ROG STRIX Z690-E GAMING WIFI

INTEL® Z690 LGA 1700 ATX MOTHERBOARD WITH PCIE® 5.0, 18+1 POWER STAGES, DDR5, TWO-WAY AI NOISE CANCELATION, WIFI 6E, INTEL® 2.5 GB ETHERNET, FIVE M.2 SLOTS WITH HEATSINKS (INCLUDING TWO ON THE BUNDLED ROG HYPER M.2 CARD), PCIE® 5.0 NVME® SSD SUPPORT, M.2 COMBO-SINK, M.2 BACKPLATE, PCIE® SLOT Q-RELEASE, USB 3.2 GEN 2X2 TYPE-C®, SATA AND AURA SYNC RGB LIGHTING

• Ready for 12th Gen Intel® Core™, Pentium® Gold and Celeron® processors
• Optimal Power Solution: 18+1 power stages with 8+8 ProCool II power connectors, high-quality alloy chokes and durable capacitors to support multi-core processors
• Optimized Thermal Design: Integrated I/O cover and VRM heatsinks with high conductivity thermal pad, L-shaped heatpipe, an M.2 Combo-sink for PCIe® 5.0 M.2 slot and M.2 heatsinks for two M.2 slots
• High-performance Networking: On-board Intel® WiFi 6E (802.11ax) and Intel® 2.5 Gb Ethernet with ASUS LANGuard
• Best Gaming Connectivity: Supports HDMI® 2.1 and DisplayPort™ 1.4 output, five M.2 slots (including two on the bundled ROG Hyper M.2 card) plus USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 Type-C®
• Intelligent Control: ASUS-exclusive AI Overclocking, AI Cooling, AI Networking and Two-Way AI Noise Cancelation to simplify setup and improve performance
• DIY Friendly Design: PCIe® Slot Q-Release, M.2 Q-Latch, pre-mounted I/O shield, BIOS FlashBack™ button, and Clr CMOS button
• Unmatched Personalization: ASUS-exclusive Aura Sync RGB lighting, including a RGB header and three addressable Gen 2 headers
• Industry-leading Gaming Audio: ALC4080 with Savitech SV3H712 amplifier, along with DTS® Sound Unbound and Sonic Studio III
• Renowned Software: Bundled AIDA64 Extreme 60 days free trial version and intuitive UEFI BIOS dashboard with integrated MemTest86

Specification
CPU	Intel® Socket LGA1700 for 12th Gen Intel® Core™, Pentium® Gold and Celeron® Processors

Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 and Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0**

* Refer to www.asus.com for CPU support list.

** Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 support depends on the CPU types.ChipsetZ690Memory4 x DIMM, Max. 128GB, DDR5 6400(OC)/ 6200(OC)/ 6000(OC)/ 5800(OC)/ 5600(OC)/ 5400(OC)/ 5200(OC)/ 5000(OC)/ 4800 Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory*

Dual Channel Memory Architecture

Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

OptiMem II

* Supported memory types, data rate(Speed), and number of DRAM module vary depending on the CPU and memory configuration, for more information refer to www.asus.com for memory support list.Graphics

1 x DisplayPort**

1 x HDMI®***

 

* Graphics specifications may vary between CPU types. Please refer to www.intel.com for any updates.

** Support 8K@60Hz as specified in DisplayPort 1.4.

*** Support 4K@60Hz as specified in HDMI 2.1.

Expansion Slots

 

Intel® 12th Gen Processors*

1 x PCIe 5.0 x16 slot**

Intel® Z690 Chipset***

1 x PCIe 4.0 x16 slot (supports x4 mode or x4/x4 mode for ROG HYPER M.2 CARD)

1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slot (supports x4 mode)

1 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slot

* Please check PCIe bifurcation table in Chapter 1 of user guide.

** When M.2_1 is occupied with SSD device, PCIEX16(G5)_1 will run x8 only.

*** Supports Intel® Optane Memory H Series on PCH-attached PCIe slot.

StorageSupports 3 x M.2 slots and 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports

 

Intel®12th Gen Processors

M.2_1 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 5.0 x4 mode)

– Intel® 12th Gen processors support PCIe 5.0 x4 mode.

M.2_2 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)

– Intel® 12th Gen processors support PCIe 4.0 x4 mode.

Hyper M.2_1 slot (Key M) via Hyper M.2 card, type 2242/2260/2280/22110***

– Intel® 12th Gen processors support PCIe 4.0 x4 mode

Intel® Z690 Chipset**

M.2_3 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode & SATA modes)

Hyper M.2_1 slot (Key M) via Hyper M.2 card, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (suppports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)****

Hyper M.2_2 slot (Key M) via Hyper M.2 card, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (suppports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)****

6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports*****

* Intel® Rapid Storage Technology supports NVMe RAID 0/1/5, SATA RAID 0/1/5/10.

