GIGABYTE Z690 AORUS PRO
High-end ATX Z690 DDR5 board with PCIe 5.0 x16, four PCIe 4.0 M.2, Wi‑Fi 6, 2.5GbE, and USB 3.2 Gen2x2.
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Product overview
Launched on October 28, 2021 alongside Intel’s 12th‑gen “Alder Lake,” the Z690 AORUS PRO is a DDR5, LGA1700 motherboard built on Intel’s Z690 platform. It targets builders moving to the first wave of DDR5 on LGA1700 with a well‑equipped ATX board. ([gigabyte.com](https://www.gigabyte.com/press/news/1943?utm_source=openai))
Positioned as a high_end Z‑series board, it exists to offer robust power delivery and lots of storage and I/O without stepping into halo pricing. It’s genuinely good for overclocking, expansion/multi‑M.2, and high-speed memory: 4 DDR5 DIMMs (up to 128 GB, XMP 6200+), one PCIe 5.0 x16 slot, four PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2, plus Intel 2.5 GbE, Wi‑Fi 6, and USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type‑C. Later BIOS updates add 13th‑gen support and microcode mitigations for 14th‑gen stability. Unique: PCIe 5.0 x16 with four onboard NVMe slots. ([gigabyte.com](https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/Z690-AORUS-PRO-rev-1x))
- overclocking
- expansion/multi-M.2
- high-speed memory
Product highlights
- Intel LGA 1700 Socket: Supports 12th Gen Intel Core Series Processors
- DDR5 Compatible: Dual Channel Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR5
- Commanding Power Design: 16+1+2 Twin Hybrid Digital VRM Design with 90A DrMOS with Tantalum Polymer Capacitors
- Cutting-Edge Thermal Design: Fully Covered Thermal Design and High Coverage MOSFET Heatsinks, Enlarged Thermal Guards
- Next Gen Connectivity: PCIe 5.0, Quad NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2, SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type-C
- Fast Networking: Intel 2.5 GbE LAN, WiFi 6 802.11ax, BT5
- Dynamic Audio: Hi-Fi Audio with ALC4080 and WIMA Audio Capacitors
- Fine Tuning Features: RGB FUSION 2.0, Supports Addressable LED & RGB LED Strips, Smart Fan 6, Q-Flash Plus Update BIOS without installing CPU, Memory, and GPU
- Only Compatible with Intel LGA1700 Cooling Brackets
Specifications
- Socket
- FCLGA1700
- WiFi
- Yes
- Integrated Graphics
- Yes
- Compatible Memory
- DDR5
- USB
- 3.2
- Max Memory Size
- 128 GB
- ECC Support
- Yes
- Max RAM speed
- 6200 MT/s
- Form factor
- ATX
- RAM slots
- 4
- M.2 slots
- 4
- PCIe x16
- 1
- Processor Generation
- 12
- Pci E
- 5.0
- M 2
- SATA/PCI-E
- Sata Slots
- 6
- Sata Speed
- 6Gb/s
- Pci E Slots
- 1
- Tdp
- 40 W
- Nvme
- Yes
- Pci E X4
- 2
- Cpu Brand
- Intel
