Gigabyte Z690 AORUS PRO 12th Gen ATX Motherboard
The Gigabyte Z690 AORUS PRO 12th Gen ATX Motherboard is featured with 16+1+2 Direct Digital VRM Design with 90A Power Stage and Tantalum Polymer Capacitor, DDR5 XTREME MEMORY Design, Fins-Array III Heatsink, Direct-Touch Heatpipe II, NanoCarbon Baseplate, M.2 Thermal Guard III, 125dB ESS Sabre Audio, Intel WIFI 6E 802.11ax, AQUANTIA 10GbE LAN. It is supported with LGA1700 socket: Support for 12th Generation Intel Core i9 processors/Intel Core i7 processors/Intel Core i5 processors. The board comes with Dual Channel Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR5, 4 DIMMs. It has a DDR5 XTREME MEMORY Design with SMD DIMM and Shielded Memory Routing.
Advanced Thermal Solution with NanoCarbon Fins-Array III Heatsink, Direct-Touch Heatpipe II, and NanoCarbon Baseplate. It has Intel WIFI 6 802.11ax 2T2R & BT5 with AORUS Antenna. This motherboard has 4 x Ultra-Fast NVMe PCIe 4.0/3.0 x4 M.2 with Thermal Guards. It features RGB FUSION 2.0 with Multi-Zone Addressable LED Light Show Design, Supports Addressable LED & RGB LED Strips. The Smart Fan 6 Features Multiple Temperature Sensors , Hybrid Fan Headers with FAN STOP, and Noise Detection.
The Gigabyte Z690 AORUS PRO comes with 3 years of warranty.
Specifications
| Basic Information |
| Supported CPU |
LGA1700 socket: Support for 12th Generation Intel Core i9 processors/Intel Core i7 processors/Intel Core i5 processors
L3 cache varies with CPU |
| Chipset |
Intel Z690 Express Chipset |
| BIOS |
1 x 256 Mbit flash
Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS
PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0 |
| Form Factor |
ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm |
| Audio |
Realtek ALC4080 CODEC
High Definition Audio
2-channel analog output
Support for S/PDIF Out
7.1-channel digital signals
* Actual output of digital signals may vary depending on the playback content and software used, and an external DAC is required. |
| Expansion Slots |
| PCI |
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
(The PCIEX16 slot conforms to PCI Express 5.0 standard.)
2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x4 (PCIEX4_1, PCIEX4_2)
(The PCIEX4 slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.) |
| M.2 Socket |
4x Ultra-Fast NVMe PCIe 4.0*/3.0 x4 M.2 with Enlarged Thermal Guard |
| Memory |
| Type |
DDR5 |
| Slots |
4 x DIMM |
| Supported Memory |
Support for DDR5 6200(O.C.) / 6000(O.C.) / 5800(O.C.) / 5600(O.C.) / 5400(O.C.) / 5200(O.C.) / 4800 / 4000 MHz memory modules
Dual-channel memory architecture
ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)
non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules
Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules |
| Maximum Memory |
Up to 128 GB (32 GB single DIMM capacity) |
| Graphics |
| Graphics |
Integrated Graphics Processor-Intel HD Graphics support:
1 x DisplayPort, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2304@60 Hz
* Support for DisplayPort 1.2 version and HDCP 2.3
Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFire and 2-Way AMD CrossFire technologies |
| Connector & Ports |
| Display Port (s) |
1 x DisplayPort |
| USB (s) |
Chipset:
2 x USB Type-C ports, with USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 support (1 port on the back panel, 1 port available through the internal USB header)
4 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red) on the back panel
Chipset+2 USB 3.2 Gen 1 Hubs:
6 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header)
Chipset+2 USB 2.0 Hub:
8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB headers) |
| LAN Port (s) |
Intel 2.5GbE LAN chip (2.5 Gbps/1 Gbps/100 Mbps) |
| Wireless Communication module |
Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200:
WIFI a, b, g, n, ac, ax, supporting 2.4/5 GHz Dual-Band
BLUETOOTH 5.2
Support for 11ax 160MHz wireless standard and up to 2.4 Gbps data rate |
| Supported Storage |
CPU:
1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280/22110 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2A_CPU)
Chipset:
1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2C_SB)
2 x M.2 connectors (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280/22110 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2P_SB/M2Q_SB)
6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
* Refer to "2-8 Internal Connectors," for the installation notices for the M.2 and SATA connectors.Intel Optane Memory Ready
* System acceleration with Intel Optane Memory can only be enabled on the M.2 connectors supported by the Chipset. |
| Audio |
1 x front panel audio header |
| Internal I/O Ports |
1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector, 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector, 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
1 x CPU fan header, 1 x water cooling CPU fan header
4 x system fan headers
2 x system fan/water cooling pump headers
2 x addressable LED strip headers, 2 x RGB LED strip headers
4 x M.2 Socket 3 connectors
6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
1 x front panel header, 1 x front panel audio header
1 x USB Type-C header, with USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 support, 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header
2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
1 x noise detection header
2 x Thunderbolt add-in card connectors
1 x power button, 1 x reset button
1 x Q-Flash Plus button
2 x temperature sensor headers
1 x reset jumper
1 x Clear CMOS jumper |
| TPM (Trusted Platform Module ) |
1 x Trusted Platform Module header (For the GC-TPM2.0 SPI/GC-TPM2.0 SPI 2.0 module only) |
| Warranty Information |
| Manufacturing Warranty |
3 years |
| Others |
| Special Features |
Support for APP Center
* Available applications in APP Center may vary by motherboard model. Supported functions of each application may also vary depending on motherboard specifications.
@BIOS
EasyTune
Fast Boot
Game Boost
ON/OFF Charge
RGB Fusion
Smart Backup
System Information Viewer
Q-Flash Plus
Q-Flash
Xpress Install |
| Bundled Software |
Norton Internet Security (OEM version)
cFosSpeed |
