Asus ROG MAXIMUS Z690 EXTREME

This is a relatively high end board from Asus. It is expensive and probably not a good use of money unless you don’t care and just want the best.

This is the official Asus page for this board: HERE

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Specs and Features

Here are a bunch of specs and stuff that you can also find on Asus’s website:

• CPU: Intel Socket LGA1700 for 13th Gen Intel® Core & 12th Gen Intel Core, Pentium Gold and Celeron Processors
• Chipset: Z690

Memory:

• Max Memory Size: 192GB
• 4 x DIMM, Max. 192GB, DDR5 6400+(OC)/ 6200(OC)/ 6000(OC)/ 5800(OC)/ 5600(OC)/ 5400(OC)/ 5200(OC)/5000(OC)/4800 Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory*
• Dual Channel Memory Architecture
• Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
• OptiMem III

Graphics:

• 2 x Intel® Thunderbolt™ 4 ports (USB Type-C®) support DisplayPort 1.4 and Thunderbolt™ video outputs
• NVIDIA 2-Way SLI® Technology

Storage:

• Supports 5 x M.2 slots and 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
• Total supports 5 x M.2 slots and 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
• M.2_1 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280/22110
• Intel® 13th & 12th Gen processors support PCIe 5.0 x4 mode.
• M.2_2 slot (Key M), type 2280
• Intel® 13th & 12th Gen processors support PCIe 4.0 x4 mode.
• M.2_3 slot (Key M), type 2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 & SATA modes)
• DIMM.2_1 slot (Key M) via ROG DIMM.2, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)
• DIMM.2_2 slot (Key M) via ROG DIMM.2, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)
• 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
• Intel® Rapid Storage Technology supports NVMe RAID 0/1/5, SATA RAID 0/1/5/10.
• Intel® Rapid Storage Technology supports Intel® Optane Memory H Series on PCH attached M.2 slots. *M.2_1 shares bandwidth with PCIEX16(G5)_2. When M.2_1 is enabled, PCIEX16(G5)_2 will be disabled. *RAID configuration and boot drives are not supported on the SATA6G_E1-2 ports.

Ethernet:

• 1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet
• 1 x Marvell® 10Gb Ethernet
• ASUS LANGuard

Wifi:

• Intel® Wi-Fi 6E

USB:

• Rear USB ( Total 10 ports )
  • 1 x Thunderbolt™ 4 port (1 x USB Type-C®)
  • 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 port (1 x USB Type-C®)
  • 8 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (7 x Type-A + 1 x USB Type-C®)
• Front USB ( Total 10 ports ):
  • 1 x Thunderbolt™ 4 connector (1 x USB Type-C®)
  • 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 connector (supports USB Type-C®)
  • 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 headers support additional 4 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
  • 2 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 4 USB 2.0 ports

Audio

• ROG SupremeFX 7.1 Surround Sound High Definition Audio CODEC ALC4082
• Impedance sense for front and rear headphone outputs
• Supports: Jack-detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel Jack-retasking
• High quality 120 dB SNR stereo playback output and 110 dB SNR recording input
• Supports up to 32-Bit/384 kHz playback on front panel
• SupremeFX Shielding Technology
• ESS® SABRE9018Q2C DAC/AMP
• LED-illuminated audio jacks
• Rear optical S/PDIF out port
• Premium audio capacitors
• Audio cover

Back Panel I/O Ports

• 1 x Thunderbolt™ 4 USB Type-C® port
• 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 port (1 x USB Type-C®)
• 8 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (7 x Type-A + 1 x USB Type-C®)
• 1 x HDMI® port
• 1 x ASUS Wi-Fi Module
• 1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet port
• 1 x Marvell® AQtion 10Gb Ethernet port
• 5 x LED-illuminated audio jacks
• 1 x Optical S/PDIF out port
• 1 x BIOS FlashBack™ button
• 1 x Clear CMOS button

Internal I/O Connectors

• Fan and Cooling related
  • 1 x 4-pin CPU Fan header
  • 1 x 4-pin CPU OPT Fan header
  • 2 x 4-pin Chassis Fan headers
  • 2 x 4-pin Radiator Fan headers
  • 2 x W_PUMP+ headers
  • 1 x WB_SENSOR header
  • 1 x 2-pin Water In header
  • 1 x 2-pin Water Out header
  • 1 x 3-pin Water Flow header
• Power related
  • 1 x 24-pin Main Power connector
  • 2 x 8-pin +12V Power connector
  • 1 x 6-pin PCIe Graphics Card connector
  • Storage related
  • 3 x M.2 slots (Key M)
  • 1 x DIMM.2 slot supports 2 x M.2 slots (Key M)
  • 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
• USB
  • 1 x Intel® Thunderbolt™ 4 port (USB Type-C®)
  • 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 connector (supports USB Type-C®)
  • 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 headers support additional 4 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
  • 2 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 4 USB 2.0 ports

Miscellaneous

• 1 x 6-pin ARGB Gen 2 header to support 2 x ARGB Gen 2 headers
• 1 x Addressable Gen 2 header
• 1 x AURA RGB header
• 1 x BIOS Switch button
• 2 x BCLK button
• 1 x FlexKey button
• 1 x Front Panel Audio header (AAFP)
• 1 x LN2 Mode jumper
• 1 x Osc sence header
• 12 x ProbeIt Measurement Points
• 1 x ReTry button
• 1 x RSVD switch
• 1 x RSVD header
• 1 x Safe Boot button
• 1 x Slow Mode switch
• 1 x Start button
• 1 x V_Latch switch
• 1 x 10-1 pin System Panel header
• 1 x Thermal Sensor header