ASUS ROG Strix Z690-E Gaming WiFi 6E LGA 1700(Intel 12th Gen) ATX Gaming Motherboard(PCIe 5.0,DDR5,2.5 Gb LAN,Thunderbolt 4,5xM.2,1xPCIe 5.0 M.2,ROG Hyper M.2 Card,Front Panel USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type-C)

An amazing motherboard, while plenty of newer models are now released, for the LGA 1700 socket it's easily one of the best designed visually and technically. Has everything you might need for ports, although a few more USBC would've been nice. The additional memory card is also pretty nice and has good cooling. The WIFI-6E capability is super nice to have for WIFI speeds. I ended up changing out my CPU and messed up my pins and bought it again and it was 100% worth it.

Bought this for my new build a couple of years ago. The board is still going string which speaks to its overall quality. The functionality of the board, the USB ports, the memory space, etc. are all appreciated. The connectivity to my 4k monitor is great with no issues. I don’t really use the sound components as I have other methods of playing sound through the machine. The manual does provide some information for set up, and then the user can enter it’s control panel right around boot-up time. Took me a couple of hours to set everything up, but I’m glad to have this motherboard along for the ride!

I got this to go with a i7 13700k chip. After doing some research, this offered about the same performance (some differences that I do not use), for a significantly reduced price from the Strix z790e. A quick flash of the bios (since the default bios was meant to support the 12700k chips), downloaded from Asus' website, and I was good to go. The differences between the z690e and z790e were : the amount of pcie gen 5 lanes, which almost nothing supports yet, so no biggie to me (nothing I added was gen 5), and higher ddr5 memory clock speeds (but this supported the DDR5 sticks I used). The only negative is their "Armorer" software. I went heavy on the RGB with this build (ram, fans, even rgb cable extensions for the PSU), and the Armorer software caused MAJOR issues. I thought I had defective parts, until I stumbled on a website where someone posted about their issues. Once I uninstalled Armorer, it worked fantastically (if that is, in fact a word). That is my only complaint. It still gets a 5 star review from me, just for how well it works and the price paid (I got on sale, probably trying to clear out older supplies for the next gen stuff).

An excellent motherboard! If you are shopping for this, you probably dont need to know every single detail. What stands out to me the most about this board is the attention to detail. ROG is known for being overpriced but I feel like you really get your money's worth with this board. 2 integrated M.2 slots, plenty of rear IO, an easy to use BIOS with an easy BIOS updater, an AI overclocker for your CPU (if you want that kinda thing) and some cool RGB on it as well (if you want that kinda thing). You get a detached wifi antenna, a GPU sag bracket, and a PCIE M.2 SSD expansion card (it also comes with little stuff like a keychain and stickers lol). This is a great mid-to-high tier board perfect for anyonese rig or anyone looking to get great value for their money.

This motherboard has it all. It's wifi performance has actually been so solid I never needed to connect my Ethernet from my router on the other side of the room. It's able to be BiOS flashed for 13th gen processors when those become more affordable and Armoury Crate (while a little clunky for some) hasn't done me wrong yet. Only issues I've had so far is the Bluetooth stuttered a bit with my wireless speaker I had before buying a dedicated sound system for my setup. This could be because that speaker is a few years old but I have to test further for a definitive answer. However if you use the wired audio ports to hook anything up, it'll sound wonderful as this motherboard has a better audio codec than the Z790 series (which is honestly a let down but at least this motherboard nailed it). Overall, pricey, but mine came with add-ons for extra high speed storage and a large heatsink. ASUS knows what they're doing and you're paying for not only the quality, but the easy to use tuning options afterwards too :)

This is probably my fifth or sixth Asus motherboard in many years of building my own systems. It seems to have retained the good build quality I expect from this manufacturer, and I encountered no serious problems in using it to build my new Windows 11 system. It is worth noting that, in addition to all the features listed, it has six 'native' SATA headers, four of which are RAID-compatible. Less experienced builders may want to note a couple of minor warnings: 1) The system comes with a PCI daughterboard, which accounts for two of its M2 sockets and is intended for use with high power M2 SSD Drives. The daughterboard includes very substantial heatsinks which are in close thermal contact with the installed drives and are designed to (and should) enhance the SSDs' reliability by greatly reducing their risk of overheating. There are also three other more conventional M2 sockets under shields on the motherboard itself. The screws/clips which are used to secure the M2 cards in their sockets are packed separately in small inner bags in a 'hardware' bag. The ones to be used in the daughterboard are small flat silver screws with washers; the ones to be used on the main motherboard are somewhat longer screws with black plastic clips. The screws have identical threads, so it is possible to use them in the wrong places, but this does not work well! The documentation could be clearer on this. 2) If you update the BIOS to the current version downloaded from the manufacturer's website (recommended - mine came with a very old version of the BIOS), be aware that the process takes a surprisingly long time (a few minutes). If you use the BIOS's built-in EZ-Flash program, you will be reassured by the screen displaying progress reports. If you use the 'plug in a USB drive and press the button' option, all you get is a flashing LED, and a LOT of patience is required.

It has a fantastic feature set, but the description on the site is wrong. It doesn't support 5 nvmes, it supports 3, 2 of which are supposed to be usable without underclocking the pci-e to 8x from 16x. It has an expansion card for adding an extra 2, but if a motherboard supports it, it should be onboard rather than taking up a pci-e slot. Also slowing down the video card slot is a no-go. I spent a few days setting up a slip-stream for this, but the drivers that are on their website did not allow me to install windows at all. I did update the bios because the cpu and memory were not detected and that went smooth - nice to have that feature. The bios is absolutely a mess, the settings are all over the place, descriptors / help text isn't available for each option and because a lot of board manufacturers use their own terminology this is an issue. NVME drives aren't detected either - some said it is because the first slot ( which underclocks the video card slot ) wasn't used. I tried all 3 slots. The board will sometimes see a drive, but not let me set up boot options. I tried every possible setting for compatibility, etc.. and it was a no-go. incorrect drivers ( and I did double check it was the proper z690-e drivers from ASUS ). Trying to use the SATA drivers from Asus didn't work. Trying to use the drivers from the nvme drives didn't work. could not install windows at all. I would've given value for money a higher rating, but when so much time is wasted, it loses all value. If you don't use the first nvme slot, you can't look at some of the bios settings relating to nvme drives. I thought I'd give this a try even though I was disappointed about the lie on the page about 5 nvme slots on the board because I was trying to get this built for Christmas. However, with refunds that can take a month this meant everything went back. I wasn't about to sit on parts which could be defective until I could get a replacement board. But that is an Amazon issue. If you are planning on using a Noctua D15 on this board, it doesn't properly fit in a front / back orientation and up / down blocks the video card and my case doesn't have a top exhaust. The heatpipes on the cooler touch the vrm heatsink. Some say you can rotate 180 degrees, but the pipes still touch the vrm heatsink. I have been building my own machines and coding for over 3 decades. Even with nvme builds, I have never had trouble like I've had with this.

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