Fun fact about NZXT motherboards, you can only screw in 6 screws. There are holes in the back of the board, but you cannot access them from the front, unless you take off the cover, which is screwed from the back.
Always liked the look of these for white builds, so glad to see that it could be a decent choice for a future white build now. :) Great to have more options for white mobo's in the market! Also hope it goes well with the suprise :) No doubt Stabby will prevail... :)
after bad experiences with some components on their n7 z590 im super hesitant on getting this over something like the msi b650 carbon or x670e carbon but god nobody does those covers like nzxt and it looks fantastic
@@squonch2532 yeah I was looking at this board a lot for an all white build I want to do. It has a couple cool features like it's NZXT special headers meaning you can use some of their rgb products and not need a separate controller for it but it ends right there. Apparently since ASrock is partnered with them to produce the PCB and do the bios updates for come super slow since they have to be passed through nzxt as a middle man to the consumer. This board still to this day does not have support for AMD's V-cache CPUs.
@@nouuhlifts I wouldn't suggest it. I've certainly read some reddit posts of people using it with the 7800 - 7950x3d chips and getting their system to POST and Boot but it's highly unstable. But I was never able to get mine to work, ended up returning the board and getting the ASrock B650e Steel Legend and it worked fine
Maybe thats extra USB connectors is made for compatibility with cases like Lian Li 216 who has a upgrade piece that adds extra USBs and other connectors, just maybe
The ROG Strix is a better board. The only thing this board has are some covers and some nzxt headers for their rgb products that let you use them without a controller. Other than that it's really lacking compared to other boards, it's driver updates are so slow to come and it still doesn't support any of AMD's X3D CPUs. Unless you have a lot of other NZXT products or place that much value on aesthetics I would skip this board. I ended up returning mine after finding out it doesn't support my 7800x3d and there being absolutely no word on when or if support would come for it.
i want to get this board for my 7800x3d build, but from what i read in reddit NZXT is really slow on BIOS update ? (6+ months behind) any thoughts on this ?
The X3D support bios was already available for this board several months ago. Several people on Reddit have reported no issues when using this board with an 7800/7900/7950X3D with the latest bios. If you still have issues, then it's probably a defective unit.
Regarding the cat - I'd say it depends on their personality. At first I thought it was a "hell no!" type of name, but the fact that your existing cat is called "bindi" changes things -- They love to stab! So it fits the theme.
Looking at the IO i only see 5 USB type A 3.2 ports. Amazon link mentioned also have 2 type A 2.0. I really really need more ports than the 5 i'm seeing. What am i missing? Thanks
The bottom 2 slots are X8 you can see they are only half popuuulated with pins. Are they Bifrucated PCIe GEN5 lanes or GEN4 X8? Pretty board but does NZXT do their own BIOS or is it the standard Asrock Bios? If it's the Asrock BIOS I would never be interested
Asrock makes the bios for it but rather than just flat out using Asrocks bios, nzxt pushes it off to asrock, asrock sends it back to nzxt, nzxt tweaks it a little then releases it to the consumer. The entire process makes bios updates come slower than old people fuck. And it still doesn't support any of amds x3d cpus
Two quick questions regarding the USB port marked with the BIOS text. I've seen several MBs with such a USB port. I assume there isn't actually anything special about it, as it's not "dedicated" nor required to have in order to install a BIOS update. Correct? Also, can I use that port for periferals without any concerns?
I bough the old z490 version of this board many years ago and it literally didn’t fit the default mount position with the kraken z73, NZXT’s own AIO 😂 I think I bent some ram but that aio is so bad anyway with the breakout cable not snapping in and the daisy chain can cable not working
If the motherboard supports pcie 5.0 on m. 2 then it will have pcie 5.0 on the x16 slot as well as it shares the bandwidth (at least for the first slot which is connected to the cpu)
I imagine that the covers are built separately. Asrock builds the boards then sends them to NZXT who put the covers and proprietary headers on them, then sell to distributors and consumers.
Yes and no. ASrock technically makes the BIOS, but rather than just flat out using ASrocks bios, asrock first sends it to NZXT, then NZXT tweaks it a bit, then it gets released to the consumer. Which makes updates come slower than old people fucking.
For as expensive as these boards are, and have been, Its kinda disappointing to still see 8+4 pin cpu connectors, I would have loved to see them add 8+8, especially since they've stepped up their game with the VRM, the m.2 covers should actually be heatsinks, I hate to see such a blatant cheap out, and they've done this for all of their motherboards, the rear IO is stronger this time around, but another DP or HDMI port could have been slapped on and more either usb A or usb c connectors added would have made this a lot better. All in all, it's a solid mobo this time round, but they are expensive, and although they look great, I would have loved to see some more solid features that have already been added to similar boards at this price point
Its really not. Its a pain to clear cmos, its a pain to get ram oc'd properly, its so uncoopertive. Ive never had so many xmp/expo problems with any other mobo ive ever owned.
What issues did you run into and what alternatives would you recommend? I've seen next to no complaints about them looking around besides some consistent compatibility issues with X3D chips but all other alternatives I've looked at have just as many complaints about some issue or another so I've been having a hard time deciding.
@@AR-bj5et Now that I have actually done some research, this is a problem for the AM5 platform, across the board (getting 4 sticks of highspeed ram to function at their advertised speed and long ram training times). Honestly, going in and testing manual timings isn't horrible, I like doing it (I am also fairly new to it). Clearing the cmos on this mobo is a pain in the ass though. For me, personally, I had to clear cmos a minimum of 2 times to get the pc to post. Now, if you've ever tried oc'ing your ram before you'd know there's a high probability that you're going to have to restart your pc multiple times. So, it just takes that much longer to freakin test timings and such. I kinda just gave up after 2 days lol. The system works perfectly fine with 2 sticks of ram @ 6000m/ts. As far as alternatives, I think next time I'm going with an ASUS mobo. During my research I've seen that the ASUS team just has so much information about their products that other's don't. Their team has made an effort to connect with their customers and take the time to answer questions and have a quality dialogue with them. Maybe I'll go with intel in a couple years, idk yet lol.
@@AR-bj5et Also, apparently that 3d cache does most of the heavy lifting in games, so ram speed isn't as important. You'd be fine running 5200m/ts instead of 6000m/ts. Even on the amd website 7800x3d and 7950x3d are rated at 5200 in 2x1R and 2x2R. So I suppose going higher than that is asking for stability issues. So far I haven't experienced any crashes at 6000, but I also only have 32 gigs. So that's something to think about too.
I thought the same thing at first but they are actually pretty convenient if you have a lot of other NZXT products cause you can use them rather than having to hook up some sort of controller.
@Gear Seekers it's just the bits when you're sitting in the part of the studio at the beginning of each clip when you're addressing the audience with the pc on your right hand side. The other footage is fine. Phone, tablet, and monitor maxed out brightness.
NZXT boards are notoriously unstable. I'm not sure why Asrock build decent boards but can't push out premium quality for NZXT... Putting covers on a basic motherboard and charging 50% markup does not make it a quality board.
Fun fact about NZXT motherboards, you can only screw in 6 screws. There are holes in the back of the board, but you cannot access them from the front, unless you take off the cover, which is screwed from the back.
Always liked the look of these for white builds, so glad to see that it could be a decent choice for a future white build now. :) Great to have more options for white mobo's in the market! Also hope it goes well with the suprise :) No doubt Stabby will prevail... :)
Just ordered this mobo and I’m going to put it in my black h9 elite. Gonna be my little stormtrooper build.
how did it go
after bad experiences with some components on their n7 z590 im super hesitant on getting this over something like the msi b650 carbon or x670e carbon but god nobody does those covers like nzxt and it looks fantastic
Yeah if anything can be said about this board it certainly has an incredible aesthetic
@@esotericjahanism5251 unfortunately is becoming more and more evident as the only thing they can say lol
@@squonch2532 yeah I was looking at this board a lot for an all white build I want to do. It has a couple cool features like it's NZXT special headers meaning you can use some of their rgb products and not need a separate controller for it but it ends right there. Apparently since ASrock is partnered with them to produce the PCB and do the bios updates for come super slow since they have to be passed through nzxt as a middle man to the consumer. This board still to this day does not have support for AMD's V-cache CPUs.
