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Asus Motherboard ROG Maximus Z690 Hero

Asus Motherboard ROG Maximus Z690 Hero

by Asus
SKU CMB-222
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€499,00 - €499,00
€499,00
€499,00 - €499,00
€499,00

Specifications:

  • Product Number: 90MB18E0-M0EAY0

CPU

  • Intel® Socket LGA1700 for 13th Gen Intel®
  • Core™ & 12th Gen Intel® Core™,
  • Pentium® Gold and Celeron® Processors
  • Supports
    • Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0
    • Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0

Chipset

  •  Z690

Memory

  • 4 x DIMM, Max. 128GB, DDR5 6400+(OC)/
    • 6200(OC)/ 6000(OC)/ 5800(OC)/ 5600(OC)/ 5400(OC)/
    • 5200(OC)/ 5000(OC)/ 4800 MT/s Non-ECC
  • Dual Channel Memory Architecture
  • Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

Graphics

  • 1 x HDMI® port
  • 2 x Intel® Thunderbolt™ 4 ports (USB Type-C®) support DisplayPort 1.4 and Thunderbolt™ video outputs

Expansion Slots

  • Intel® CoreTM Processors (14th & 13th & 12th Gen)
  • 2 x PCIe 5.0 x16 slots (support x16 or x8/x8 modes)
  • Intel® Z690 Chipset
  • 1 x PCIe 4.0 x16 slot (supports x4, x4/x4 modes)

Storage

  • Supports 5 x M.2 slots and 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
  • Total supports 5 x M.2 slots and 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
  • Intel® CoreTM Processors (14th & 13th & 12th Gen)
  • M.2_1 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280/22110 
    • Intel® CoreTM Processors 14th &13th & 12th Gen processors support PCIe 4.0 x4 mode.
  • Hyper M.2_1 slot (Key M) via ROG Hyper M.2 card, type 2242/2260/2280/22110
    • Intel® CoreTM Processors 14th & 13th & 12th Gen processors support PCIe 5.0 x4 mode
  • Intel® Z690 Chipset
  • M.2_2 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 
  • M.2_3 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280
  • Hyper M.2_1 slot (Key M) via ROG Hyper M.2 card, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (suppports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)
  • Hyper M.2_2 slot (Key M) via ROG Hyper M.2 card, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (suppports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)
  • 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports

Ethernet

  • 1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet
  • ASUS LANGuard

Wireless & Bluetooth

  • Intel® Wi-Fi 6E
  • 2x2 Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) 
  • Supports 2.4/5/6GHz frequency band
  • Bluetooth v5.2 hardware ready

USB

  • Rear USB: Total 11 ports
    • 2 x Thunderbolt™ 4 ports (2 x USB Type-C®)
    • 7 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (6 x Type-A + 1 x USB Type-C®)
    • 2 x USB 2.0 ports (2 x Type-A) 
    • 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 connector (supports USB Type-C®) 
    • 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 headers support additional 4 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
    • 2 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 4 USB 2.0 ports

Audio

  • ROG SupremeFX 7.1 Surround Sound High Definition Audio CODEC ALC4082
    • Impedance sense for front and rear headphone outputs
    • Supports: Jack-detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel Jack-retasking
    • High quality 120 dB SNR stereo playback output and 113 dB SNR recording input
    • Supports up to 32-Bit/384 kHz playback
  • Audio Features
    • SupremeFX Shielding Technology
    • ESS® SABRE9018Q2C DAC/AMP
    • Gold-plated audio jacks
    • Rear optical S/PDIF out port
    • Premium audio capacitors
    • Audio cover

Back Panel I/O Ports

  • 2 x Thunderbolt™ 4 USB Type-C® ports
  • 7 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (6 x Type-A + 1 x USB Type-C®)
  • 2 x USB 2.0 ports (2 x Type-A)
  • 1 x HDMI® port
  • 1 x Wi-Fi Module
  • 1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet port
  • 5 x Gold-plated audio jacks
  • 1 x Optical S/PDIF out port
  • 1 x BIOS FlashBack™ button
  • 1 x Clear CMOS button

