ASUS Prime Z690-A LGA 1700(Intel 12th) ATX Motherboard (16+1 DrMOS,PCIe 5.0,DDR5,4X M.2, Intel 2.5 Gb LAN,USB 3.2 Gen 2 Front Panel Type-C,Thunderbolt™ 4,Aura Sync RGB Lighting)

After 10 years of having the same computer build, it was time for an upgrade. I was hesitant to get this board because of a few reviews where people said that you should update the BIOS right away before you do anything else. I didnt do that. I just built my new gaming computer, pressed the power button, and hoped for the best. This board didnt disappoint. It took a moment longer than I expected to boot to the BIOS but when it finally did, I was so happy. I installed Windows 10 Home and then updated that. I updated my GPU driver to the most recent driver. Some minor tweaks and now everything is running better than I expected.

Great mobo. It doesn’t come without its issues. Main one is ram. Easy fix if you know what to do. For everyone getting the dram debug light. Install one stick. It will cycle a few times. Get into bios and change vdd and vddq voltage. 1.2 for up to 4800mhz. 1.4 for 4800mhz. Save settings. Turn off, install other ram. A2 and b2 slots(grey). Then it will cycle a few times again. Then wala good to go. Ignore the 1star reviews. As of recently it supports 13th gen out of box. There’s on final bios update that addresses the bugs.

In general, its a good mobo.

Es muy buena motherboard, las características que ofrece y conectividad no las ofrece fácilmente otra motherboard de algún otro fabricante en esta misma gama y por el precio realmente vale la pena,

EDIT: With the bios update, it now supports 5600 mhz DDR5

I have this mobo with intel i7 12700k

4 slots for m.2 is great since I have stopped using SATA altogether, has all features to overclock but I havent overclocked yet, running my i7 12700k smoothly, has the usb-c type E Thunderbolt for my PC Case Header, has everything I need, had to update bios again for stability but is expected since it is new to market.

Good motherboard with good VRM cooling. Only thing is I wish they could have squeezed another USB 3.0 slot in there- but otherwise I am very pleased with this Mobo

Ive had this board running for several months now and its solid, typical of my experience with Asus products. Smooth installation and configuration, no problems to date at all.

Missing a f panel pin but it’s all good I’m never gonna use it any ways but other than that absolutely awesome