@@esotericjahanism5251 So not to be paired with a 78000x3d?
@@nouuhlifts I wouldn't suggest it. I've certainly read some reddit posts of people using it with the 7800 - 7950x3d chips and getting their system to POST and Boot but it's highly unstable. But I was never able to get mine to work, ended up returning the board and getting the ASrock B650e Steel Legend and it worked fine
I was just building a PC with B650E Steel Legend and noticed a lot of similarities with this one. SL board has 2x 8-pin CPU power
Asrock builds the board for them. And usually steel legend series are the reference design for them.
1:48 A reset button, A power button, and the front panel header foil righttolowswitchestewlutchersystemsis up and running
truly a righttolowswitchestewlutchersystemsis moment
Man! I wish I would know you at the time of my B550 build. I did lots of struggle to collect information about that motherboard.
Awesome motherboard overview fams, keep up the hard work
I always enjoyed the minimalistic aesthetics of NZXT components.
Too bad they don’t have an ITX B650E. 😅
i would definitely buy it
@Mehmet Sahin so it matches their own case, the H210
@Mehmet Sahin form factor. Doesn't matter if you barely see it or not
I would buy a mini-ITX NZXT mobo in a heartbeat if it has the same minimalist aesthetic.
No computer theme named for the kitty?
Meowforce!
Catsair!
CatTracing!
CatTeks? Meowteks?
MeowDeon!
Catsen Huang
CatVidia
Catnis MeowTips
Cats2Cents
Those sound horrible. But I like Catnis Meowtips
My first thought when it comes to NZXT, "looks over everything" where everything is actually what is important.
eh they make good stuff just not in the value department. like apple in a way
@@otysfg sums up the company so god damn well except for cases they got good at that at least
Maybe thats extra USB connectors is made for compatibility with cases like Lian Li 216 who has a upgrade piece that adds extra USBs and other connectors, just maybe
I have that board. Love it. Looks killer and works without issue.
These boards look fantastic, but they are always so expensive here in Australia!
I do like the hole pattern aesthetics on this way more than the new Sapphire cards for some reason, but it instantly reminded me of them.
Wonder how this board compares against the ASUS ROG Strix B650E-F
The ROG Strix is a better board. The only thing this board has are some covers and some nzxt headers for their rgb products that let you use them without a controller. Other than that it's really lacking compared to other boards, it's driver updates are so slow to come and it still doesn't support any of AMD's X3D CPUs. Unless you have a lot of other NZXT products or place that much value on aesthetics I would skip this board. I ended up returning mine after finding out it doesn't support my 7800x3d and there being absolutely no word on when or if support would come for it.
I would do naughty things for an NZXT ITX motherboard...to go inside an H1.
i want to get this board for my 7800x3d build, but from what i read in reddit NZXT is really slow on BIOS update ? (6+ months behind) any thoughts on this ?
The X3D support bios was already available for this board several months ago. Several people on Reddit have reported no issues when using this board with an 7800/7900/7950X3D with the latest bios.
If you still have issues, then it's probably a defective unit.
Can you do the NZXT Z790? I hardly see people look at that mobo or give an in depth analysis of it
I always dig the music, but this track is a step up, loving it!
Looks good and the upgradable wifi is a bonus but the price not so appealing, nicely done 👍 guys and absolutely need another cat
Can I fit M2 SSD slot covers below the magnetic covers above the slots?
How much space is there?
Love to see the NZXT boards have come a long way. Great video fams. Cat name contender has to be Shippy
Stabby is perfect name for a cat :)
Regarding the cat - I'd say it depends on their personality.
At first I thought it was a "hell no!" type of name, but the fact that your existing cat is called "bindi" changes things -- They love to stab! So it fits the theme.
I gotta ask how did you get your hands on this?
Wish motherboard looks as good as this in white and is better ? Any recommendation ? Thanks
The Asus ROG Strix, ASrock x670e Steel Legend, and ASrock Taichi Cerrara are white AM5 boards all with Better feature sets than this
The taichi cerrara.I almost got this board after could not find a taichi but then got one and yeah taichi has better features.Coming down in price too
Looking at the IO i only see 5 USB type A 3.2 ports. Amazon link mentioned also have 2 type A 2.0. I really really need more ports than the 5 i'm seeing. What am i missing? Thanks
I think it would be fitting to name the new cat Bob. Just like the crocodile hunter named his kids. Bobby and Bindi Irwin.
