Asus designed the ROG Maximus Z690 Hero with a total of 20+1 power stages with circuits that are able to handle up to 90 amps of current each. The power-regulation hardware is a vital component for any high-end motherboard hosting an unlocked Intel “K”-version processor (and all the initial six Alder Lake chips are K units), especially when it comes to overclocking; the composition of the power stages enables us to roughly (very roughly) gauge how well the board should overclock relative to the competition.
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