Asus ROG Strix Z690 E Gaming WiFi unboxing, installation and tests with Intel i9-12900K

This is an unboxing and review of the Asus ROG Strix Z690 E gaming WiFi motherboard. Highlights of the Z690 motherboard with some serious specs.

For reference this build includes:
Asus ROG Strix Z690 E Gaming WiFi motherboard
Intel Core i9-12900K CPU
32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5 5,200 Mhz RAM
Lian Li O11 Dynamic MINI Snow Edition
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This is a 12th Gen, Z690, LGA 1700 Socket motherboard which supports DDR5, PCie Gen 5 and more.
Highlights of this one include:
5 x PCIe Gen 4 NVMe m2 ports
Auto overclocking and AI fan controls
DDR5 RAM support
Loads of IO ports

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Specs include:
Specs of this motherboard:
CPU - Intel 12th gen
Chipset Z690
Memory 4 x DIMM, Max. 128GB, DDR5 6400(OC)/ 6200(OC)/ 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
1 x PCIe 5.0 x16 slott
​1 x PCIe 4.0 x16 slot (supports x4 mode or x4/x4 mode for ROG HYPER M.2 CARD)
1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slot (supports x4 mode)
1 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slot
Storage
Supports 3 x M.2 slots and 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
Intel®12th Gen Processors
M.2_1 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 5.0 x4 mode)
Intel® 12th Gen processors support PCIe 5.0 x4 mode.
M.2_2 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)
Intel® 12th Gen processors support PCIe 4.0 x4 mode.
Hyper M.2_1 slot (Key M) via Hyper M.2 card, type 2242/2260/2280/22110
Intel® 12th Gen processors support PCIe 4.0 x4 mode
M.2_3 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode & SATA modes)
Hyper M.2_1 slot (Key M) via Hyper M.2 card, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (suppports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)
Hyper M.2_2 slot (Key M) via Hyper M.2 card, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (suppports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)
6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
Ethernet
1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet
ASUS LANGuard
Wireless & Bluetooth
Intel® Wi-Fi 6E
2x2 Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Supports 2.4/5/6GHz frequency band
Bluetooth v5.2 hardware ready
WiFi 6E 6GHz regulatory may vary between countries, and function will be ready in Windows 11 or later.
Bluetooth v5.2 function will be ready in Windows 11 or later
USB
Rear USB:
Total 12 ports
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 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)
4 x USB 2.0 ports (4 x Type-A)
Front USB:
Total 7 ports
Front USB (Total 7 ports)
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 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
Internal I/O Connectors
1 x 4-pin CPU Fan header
1 x 4-pin CPU OPT Fan header
1 x 4-pin AIO Pump header
5 x 4-pin Chassis Fan headers
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 20-3 pin System Panel header with Chassis intrude function
1 x Thermal Sensor header
1 x Thunderbolt header
Special Features
Extreme Engine Digi+

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