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)

The Dimm slot to use was incorrect in the owner's manual. Once I figured that out, it lit up like a charm. Installation was about as usual - neither easy nor hard. A little short on SATA ports (4) but plenty of USBs of all flavors. It bugs me a little (very little) to pay for fancy metal trim pieces when it gets shut up in a black case. It has revolutionized my computing experience. Now the prolonged dialing-in process.

This was my first new PC build in a long while. I had researched and decided on this one for a friend of mine's creator video editing PC build. It has a decent amount of USB-A/USB-C and at least one thunderbolt port as well as header support for an add in card. I paired this with an i7-12700K and an air cooler for a really cool running and fast rig. This board has great looks with the contrasting silver and white against the black PCB of the board. This board has 4 M.2 Sata SSD slots on it for your storage needs as well as 4 Sata ports for HDD or SATA 2.5 SSD drives as well. This is also an overclocking motherboard but I did not play with any of the settings as it was not for me and needed to run at stock/stable speeds. I would not hesitate to buy this board again or the Strix line of boards for a build in the future. On first boot you will need to be patient, these newer boards and memory have to kinda learn each other first and then it will post and you can start tinkering/installing windows. I would say give it up to a minute or so for it to show some video, it may even reboot once or twice before you see the Asus Logo as its booting. I was using the onboard video during initial power up and I at first thought something was wrong. I am talking about the very first time you power it on, it will take a lil bit to show video. Once I could see the BIOS and configure it to boot from a USB Win10 install I was off and running. Everything runs so much faster than what I am used to, my friend is amazed by the performance and difference from what he had been using. I got this during the Black Friday Promotions and got a decent price on it but never needed Tech support so they get 2 stars. Did not use it for gaming but it crushes content creation/video editing, etc. Ran benchmarking and it was getting some really good scores, even beating a 16core 32 Thread threadripper 1950X. Solid board, good features, worth the purchase in my eyes.

ME GUSTA POR TODA LA NUEVA TECNOLOGÍA QUE TRAE, PERO A LA VES NO ME GUSTA PORQUE SI ES DE NUEVA GENERACIÓN QUE APENAS SALIO EN OCTUBRE 2021, NO PUEDAS ELEGIR EN ESTA TARJETA USAR MEMORIAS RAM DDR 4 O DDR 5, NECESARIAMENTE TIENE QUE SER DDR 5. ENTONCES; PARA QUÉ EL PROCESADOR INTEL ALDER LAKE SOPORTA DDR4 Y DDR5 SI NECESARIAMENTE DEBES USAR UNA U OTRA PLACA NO LA MISMA, DEBERÍAN DE HABER DEJADO LA RANURA DE LAS NUEVAS MEMORIAS EN EL MISMO LUGAR QUE LAS DDR4 Y HACERLAS COMPATIBLES CON AMBAS GENERACIONES, OTRA COSA, TAMPOCO PUEDES USAR SSD M.2 GEN. 5 EN LOS SOCKET DE LA MOTHER PORQUE NO HAY AUN NINGUNA PARA ESE FIN, NECESARIAMENTE TENDRÉ QUE COMPRAR UN ADAPTADOR PARA PCI, Y SI USO UNA TARJETA DE GRÁFICOS, ENTONCES DONDE CONECTO ESE ADAPTADOR PARA SSD M.2 O DONDE CONECTO LA GPU?

Strong and reliable this motherboard does not disappoint. Able to run a 14900k at 6.1 GHZ stable. It is my board of choice. I highly recommend it

Pros: supports windows 11, works with i9 13900K. Installed Noctua NH-D15 easy. I recommend attaching the back plate of the cooler first, installing the motherboard in the case second, connecting CPU power cables third, and only then installing the cooler. I recommend using PSU that support PCU power x2. For example, EVGA Supernova 750 P6 or similar. BIOS was updated automatically - intiated by Windows 11 as optional update.Cons: Limited availability of officially supported memory. I was able to get 6000 MHz stable max out of G.Skill Trident Z5 DDR5 6400 - I do not recommend this memory kit for this motherboard. At higher memory frequency Corona renderer would crash.Things I learn after trying to make things work for several days:- use less expensive 5600 DDR5. I installed Kingston 64GB 5600MT/s DDR5 KF556C40BBK2-64 and it did not affect the speed of rendering. This memory kit is officially compatible with this MB.- with air cooling you have to setup this motherboard properly to avoid overheating. I use massive Noctua NH-D15 for air cooling. I get about 89-91 degrees C under continuous heavy load with 23C room temp. I think. So, I think that this cooler is very efficient.i9 13900K is producing so much heat, that there is no room for overclocking without overheating. Overall, overclocking does not produce any serious productivity boost, but increases energy consumption and heat production.I spent two days just to figure out how to prevent overheating during rendering in 3DS MAX. The best way to do that is to go to AI Tweaker in BIOS and disable Asus Multicore Enhancement. Also, I used Asus AI Suite 3 to calibrate fans.Some reports show slightly better rentering time in Corona Benchmark with MSI MEG Z690 ACE MB with MSI MEG CORELIQUID S360 cooling. Render Benchmark with MSI was 37 sec with 4800 RAM vs 37-38 sec on my system with 5600 RAM. However, the cost of MSI with watercooling will be about $380 more.