ASUS TUF Gaming Z790-Plus WiFi LGA 1700(Intel 14th,12th &13th Gen) ATX Gaming Motherboard(PCIe 5.0,DDR5,4xM.2 Slots,16+1 DrMOS,WiFi 6,2.5Gb LAN,Front USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C,Thunderbolt 4(USB4),Aura RGB)

Absolutely Amazing!! HUGE deal when Buying Used
Cut the cost in half buying through Amazon’s Used option. Inside a generic brown box, it was carefully and safely packaged for shipping. It arrived in two days! The board works flawless with all of the features that I was looking for and expected at half of the price if buying it new. There are a lot of people that ship items back without ever even using them, and I highly recommend this option and this motherboard. If someone were to choose to buy this at it’s current new price, this model is still a great choice. I’m just not sure for the full price that I personally would have went this route, because other models with the same options are available. It is a fantastic board, looks great with it’s sleek all black military tough vibes going on. It has a very subtle RGB lighting effect on the top right corner. The setup is very simple and easy, but I’ve been putting computer builds together for over 25 years. Also my Lian Li Dynamic XL RGB case I’ve installed this board into is quite massive and would make almost any build super easy to assemble. So the ease of assembly really depends on not just skill but the case it is being installed in as well. This is a full sized board, and not a small mATX. My experience with the bios of this board and all of the features are as expected. I’ve definitely favored Asus for years now. This board has had no issues with my 13600k processor, or my two sticks of DDR5 6000 memory. I’ve easily enabled the xmp memory profile, and overclocking features to test and they all work as they should with my 13600k P-Cores hit an astonishing 5.7Ghz. After the test I’ve set the board back to it’s default settings. Then adjusted the thermal limit and CPU voltage, setting limits, as well as making other various adjustments to ensure a very long lifespan. It is not required, but my preference. I very highly recommend this board, and am really glad that I chose to buy it used in good condition through Amazon. While I can definitely understand that this decision on such an important component for a computer seems like a very high risk, for me it was definitely worth it, costing me only half when comparing the price of new. Overall I’m left with no regrets and big savings on a high quality, top shelf, stellar product.

Rock-Solid Board with Excellent Value
High-quality build, easy setup, and packed with features. The ASUS TUF Gaming Z790-Plus WiFi runs fast, stays cool, and offers great connectivity for the price. Outstanding value. I’d buy it again without hesitation.

