How did ASROCK totally RUIN this motherboard ?!

Today Luke checks out the ASRock Z490 Phantom Gaming ITX TB3 motherboard. A board we simply didn’t get time to review until recently. We have been that horrified with this board that we took extra time to go over the plethora of issues and quite honestly, we don’t know where to start. On paper this board looks pretty capable, but in reality , its little short of a disaster - and we explain why. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:15 Introduction and details 01:17 Overview of the £290 Z490 Asrock board 01:56 Looks good so far, but … 03:42 Rear I/O and more problems 04:49 VRM Solution and the 30mm fans - 11,000 rpm full speed! 07:23 and another disappointing fact 08:00 Capacitors / space around socket - can we fit a good CPU cooler? 09:52 Testing - UEFI/BIOS 10:51 System build and test results 11:58 Temperatures and power 13:11 VRM - and MOSFET temp concerns - losing more than a GHZ 14:32 High end components, sub par heatsinks - VRM throttling 15:20 Overclocking test - better results than ASRock’s hideous stock setti