There is no doubt that the Meg Z390 Godlike is a beastly motherboard. While we don't have detailed specs to share, we can see in the press render that it has four reinforced PCI Express x16 slots with three M.2 slots sandwiched in between them. Most users probably don't plan on running a bunch of M.2 drives, but for those who need more than 'just' three slots, it looks like MSI is bundling in an M.2 add-in card. Other bundled accoutrements include a Wi-Fi antenna and a streaming card of some sort.
We can also see at least six SATA 6Gbps ports, a robust VRM, lots of heatinks, and a fixed I/O shield to make installation a little more convenient.
MSI has several other Z390 motherboards on tap. So far they include the following models:
- MSI Meg Z390 Godlike
- MSI Z390 Gaming Pro Carbon AC
- MSI MPG Z390 Gaming Edge AC
- MSI MPG Z390I Gaming Edge AC
- MSI Z390-A Pro
- MSI MPG Z390 Gaming Plus
- MSI Mag Z390 Tomahawk
The MPG Z390I Gaming AC is a mini-ITX motherboard for builders looking to configured a compact system, perhaps for a living room PC or doom room setup. We imagine MSI will also release a micro-ATX model for slightly larger small form factor (SFF) builds, though none have surfaced yet.
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Rumor has it Intel will launch three 9th generation processor SKUs at launch. They include the following:
- Core i9-9900K: 8 cores / 16 threads, 3.6GHz to 5GHz, 16MB L3 cache, 95W TDP
- Core i7-9700K: 8 cores / 8 threads, 3,6GHz to 4.9GHz, 12MB L3 cache, 95W TDP
- Core i5-9600K: 6 cores / 6 threads, 3.7GHz to 4.6GHz, 9MB L3 cache, 95W TDP
The most interesting thing to note here is the lack of Hyper Threading on the Core i7-9700K. If that holds true, it will be the first time Intel has launched a Core i7 part without Hyper Threading.
Intel is expected to launch its next round of CPUs in October, possibly on the 1st or 8th of the month.
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