The reputation for emphasizing durability, including all-round performance, emphasizing the value for use, meets the needs of a wide variety of users. The design of the main board comes in a silver color scheme, alternating black PCB, emphasizing the identity of the PRIME series that looks simple enough. The motherboard supports DDR5 RAM, supports PCIe 5.0, and has a Thunderbolt™ 4 slot to use. This is the main feature.
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On motherboards with Intel 600 series chipsets, ASUS still uses the ROG Strix I series as its only choice. The high-end model of the layout is the ROG Strix Z690-I Gaming, which is based on the Z690 chipset and needs to be used with DDR5 memory. WiFi. And the configuration is not as simple as the replacement chipset of the same door B660.
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The cheapest ASUS board that passed us was the B660-Creator D4 with a price tag of 235 euros. ASUS is known to be a bit more expensive, and we can understand that in part as their bios and software experience is generally just a bit better than the rest. But B660 boards in this segment struggle with mid-range Z690 boards that often go a bit further with features.
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Asus Apex motherboards have always been designed specifically for overclocking. The Z690 version is no different and with only 2 DIMM slots, the focus is on maximum RAM performance, both for daily gaming operations and for record hunting with alternative cooling methods. Only here, according to various user reports and also in our tests, there are big differences from board to board, keyword Silicon Lottery.
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The printed circuit board is black, the surface is matte, but it is almost invisible from the front because everything is closed. There are some small cracks, but you can’t see much through them. The whole structure is very rigid and heavy because a lot of metal is used. It is clear that it has several heatsinks, but it is not light in itself because thick layers of copper are used in its production.
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Now let’s talk about monoblock . Supplied by EK Water Blocks, we are on a product that will allow in this case to cool the processor, the power stage and even the first M.2 SSD slot via a custom watercooling circuit. Be careful, this is not a product suitable for everyone, there is some work behind to be done to be able to use it. This is a monoblock designed especially for this motherboard (MSI MPG Z690 CARBON) and it is therefore not possible to use it on another reference.
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The motherboard arrives in a box in a dominant black, here no visual of the motherboard, only the Aorus logo, which is a falcon. We have blue and orange colors, the historic color of the brand. The only technical mentions are the presence of DDR4, support for the 12th generation and the presence of the B660 chipset.
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This motherboard is intended for use with 12th generation Intel Alder Lake-S processors. Indeed, we are here on a new LGA 1700 socket and only this generation of motherboard (600 series chipset) is compatible. Thus, we can for example place an i9-12900K , i7-12700K or even the i5-12600K on it to quote the references with unlocked coefficient, but this motherboard will be more suitable for non-K CPUs like the i5-12400 or why not the i9-12900. Although the B660 chipset does not allow CPU overclocking, memory OC is still possible.
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People accustomed to the TOMAHAWK range will quickly know what it is. Indeed, the packaging has not changed too much compared to the generation before. First, on the front, we find the missile with this color gradient of the most beautiful effect. As for the back, we find the specifications of the card, an overview of the I/O and a few other features.
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ITX motherboards are coming with more complex design and detailed aesthetics, and this MSI MEG Z690I UNIFY is an example of the former. Until recently, ITX motherboards had 2 M.2 slots at most, and this model includes a total of 3. Without giving up an elegant and discreet aesthetic based on the black color that is very characteristic of the UNIFY series.
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