Internal I/O Connectors

  • Fan and Cooling related
    • 1 x 4-pin CPU Fan header
    • 1 x 4-pin CPU OPT Fan header
    • 1 x 4-pin AIO Pump header
    • 4 x 4-pin Chassis Fan headers
    • 1 x W_PUMP+ header
    • 1 x 2-pin Water In header
    • 1 x 2-pin Water Out header
    • 1 x 3-pin Water Flow header
  • Power related
    • 1 x 24-pin Main Power connector
    • 2 x 8-pin +12V Power connector
    • 1 x 6-pin PCIe Graphics Card connector
  • Storage related
    • 3 x M.2 slots (Key M)
    • 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
  • USB
    • 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 connector (supports USB Type-C®)
    • 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 headers support additional 4 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
    • 2 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 4 USB 2.0 ports
  • Miscellaneous
    • 3 x Addressable Gen 2 headers
    • 1 x AURA RGB header
    • 1 x FlexKey button
    • 1 x Front Panel Audio header (AAFP)
    • 1 x SPI TPM header (14-1pin)
    • 1 x Start button
    • 1 x ReTry button
    • 1 x 10-1 pin System Panel header
    • 1 x Thermal Sensor header

Special Features

  • Extreme OC Kit
    • FlexKey button
    • ReTry button
    • Start button
  • Extreme Engine Digi+
    • 10K Black Metallic Capacitors
    • MicroFine Alloy Choke
  • ASUS Q-Design
    • M.2 Q-Latch
    • PCIe Slot Q-Release
    • Q-Code
    • Q-Connector
    • Q-DIMM
    • Q-LED (CPU [red], DRAM [yellow], VGA [white], Boot Device [yellow green])
    • Q-Slot
  • ASUS Thermal Solution
    • M.2 heatsink backplate
    • M.2 heatsinks
    • VRM heatsink design
  • ASUS EZ DIY
    • BIOS FlashBack™ button
    • Clear CMOS button
    • CPU Socket lever protector
    • ProCool II
    • Pre-mounted I/O shield
    • SafeSlot
    • SafeDIMM
  • AURA Sync
    • AURA RGB header(s)
    • Addressable Gen 2 header(s)
  • Front Panel USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 with Quick Charge 4+ Support
    • Support: up to 60W charging
    • Output: 5/9/15/20V max. 3A, PPS:3.3–21V max. 3A
    • Compatible with QC 4.0/3.0/2.0, PD3.0 and PPS
  • ASUS HYDRANODE
    • 3 x Chassis fan support (CHA_FAN1P,CHA_FAN2P,CHA_FAN3P)

Software Features

  • ROG Exclusive Software
    • OG CPU-Z
    • GameFirst VI
    • Sonic Studio III + Sonic Studio Virtual Mixer + Sonic Suite Companion
    • Sonic Radar III
    • DTS® Sound Unbound
    • BullGuard Internet Security (1-year full version)
  • ASUS Exclusive Software
    • Armoury Crate
      • AIDA64 Extreme (1 year full version)
      • AURA Creator
      • AURA Sync
      • Fan Xpert 4
      • Two-Way AI Noise Cancelation
  • AI Suite 3
    • Easy Optimization with AI Overclocking
  • TPU
  • EPU
  • DIGI+ Power Control
  • Turbo app
  • MyAsus
  • WinRAR
  • UEFI BIOS
  • AI Overclocking Guide
  • ASUS EZ DIY
    • ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
    • ASUS EZ Flash 3
    • ASUS UEFI BIOS EZ Mode
  • MemTest86

BIOS

  • 256 Mb Flash ROM, UEFI AMI BIOS

Accessories

  • Cables
    • 1 x ARGB RGB extension cable
    • 1 x RGB extension cable
    • 4 x SATA 6Gb/s cables
  • ROG Hyper M.2 Card
    • 1 x ROG Hyper M.2 Card with heatsink
    • 2 x M.2 screw packages for ROG Hyper M.2 Card
  • Miscellaneous
    • 1 x ASUS Wi-Fi moving antennas
    • 1 x M.2 Q-Latch package
    • 2 x M.2 Q-Latch packages for M.2 backplate
    • 1 x M.2 Rubber Package
    • 1 x Q-connector
    • 1 x ROG Graphics card holder
    • 1 x ROG stickers
    • 1 x ROG key chain
    • 1 x ROG thank you card
  • Installation Media
    • 1 x USB drive with utilities and drivers
  • Documentation
    • 1 x User Guide

Operating System

  • Windows® 11, Windows® 10 64-bit

Form Factor

  • ATX
  • 30.5cm x 24.4cm

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