ASRock Phantom Gaming Z790 Nova WiFi DDR5
ATX Z790 board for LGA1700 CPUs, DDR5 memory, BIOS Flashback included.
The Phantom Gaming Z790 Nova WiFi DDR5 is ASRock's storage-focused enthusiast Z790 board, and its headline feature is six M.2 slots, more than any other board in this batch.
Official India stock. Full warranty through the brand's India service network, standard RMA if anything goes wrong.
Full specs
DDR5 memory kits
Where to buy ASRock Phantom Gaming Z790 Nova WiFi DDR5 in India
Expect to pay roughly ₹32,100-35,400 for the ASRock Phantom Gaming Z790 Nova WiFi DDR5 in India right now, depending on offers and seller. I always recommend buying from retailers that give a proper GST invoice - it's what makes your India warranty claim smooth later.
In my years running a PC store, PrimeABGB (Mumbai) and Vedant Computers (Kolkata) have also been consistently reliable for verified stock - compare before buying.
ASRock Phantom Gaming Z790 Nova WiFi DDR5 Review India: Six M.2 Slots at ₹33,395
Six M.2 Slots Is the Whole Pitch
Most Z790 boards, including ASRock's own Steel Legend, top out around four M.2 slots. The Nova WiFi doubles down on storage with one Blazing M.2 Gen5x4 slot plus five Hyper M.2 Gen4x4 slots, one of which also supports SATA. That's six NVMe-capable slots on a single ATX board, which is unusual even at this price tier.
For most gaming builds this is overkill, and I'd say so directly rather than talk you into needing it. But if your build plan includes a boot drive, a dedicated game library drive, a working-files drive, and maybe a Plex or local backup drive, all without touching a SATA cable, the Nova is one of the few boards on the market that lets you do that cleanly. ASRock backs this with a toolless multi-layer M.2 heatsink system, so swapping drives doesn't mean fighting with tiny screws under a GPU.
VRM and GPU Support
The Nova pairs its storage focus with genuine enthusiast-grade power delivery: a 20+1+1 phase design using 90A SPS stages, cooled by two XXL heatsink blocks, one of which uses an active fan connected via heatpipe. That's meaningfully more headroom than the Steel Legend's 16+1+1 60A setup, and it puts the Nova firmly in the territory of running a 14900K or 13900K at a real sustained overclock without VRM throttling concerns.
ASRock also reinforces the primary PCIe x16 slot on the Nova, a detail that matters more than it sounds. Heavy GPUs like the RTX 4080/5080-class cards have real weight, and slot reinforcement reduces the risk of PCB flex or connector wear over years of use, especially relevant if your case sits somewhere it gets bumped or moved.
India Pricing
₹32,000–34,500 at EliteHubs, with PrimeABGB carrying similar stock. This puts it close to the MSI MPG Z790 Carbon WiFi in price, and the comparison is a fair one: the Carbon leans into styling and audio, the Nova leans into storage and VRM.
Who Should Buy / Who Should Skip
Buy this if you want maximum M.2 storage on a single board, you're running a 14900K or 13900K and want VRM headroom for sustained overclocks, or you're future-proofing storage without wanting to touch SATA cables.
Skip this if you only need two or three NVMe drives, in which case the Steel Legend WiFi DDR5 gets you similar core performance for roughly ₹5,000 less.
Questions
All six M.2 slots can run NVMe drives, though one slot shares bandwidth with SATA, so check your exact configuration in the manual if you're also using SATA drives. In a pure NVMe setup, six slots are usable.
For a 13600KF specifically, yes, it's more than you need. The Nova's VRM headroom is built for 14900K/13900K-class chips pushed hard. A 13600KF is better matched to the Steel Legend or even the Pro RS.
The primary PCIe x16 slot and the Blazing M.2 slot both run PCIe Gen5, giving you Gen5 support on both your GPU slot and your fastest storage slot.