The PRIME Z490-P sold by ASUS is a budget motherboard selling for $97.20 on Newegg.com as of 12/9/2025. I believe that the PRIME Z490-P is a great budget motherboard for anyone interested in a cheap yet surprisingly powerful motherboard. The PRIME Z490-P is the perfect motherboard for performance on a budget.

The PRIME Z490-P uses an LGA 1200 motherboard socket supporting 10th and 11th generation Intel Celeron, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, Core i9 and Intel Pentium Gold CPUs. The motherboard supports 4 slots of DDR4 memory at a clock speed of 4800MHz. The PRIME Z490-P  supports up to 128GB of memory which is more than decent for the average user.

Overall the PRIME Z490-P is a cheap and functional motherboard capable of delivering decent performance. The PRIME Z490-P is capable of running modern applications, games, and whatever else is thrown at it as long as the rest of the computer is up to spec. This motherboard is perfect for the every day user or anyone who wants performance on a budget.

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