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)

This does NOT work 13th Gen CPU (unless your BIOS is over ver. 2004), kind of a crapshoot, sure to get better over time. But if not, the only way to update it is to have a 12th gen cpu on hand to boot and do bios installs first.

Pros: supports windows 11, works with i9 13900K. Installed Noctua NH-D15 easy. I recommend attaching the back plate of the cooler first, installing the motherboard in the case second, connecting CPU power cables third, and only then installing the cooler. I recommend using PSU that support PCU power x2. For example, EVGA Supernova 750 P6 or similar. BIOS was updated automatically - intiated by Windows 11 as optional update.

after setup, a fresh install of Windows started getting a blue screen of death running stock, with no overclock. updated all drivers and firmware which reduced the constant bluescreens to daily instead of every few minutes. Searched online, and all error codes say bad Ram, returned a brand new Corsair Vengeance 5200 for Corsair Dominator which was specifically on the list of supported ram. After getting it back online with the new ram, still bluescreening daily. The system is completely unreliable.

I cant believe that I have to say this but read the specs for what you are going to buy BEFORE you buy it. How can someone give this motherboard a 1-star rating when it is being returned b/c DDR5 RAM is almost impossible to find? One more thing...this board is for the new LGA 1700 socket which makes it, Ready for 12th Gen Intel Core processors + Windows 11 + PCIe 5.0 support + DDR5 RAM ONLY. Dont forget this when you buy your CPU cooler regardless if you choose to go with AIO liquid or air.

I initially had issues with overclocking. I discovered if I enabled Extreme Memory Profiles (XMP) to overclock the memory, I also have to enable serial presence detect (SPD). Prior to that discovery the MOBOmemory was unstable and the memory failed the Passmark Memtest After that fix, the system remained unstable, and I thought it was due to CPU overclocking however,the system still crashed with all overclocking turned off. Diags on the CPU say it was fine. It could have been a driver issues but event viewer points toward hardware as such I requested a replacement board. The replacement MOBO did not fix the issue. The issue was that I could not disable sleep mode, as the power setting keeps resetting, and the computer reboots rather than to go to sleep. Asus tech support was not much help, but Microsoft tech support zeroed in on the issue immediately. I had to disable CPU C-states on the MOBO. Im keeping the MOBO as I dont think the hardware is bad, but it definitely needs a new BIOS update on top of the one that just came out on March 10, 2022

The main M1 SSD didnt work. It didnt detect the SSD. I chose not to send the product to support knowing well how bad the support is. It worked in another slot though. Everything else seems to be working fine.

Works great after a couple of days troubleshooting.

It blows my mind that this board doesnt come with key features that hurt my soul that gaming board this modern dont have Bluetooth or wifi chip

Excelente placa para overclock y soporte ram. Lamentable que no tenga flashbios para los que desean usar directamente gen 13. Lo positivo que la actualización a 13gen es impecable. Yo pasé de un 12700k a 13600kf sin problemas y de 5600mhz de ram DDR5 a 6400 mhz cl36 (2x16), lo malo que esa compatibilidad no la tienen documentada, pero me arriesgué y fue lo mejor, y el 13600kf lo tengo en 5.6/4.4 all cores estable! y uncore 49. (con buen AIO), impresionante!! (auque quizás mi proce es de los buenos en lotería de silicio). A propósito, otras de las cosas positivas que se mencionan poco, que tiene compatibilidad de cooler para diseños anteriores, como 1151, lo cuál me salvo cuando me la compré (no tuve que cambiar cooler ni comprar un adaptador). Hermoso diseño, su cantidad de puertos M2, y sin conflictos con los Sata, y 3 puertos argb. Pero otra cosa realmente negativa y es un desbalance técnico evidente, que a pesar de tener demasiados puertos para FAN (lo cúal es bueno), en la bios no puedes configurar el objetivo a ventilar de acuerdo a la temperatura monitorizada, de hecho, en ninguna parte te indican cuál es para los FAN de gabinete ¿es por temperatura cpu o motherboard?. Otro punto negativo que comparte con otras placas asus con algunas GPU rtx de gama alta (3090 en mi caso), es que tener ASPM activado genera errores en windows, por lo que hay que desactivarlo, lo cuál tampoco está documentado o se considera en la configuración optima por defecto.

The motherboard came DOA it would not post after completing all troubleshooting steps through ASUS they said I could RMA it just to state that it would take up too 10 business days plus shipping time. I think that is disgraceful and have switched to an MSI Board.