The ROG Maximus Z790 Formula is the ultimate motherboard to feature our head-turning Moonlight White aesthetic. Beneath this bold expression lies a powerhouse arsenal of features, including the exclusive HybridChill VRM cooling system ready to elevate 14th-gen Intel® processors, advanced DDR5 settings, a multitude of PCIe 5.0 slots for both graphics cards and storage, blistering Intel® Wi-Fi 7 networking and a full slate of customizable ARGB lightning to make your premium build truly stand out from the crowd. ROG OVERCLOCKING TECHNOLOGIES Maximize your CPU's performance potential with intuitive tools that offer advanced control and monitoring. AI OVERCLOCKING Tuning is now faster and smarter than ever before. ASUS AI Overclocking profiles the CPU and cooling to predict the optimal configuration and push the system to its limits. Predicted values can be engaged automatically or used as a launching ground for further experimentation. DIFFERENTIAL SENSING Conventional motherboards use single-ended sensing tapped from a location that isn't ideal. leading to a large disparity between the actual voltage fed to the CPU and the value reported to software. The ROG Maximus Z790 Formula features a differential-sensing circuit and delicate IC that simplify overclocking and tuning by allowing you to track voltages more accurately. TEAMED POWER ARCHITECTURE Today's CPU architectures place incredible demands on motherboard power design by transitioning from deep power-saving modes. going from lower-power mode to full load in an instant. The latest ROG VRM architecture rises to the challenge by utilizing teamed power stages to rapidly swing current. while maintaining exemplary thermal performance. ASUS became the first manufacturer to implement phase-doublers with the A8N32-SLI Deluxe motherboard. back in 2005. The board's VRM was lauded for elegantly overcoming the power handling capabilities of components that were available at the time while also reducing voltage ripple. Those benefits led to phase-doublers becoming universally accepted in the industry. and they are still used for similar purposes today. Modern CPUs pack more cores than their predecessors. and the latest instruction sets allow them to crunch computationally dense workloads at an incredible pace. In addition. they consume less power at idle and can transition between load states much more quickly. These improvements necessitate a re-evaluation of power-design priorities because phase-doublers add a propagation delay that hampers transient response. Fortunately. the latest integrated power components can handle higher currents than the devices of yesteryear. making it possible to implement a simple circuit topology that isn't hamstrung by the processing lag of phase-doublers. That's why the ROG Maximus Z790 Formula utilizes teamed power stages to deliver higher burst current per phase. while maintaining the thermal performance of phase-doubled designs. Each VRM component serves a specific purpose. PWM controllers and phase-doublers control the circuit. and the power stages do the heavy lifting from an electrical and thermal standpoint. The power stages feature low RDSON to reduce switching and conduction losses. helping to improve overall thermal headroom. MEMORY Comprehensive memory tuning options are the cornerstone of ROG motherboards. With the ROG Maximus Z790 Formula. you can extract all of the potential out of your DDR5 modules. regardless of if they're from an extreme-speed kit or an entry-level set that would otherwise be locked. ROG has a long legacy of flexing the fastest memory performance. and DDR5 is no outlier. Thanks to improved signal routing. now enthusiast-grade kits have been driven far beyond the 8 GT/s mark on the Maximus Z790 Formula. and who knows how far future DIMMs can go? Seasoned veterans can test their mettle by tinkering with the extensive array of tuning options in the UEFI. DIMM Flex provides enthusiasts a powerful new way to overclock their memory by employing specialized hardware circuitry to address the stability issues in DDR5 memory caused by temperature sensitivity. When temperatures permit. it can maximize memory performance and efficiency. and when temperatures increase. it can adjust memory performance downward to maintain stability. ASUS Enhanced Memory Profile II (AEMP II) is an exclusive firmware feature that allows users to achieve supreme memory performance and compatibility with optimized clock speeds. even when they're using PMIC-restricted memory modules that do not provide an XMP or EXPO profile. Developed through a flexible training method. AEMP II simplifies the process of fine-tuning memory settings beyond the baseline configuration. all while ensuring system stability. This applies whether you are maximizing the potential of an entry-level module or preparing a high-speed kit for ultimate performance. Now. AEMP II offers even more flexibility. With the latest firmware update. AEMP II allows users to optimize the pe