Gigabyte Z690 GAMING X 12th Gen ATX Motherboard
The Gigabyte Z690 GAMING X DDR4 12th Gen ATX Motherboard is featured with direct 16+1+2 Digital VRM Design with 60A Power Stage and Tantalum Polymer Capacitor, DDR4 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. It comes with Dual Channel Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR4, 4 DIMMs. Advanced Thermal Solution with NanoCarbon Fins-Array III Heatsink, Direct-Touch Heatpipe II, and NanoCarbon Baseplate. It has a Fast 2.5GbE LAN with Bandwidth Management. It is equipped with AMP-UP Audio with ALC1220 and WIMA Audio Capacitors. It has 4 x Ultra-Fast NVMe PCIe 4.0/3.0 x4 M.2 with Thermal Guards. The SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen2x2 TYPE-C delivers up to 20Gb/s transfer speeds. 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.
Gigabyte Z690 GAMING X Review
Intel’s new 12th generation of CPUs, named Adler Lake, for those interested, have once again changed their socket. The 11th generation CPUs used the LGA1200 socket and with the 12th generation, they have gone to LGA1700. The increase in number is due to the increase in pins. But thanks to a new socket, manufacturers have had to create a new range of
motherboards. Thanks to Gigabyte, we have been able to upgrade our setup with a new Gigabyte Z690 Gaming X motherboard.
The Gigabyte Z690 Gaming X
motherboard does come in two variations, DDR4, and DDR5 versions. We are using the DDR4 version to take advantage of the 32Gb of RAM that we currently have. We will do an overview of the Gigabyte Z690 Gaming X motherboard as well as our experience of installing and setting up our newly powered rig powered by the wonderful Gigabyte!
The Gigabyte Z690 GAMING X comes with 3 years of warranty.
Specification
| 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 ALC1220-VB CODEC
* The back panel line out jack supports DSD audio.
High Definition Audio
2-channel analog output
Support for S/PDIF Out
7.1-channel digital signals |
| Expansion Slots |
| PCI |
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
* For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.
(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 |
4 x Ultra-Fast NVMe PCIe 4.0/3.0 x4 M.2 with Enlarged Thermal Guards |
| Memory |
| Type |
DDR5 |
| Slots |
4 x DIMM |
| Supported Memory |
Support for DDR5 6000(O.C.) / 5800(O.C.) / 5600(O.C.) / 5400(O.C.) / 5200(O.C.) / 4800 / 4000 MHz memory modules
Dual-channel memory architecture
Support for ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)
Support for non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules
Support for 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 HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@60 Hz
* Support for HDMI 2.0 version and HDCP 2.3.
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 |
| HDMI |
1 x HDMI port |
| Display Port (s) |
1 x DisplayPort |
| USB (s) |
Chipset:
1 x USB Type-C port on the back panel, with USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 support
1 x USB Type-C port with USB 3.2 Gen 2 support, available through the internal USB header
2 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red) on the back panel
5 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (3 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header)
Chipset+2 USB 2.0 Hubs:
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) |
| 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:
2 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280/22110 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2P_SB, M2Q_SB)
1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2M_SB)
6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
* Refer to "2-7 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
3 x system fan headers
1 x system fan/water cooling pump header
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 2 support
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header
2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
2 x Thunderbolt add-in card connectors
1 x Trusted Platform Module header (For the GC-TPM2.0 SPI/GC-TPM2.0 SPI 2.0 module only)
1 x reset button
1 x reset jumper
1 x Q-Flash Plus button
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
Support for Q-Flash Plus
Support for Q-Flash
Support for Xpress Install |
| Bundled Software |
Norton Internet Security (OEM version)
cFosSpeed |
