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The delivery set, traditionally for these boards, is minimal – a user manual, a quality certificate, branded stickers on the battery, a disk with drivers, a pair of SATA cables and screws for fixing M.2 drives with gaskets for single-sided models. An external antenna for the pre-installed Intel Wi-Fi 6 module is located in a separate bag.
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Intel’s new 12th generation processors are particularly demanding on the power subsystem and its cooling, so this required a significant change in these aspects of the board. In this article, we will get acquainted with a miniITX board from ASUS, which is capable not only of working with the latest 8 + 8-core Intel, but also with high-speed DDR5 memory. Not without an active system, but not only in it. Let’s move on to exploring the ASUS ROG STRIX Z690-I Gaming WiFi!
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ASUS ProArt Z690-Creator WiFi comes in a box with a Creator series design – in black with golden inserts that form the name of the series. On the front side, you can also find out the full name of the model and see several logos of the technologies used.
On the back of the box, the manufacturer posted technical specifications and highlighted several key features of the model – these are the presence of two Thunderbolt 4 ports in the Type-C version (40 Gbps each), the presence of two built-in network adapters with speeds of 2.5 Gbps and 10 Gbps. c, support for PCIe standard 5.0 with the main x16 slot, support for four M.2 drives with PCIe standard 4.0, as well as support for the ASUS Control Center Express software package.
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ASUS Prime Z690M-Plus D4 is supplied in a box with an updated Prime design, which is also relevant for some other motherboards based on the Intel Z690 chipset. The manufacturer changed the design from the black and blue color scheme to gray. The name of the board, its image, as well as a set of logos of the technologies used are placed on the front side of the box.
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With the release of the NDA of Intel Alder Lake’s 12th generation Core to processor and Z690 chipset, GIGABYTEZ690AORUS XTREME flagship motherboard is also on the scene!! Inherited from the ARORUS XTREME series motherboard’s consistent luxury-grade VRM design, equipped with straight-out 21-phase 105A ultra-luxury power module, while the full board provides an extremely complete cooling solution, from the VRM, chipset and M.2 SSD parts are all covered by the weight of the metal Heatsink, plus up to DDR5-5600 plus memory overclocking capacity, absolutely qualified to ask Z690 board throne.
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The new MSI MEGZ690 UNIFY motherboard continues the UNIFY series’ low-key, overclocking capabilities, featuring a luxurious 19-phase 105A power module and 8 layers of 2Oz copper server-grade PCBs, combined with a The giant VRM radiator, made of aluminum alloy I/O Cover, increased heat sink and heat conduction tube, ensures long-term stable operation of the power module under extremely high overclocking loads, plus the DDR5 6666MHz plus The memory overclocking capability and all-round overclocking optimization design are ideal for players who don’t like RGB lamp efficiency and pursue the ultimate performance.
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ASUS launches the new ROG Maximus Z690 HERO motherboard, which uses a 20 + 1 Power Stage design power supply module, and adds various AI automatic overclocking functions to give full play to the full potential of the new generation of CPU and DDR5 memory, providing powerful hardware specifications And have excellent overclocking capabilities. Coupled with dual Thunderbolt 4, 3 + 2 NVMe SSD slot configuration and PCIe 5.0 slot and other complete connectivity and expandability, it will hit the high-end market with the positioning of the entry flagship motherboard.
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The new Intel Z690 main board is available in DDR5 and DDR4 versions, and some players will be concerned about the new DDR5, which is not only immature, but also more important than the mainstream DDR4 This time, we’re introducing the ASROCK Z690 Extreme WiFi 6E motherboard with DDR4, and we’re supporting a full range of features such as the 3-unit M.2 SSD, Dual LAN, and WiFi 6E.
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The delivery set corresponds to the flagship product: in addition to the traditional elements such as the user manual and SATA cables, there is an antenna for the built-in Wi-Fi module, screws for M.2 slots, splitters for connecting backlights, a proprietary adapter for the front panel, bonus stickers, a flash drive ”, A keychain, a stand for a video card and a ROG Hyper M.2 card.
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This motherboard comes with full support for all Intel 12th Gen processors, DDR5 RAM, PCIe 5.0, has 2.5Gb LAN (which we’d love to see bumped up to 10Gb), and a 20+1 power stage design for stable overclocking. It’s a great place to start for building a powerful PC, so long as you don’t mind paying a little more.
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