EVGA created the mother of all boards... Z790 KINGPIN 

EVGA is like, the consumer who went into business for the consumer but knows they need to make money to stay. We cannot let these guys go away. Seriously, top tier company.

I just hope EVGA never goes out of business or sells. That company has always been good to me. Hopefully, they will expand into more mainstream motherboards in the future so they can grow that part of their business.

I wish they would some upper-mainstream boards, still for enthusiasts, but maybe not so geared for extreme overclocking. They could expand their motherboard business that way and also more people would get to enjoy EVGA goodness.

I remember I had a EVGA card that needed a bios update, I took to their location in La Habra CA, not far from me, and they did right there. Apple did the the same for me replacing a old white MacBook when I was in Las Vegas doing a major presentation. You appreciate companies that actually do something for you and understand it's important to you. I still use a EVGA 1050ti in my Ryzen 5600G build as card for using handbrake to encode, not for display. That was the magic about EVGA, knowing that you as a individual person, took care of it without a RMA form, or playing email tag. One call to a live person, and the problem was solved.

I want to have a Evga board in a future build. Really hope they make consumer boards not just these ultra price boards

It’s definitely a specialized board and it looks great. I hope they release sort of “XC” class of motherboard at some point. Their engineering is amazing, but it’s way beyond what I would ever use.

I'd really love it if the 24 pin and 8 pin being on the right side of the board became the norm for all mobos in all price ranges. It makes the 8 pin more accessible and having them turned makes for much cleaner cable management. It could end up being just the GPU cable/s that are visible in builds.

I hope they do make am5 boards eventually. Would love to have one whenever I upgrade

Their motherboards are really hard to find in europe (including their own store) so i understand why they don't sell that many. I would love to see some AM5 boards in the future with better supply here.

I really hope EVGA picks up on AMD stuff. I would love to have a solid, reliable EVGA AMD motherboard and possible AMD graphics card. The last PC I built was a 5930K system with all EVGA parts. PSU, motherboard and GPUs, which were dual 980ti (that I still have). It all seemlessly worked. I wasn't crazy about the motherboard not having 4 pin fan headers, but I used a fan hub anyway. I'm still holding onto my EVGA 3090ti until its no longer viable or it dies.

Oh EVGA. I had all my GPU's from you, so seeing your name just makes me sad that I can't get GPU's anymore :(

Seems simple to me. EVGA is out of the GPU market, blow up the MB market. High end to low(er) end. The last EVGA MB I had personally was the EVGA X58 SLI Classified, so that was a while ago. I'd have gone EVGA for my AM4 setup but they were late and limited. I have always appreciated the thought they put into their products, for a long time they had a pretty good edge over others. Also their customer service has completely outshown the competition. Jacob has been incredible. I honestly am not sure what I'm going to do with them out of the GPU market.

EVGA is one of those companies that seems to obsessively care more about their products than anyone else, even if it costs them extra to make something. It is a solid company.

Cool to see the new Z790 getting out there for reviews. I was lucky enough to be able to buy one when they launched it during their overclocking stream and so far it's been fantastic.

evga excelled in the main stream GPU market. They could really do the same in the MB market. I wish they would participate more in that arena.

My very first build I bought an EVGA board off ebay in addition to 2x evga gcards brand new. The board was physically damaged on arrival and the good folks at EVGA made an exception for me and repaired it for me through rma. I will always remember their service and for that promote them positively.

Jayz is always so happy when he is handling Kingpin stuff hehe.

Very cool board, even though I don't care much for all the overclocking and tuning things, simply having all those cable management features and space optimizations makes it awesome

The only brand that deserves its price tag - EVGA! Keep it up and even better, if it is possible!

I wish more motherboards would turn the CPU socket like that. Cause with RAM out of the way air flow can run directly around the CPU.

I just finished a build for a friend with the Z690 Kingpin motherboard. First time I ever touched liquid metal for cooling. I was giddy proud how it turned out. I just wish that EVGA motherboards had more support with RGB software.

The only time I was unhappy with an EVGA product was a Z97 board (I think it was an FTW), and I had 3 straight RMAs for the m.2 slot not booting. Bought an ASUS and no issues. It'd be cool if EVGA launched a more mid-grade motherboard, but it is also cool that they are leaning so hard into the enthusiast market.

i like what they did with the ARGB header and..they got 4 instead of 2 as well!..most boards stop at 2...its not enough if u attach other accessories/strips. Otherwise, even if not overclocking, their port/pin placements are a huge help to QOL, if only other brands learn some sense in designing stuff..

