ASUS Prime Z690-A LGA 1700(Intel 12th) ATX Motherboard (16+1 DrMOS,PCIe 5.0,DDR5,4X M.2, Intel 2.5 Gb LAN,USB 3.2 Gen 2 Front Panel Type-C,Thunderbolt™ 4,Aura Sync RGB Lighting)

I have this mobo with intel i7 12700k

Has your Z690 functions and multiple fan headers for those who have a handful of fans and no fan hub and has been kicking strong since purchase. The Lighting is subtle but really gets blocked off my the rear fan which may just be due to my PC case.

Absolutely terrible mobo don’t buy

Do not buy 5lthis board unless you want to pay 2000 dollars for ddr5 ram I will be returning mine

The motherboard came DOA it would not post after completing all troubleshooting steps through ASUS they said I could RMA it just to state that it would take up too 10 business days plus shipping time. I think that is disgraceful and have switched to an MSI Board.

ASUS outdid themselves with this sci-fi all aluminum design of the Prime Z690-A motherboard. This is actually my very first build as before I only used laptops and I wanted a Professional Workstation. This product is only made for DDR5 so please keep that in mind before buying. When you have a clear path to obtaining some DDR5 at MSRP (dont feed the scalpers/retailers that are scalping) dont pass up on this majestic board. Overall the features are more toned down compared to the gamer boards as this generation those have a Q-Release button from ASUS, but this wins in looks, build quality, and pricing as it only costs $299.99 or less. I highly recommend this for creators or people who just want something other than the traditional gamer designs, but again be mindful of having a clear path to obtaining DDR5 Memory.

This will be a bit of a lengthy review. I received this board for a new PC build and got to work. The board looks very nice aesthetically. Unfortunately my board was defective, and it took me several hours to realize that the issue was with the motherboard. The issue I was having was that the mouse pointer would be stuck on the screen, rapidly shaking back and forth. These are the steps I took to narrow it down to a defective motherboard:

It has just about all the bells and whistles that the high end boards have except maybe a few NVME drives or in some cases maybe a few extra PCI-E 5.0 lanes. No issues so far, its basically on the bleeding edge of current tech for the masses with nvme 4.0, DDR5 and the latest high end Intel CPUs. Lots of customization in the bios, you have a plethora of choices to choose from if your in to tweaking and OCing.

There is not a bios flashback feature on this board. You need the current bios version before you can use 13th gen i9 13900k. The only way to get the bios update is by installing a 12th gen cpu and updating the bios then install the 13th gen cpu. Z790 ddr5 boards are hard to find and cost around 630 dollars. If your stuck at a dram yellow error light like me, buy a cheap cpu for 100 bucks and update bios.

Salió defectuosa, solo agarraba una memoria ram y cuando le agregaba mas a veces daba video, pero se trababa. La cambié por una gigabyte y todo excelente desde el priner momento.