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Although the existential dread of PC component pricing right now is omnipresent, let the lose of motherboard vendors be your gain. It's extremely unlikely that we'll see motherboards this cheap again once RAM prices stabilize, so now is the best time to buy if you want to upgrade.We're picking out some of the most impressive discounts here, but make sure to keep our list of the best motherboard deals handy during Prime Day if you want to check out all of the discounts.
Save $260 on the ASRock Z890 Taichi at a new all-time low price
We're very familiar with the ASRock Z890 Taichi, as it's the motherboard we use for testing LGA 1851 CPUs. Carrying ASRock's Taichi brand, it's a flagship design with all the bells and whistles, and at a list price of $460, those bells and whistles make sense. Right now, however, you can get it for just $200.
The board is high-end across the board. It supports memory speeds up to 9600 MT/s, and it comes with a 20+1+2+1+1 VRM design, giving you plenty of power stages to push your CPU overclocks hard.Internally, you're spoiled for connectivity options. There are a total of six M.2 slots, one of which supports PCIe Gen5 x4 (the others support PCIe Gen4 x4). The top PCIe slot also supports PCIe Gen5 x16, and the board comes with an internal USB-C header.Around the rear, you'll find dual Thunderbolt 4 ports, four USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports, another four USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports, two USB 2.0 ports, and dual LAN with connections for 2.5Gb and 5Gb. You simply won't find this level of support on a motherboard for $200, or even $300, for that matter.