** Intel® Rapid Storage Technology supports Intel® Optane Memory H Series on PCH attached M.2 slots.

*** When ROG Hyper M.2 card is installed on PCIEX16(G5), only Hyper M.2_1 slot can support PCIe 4.0 x4 mode. When ROG Hyper M.2 card is installed on PCIEX16(G3), only Hyper M.2_1 slot can support PCIe 3.0 x4 mode. When ROG Hyper M.2 card is installed on PCIEX16(G4), Hyper M.2_1 and Hyper M.2_2 slots can support PCIe 4.0 x4 mode.

**** When ROG Hyper M.2 card is installed on PCIEX16(G5) or PCIEX16(G3), Hyper M.2_2 slot will be disabled. When ROG Hyper M.2 card is installed on PCIEX16(G4), Hyper M.2_1 and Hyper M.2_2 slots can support PCIe 4.0 x4 mode.

***** RAID configuration and boot drives are not supported on the SATA6G_E1-2 ports.Ethernet

1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet

ASUS LANGuard

Wireless & Bluetooth

2×2 Tri-Band Intel Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac/ax/az + BT5.2

“Wi-Fi 6E

2×2 Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)

Supports 2.4/5/6GHz frequency band*

Bluetooth v5.2 hardware ready**

* WiFi 6E 6GHz regulatory may vary between countries, and function will be ready in Windows 11 or later.

** Bluetooth v5.2 function will be ready in Windows 11 or later. ”

USB

Rear USB:Total 12 ports

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 port (1 x USB Type-C®)

3 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (2 x Type-A + 1 x USB Type-C®)

4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (4 x Type-A)

4 x USB 2.0 ports (4 x Type-A)

Front USB:Total 7 ports

Front USB (Total 7 ports)

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 connector (supports USB Type-C®)

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header supports additional 2 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 ALC4080

 

– 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

– ALC4080 + Savitech SV3H712 AMP

– Gold-plated audio jacks

– Rear optical S/PDIF out port

– Premium audio capacitors

– Audio coverInternal 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

5 x 4-pin Chassis Fan headers

Power related

1 x 24-pin Main Power connector

2 x 8-pin +12V Power connector

Storage related

3 x M.2 slots (Key M)

6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports

USB

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 connector (supports USB Type-C®)

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header supports additional 2 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 CPU Over Voltage jumper

1 x Front Panel Audio header (AAFP)

1 x SPI TPM header (14-1pin)

1 x 20-3 pin System Panel header with Chassis intrude function

1 x Thermal Sensor header

1 x Thunderbolt header

Special Features

Extreme Engine Digi+

– 5K Black Metallic Capacitors

ASUS Q-Design

– M.2 Q-Latch

– PCIe Slot Q-Release

– 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 heatsink

ASUS EZ DIY

– BIOS FlashBack™ button

– BIOS FlashBack™ LED

– Clear CMOS button

– CPU Socket lever protector

– ProCool II

– Pre-mounted I/O shield

– SafeSlot

– SafeDIMM

AURA Sync

– AURA RGB header

– Addressable Gen 2 RGB headers

ASUS HYDRANODE

– 1 x Chassis fan support* (CHA_FAN1P)

* Visit ASUS Website for the latest compatibility list.

TPM header

Software Features

ROG Exclusive Software

– ROG CPU-Z

– GameFirst VI

– Sonic Studio III + Sonic Studio Virtual Mixer + Sonic Suite Companion

– Sonic Radar III

– DTS® Sound Unbound

– Anti-virus software

ASUS Exclusive Software

Armoury Crate

– AIDA64 Extreme (60 days free trial)

– AURA Creator

– AURA Sync

– Fan Xpert 4

– Two-Way AI Noise Cancelation

AI Suite 3

– 5-Way Optimization with AI Overclocking

TPU

EPU

DIGI+ VRM

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

FlexKey

MemTest86

BIOS256 Mb Flash ROM, UEFI AMI BIOSManageabilityWOL by PME, PXEAccessoriesCables

 

4 x SATA 6Gb/s cables

ROG HYPER M.2 CARD

1 x ROG HYPER M.2 CARD

Miscellaneous

1 x ASUS 2×2 Dual-Band Wi-Fi moving antennas

1 x M.2 Q-Latch package

1 x M.2 Q-Latch package for M.2 backplate

1 x M.2 Rubber Packages

2 x M.2 Screw Packages

1 x ROG Graphics card holder

1 x ROG key chain

1 x cable tie

1 x ROG STRIX stickers

1 x ROG STRIX thank you card

Installation Media

1 x Support DVD

Documentation

1 x User manualOperating SystemWindows® 11 64-bit, Windows® 10 64-bitForm Factor

ATX

30.5cm x 24.4cm

Warranty3 YearsNote*Price, feature and specifications are subject to change without notice.