Klaire said no to Bob already. I already suggested that lol
The bottom 2 slots are X8 you can see they are only half popuuulated with pins. Are they Bifrucated PCIe GEN5 lanes or GEN4 X8?
Pretty board but does NZXT do their own BIOS or is it the standard Asrock Bios? If it's the Asrock BIOS I would never be interested
Asrock makes the bios for it but rather than just flat out using Asrocks bios, nzxt pushes it off to asrock, asrock sends it back to nzxt, nzxt tweaks it a little then releases it to the consumer. The entire process makes bios updates come slower than old people fuck. And it still doesn't support any of amds x3d cpus
Two quick questions regarding the USB port marked with the BIOS text.
I've seen several MBs with such a USB port. I assume there isn't actually anything special about it, as it's not "dedicated" nor required to have in order to install a BIOS update. Correct?
Also, can I use that port for periferals without any concerns?
Yes it is special you need to use that for the BIOS flashback button
You can still use it for peripherals otherwise
Can you add other brand RGB fans such as Lian Li fans? The NZXT proprietary rgb headers are throwing me off.
to be honest. the price should around $180
Does anyone have an opinion on the NZXT N7 Z790 board dropping soon. In your honest opinion is it a strong board
But how do you even get it? Seems it's released outside the US only and no date for US release.
I'm not in the US and NZXT sent it to us.
What is the song in the cinematic portion of this video?
When is the release date for this motherboard?
Hey Nick im Gear Seeker!
I bough the old z490 version of this board many years ago and it literally didn’t fit the default mount position with the kraken z73, NZXT’s own AIO 😂 I think I bent some ram but that aio is so bad anyway with the breakout cable not snapping in and the daisy chain can cable not working
My man just said he loves that it doesn't have heat sinks, just covers to trap the heat inside 💀
Hesitant about the plastic covers instead of heatsinks for the nvmes
want to know about argb support on ram slots, boz I am planning to buy...
How's that Pixel watch dude? 😁 Primarily battery life...
Id love a 24pin 90degree angled too…trying to hide that cable as much as I can
Is the pcie gen5 gpu or m.2 only or support both over gen5?
If the motherboard supports pcie 5.0 on m. 2 then it will have pcie 5.0 on the x16 slot as well as it shares the bandwidth (at least for the first slot which is connected to the cpu)
Th b550 from nzxt was very good aswell
" spinning rust drives" lmaoooo
Rush, not rust
no backward power cable?
GS boy cat name to consider is Peel ;)
Another rebranded Asrock board ?
looks great but why does it have to cost 300
Is this compatible with the amd ryzen 7 7800x 3D?
Yes
whats the uart1 header used for ?
I'd assume its a fabrication, and/or validation header
can anyone tell me if a NEW GEN M2 7,000 read/write will overheat with NO HEAT SINK
Yes
10:40 "Whaat?!" xD
At 380€ here, i take the not so decent B550 @ 199 frankly.
Can it work good with ryzen 9 7950?
Yes
@@GearSeekers thanks
Also please someone explain…why a black io shield in a freaking white motherboard????
I imagine that the covers are built separately. Asrock builds the boards then sends them to NZXT who put the covers and proprietary headers on them, then sell to distributors and consumers.
I was going to get this thing as soon as it comes out I like to know where you got it so I can get it glad it has some good decent performance
may be a silly question but do nzxt boards use asrock bios update.
Yes and no. ASrock technically makes the BIOS, but rather than just flat out using ASrocks bios, asrock first sends it to NZXT, then NZXT tweaks it a bit, then it gets released to the consumer. Which makes updates come slower than old people fucking.
Looks cool
Aorus called and said they want their shitty IO back.
THIS. With Fractal Design North white.... I'm hard....
This board is a Must Have for white builds.
