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)

EDIT: With the bios update, it now supports 5600 mhz DDR5

This motherboard will not post with the 13th gen intel CPU. The only option is to use a 12th gen CPU to upgrade the bios so that it will function. Itll cost me another $100 to get this done locally.

Things I wish Id noticed before buying this board..

I purchased the ASUS Prime Z690-A motherboard to run my Intel I-9 12th gen cpu, only to find DDR5 was not available. After waiting two months, it was finally available! I purchased and installed it and...the network LAN Controller would not respond to driver installs. So working with ASUS Tech Support, I was told the LAN Controller was defective and to either return it to vender or send it to them for repair. I returned to vender and they promptly replaced it. But after installing, the new motherboard, the network LAN Controller had exactly the same problem (Windows could not find a driver and the ASUS driver disk could not finish a LAN install). Got back to Tech Support, and they did the same troubleshooting with no result. They escalated to level 2 Trouble Shooting which was more of the same, but now they suggested return for repair or get a NIC card. I anticipated this might be the case and had already ordered one. I got the internet working and was able to complete Windows setup. I had decided to leave the onboard LAN enabled just the same, and within a few days I checked Network Adapters and it was installed. I am happy that it is working, but it was not the process I expected. So glad I did not have to return to ASUS as they were unaware of how to resolve this issue. I decided to share this experience and how I resolved it in case others have the same issue. I have also shared this fix with ASUS Tech Support. Everything is working fine so far. No problem running the DDR5 RAM.

This mother board is physically compatible with 13th gen CPU’s but doesn’t have a bios flashback feature so you have to have access to a 12th gen cpu to update the bios to work with a 13th gen cpu.

DDR5 bios still pretty new. Don’t expect DDR5 speeds without a lot of tweaking.

Easily mounted and came with everything i needed for a full build. No complains and has been running great for a month now.

Now I normally dont write reviews for many things however this product warrants it. For the price of this board it is nothing worth the money spend to have this many problems. First had trouble getting windows toboot on this board to ddr5 ram not working properly. Loading the xmp profile in bios with ram given in the bundle kit with it fails and crashes not making it past the bios. As if that wasnt enough to my usb ports in the back of the board failing after only 1 week of using it. Buyer beware stay far away from this product as someone who builds computers this is one I would never recommend.

Product sat on a counter for months as I saved up for other parts and upon opening the box I learned that the cpu pins on this board were damaged rendering it completely useless so I am down 300 dollars. Please open this after its delivered, I cant return this because I waited too long and bought pieces over time.

I put the whole rig together and it wouldnt boot just kept power cycling. After several minutes of troubleshooting I determined it couldnt detect RAM. I found next to the RAM slots a missing chip and splattered solder.