This motherboard is easily the most expensive I have ever purchased. With that in mind, I would expect it to work flawlessly. This is the case for the most part, and for that I give it great marks. My concern with this motherboard is that RAM speeds in the A1 + B1 channels do not exceed 4000mhz (using 4800mhz RAM). and attempting to raise it higher results in a failed boot, opening to BIOS. This can be fixed by placing RAM in the A2 + B2 channels, which works when you only have 2 sticks of RAM, but these kinds of solutions are pretty pathetic for such an expensive board. Online forums have shown that other people have had the same issue with...view more

I wasn't sure what Z690 Motherboard to buy so got this one, This one performs very well, lots of features, never misses a beat, Assuming bios is updated & not first time its doing a ram check after that. Bios updates require multiple restarts because it updates a lot more than just the bios. Protip for those who don't like to read manuals: You should be using A2 & B2 slots for ram with just 2 sticks (A2 for just 1). Turns out 12th gen CPU's have TPM build in for windows 11 so you don't need to buy the ASUS (yes Asus as it fits) TPM-SPI TPM module, I myself still did & haven't notice any difference between the 2. While the motherboard itself...view more