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 will be a bit of a lengthy review. I received this board for a new PC build and got to work. The board looks very nice aesthetically. Unfortunately my board was defective, and it took me several hours to realize that the issue was with the motherboard. The issue I was having was that the mouse pointer would be stuck on the screen, rapidly shaking back and forth. These are the steps I took to narrow it down to a defective motherboard:

Ease of installation, many BIOS/UEFI options. Also, very good choice to buy it second hand from Amazon.

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

Has your Z690 functions and multiple fan headers for those who have a handful of fans and no fan hub and has been kicking strong since purchase. The Lighting is subtle but really gets blocked off my the rear fan which may just be due to my PC case.

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.

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.

Much better than the z690-p. Works well and comes with a few features you see on a high end board, including OCing.

I love the way this mobo looks in my white build! Havent had any issues after heavy use. The only downside I could dig up was the fact that it doesnt have onboard wifi or Bluetooth. You have to buy that separately. But that aside its amazing.

Sturdy and beautiful motherboard, the design is great too, but you must be gentle when installing it in the tower case, since it has some sharp edges that might hurt your hand.

In general, its a good mobo.