Amidst a lot of news and information about Intel’s latest Z790 chipset using the LGA1700 socket, NZXT has pulled the trigger and unveiled the N7 Z790 motherboards. Available in white or black, it features a 2.5 GbE controller, Wi-Fi 6E CNVi, benefits from support for PCIe 5.0 and features three he M.2 slots.
Alongside the announcement of Intel’s 13th Generation Core series processors (codenamed Raptor Lake), NZXT has announced plans to launch the N7 for the Z790. As we’ve seen with his NZXT motherboards in the past, the N7 Z790 has a large body of armor covering the board and is available in both the rear and white color schemes. Please note that neither the black nor white models include integrated RGB LED lighting. Typical of NZXT products, the N7 Z790 comes with CAM software support.
NZXT N7 Z790’s main features include 1 full-length PCIe 5.0 x16 slot, 2 full-length PCIe 4.0 slots running at x4/x4, and 2 PCIe 3.0 x1 slots. NZXT N7 Z790 also has three M.2 slots, two supporting PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe drives and one supporting both PCIe 4.0 x4 and SATA. NZXT also includes four SATA ports that support RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 arrays for traditional storage. NZXT also advertises support for DDR5-6000 memory, with four slots supporting a total of 128 GB.
NZXT also advertises a 16+1+2 phase power delivery that combines one 8-pin EPS 12 V and one 4-pin 12 V power connector to power the CPU. Powering the rest of the board is a 24-pin 12V power connector.
The rear I/O is discreet but practical, with 2x USB 3.2 G2 Type-A and 3x USB 3.2 G1 Type-A. Interestingly, the NZXT doesn’t include a rear panel Type-C connection. Also on the back panel are five 3.5mm audio jacks, one S/PDIF optical output with Realtek ALC1220 HD audio codec, and two antenna ports for unspecified Wi-Fi 6E CNVi. increase. Rounding out the rear panel is a single HDMI TM video output with one Realtek RTL8125BG 2.5 GbE controller.
The NZXT N7 Z790 will be released with a suggested retail price of $300 and will be available in the US in Q4 2022. NZXT has not shared if this will be released in other regions.
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