TAIPEI, Taiwan, April 3rd, 2024 –ASRock, the global leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards, mini PCs and gaming monitors, proudly announces its new Z790I Lightning WiFi and B760I Lightning WiFi mini-ITX motherboards. Equipped with a robust 14+1+1 power phase design and an optimized memory layout, these motherboards fully unleash the powerful performance of Intel® Core™ 14th Gen K-series processors. Offering top-tier memory overclocking capabilities for supporting DDR5 8600+ memory modules, they present an excellent choice for gamers and mini-PC enthusiasts seeking the ultimate overclocking performance. The Z790I Lightning WiFi has achieved four overclocking world records on HWBOT.org with the Intel® Core™ i9-14900KS processor. Additionally, the B760I Lightning WiFi received the “Best Motherboard” award at CES 2024 from Tom’s Hardware, emphasizing its exceptional design and overclocking capabilities.
ASRock Z790I Lightning WiFi and B760I Lightning WiFi motherboards feature a 14+1+1 Phase 110A SPS Dr.MOS VRM, outperforming competing ITX offerings. ASRock has custom-designed a composite cooling solution for these boards, including enlarged aluminum heatsinks, heat-pipe, and a MOS fan, delivering robust cooling performance to enhance overclocking capabilities. This superior cooling ensures the processors perform at their peak.
The Z790I Lightning WiFi fully unleashes the powerful performance of the latest Intel® Core™ i9-14900KS, achieving a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of up to 43,064 pts.
The Z790I Lightning WiFi leads with DDR5-8600 memory support, enhancing memory overclocking performance significantly.
Both the Z790I Lightning WiFi and B760I Lightning WiFi motherboards utilize server-grade low-loss 8-layer 2oz copper PCBs and optimized DDR5 memory designs, pioneering support for 8600MHz memory for unparalleled overclocking support. Each board features one PCIe 5.0 x16 slot, two Hyper M.2 slots, Phantom Gaming 2.5GbE LAN, 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6E, and USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A/Type-C ports, offering an abundance of high-speed connectivity options.
The B760I Lightning WiFi received the “Best Motherboard” award at CES 2024 from Tom’s Hardware, emphasizing its exceptional design and overclocking capabilities.
The robust VRM specifications and optimized memory design fully unleash the overclocking potential. The global professional overclocker Splave used the Z790I Lightning WiFi with the Intel® Core™ i9-14900KS for LN2 extreme overclocking, setting four World Records and eight Global 1st Place records, as well as numerous i9-14900KS 1st Place achievements on HWBOT.org, successfully pushing the overclocking performance of the Mini-ITX motherboard to new heights.