Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master Intel 12th Gen. Motherboard (rev. 1.0) [ Z690-AORUS-MASTER ]

Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master Intel 12th Gen. Motherboard (rev. 1.0) [ Z690-AORUS-MASTER ]

Rule supreme with the Z690 AORUS gaming motherboards. The new king of gaming platform continues the legendary AORUS bloodline with the most robust power delivery and dominant thermal design, glorified with the complete memory overclocking technology to crown your PC with the best Alder Lake’s performance in all its gaming glory.

Key Features

Intel® Z690 AORUS Motherboard with Direct 19+1+2 Phases Digital VRM Design, DDR5 XTREME MEMORY Design, Fins-Array III Heatsink, Direct-Touch Heatpipe II, NanoCarbon Baseplate, M.2 Thermal Guard III, 125dB ESS Sabre Audio, Intel® WIFI 6E 802.11ax, AQUANTIA® 10GbE LAN​

# Support 12th Gen Intel® Series Processors

# Dual Channel Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR5, 4 DIMMs

# Direct 19+1+2 Phases VRM Design with 105A Power Stage* and Tantalum Polymer Capacitor

# DDR5 XTREME MEMORY Design with SMD DIMM and Shielded Memory Routing

# Advanced Thermal Solution with NanoCarbon Fins-Array III Heatsink, Direct-Touch Heatpipe II and NanoCarbon Baseplate

# Intel® WIFI 6E 802.11ax 2T2R & BT5 with AORUS Antenna

# Audio Solution with ESS Sabre ES9118 125dB on Rear Audio​

# AQUANTIA® 10GbE BASE-T LAN

# 5 x Ultra-Fast NVMe PCIe 4.0/3.0 x4 M.2 with Thermal Guards

# RGB FUSION 2.0 with Multi-Zone Addressable LED Light Show Design, Support Addressable LED & RGB LED Strips

# Smart Fan 6 Features Multiple Temperature Sensors , Hybrid Fan Headers with FAN STOP and Noise Detection

# Q-Flash Plus Update BIOS without Installing the CPU, Memory and Graphics Card

* Power Stage maximum current capacity is based on VCORE Phase.

Specification

• CPU
  1. LGA1700 socket: Support for 12th Generation Intel^® Core™ i9 processors/Intel^® Core™ i7 processors/Intel^® Core™ i5 processors
  2. L3 cache varies with CPU

  (Please refer to “CPU Support List” for more information.)

• Chipset
  1. Intel^® Z690 Express Chipset
• Memory
  1. Support for DDR5 6400(O.C.) / 6200(O.C.) / 6000(O.C.) / 5800(O.C.) / 5600(O.C.) / 5400(O.C.) / 5200(O.C.) / 4800 / 4000 MHz memory modules
  2. 4 x DDR5 DIMM sockets supporting up to 128 GB (32 GB single DIMM capacity) of system memory
  3. Dual channel memory architecture
  4. Support for ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)
  5. Support for non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules
  6. Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules

  (Please refer “Memory Support List” for more information.)

• Onboard Graphics

  Integrated Graphics Processor-Intel^® HD Graphics support:

  1. 1 x DisplayPort, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096×2304@60 Hz
     * Support for DisplayPort 1.2 version and HDCP 2.3

  (Graphics specifications may vary depending on CPU support.)

• Audio
  1. Realtek^® ALC1220-VB CODEC
     * The front panel line out jack supports DSD audio.
  2. ESS ES9118 DAC chip
  3. Support for DTS:X^® Ultra
  4. High Definition Audio
  5. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
  6. Support for S/PDIF Out
• LAN
  1. Marvell^® AQtion AQC113C 10GbE LAN chip
     (10 Gbps/5 Gbps/2.5 Gbps/1 Gbps/100 Mbps)
• Wireless Communication module

