It is an elegant and balanced high-end model, offering a brutal 19 + 2-phase 105A VRM that takes the power available for these CPUs to a new level. It also comes full of new features in its connectivity, releasing DDR5 XMP 3.0 memories, PCIe 5.0 slots, the new Z690 chipset along with LGA 1700 and up to 5, yes 5 M.2 PCIe 4.0 slots . We will discover all this and more in our in-depth review, let’s get started!
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Asus ProArt Z690-CREATOR WIFI It will be our protagonist today, a high-end motherboard with connectivity and features adapted to a greater extent to content creators . The obvious thing will be the design, but the connectivity reflects that character very well, with dual Thunderbolt 4 ports for varied connections, 2.5G + 10G LAN for internal networks or high-speed NAS, or front USB-C with fast charging of 60W.
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The only downside concerns the price of this APEX version, which is currently around 750 euros while the Z590 version was available at 550 euros at launch. Now this rise in motherboards seems to affect almost all brands. Let’s hope that these prices decrease in the coming weeks in order to be modeled on those of the previous generation. Remember that you will also need to invest in DDR5.
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MSI offers us with this MEG Z690 Carbon Wifi, a very interesting motherboard to launch on Alder Lake, all accompanied by DDR5. First of all, the performance is excellent with our i9-12900K and close to what we were able to achieve with the Maximus Z690 APEX. This “Carbon EK X” version also offers ultra-complete connectivity with five SSD slots but also many USB ports as well as the presence of an HDMI and DisplayPort output.
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AORUS indicates on the back of the box that this model has 19 digital power phases, 16 of them dedicated to the processor, a VCCGT for integrated graphics and another 2 VCCAUX for PCIe and memory controller. They are phases of 90 amps, AORUS is using in this family high performance thermal pads with 1.5 mm thickness, capable of dissipating 9 watts per meter Kelvin, which make contact in the Z690 AORUS PRO with two bulky aluminum blocks, both chokes and MOSFETS.
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The first look at the Z690 AORUS MASTER impresses, we start with the dissipation. In VRM the generous blocks we saw in the PRO version give way to a dense number of fins with a larger air contact surface for thermoconduction. The main M.2 connector, managed directly by the processor, is not far behind, the direct contact block is added to five levels of thick fins, the cooling of NVMe disks is more than assured in this connector.
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While only the product name is printed on the front in colorful reflective fonts, on the back we find a brief description of the most important features of the board, such as the flood of buttons and switches in the upper right corner and the optimized 2-DIMM layout, both special optimized for overclocking of CPU and RAM. In addition, the “12 + 1” phases and the tantalum polymer capacitors for the CPU power supply are listed, together with a schematic representation of the IO and a tabular listing of the specifications
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The board itself is completely black, with a few silver accents where it could not be avoided. You won’t find integrated RBG lighting here, so you could say that the Unify-Z is darker than the Dark. A large part of the visible area consists of the surfaces of the heat sinks made of black anodized or brushed aluminum, which gives a high-quality impression.
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For a top-class mainboard, the accessories are rather clear, but Gigabyte provides all the important accessories. Apart from a support data carrier, the mainboard manual is of course included, which can be obtained from the Gigabyte website as well as the drivers. Also included are six SATA cables, five M.2 screws, two thermistor cables, the 2T2R WiFi antenna and an RGB extension cable. Apart from various Gigabyte stickers, we were also able to locate a noise detection cable, the G-Connector and the Gigabyte AORUS housing sticker.
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Compared to gigabyte’s X570 AORUS ELITE, the cost-performance model of gigabyte’s AORUS gaming brand is part of the ELITE series, and compared to the previous X570 AORUS ELITE, the network functions are from gigabit LAN. It features a rich, up-to-date interface, including a 2.5-gigabit LAN + Wi-Fi 6E, as well as a 20Gbps USB3.2 Gen.2×2 Type-C.
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