If evga launches an am5 board, I will swap mine without a second thought. I've had a z77 stinger in daily operation for 10 years with no hiccups. I will gladly do the same with future evga boards.

With how finnicky some DDR5 can be at higher speeds, having the 2 DIMM slots built for overclocking would be a great peace-of-mind feature for anyone wanting to run really fast 7200/7600/7800+ MT/s memory!

I really liked Jay's comments about the board plus the modern history of mobos, some of which Id missed because its been something like 15 years since I built a new machine~ (i went from an Opteron 1200 series to a Ryzen 5, its a hell of a leap...) Id love to see EVGA making AMD mobos for AM5 and beyond...maybe something down in the lower price tiers so the average builder can get one....(with 3+ NVME slots pls)

I probably would consider this if they made one for an AMD. Though I'm not completely decided on going AMD or Intel when my build my next rig in the Summer time, it's very likely going to be DDR-5 AMD.

I'd love to see EVGA make some non-enthusiast boards that compete with Asus Prime series. I'd happily pay an extra $30-$40 for an EVGA board in exchange for knowing that if anything goes wrong they'll take care of me, but as of now like... their boards all kinda give me an ultra-enthusiast vibe. I don't know anything about the motherboard industry or supply chains, so it's conceivable that a company like EVGA simply cannot compete on price on more budget boards, but if it's at all possible I'd be stoked.

If there was one way "GPU Art" could come back in a way, it would be taking the clear window idea from the early 10s cases and putting it behind the motherboard that only had the necessary structure for the standoffs so you could see the back of these beautiful boards and still hide cables, would give people more of an incentive to modify and customise them in their builds!

Just upgraded to an EVGA power supply, and have decided to use EVGA for hardware whenever possible moving forward. Quality company deserves quality support.

Ram is on top. That is a good idea. I like that placement. Taking advantage of upward cooling. It make a lot of sense with newer cases all being blocked front panels (Glass to see the RGB fans. ) Ryzen 6/7 I might upgrade. I like my 570 board but I am air cooler limited. Ram gets in the way. This looks nice.

As long as EVGA is trying to do the right thing for consumers, I'll absolutely shop their products first. Thank you for not doing the same price gouging during the crisis as the others.

KingPin EVGA GPUs RIP :'(. I f**king loved those GPUs...

Really hope they come out with an AM5 socket. I'm running an AM5 build right now and would love to get this board to replace this early-adopter gigabyte b650.

Would love to see EVGA making AMD/AM5 boards as well.

Still using Z390 Dark and I am looking at it through the DG-86 window every day. Their Dark motherboards are extremely well built and look amazing!

EVGA's motherboard division only brought 3% to the company because there are not a lot of people who would pay 800$ for a motherboard, 800$ for the one that you presented and there's another one at 700$ the EVGA Z790 CLASSIFIED. IF they were to make cheaper boards at 200-250$ boards people would buy them due to the excellent quality EVGA provides. Their AM4 boards are no longer present on their site and on Amazon they still cost over 500$...

I think it's neat to see a mobo with power eset switches on them. An old trick that I used though for mobo testing outside a case was that I salvaged a power eset switch from an old case I tore apart. Just needed to plug it into the mobo headers and I was good to go.

I really like the enthusiast stuff, sadly most of it is waaaaaay outta my price range for motherboards and not something I'd practically use most of. Really wish EVGA had some cheaper options for more "Normal" use cases.

Excited to hear an update on the EVGA tribute build!

EVGA is one of few brands I hear sincere favorable reviews about. Haven't had the chance to upgrade my old DDR3 gen rig and not looking forward to be in the tail end of AM4/DDR4 gen hardware. So I'll be saving to buy something that both lasts a good several years while not everything outdated once I require one new component.

Where ever Vince ends up, I won't be far behind. I would kill for an AM5 vince board. Hell I want to find ac many of those "test bench layout" boards as I can and make a wall.

Thanks for good vids as always . I was thinking about if EVGA could help some other less know GPU companies so Navidia and amd could get some competition. Could also be fun to see other GPU manufacture (if there is) out there.

