The Best Motherboards For Intel Core i7-9700k Processors

If you’ve got the space in your case and are looking for an enthusiast motherboard. The MSI MEG Z390 Godlike is an Extended ATX motherboard with a pretty impressive feature list. On this board, you’ll find 4 PCIe x 16 slots, 4 DIMM slots that support up to 4600 MHz DDR4 RAM, three PCIe M.2 ports and a 16-phase power design.

You’ll be paying an absolutely massive premium for this motherboard though which makes it aimed towards only the most avid builders. It’s safe to say that those buying this motherboard will be aiming for some pretty impressive overclocking results, which it manages with ease.

If you don’t want to fiddle about with settings, there’s even a “Game Boost Knob” at the bottom of the board that allows you to automatically overclock the CPU to one of 11 different levels. There are even buttons to force the system to boot into BIOS, retry OC settings, and a switch to jump between saved BIOS settings. There is also a dedicated POST display and MSI’s Dynamic Dashboard for those who want to monitor data in real-time.

You’ll also get some RGB functionality on this motherboard. There are a couple of RGB panels that can be customized through MSI’s Mystic Light, as well as headers for RGB strips. The rest of the board is fairly boring in its design though, aside from the angled heat shields and casings.

There is also an impressive amount of options on the back panel of this board. You’ll find Wi-Fi antenna connectors, a “Double Killer” E2500 Gigabit LAN, HD Audio connectors, a flash BIOS button, an array of USB ports, and even a 6.3 mm headphone jack.