Asus Prime Z690-A Intel 12th Gen ATX Motherboard

Asus Prime Z690-A Motherboard features Intel LGA 1700 socket Ready for 12th Gen Intel Core, Pentium Gold, and Celeron Processors. Asus Prime series motherboards are expertly engineered to unleash the full potential of 12th Generation Intel processors. It comes with an enhanced power solution. 16+1 DrMOS, ProCool sockets, alloy chokes, and durable capacitors for stable power delivery. AI Overclocking optimizes performance based on CPU and cooler loads to achieve results that are extremely close to manual tuning by experts. AI Cooling manages and controls all motherboard fans, automatically optimizing settings based on current system load and temperature. Two-Way AI Noise-Cancelation Reduces background noise from the microphone and audio output for crystal-clear communication in games or video conferences. It features Large VRM heatsinks, M.2 heatsinks, M.2 backplate with Q-Latch, hybrid fan headers, and Fan Xpert 4. The Asus Prime Z690-A is supported with DDR5 memory, PCIe 5.0, Intel 2.5 Gb Ethernet, USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C, front panel USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C, Thunderbolt 4 header support, 4 PCIe 4.0 M.2. The Asus Prime Z690-A offers a sleek, futuristic-looking build with a black and white finish, space-shuttle-inspired design elements, metallic nameplate, and PCB cover. Asus 5-Way Optimization makes your PC smart. Along with taking care of complex tuning and dynamically optimizing essential aspects of your system, it provides overclocking profiles that are tailored for your rig. Prime Z690 series is engineered with multiple onboard heatsinks and an array of hybrid fan headers to ensure your rig stays cool and stable under intense workloads. Two M.2 heatsinks take care of the three M.2 slots, warding off throttling that can occur with M.2 storage during sustained transfers. Prime Z690-A offers a total of four M.2 slots that support data-transfer speeds of up to 64 Gbps via PCIe 4.0, enabling quicker boot-up and app load times with OS or application drives.