Going to be getting my hands on one of these for my next build. I really hope EVGA sticks around in the market. They sound like a great company, and their products are usually top-tier.

Happy to see EVGA still makes products after breaking ties with NVIDIA

At 12:45 EST February 5th. Newegg has this board at $500. I know some folks aren't thrilled about that retailer, but it's a great price

I plan on supporting EVGA in any endeavor they start doing . So far I have one of their PSUs ... Quality company for sure !!

Omg that is the most beautiful board I've ever seen. Another amazing kingpin product that I can only drool over in videos.

I love EVGA but I don't think their motherboard strategy is working. Making niche $600+ board is not going to sell. They need to make mid range products like B760 or B650E to get the market's attention. If they don't do that, then I fear that the mobo division won't be around for much longer.

EVGA is the best brand. Love their PSU, still rocking a Titanium 1000w PSU from them to this day and it never failed me. Their GPUs were my favorite as well... It's such a shame they stopped making them. I hope they never run out of business.

There are quite a few issues for EVGA this hardware generation. Aside from the obvious lack of GPU sales, they're releasing boards for Intel's chips that have been out for a few months. Coupled with no board for AMD yet, they're releasing them into a relatively mature cycle. Not sure how many would want to buy them. Hopefully next time they'll be released earlier.

I have both x570 dark and z590 dark, I can’t wait to get the z790 on the test bench

I'm rooting for you EVGA!

I love EVGA and Kingpin. I really hope they stay around

All mobos should have all the power connectors together. It makes it look better, and, I’m, guessing better for instillation.

Love the touch of the kingpin boxes in the back

You don't actually have to remove the GPU to access the NVME slots because you can mount the GPU in the slot on the other side of them and it will act just as if it was in the slot nearest the CPU. This board is designed primarily for SPUs with 20 PCIE lanes, 16 for the GPU and 4 for the first NVMe, the other two NVMe drives are covered by the PCH. If only one of the 16x slots is populated the other one is turned off. Of course, mounting the GPU away from the CPU will block the 4x PCIE slot that is hidden under a cover as shipped.

Awesome look, and love the ammount of SATA connectors, but it looks like it will be very challenging to put aircoolers on.

Im old and did my last overclocking on the last DFI LanParty Motherboard made, I miss DFI, the kingpin reminds me of those boards.

Here's an idea to solve ALL the "Graphics Cards getting in the way issues".... Make GPUs external only with a dedicated specifically built connecter (not Thunderbolt or USB-C crap) to connect it with the MB. GPUs can then also use a separate Power Supply to further reduce the ever increasing watts demand for PSUs.

Always use Koolance QDC's when water cooling. Gen 4 or Gen 6 QD4's with 13mm (1/2in) ID, 19mm (3/4in) OD for best flow (Gen 6 - improved durability, and can operate in a wider temperature range. They are available with EPDM or Viton seals)

That board would look good in the singularity computers case since it is all acrylic and would allow that beautiful back to be shown

Evga bought me over with their supernova 850w g2 It's last over 10 years since I built my 4790k pc (still going)

They needed the box cooler in the inductions because manybover clockers keep the same board for 1 or 2 generations and first boot is with the crap cooler

My all time build from an asthetics was the EVGA SR2 with a custom hardpiped water loop......back in the dayyy i tihnk it was the X5690 CPUs i used. EVGA makes awesome stuff. Loved the dual socket was insane back in the day. Previous insane dual socket was the Abit BP6 W/ Dual Celeron 300A's at 550MHZ, another crazy build setup.

I had an EVGA board for my 2600K many years ago. I run team red almost exclusively now, so the only way I am buying an EVGA board is if they build a new AM5 unit. I love that old one though - really good hardware.

In this case for taking out the GPU to get the m.2 drive. The best way to go would be quick disconnect water cooling setup. This way no major water draining and refilling mishaps. Just disconnect work on the m.2 drive. Quick reconnect done.

Beautiful MB, looking forward to see that build.

I would seriously love to see EVGA start making Mini ITX or Mini DTX motherboards. I feel like they're the one company that has never entered the space, and I feel like they'd have a lot to offer (possible space for more RAM slots, recessed pins, etc.)

I still have an EVGA X58 classified in one of my computers. Good boards, only getting better

It wouldn't be a JayzTwoCents unboxing without him strugglebussing the opening of a box in some way.