  Intel^® Wi-Fi 6E AX210

  1. WIFI a, b, g, n, ac, ax, supporting 2.4/5/6 GHz carrier frequency bands
  2. BLUETOOTH 5.2
  3. Support for 11ax 160MHz wireless standard and up to 2.4 Gbps data rate
     * Actual data rate may vary depending on environment and equipment.
• Expansion Slots
  1. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
     * For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.
     (The PCIEX16 slot conforms to PCI Express 5.0 standard.)
  2. 2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x4 (PCIEX4_1, PCIEX4_2)
     * The PCIEX4_1 slot shares bandwidth with the M2C_SB connector. The PCIEX4_1 slot becomes unavailable when a device is installed in the M2C_SB connector.
     (The PCIEX4 slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)
• Multi-Graphics Technology
  1. Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFire™ and 2-Way AMD CrossFire™ technologies
• Storage Interface

  CPU:

  1. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280/22110 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2A_CPU)

  Chipset:

  1. 2 x M.2 connectors (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280/22110 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2P_SB, M2Q_SB)
  2. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280 PCIe 3.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2C_SB)
  3. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280 SATA and PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2M_SB)
  4. 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

  Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
  * Refer to “2-8 Internal Connectors,” for the installation notices for the PCIEX4_1, M.2, and SATA connectors.
  Intel^® Optane™ Memory Ready
  * System acceleration with Intel^® Optane™ Memory can only be enabled on the M.2 connectors supported by the Chipset.

• USB

  Chipset:

  1. 2 x USB Type-C^® ports, with USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 support
     (1 port on the back panel, 1 port available through the internal USB header)
  2. 3 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red) on the back panel

  Chipset+USB 3.2 Gen 2 Hub:

  1. 1 x USB Type-C^® port on the back panel, with USB 3.2 Gen 2 support
  2. 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red) on the back panel

  Chipset+2 USB 3.2 Gen 1 Hubs:

  1. 8 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB headers)

  Chipset+USB 2.0 Hub:

  1. 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports available through the internal USB headers
• Internal I/O Connectors
  1. 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
  2. 2 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connectors
  3. 1 x CPU fan header
  4. 1 x water cooling CPU fan header
  5. 4 x system fan headers
  6. 4 x system fan/water cooling pump headers
  7. 2 x addressable LED strip headers
  8. 2 x RGB LED strip headers
  9. 5 x M.2 Socket 3 connectors
  10. 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
  11. 1 x front panel header
  12. 1 x front panel audio header
  13. 1 x USB Type-C^® header, with USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 support
  14. 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 headers
  15. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
  16. 1 x noise detection header
  17. 2 x Thunderbolt™ add-in card connectors
  18. 1 x Trusted Platform Module header (For the GC-TPM2.0 SPI/GC-TPM2.0 SPI 2.0 module only)
  19. 1 x power button
  20. 1 x reset button
  21. 1 x reset jumper
  22. 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
  23. 2 x temperature sensor headers
  24. Voltage Measurement Points
• Back Panel Connectors
  1. 1 x Q-Flash Plus button
  2. 1 x Clear CMOS button
  3. 2 x SMA antenna connectors (2T2R)
  4. 1 x DisplayPort
  5. 1 x USB Type-C^® port, with USB 3.2 Gen 2 support
  6. 1 x USB Type-C^® port, with USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 support
  7. 5 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red)
  8. 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
  9. 1 x RJ-45 port
  10. 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
  11. 5 x audio jacks
• I/O Controller
  1. iTE^® I/O Controller Chip
• H/W Monitoring
  1. Voltage detection
  2. Temperature detection
  3. Fan speed detection
  4. Water cooling flow rate detection
  5. Fan fail warning
  6. Fan speed control
     * Whether the fan (pump) speed control function is supported will depend on the fan (pump) you install.
  7. Noise detection
• BIOS
  1. 1 x 256 Mbit flash
  2. Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS
  3. PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0
• Unique Features
  1. Support for APP Center
     * Available applications in APP Center may vary by motherboard model. Supported functions of each application may also vary depending on motherboard specifications.
     @BIOS
     EasyTune
     Fast Boot
     Game Boost
     ON/OFF Charge
     RGB Fusion
     Smart Backup
     System Information Viewer
  2. Support for Q-Flash Plus
  3. Support for Q-Flash
  4. Support for Xpress Install
• Bundled Software
  1. Norton^® Internet Security (OEM version)
  2. cFosSpeed
• Operating System
  1. Support for Windows 11 64-bit
  2. Support for Windows 10 64-bit
• Form Factor
  1. E-ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 25.9cm

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