Those of you considering Intel's new Arrow Lake chips should check out the best Z890 motherboard, the Asus ROG Maximus Z890 Hero. It's a titan of a mobo with a ridiculous number of ports ...

TL;DR: A Reddit user reported their ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 caught fire, causing damage to both the GPU and motherboard. The fire likely originated from a burned MLCC component.

Leo is back with another Z490 motherboard review, as today he checks out the ASUS ROG Maximus XII Hero. It's quite pricey at over £400, but how does it perform and are there any drawbacks?