Asus, NZXT, and more launch Z390 motherboards for 9th-gen Core CPUs

Intel introduced its new 9th-gen Core CPUs earlier this week. You can preorder those now if you can find them. But alongside that new chip, hardware manufacturers are rolling out new motherboards with the Intel Z390 chipset.

This is the followup to the Z370 chipset that was the previous high-end standard for Intel’s gaming CPUs. The difference is definitely incremental, but you’ll get support for Coffee Lake-R CPUs out of the box. With the Z370s, you’ll need to upgrade your BIOS. Otherwise, you’ll get support for USB 3.1 Gen 2, integrated Wi-Fi, and SDXC 3.0 means motherboards can now