ASRock Z690 PG Riptide – HardwareCooking

In terms of connectivity, we have 6 USB Type-A ports at the back, two of which are 2.0 and four others are USB 3.2. We also have two 16x PCIe slots, the first is PCIe Gen5 compatible and the second is Gen4. For M.2 format SSDs, we have three slots. The first two are PCIe Gen4 x4 compatible and the last is PCIe Gen3 and SATA. Note that only the first slot has a heatsink to prevent thermal throttling . For the other slots, nothing prevents you from using heat sinks that can be purchased from various brands.

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