Looking good Jay. Love the glasses!

I agree with the SSD explanation. I just now installed a Gen 4 SSD as they're finally cheap enough to get. So I moved all my M.2 SSD's down the stack. I also have a watercooled GPU. I was able to move all 3 of my M.2 SSD's without having to remove the GPU. I may not buy EVGA Motherboards, but I always recommend and buy their Power Supplies.

That's probably the coolest mobo I've seen. I'd like to do an AM5 build on that as well

About MB back.~08:20 Would be nice to see build, with some case existing case places cut outs and glass side panel with some lights. I think, next level!

Really wanting to upgrade to an AMD x3d processor later this year. Hope evga enters that sphere for motherboards so I can make a purchase from them on this build.

I have a EVGA GPU and case that is wall mounted I love EVGA products keep it up guys.

Great piece of ingenuity. Wanted to purchase an am4 board from EVGA to show support until I saw the price. I realise they are mostly made for OCers, which I don't do. Maybe I'll get one for a future build cause of other features I'd lije. We'll see :). In meantime I'll probably get something else they make to show support.

that brushed metal on the back would be nice for that EVGA build with the carbon fiber case

I still hope for the X670 board. Was holding off on upgrading only to be left uncertain. All the best for EVGA

“The mother of all boards” Grandmotherboard

I completely overlooked evga when I was looking for a motherboard and since my new build is still waiting a few months for a gpu I may go ahead and look into grabbing me a evga board. This board does look really thought out and since they arent focusing on gpus anymore they could become top motherboard company. I like how this board looks not alot of flashy bells and whistles but made with class.

I have always wanted a kingpin board, I have no reason for one. But I do love the look and functionality of them. I just don't overclock to that extreme. It was be an amazing board that is never used but looks fucking amazing.

i bought an EVGA z590 only for the view, i really love the estetic of this mobos, and i just want to have it in my pc, for an all black build is the perfect match

I would be interested in a mid range mainboard from evga. Top tier is all fine and good , but what about us normal folks that dont do the crazy overclocking and who might want a evga mainboard for the daily driver PC ? I believe the market is there :)

Black and gold? Good to see Kingpin is a man of taste.

Great, Please remind the performance physical looking so awesome it's reliable.

Oh neat, so is Kingpin still working there but on just mobos now? Exciting, he seems like a lovely man.

I would love to see a build that’s like gold and kinda olive green-ish like the armor on the motherboard that’s water cooled with gold fittings and black tubing idk what case though.

i would buy a b550 from EVGA if they made one... I loved this "mesh" vrm heatsink desing

I wish to have such supportive USB with mobo for years now....excellent move and I hope more OEM will follow...

I won a Z690 Classified from one of EVGA's twitch streams. Still need some DDR5 (and a case would be good too) to use it. But it looks super nice. And lots of fun stuff to play with on it. Someday I'll be able to use it...

I got the z790 classified, and you can tell they made this for themselves, gamers. It's a heavy card because they have beefy cooling and a metal backplate for the motherboard. They designed these two cards with a lot of handy features in the BIOS which I like, but threw me off since I haven't had an EVGA motherboard since the X99 days (don't remember why I switched to ASUS). It comes with BIOS recovery and drivers on a 16GB thumb drive, which is handy if necessary. Edit: Why did I go back to EVGA? They were my goto for graphics, so after Nvidia put the squeeze on them, I'm showing support by purchasing their motherboard. That reminds me, I need to register this card!

Like you, I'm in that waiting line for a AM5 Dark. EVGA has been the ONLY company for me to go to for PS, MB, and VC's.

Whatever you do next, I hope we get to see as much of the build process as possible and I hope it has lots of cool pipes.

Passive cooling, Steve. Passive.

im loving my x570 EVGA FTW MOBO. although some of the inputs were at right angles instead of head on and i had to use a dremel on my case in a few places to create space for plugging in cables. gonna keep my 3080 rtx EVGA ftw3 ultra in there until they get back into making gpus

Wouldn't have guessed the words dark and kingpin would be on it, but damn that test board/diagram reference board map is a must want on every board costing 100s

I’ve always liked that brand. You feel quality in every single sec when you inspect it

Making the mother of all boards here jay. Can't fret over every chip