THE Z790A-SILVER

The Z90A-Silver follows a black and white/silver color theme.

BIOSTAR has placed two rather basic heatsinks over the VRMs of the motherboard (this isn't an overclocking oriented model).

The four DDR5 DIMM slots support capacities up to 128GB at speeds surpassing 7200MHz.

Two extra power connectors (8+4) are located just next to the I/O.

Typically, the 6 native SATA 6Gb/s ports are located on the lower left of the motherboard.

The heatsink located just over the Z790 chipset is again very basic.

At the center we find the two full PCIe slots (5.0/4.0), two PCIe 3.0 x1 slots and the 4 M.2 slots (3xGen4).

Four audio amps are located just next to the PCIe slots.

Removing the M.2 heatsink reveals two M.2 slots, the 2230 slot which can be used with a WiFi/Bluetooth adapter and the primary M.2 Gen4 slot.

The rear I/O includes the BIOS update button, 2 Antenna ports, single DP v1.2 port, single HDMI v2.1 port, 5 USB 3.2 Gen2 ports, single USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C port, 2.5GbE RJ45 port, 2 USB 2.0 ports and the Realtek ALC1220 High Definition Audio onboard audio ports.

As expected from a mid-end motherboard the Z790A-Silver by BIOSTAR doesn't have a rear backplate.

As with previous motherboard reviews, I’ll be using a Neo Forza NFP425 SSD.

Of course, to have a more valid comparison I’ll be using the latest T-Force RGB 32GB 6400MHz CL40 DDR5 kit by Team Group with all my Z790 reviews.