CPU

• Intel® Socket LGA1700 for 13th Gen Intel® Core™ & 12th Gen Intel® Core™, Pentium® Gold and Celeron® Processors
• Supports Intel® 10 nm CPU
• 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.

Chipset

• Z690

Memory

• 4 x DIMM, Max. 128GB, DDR5 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
• Actual Memory data rate depends on the CPU types and DRAM modules, for more information refer to www.asus.com for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists).

Graphics

• 1 x DisplayPort**
• 1 x HDMI® port***
• 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® 13th & 12th Gen Processors*
  • 1 x PCIe 5.0 x16 slot (supports x16 mode)
• Intel® Z690 Chipset**
  • 1 x PCIe 4.0 x16 slot (supports x4 mode)
  • 1 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slot
  • Please check PCIe bifurcation table in support site.
  • Supports Intel® Optane Memory H Series on PCH-attached PCIe slot

Storage

• Supports 3 x M.2 slots and 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
• Intel® 13th & 12th Gen Processors
  • M.2_1 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)
• Intel® Z690 Chipset**
  • M.2_2 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)
  • M.2_3 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 & SATA modes)
  • 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.
  • RAID configuration and optical disc drives are not supported on the SATA6G_E1-2 ports.

Ethernet

• 1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet
• ASUS LANGuard

Wireless & Bluetooth

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

USB

Rear USB:

• Total 10 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)
• 2 x USB 2.0 ports (2 x Type-A)

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
• SupremeFX Shielding Technology
• Savitech SV3H712 AMP
• Gold-plated audio jacks
• Rear optical S/PDIF out port
• Premium audio capacitors
• Audio cover

Back Panel I/O 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)
• 2 x USB 2.0 ports (2 x Type-A)
• 1 x DisplayPort
• 1 x HDMI® port
• 1 x Wi-Fi Module
• 1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet port
• 5 x Gold-plated audio jacks
• 1 x Optical S/PDIF out port
• 1 x BIOS FlashBack™ button
• 1 x Clear CMOS button

Internal 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
• 3 x 4-pin Chassis Fan headers

Power related

• 1 x 24-pin Main Power connector
• 1 x 8-pin +12V Power connector
• 1 x 4-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 20-5 pin System Panel header
• 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
• 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
• CPU Socket lever protector
• Clear CMOS button
• ProCool II
• Pre-mounted I/O shield
• SafeSlot
• SafeDIMM

AURA Sync

• AURA RGB header
• Addressable Gen 2 RGB headers

Software Features

ROG Exclusive Software

• GameFirst VI
• ROG CPU-Z
• 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

BIOS

• 256 Mb Flash ROM, UEFI AMI BIOS

Manageability

• WOL by PME, PXE

Accessories

Cables

• 4 x SATA 6Gb/s cables

Miscellaneous

• 1 x ASUS Wi-Fi moving antennas
• 1 x Cable ties pack
• 1 x M.2 Rubber Package
• 1 x M.2 Q-Latch package
• 1 x M.2 Q-Latch package for M.2 backplate
• 1 x ROG key chain
• 1 x ROG Strix stickers
• 1 x ROG Strix thank you card

Installation Media

• 1 x Support DVD

Documentation

• 1 x User manual

Operating System

• Windows® 11, Windows® 10 64-bit

Form Factor

• microATX
• 24.4cm x 24.4cm