NZXT N9 Z890 Review

It is sporadic to see a motherboard with a brand other than the usual four ASRock, ASUS, Gigabyte and MSI; And also one that differs in a sufficient project to stand out from the crowd. But exactly it has and does the NZXT N9 Z890. Under the hood, however, there is a slightly different story, as ASROCK actually does.

To say, there is still a lot here that NZXT, such as CAM software support, to control the lighting and cooling of the disc, and even reserved connectors for the latest NZXT accessories. It also has a distinction in black or white, so it would look fantastic in one of the company’s white tasty boxes.

However, it is the most attractive feature of RGB lighting. It is basic, with unclear plastic stripes distributed lighting from LEDs below live areas of color. However, this extends to the heat of We/O, in the middle of M.2, toasty thanks to the clever scam of the connector, and then to the bottom of the board. This is one of the most available motherboards.

At 500 USD it is not inexpensive and although NZXT has three recent motherboards to choose from, the N9 Z890 with extensive RGB lighting, of course, only supports Intel Core Ultra 200 processors, which are less attractive to players than the latest Ryzen AMD models. The company has the AMD Socket AM5 model with the X870E chipset, which we will soon look at, but the flagship NZXT trio is definitely the model we look at here.

The most critical difference between the NZXT N9 Z890 and other main discs is that the main way to control fans and lighting is to employ NZXT CAM software. It has also been quite extreme removing the ordinary user interface of the fan curve in EFI, which means that if you do not want to install CAM, you will be forced to return to 2003 and manually configure each fan header using mass -consuming text -consuming text data, instead of spending a few seconds, improving the visual representation of the fan.

Fortunately, CAM worked flawlessly and makes it easier to control fans and lighting the board from the computer’s comfort. There is still no detail of other motherboards, such as the fan of fastening the fan and you limit yourself to collecting between the processor and the GPU also to the temperature input, but for the average computer user is enough to configure the computer as you like.

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It is obvious that the NZXT was seriously cooling here, because two immense VRM heat has not only a heat pocket connecting them to distribute the heat load, but have a few tiny fans to lend a hand VRM under control in extreme conditions. In the default mode in CAM they are quite loud, even at spare speeds, because they are associated with the processor temperature and reach 4000 rpm before the motherboard breaks sweat.

A more sedate problem was that BIOS 3.03 BIOS fans would not budget at full speed. Fortunately, the latest BIOS 3.04 repaired this after we mentioned this NZXT, so the update is necessary, just like setting the fan speed into silent mode, which means that they escalate only under extreme loads.

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I doubt if you will not want to make any table function, because most fields have been marked when it comes to expectations from the price of USD 500. You get double Thunderbolt 4 ports, nine USB Type-A ports, but none of them is slower than USB 3.0, 5g LAN, Wi-Fi 7 and Audio Realtek ALC4080. If you plan to call, which is obviously possible thanks to the Z890 chipset, you get the CMOS and BIOS retrospective buttons with reset and power buttons and a LED code display on the printed board, which is also very helpful.

There are also huge five M.2 ports, one of which is PCIE 5.0 and illuminated using contacts that touch when tossing is screwed to the place. The rest sits under a massive without tax tools at the base of the board. There are only five 4-pin fan headers, but NZXT also contains two 8-pin ports that either support their own RGB accessories, or can be divided into 4-pin NZXT accessories connectors and standard 4-pin fan headers using the attached adapters.

The VRM temperature reached the peak at 52 ° C, cooling to supply 20+1+1, which is reasonable, but not the lowest we saw, which is surprising, considering that there were two fans that lend a hand heat. This did not affect the escalate, because it is far from the type of heat that would cause choking. This temperature can be associated with the increased performance that we have seen in several tests, and the NZXT N9 Z890 gives impressive single -core and multi -core Cinebench R24, as well as LGA1851 motherboard, as well as better frame speeds in Cyberpunk 2077 and Baldur’s Gate 3 plus higher samples for nearby results than most other tablets.

Despite this, the average and peak power of the processor package was average compared to the highest results we saw. Elsewhere, the temperatures were also reasonable, at the peak temperature of PCIe 5.0 of 77 ° C and an average of 66 ° C. This is enough to prevent choking in extended high loads, though only, but other tasks, such as the game, do not approach it. The peak 38 ° C chipset temperature was also in the middle of the road.

We are quite sold in the NZXT N9 Z890 project. It looks stunning, especially in white, mainly thanks to the unique design and extensive RGB lighting, which is forceful and complements its angular design. We also do not have any complaints about the functions, with a lot of USB ports, two Thunderbolt 4 Type-C ports and instead of forcing you to employ its accessories, NZXT at least gives adapters to employ the reserved 8-pin connectors.

He also worked well in our comparative tests and had reasonable VRM and M.2 temperatures, as well as almost all gadgets needed to test and strain, such as CMO Clear, Flashback BIOS and power buttons. The only real problems we found were other aspects of cooling. We would definitely like to see how NZXT contains charts for adjusting the fan curve in EFI. Removing these and forcing the owners to employ CAM, while it worked well, will not satisfy everyone.

You also need to make sure that the BIOS version 3.04 or newer to avoid the problems of the VRM fan, and most of them will want to set them in silent mode using EFI or CAM software to avoid excessive noise. In addition to these problems, it is a stunning motherboard with an excellent set of functions that is well arranged in relation to the competition at similar prices and will definitely stand out from this crowd. If you are on the Intel Z890 motherboard market and you have about USD 500 to release, NZXT N9 Z890 should definitely be on a low list.