ASUSROG Strix Z690-A Gaming WiFi D4 Intel LGA 1700 ATX Gaming Motherboard, 16+1 Power Stages, OptiMem III, PCIe 5.0, WiFi 6, 2.5 Gb LAN, Four M.2 with M.2 Heatsinks, & PCIe Slot Q-Release, Aura Sync

Bought from amazon warehouse and it looks new! all the accessories and plastic film to peel off were all still there. I have overclocked my 10700k cpu to 5.1ghz all core successfully with it and so far its stable. A little issue at first, partly because it's my first time and because the ai stuff was sending 1.6v through the poor cpu, but after setting things manually, its been good.The lighting looks great too

I recently upgraded my home PC with an Intel i5 10600 LGA 1200 processor and this Asus motherboard. Overall i have found it to be very stable and easy to overclock.The only gripe is that the user manual refers to a link on the support site regarding the RAID setup, but I couldn't find it on the site. I did manage to get the two 1Tb NVME drives configured in software RAID 0 eventually, but it was a long process with no specific documentation. I am now getting very good results with a "Userbenchmark" rating of "UFO" for the Gaming, Desktop and Workstation scores.This was a used motherboard with none of the accessories included, and I did find the SPDIF socket was slightly damaged, making the connection loose, It does work fine however, so not an issue. Overall very happy with the purchase and the performance.

It looks grate and as usual, as an ASUS ROG series, has that premium look that you would spect.

I'm so happy that this Asus mono have that BIOS USB port so I can update it without CPU. I knew that it won't cooperate with my new 13 gen CPU but that was easy and fast.Just only had problem with UPS delivery (no more UPS, avoid like fire)

Overall Great Motherboard, but hard to wrap a mind around why so pricy.Cons for Me:The Bluetooth connectivity is utterly bad.I have a Bluetooth Wireless Speaker. Previously I had MSI Z390 motherboard to which I connected My Bluetooth Speaker and it was Working perfect with Distance and all.But this Motherboards Bluetooth seems to struggle with Signal Distance.I nearly literarily have to stick my Bluetooth Speaker inside the Computer itself in order to have a good sound from it. There is nothing wrong with my Speaker.If I move Bluetooth Speaker about 20-50cm away from PC Case it starts to make distorted Sound.If close enough about 10-20cm the Volume itself is much quieter.If I keep speaker next to the board Max 5cm away sound is Ok.For me it's very weird because it suppose to work perfect within 10 Meters of Range...And next one is :When you turn of Computer... The ROG Logo doesn't Turn Off. It Stay's Lit...These are 2 things for now what I have noticed.I didn't had any problems with drivers or anything else yet.

Having waited a good while for stock and matching components this finally arrived and got commissioned.Was it worth the wait? Yes. Is it a good motherboard? YesMain pointers to note, so this is a the new 590 chipset, so fully supports PCIe V4, but make sure you have a processor that also supports PCIe V4. If you've a 10th gen it will only work at V3 speeds. Which although not slow, are now a little behind what you can get with V4.So for best results you need to pair this with an 11th generation chip.Memory support was great, and my RAM is running comfortably at 3200Mhz without any issue of heat or stability.The M.2 slots are easy to get to, but again read the manual as you can't just put drives in, in any configuration. If you want a V4 drive you need to use the first slot, if you populate the second slot with another drive you need to go into BIOS and tell it that's what you've done. To avoid potential speed issues I would recommend you use the first slot for your V4 disk, then use one of the 3rd or 4th slots at the bottom of the board for a V3 drive. If you're planning on using two V4 drives then you must use the top two slots and you must tell BIOS that's what you're doing.There is also a known issue with the Digital Audio off the board, out the box it most probably won't have the update, and you might experience a loud static sound coming out at random. This has been fixed with a firmware update available from the ASUS website, make sure you apply this and the problem goes away.So is this a good upgrade? Well I think that really depends on what you want. If you've a 400 or 300 series motherboard and only have V3 PCI devices then I don't think it's worth the money to upgrade. If you have an older version and are in the market to upgrade both your storage, GPU and processor then this motherboard is a great buy. But do make sure you get the latest 11th gen stuff to make the most from it's potential.

Does the job but update your bios when buying 👌🏻

Maybe, as a new build, the board would be OK but, trying to migrate an existing system is not straightforward. Basically, there's no clear instruction on how to enable Legacy drives to be booted from. It can be done though, just a lot of searching/trial and error.OK, the board has 6 SATA sockets and 2 NVME but there's only 6 channels available - using a NVME disables a SATA channel. NVME isn't initializing in Windows either for some reason.The board is also very picky about what's attached, failing to even POST with a touchscreen connected.Basically, I'm not impressed.**update**I got the board to see the drives. For a week, then all SATA channels went down and took some of the drives out with it - £500+ of dead HDD's and SSD'd.Upset.