THE NEW KING OF GAMING

Rule supreme with the Z690 AORUS gaming motherboards. The new king of gaming platform continues the legendary AORUS bloodline with the most robust power delivery and dominant thermal design, glorified with the complete memory overclocking technology to crown your PC with the best Alder Lake's performance in all its gaming glory.

FEATURES

• Supports 12th Gen Intel® Core™ Series Processors
• Dual Channel Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR4, 4 DIMMs
• 16+1+2 Direct Digital VRM Design with 90A Power Stage* and Tantalum Polymer Capacitor
• Fully Covered Thermal Design with High Coverage MOSFET Heatsinks
• Intel® WIFI 6 802.11ax 2T2R & BT5 with AORUS Antenna
• Hi-Fi Audio with ALC4080 and WIMA Audio Capacitors
• Fast 2.5GbE LAN with Bandwidth Management
• 4× Ultra-Fast NVMe PCIe 4.0*/3.0 x4 M.2 with Enlarged Thermal Guard
• SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen2×2 TYPE-C delivers up to 20Gb/s transfer spe­eds
• RGB FUSION 2.0 with Multi-Zone Addressable LED Light Show Design, Support Addressable LED & RGB LED Strips
• Smart Fan 6 Features Multiple Temperature Sensors , Hybrid Fan Headers with FAN STOP
• Q-Flash Plus Update BIOS without Installing the CPU, Memory and Graphics Card

SPECIFICATIONS

• CPU:
  • LGA1700 socket: Support for 12th Generation Intel® Core™ i9 processors/Intel® Core™ i7 processors/Intel® Core™ i5 processors
  • L3 cache varies with CPU
• Chipset: Intel® Z690 Express Chipset
• Memory:
  • DDR4 5600(O.C.)/ 5400(O.C.)/ 5333(O.C.)/ DDR4 5133(O.C­.)/DDR4 5000(O­.C.)/4933(O.C­.)/4800(O.C.)/ 4700(O.C.)/ 4600(O.C.)/ 4500(O.C.)/ 4400(O.C.)/ 4300(O.C.)/4266(O­.C.) / 4133(O.C.) / 4000(O.C.) / 3866(O.C.) / 3800(O.C.) / 3733(O.C.) / 3666(O.C.) / 3600(O.C.) / 3466(O.C.) / 3400(O.C.) / 3333(O.C.) / 3300(O.C.) / 3200 / 3000 / 2933 / 2800 / 2666 / 2400 / 2133 MHz memory modules
  • 4 x DDR DIMM sockets supporting up to 128 GB (32 GB single DIMM capacity) of system memory
  • Dual channel memory architecture
  • Support for ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)
  • Support for non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules
  • Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules
• Onboard Graphics:
  • Integrated Graphics Processor-Intel® HD Graphics support:
    • 1 x DisplayPort, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096×2304@60 Hz
      • Support for DisplayPort 1.2 version and HDCP 2.3
    • Graphics specifications may vary depending on CPU support.
• Audio:
  • Realtek® ALC4080 CODEC
  • High Definition Audio
  • 2-channel analog output
  • Support for S/PDIF Out
    • 7.1-channel digital signals
      • Actual output of digital signals may vary depending on the playback content and software used, and an external DAC is required.
• LAN: Intel® 2.5GbE LAN chip (2.5 Gbps/1 Gbps/100 Mbps)
• Wireless Communication module:
  • Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX200:
    • WIFI a, b, g, n, ac, ax, supporting 2.4/5 GHz Dual-Band
    • BLUETOOTH 5.2
    • Support for 11ax 160MHz wireless standard and up to 2.4 Gbps data rate
      • Actual data rate may vary depending on environment and equipment.
• Expansion Slots:
  • 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16) (The PCIEX16 slot conforms to PCI Express 5.0 standard.)
  • 2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x4 (PCIEX4_1, PCIEX4_2) (The PCIEX4 slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)
• Multi-Graphics Technology: Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFire™ and 2-Way AMD CrossFire™ technologies
• Storage Interface:
  • CPU:
    • 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280/22110 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2A_CPU)
  • Chipset:
    • 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2C_SB)
    • 2 x M.2 connectors (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280/22110 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2P_SB/M2Q_SB)
    • 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
  • Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
    • Refer to “2–8 Internal Connectors,” for the installation notices for the M.2 and SATA connectors.
  • Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready
    • System acceleration with Intel® Optane™ Memory can only be enabled on the M.2 connectors supported by the Chipset.
• USB:
  • Chipset:
    • 2 x USB Type-C® ports, with USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 support (1 port on the back panel, 1 port available through the internal USB header)
    • 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red) on the back panel
  • Chipset+2 USB 3.2 Gen 1 Hubs:
    • 6 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header)
  • Chipset+2 USB 2.0 Hub:
    • 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB headers)
• Internal I/O Connectors:
  • 1 × 24-pin ATX main power connector
  • 1 × 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
  • 1 × 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
  • 1 x CPU fan header
  • 1 x water cooling CPU fan header
  • 4 x system fan headers
  • 2 x system fan/water cooling pump headers
  • 2 x addressable LED strip headers
  • 2 x RGB LED strip headers
  • 4 x M.2 Socket 3 connectors
  • 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
  • 1 x front panel header
  • 1 x front panel audio header
  • 1 x USB Type-C® header, with USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 support
  • 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header
  • 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
  • 1 x noise detection header
  • 2 x Thunderbolt™ add-in card connectors
  • 1 x Trusted Platform Module header (For the GC-TPM2.0 SPI/GC-TPM2.0 SPI 2.0 module only)
  • 1 x power button
  • 1 x reset button
  • 1 x Q-Flash Plus button
  • 2 x temperature sensor headers
  • 1 x reset jumper
  • 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
  • All fan headers are subject to support AIO_Pump, Pump and high performance fan with the capability of delivering up to 2A/12V @ 24W.
• Back Panel Connectors:
  • 1 x USB Type-C® port, with USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 support
  • 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red)
  • 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
  • 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
  • 2 x SMA antenna connectors (2T2R)
  • 1 x DisplayPort
  • 1 x RJ-45 port
  • 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
  • 2 x audio jacks
• I/O Controller: iTE® I/O Controller Chip
• H/W Monitoring:
  • Voltage detection
  • Temperature detection
  • Fan speed detection
  • Water cooling flow rate detection
  • Fan fail warning
  • Fan speed control
    • Whether the fan (pump) speed control function is supported will depend on the fan (pump) you install.
  • Noise detection
• BIOS:
  • 1 × 256 Mbit flash
  • Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS
  • PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0
• Unique Features:
  • Support for APP Center
    • @BIOS
    • EasyTune
    • Fast Boot
    • Game Boost
    • ON/OFF Charge
    • RGB Fusion
    • Smart Backup
    • System Information Viewer
  • Support for Q-Flash Plus
  • Support for Q-Flash
  • Support for Xpress Install
• Bundled Software:
  • Norton® Internet Security (OEM version)
  • cFosSpeed
• Operating System: Support for Windows 10 64-bit
• Form Factor: ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm