ASUS Z890 Motherboards for Upcoming Intel “Arrow Lake” Processors Leak


Yesterday, we got a leak about Intel’s “Arrow Lake” Core Ultra 200 series CPUs official public announcement on October 10 and the review embargo and official retail launch on October 24. However, today, we are able to look at some of the upcoming motherboards powering Core Ultra 200 CPUs, based on the Z890 chipset. Thanks to VideoCardz, we can look at ASUS high-end motherboard pictures and decipher some of the common features that will be present on high-end boards, like a hefty VRM configuration, along with some new color schemes. We notice that there are new GPU slot reinforcement and M.2 release mechanisms, alongside WiFi 7 and Thunderbolt 4. Some leaked pricing also suggests that ASUS ROG Maximus boards could be retailing for more than the highest-end Core Ultra 9 285K SKU, while there are more budget “Prime” series of motherboards present as well. Here are all leaked ASUS boards:

ASUS ROG Maximus Z890 Extreme:

ASUS ROG Maximus Z890 Hero:

ASUS ROG Maximus Z890 Apex:

ASUS ROG Strix Z890-A Gaming WiFi:

ASUS ROG Strix Z890-E Gaming WiFi:

ASUS TUF Gaming Z890-Plus WiFi:

ASUS Prime Z890-P WiFi:

ASUS Prime Z890M-Plus WiFi CSM: