PROCESSOR

Supports 12th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors, Pentium® Gold and Celeron® Processors 1

Processor socket LGA1700

CHIPSET

Intel® Z690 Chipset

MEMORY

4x DDR5 memory slots, supporting up to 128GB 1

Supports 1R 4800 MHz (by JEDEC & POR)

Max.       overclocking frequency:

1DPC 1R Max speed up to 6666+ MHz

1DPC 2R Max speed up to 5600+ MHz

2DPC 1R Max speed up to 4000+ MHz

2DPC 2R Max speed up to 4000+ MHz

Supports Intel® XMP 3.0 OC

Supports Dual Controller Dual-Channel mode

Supports non-ECC, un-buffered memory

EXPANSION SLOTS

3x PCIe x16 slots

Supports x16/x0/x4, x8/x8/x4

PCI_E1 & PCI_E2 slots (From CPU)

PCI_E1 supports up to PCIe 5.0 x16

PCI_E2 supports up to PCIe 5.0 x8 1

PCI_E3 (From Z690 chipset)

▫Supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4 2

M2_3 will be unavailable when installing device in the PCI_E2 slot. 

PCI_E3 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SATA SSD in the M2_4 slot. 

PCI_E3 will run at x1 speed and M2_4 will run at x2 speed when installing PCIe device in PCI_E3 slot and M.2 PCIe SSD in M2_4 slot simultaneously.

MULTI-GPU

Supports AMD® CrossFire™ Technology

Supports NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology

THUNDERBOLT 4

Intel®JHL8540 Thunderbolt™ 4 Controller

2x Thunderbolt™ 4 (USB-C) ports on the back panel

Supports up to 40Gbps transfer rate with Thunderbolt devices

Supports up to 20Gbps transfer rate with USB4 devices

Supports up to 10Gbps transfer rate with USB 3.2 devices

Supports up to 5V/3A ,15W power charging

Each port can daisy-chain up to three Thunderbolt 4 devices or five Thunderbolt 3 devices

Supports up to 8K display (need to connect the DisplayPort of the discrete graphics card to the Mini DisplayPort Input port on the back panel)

STORAGE

6x SATA 6Gb/s ports (From Z690 chipset)

SATA5~8 (From Z690 chipset)

SATAA~B (From ASM1061)

6x M.2 slots (Key M)

M2_1 slot (From CPU)

Supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4

Supports 2260/ 2280/ 22110 storage devices

M2_2 slot (From Z690 chipset)

Supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4

Supports 2260/ 2280 storage devices

M2_3 slot (From CPU) 2

Supports up to PCIe 5.0 x4

Supports 2260/ 2280/ 22110 storage devices

M2_4 slot (From Z690 chipset) 3

Supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4

Supports SATA 6Gb/s

Supports 2260/ 2280 storage devices

M2_5 slot (From Z690 chipset) 1

Supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4

Supports SATA 6Gb/s

Supports 2260/ 2280 storage devices

M2_6 slot (From Z690 chipset)

Supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4

Supports 2260/ 2280/ 22110 storage devices

M2_2, M2_4, M2_5 and M2_6 slots support Intel® Optane™ Memory

Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology for Intel Core™ processors

SATA7 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SATA SSD in the M2_5 slot. 

M2_3 will be unavailable when installing device in the PCI_E2 slot. 

PCI_E3 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SATA SSD in the M2_4 slot.  

PCI_E3 will run at x1 speed and M2_4 will run at x2 speed when installing PCIe device in PCI_E3 slot and M.2 PCIe SSD in M2_4 slot simultaneously.

RAID

Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices 1

Supports RAID 0, RAID 1 , RAID 5 and RAID 10 for M.2 NVMe storage devices

SATAA & SATAB do not support RAID function.

USB

Intel® Z690 Chipset

2x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 20Gbps Type-C internal connectors

4x USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps ports on the back panel

Hub-GL3590

4x USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps ports on the back panel

ASM1074

4x USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps ports through internal USB connectors

Hub-GL850G

4x USB 2.0 ports through internal USB connectors

AUDIO

Realtek® ALC4082 Codec + ES9218PQ Combo DAC/HPA

7.1-Channel High Definition Audio

Supports S/PDIF output

LAN

1x Aquantia® AQC113CS 10Gbps LAN controller

1x Intel® I225-V 2.5Gbps LAN controller

WIRELESS LAN & BLUETOOTH

Intel® Wi-Fi 6E

The Wireless module is pre-installed in the M.2 (Key-E) slot

Supports MU-MIMO TX/RX, 2.4GHz/ 5GHz/ 6GHz 1 (160MHz) up to 2.4Gbps

Supports 802.11 a/ b/ g/ n/ ac/ ax

Supports Bluetooth® 5.2 2, FIPS, FISMA

Wi-Fi 6E 6GHz may depend on every country’s regulations and will be ready in Windows 10 build 21H1 and Windows 11.      Bluetooth 5.2 will be ready in Windows 10 build 21H1 and Windows 11.

INTERNAL CONNECTORS

1x 24-pin ATX main power connector

2x 8-pin ATX 12V power connectors

6x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

6x M.2 slots (M-Key)

2x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 20Gbps Type-C ports

2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps connectors (supports additional 4 USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps ports)

2x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 2.0 ports)

1x 4-pin CPU fan connector

1x 4-pin water-pump fan connector

8x 4-pin system fan connectors

1x Water Flow meter connector

1x Front panel audio connector

2x System panel connectors

1x Chassis Intrusion connector

2x 2-pin Thermal Sensors connectors

1xTPM module connector

1x Tuning Controller connector

LED FEATURE

1x 2-Digit Debug Code LED

4x EZ Debug LED

1x 4-pin RGB LED connector

2x 3-pin RAINBOW LED connectors

1x 3-pin CORSAIR LED connector

BACK PANEL PORTS

Clear CMOS Button

2.5G LAN

10G Super LAN

Thunderbolt 4 40Gbps (Type-C)

Wi-Fi / Bluetooth

HD Audio Connectors

Flash BIOS Button

USB 3.2 Gen2 10Gbps (Type-A)

M-VISION Dashboard Port

Mini DisplayPort Input (for Thunderbolt passthrough)

Optical S/PDIF-Out

DIMENSIONS

12 in. x 12 in. (30.5 cm x 31.0 cm)

E-ATX Form Factor

MOUNTING

9 mounting holes