I have cats, named Swiss, Tweezer, and Pastey
For as expensive as these boards are, and have been, Its kinda disappointing to still see 8+4 pin cpu connectors, I would have loved to see them add 8+8, especially since they've stepped up their game with the VRM, the m.2 covers should actually be heatsinks, I hate to see such a blatant cheap out, and they've done this for all of their motherboards, the rear IO is stronger this time around, but another DP or HDMI port could have been slapped on and more either usb A or usb c connectors added would have made this a lot better. All in all, it's a solid mobo this time round, but they are expensive, and although they look great, I would have loved to see some more solid features that have already been added to similar boards at this price point
You just copy pasting on each video on it hahaha
@@Inked_CR Shit, I wouldn't have to if they didn't make a nice looking piece of shit product lol. lemme seethe and cope lol
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Omfg that's insanely priced
Its really not. Its a pain to clear cmos, its a pain to get ram oc'd properly, its so uncoopertive. Ive never had so many xmp/expo problems with any other mobo ive ever owned.
What issues did you run into and what alternatives would you recommend? I've seen next to no complaints about them looking around besides some consistent compatibility issues with X3D chips but all other alternatives I've looked at have just as many complaints about some issue or another so I've been having a hard time deciding.
@@AR-bj5et Now that I have actually done some research, this is a problem for the AM5 platform, across the board (getting 4 sticks of highspeed ram to function at their advertised speed and long ram training times). Honestly, going in and testing manual timings isn't horrible, I like doing it (I am also fairly new to it). Clearing the cmos on this mobo is a pain in the ass though. For me, personally, I had to clear cmos a minimum of 2 times to get the pc to post. Now, if you've ever tried oc'ing your ram before you'd know there's a high probability that you're going to have to restart your pc multiple times. So, it just takes that much longer to freakin test timings and such. I kinda just gave up after 2 days lol. The system works perfectly fine with 2 sticks of ram @ 6000m/ts. As far as alternatives, I think next time I'm going with an ASUS mobo. During my research I've seen that the ASUS team just has so much information about their products that other's don't. Their team has made an effort to connect with their customers and take the time to answer questions and have a quality dialogue with them. Maybe I'll go with intel in a couple years, idk yet lol.
@@AR-bj5et Also, apparently that 3d cache does most of the heavy lifting in games, so ram speed isn't as important. You'd be fine running 5200m/ts instead of 6000m/ts. Even on the amd website 7800x3d and 7950x3d are rated at 5200 in 2x1R and 2x2R. So I suppose going higher than that is asking for stability issues. So far I haven't experienced any crashes at 6000, but I also only have 32 gigs. So that's something to think about too.
Yea ... it's no B650E Aorus Master!
Those pretty white plates are going to do a great job of trapping heat underneath them.
there are heatsinks underneath them
You clearly don't understand how cooling works
that "we get another cat" -> "what!!!!" lol. I mean Most Bengals have pretty much cookie ish colors so why not call him Cookie? :3
We're hoping a grey one comes up needing adoption from a rescue!
NZXT with all their proprietary headers…wtf?
I thought the same thing at first but they are actually pretty convenient if you have a lot of other NZXT products cause you can use them rather than having to hook up some sort of controller.
Why are your videos so dark ?
Might want to check your monitor settings mate
@Gear Seekers it's just the bits when you're sitting in the part of the studio at the beginning of each clip when you're addressing the audience with the pc on your right hand side. The other footage is fine. Phone, tablet, and monitor maxed out brightness.
B650e N7 white board...the wifi slot broke (stopped working) within a few months. no point in RMA'ing it. But talk about bunk bullshit
Bought this for my son 100% only for the white look, specs were irrelevant
Proprietary connector you say...I'm out.
Beelzebub
NZXT finally done a B chipset motherboard
They did a B550 a well... Looked pretty much the exact same and was like $250... Which seemed like a lot at the time.
그래서 어디서 사는데??
Cat name Steve. lol
name it ........M3GAN......................!!!!
Stabby is such a great name for a cat😁
🤣🤣
tune
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NZXT boards are notoriously unstable. I'm not sure why Asrock build decent boards but can't push out premium quality for NZXT... Putting covers on a basic motherboard and charging 50% markup does not make it a quality board.
I vote for Stabby! 😸
i would never buy nzxt shit or asrock junk
Not a review 🤡