get the 32GB of RAM to register, but I still hand the 30 second lockups when switching screens, closing games, restarting the PC, and coming out of sleep mode. I have a feeling the DIMM slots (or at least A2) are faulty. It's just my guess after hours and hours of troubleshooting.It's frustrating to upgrade to an i7 13th gen CPU and have your mouse cursor freeze for 30 seconds in various situations. Other troubleshooting methods I used; updated the BiOS and drivers, played around with XMP and set RAM to correct and default speeds, reseated the CPU, replaced thermal paste, messed around/adjusted the AIO and screws, ran CCleaner and Bitdefender, checked connections to the MB, ran diagnostic testing. Frustratingly, nothing improved the issues. I searched REDDIT and reviews on Amazon only to find that others had RAM issues with this board as well.After 3+ weeks and hours upon hours of working on fixes and reinstalling Windows twice, I replaced the motherboard with a Z790 from a different manufacturer (MSI MPG Z790 EDGE). Since that time I have had no issues. My computer is running like butter, as intended when I decided to upgrade the majority of my components. I also notice a slight difference in gaming as well with my 3080. Most importantly, my PC boots up in 30 seconds, comes out of sleep immediately, does not lag or freeze when switching between monitors during gaming. It's perfect. I'm so happy I decided to bite the bullet and take out all the PC components and replace the board again before my return window ended. It was my last option, other than living with it. I wish I would have went with my current MB now to save me from all the time and trouble I had with this ASUS board.As Jaytwocents said in a recent YouTube video: "I'm sorry ASUS, but you're fired!" In that video he reveals quality control issues from this brand who sponsored him. So that right there should tell you something. ASUS needs to get their stuff together!