ASUS - ROG STRIX Z690-E GAMING WIFI Socket LGA 1700 USB 3.2 Intel Motherboard - Black

When it’s comes to gaming ASUS doesn’t best! What an amazing MB for the price, supports Gen 12, 13 and 14 Intel processors. I paired it with an Intel 12700k to play MW 2 and MW 3. Down the line of I ever need more cores, I can always update the CPU to a 14th Gen Intel i7 or an i9 processors.

This ROG STRIX motherboard is one of the best values among Z690 motherboards currently available. It is nearly the perfect motherboard for most gamers and power users. === PROS === - Excellent design and looks. - Tons of rear I/O ports. - Three M.2 slots, one of which supports PCIe 5.0. Heatsinks included. - Two more M.2 slots can be added with the included Hyper M.2 expansion card. - Supports DDR5 and Wi-Fi 6e. - Seamless driver recognition/installation after booting Windows for the first time. - Tons of options and advanced settings available in BIOS. - So far, completely stable after 3+ months of use on this setup: i7-12700K, RTX 3080 Ti, 32GB DDR5 @ 5600MHz === CONS === - With four sticks of DDR5, you can't overclock the RAM or use XMP. You'll likely have to stick with two sticks of DDR5 for the highest speeds and greatest compatibility. This is true of most (all?) Z690 boards but will hopefully improve with BIOS updates. - The ASUS Armoury Crate software is confusing to use, with advanced settings buried deep in several different menus. === OVERALL === No need to spend more on a super-premium Z690 board unless you are a serious overclocker. This ROG STRIX Z690-E checks all the boxes.

Very nice motherboard! Used in my new pc build, has tons of features. Paired with a 12900k and a msi suprim x 3090ti gpu and don plat DDR5 ram. Works excellent!

I really liked the brand, lots of ports at the back, connect up to 5 m.2 ssds. Really cool features.

Asus Z690-E Gaming Wifi DDR5. Huge box, lots of accessories. Will fit 3, m.2 nvme ssds on the board and has an accessory so you can add 2 more and put them in a pcie slot. Bought this for an Intel i7-13700k. The Bios Flashback at the rear of the mobo is super easy to use. Just search some videos on YouTube and no problem at all. I recommend downloading the Asus Armory Crate as it will have all the drivers and chipset drivers you'll need to finish off your build. Let's talk about the elephant in the room. The price. This mobo is way too expensive to compete with midrange z790 boards at 200 less that you can find on Amazon and newegg. My wife got me a 100 dollar gift card, and I had some BB rewards to offset the price. My issue is that I wanted geek squad on it, but there were really no really good mobos IN STORE that I could purchase for what I wanted, so this piece of kit was it. Don't get me wrong it's really really nice, but a little overkill if I'm not gonna push the CPU beyond a few mhz. Still, no buyers remorse here. Here are the specs of the PC I ended up building. Fractal Meshify 2 White RGB Asus z690-e gaming wifi ddr5 CORSAIR - VENGEANCE 32GB (2PK x 16GB) 5600MHz DDR5 C36 i7-13700k CPU Corsair rm1000x psu Phantaks glacier One 360 aio CPU cooler Wd black sn850x 1tb XFX Merc 319 6800xt

Very good stuff, love the Bluetooth and WiFi connectors that make it worth the high end price point

Motherboard works well, slightly overpriced for what you very, but glad to get wife 6e and bluetooth built in

Very fast motherboad. It has exactly what I need, I cluding the GEN 5 SSD slot that can go beyond gen 4! Very fast and snappy when paired with intel i9-14900K! Got everything i needed frlm BEST BUY!