Terrible Product Quality
As a Software Developer with 30 years of experience building PCs/servers from the glory days of ABIT and DFI to modern platforms…I can say without hesitation: this is one of the worst motherboard experiences I’ve had in my career. The ASUS TUF Z890-Plus is simply unrelible trash.Board #1: Two Dead DIMM SlotsRight out of the box, 50% of the memory channels were non-functional. Tried every combination of QVL-approved DDR5, reseated, reset CMOS, swapped CPUs… nothing. (This isn’t exotic memory, either…just standard DDR5-6000 using Hynix A-die with onboard PMICs. Well within spec. Clearly either the memory routing, signal integrity, or channel initialization code is busted.)Board #2: BIOS Update Bricked ItOkay, got a replacement. It POSTed once. Then I ran a BIOS update … necessary, because like many ASUS boards, the default firmware can’t recognize RAM properly or apply XMP/EXPO profiles. The update hung mid-flash during the Intel ME firmware block. Now it’s a paperweight. (Why did it hang? Unknown)BIOS Flashback? More Like BIOS GaslightASUS advertises a fail-safe BIOS Flashback feature. Spoiler: it doesn’t work.I tried:FAT32-formatted USB 2.0 sticks (4GB, 8GB, 16GB)Proper .CAP file namingCorrect portNo peripheralsExact button press timingReddit Mental Gymastics (many people offer suggestions, but why should I have to hunt down a SPECIFIC size for a thumb drive? This is the year 2025, and USB 2.0 has been aroundZero response. No LED blink, no activity. Nothing. (And yes, the PSU was delivering standby power correctly..checked with multimeter. The EC isn’t initializing flashback mode. Broken out of the gate.)Here’s the insult to injury: they removed the Q-code display.No more hexadecimal POST codes to tell you where the boot fails. Instead, you get three colored lights… red, yellow, and white…like you’re assembling IKEA furniture, not building a modern PC. (In 1999, my ABIT BE6 had better diagnostics.)ASUS Support = UselessYou’d think support would help. Nope. I got canned responses from a rep who clearly doesn’t even understand what “POST” means. They linked articles referencing tools made for Z490 chipsets. No escalation path. No real tech. Just corporate copy-paste.FWIW.. BIOS Flashback is a closed, proprietary ASUS implementation, and nobody outside of ASUS actually knows how it works. It relies on the embedded controller (EC) or secondary microcontroller to initialize a USB controller and write to the BIOS ROM … without CPU, RAM, or GPU present. (Which is impressive when it works… but it often doesn’t.)Because this feature is completely undocumented and locked down, We can’t validate the expected USB power draw or signaling sequence, We can’t see how the EC validates the .CAP file internally, We don’t know the actual formatting requirements (is it FAT32 MBR with 512B sector alignment? Does it need specific VID/PID on the USB controller? Who knows?)We have no way to initiate or monitor EC activity without onboard debug headersAnd because ASUS won’t release any technical specs, the community is left to reverse-engineer everything through Reddit posts and ancient forum threads. That’s not a “feature”.. that’s a gamble!(Compare that to open-source BIOS recovery efforts on platforms like coreboot or even AMD’s AGESA flash methods, which at least have some community insight.)What’s worse: some ASUS BIOS revisions have historically broken Flashback altogether, depending on how the EC firmware handles file validation or fails at low-level USB init. So even if you follow every single step perfectly, the feature may just be nonfunctional on your particular board revision or firmware version. How would you ever know? You wouldn’t… because ASUS doesn’t tell anyone anything. Their solution is to just ‘send you another board’ if it’s broken.

MOBO działa bezbłędnie, jednak:1) pierwsze uruchomienie działało tylko na jednej kości DIMM, w tej konfiguracji aktualizacja BIOS i dopiero wtedy jest możliwe dołożenie drugiej kości. W innym przypadku płyta po prostu nie startowała.2) BIOS jest… nieprzewidywalny. Przykładowo dopiero włączenie CSM pozwoliło mi na uruchomienie karty RAID, rzecz w tym, że ta karta jest w 100% zgodna z uEFI (i w tym trybie działała na poprzedniej płycie bezbłędnie).MOBO jest dobre, działa bezbłędnie z Windows 10 i systemami Linuxa ale powyższe błędy nie powinny mieć miejsca przy produkcie z półki średnia-wyższa.Na marginesie: czytając negatywne recenzje tej płyty, po raz kolejny utwierdzam się w poglądzie, że osoby bez wiedzy komputerowej nie powinny samodzielnie budować komputera.

I installed this about 3 weeks ago and it was pretty smooth sailing. There are lots of plastic film covers on various parts to keep it from scratching during install/shipping. Remember to peel them off as you are installing.It has some LED lights that can be turned on or off in the BIOS. Speaking of BIOS, Asus motherboards always have nice, clear and easy to use BIOS software. This one is no different.One feature that I likes (but also hated) was that the screws in the M.2 SSD heatsinks were attached to the heatsink. It makes it easier for those with bigger hands to get the screw in place. In the other hand, it also made it difficult to line the screw up with the hole. I feel like there could be a happy medium there.Finding the Windows drivers was pretty simple, but on first boot, you are prompted to install the Asus Armoury Crate software. It let’s you control/view the fan speeds, LED lights, see the temperatures, install latest drivers and more. It’s actually a really slick idea, but the software itself is awful. It takes up a lot of memory and it crashes all the time. I suggest installing it to get the fastest drivers, then uninstall it right away. NOTE: You will need to use Asus’ Armoury Crate Uninstaller tool available on their website to completely rid yourself of it.So far, I haven’t had any issues with the motherboard itself. Hopefully it stays that way for a long time.