THE NEW ERA OF GAMING Rule supreme with the Z690 AORUS gaming motherboards. The new era of gaming platforms continues the legendary AORUS bloodline with the most robust power delivery and dominant thermal design, glorified with the complete memory overclocking technology to crown your PC with the best gaming performance. XTREME MEMORY GIGABYTE Z690 Motherboards feature the latest DDR5 architecture and XMP 3.0 capability. The new DDR5 memory technology brings 50 more bandwidth to the platform and increases the system performance drastically by implementing Unlocked Native DDR5 Voltage, Xtreme Memory Routing and reliable SMD slot. In addition to the hardware upgrades, the user friendly UI provides full functionality to overclock higher with exclusive DDR5 tuning capability. FOR EVERY CONNECTION GIGABYTE Z690 Series Motherboards let you experience ultimate connection flexibility and blazing data-transfer speed with next generation network, storage, and WIFI connectivity. AQUANTIA® 10GBE BASE-T NETWORKING The AQUANTIA® AQC113C is a high-performance, backward compatible with 10GBASE-T/ 5GBASE-T/ 2.5GBASE-T/ 1000BASE-T/ 100BASE-TX Ethernet Controller which is able to provide up to 10 GbE network connectivity, with 10 times faster transfer speeds compared to general 1GbE networking and is perfectly designed for media centers, workstations and gamers. INTEL 802.11AX WIFI 6E Intels latest Wireless solution 802.11ax WIFI 6E with new dedicated 6GHz band, enables gigabit wireless performance, provides smooth video streaming, better gaming experience, few dropped connections and speeds up to 2.4Gbps*. Moreover, Bluetooth 5 provides 4X range over BT 4.2 and with faster transmission. ESSENTIAL HEX USB DAC ESSential HEX USB DAC reduces the pre-ringing and provides higher reverberation strength to achieve width and depth on the sound stage. The sound is clearly portrayed making directional sounds clearer and more accurate when playing FPS games. IMPRESSIVE PERSONALIZATION Now offering more LED customizations than ever, users can truly adapt their PC to represent their lifestyle. With full RGB support and a redesigned RGB Fusion 2.0 application, the user has complete control over the LEDs which surround the motherboard. Q-FLASH PLUS With GIGABYTE Q-Flash Plus, you don’t need to install the CPU, memory and graphics card nor enter the BIOS menu to flash the BIOS. Just download and save a new BIOS file (rename to gigabyte.bin) on the USB flash drive, then press the dedicated Q-Flash Plus button and you’re good to go! Core Specifications Edition AORUS XTREME WATERFORCE Form Factor E-ATX CPU Socket 1700 Chipset Intel Z690 RAM Memory Support Memory Type DDR5 Memory Channel   Memory Type (ECC)   Memory Type (R/U)   Memory Speed (Mhz)   Max. Memory Capacity   Audio Audio   Graphics Support Primary GPU Interface PCIe 5.0 (x16) NVIDIA SLI Support N/A AMD CrossFire Support N/A Integrated Graphics Requires Processor Graphics or Discrete GPU On-Board Graphics Connectors Thunderbolt Internal Connectivity Expansion Slots 4 x M.2 PCIe 1 x PCIe 3.0 x4 1 x PCIe 5.0 x16 1 x PCIe 5.0 x8Core Specifications Edition AORUS XTREME WATERFORCE Form Factor E-ATX CPU Socket 1700 Chipset Intel Z690 RAM Memory Support Memory Type DDR5 Memory Channel   Memory Type (ECC)   Memory Type (R/U)   Memory Speed (Mhz)   Max. Memory Capacity   Audio Audio   Graphics Support Primary GPU Interface PCIe 5.0 (x16) NVIDIA SLI Support N/A AMD CrossFire Support N/A Integrated Graphics Requires Processor Graphics or Discrete GPU On-Board Graphics Connectors Thunderbolt Internal Connectivity Expansion Slots 4 x M.2 PCIe 1 x PCIe 3.0 x4 1 x PCIe 5.0 x16 1 x PCIe 5.0 x8 4 x SATA 6GB/s SATA Support SATA3 RAID Support via   Storage Mode Support   Internal I/O   External Connectivity Network Interface Type 802.11ax WiFi LAN Wired 10G LAN Wired 2.5 Gigabit LAN Network Chip/Modules   Rear I/O Connectors 2 x Thunderbolt port 10 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C Additional Specifications Water Cooled Yes Cooling   QPI Speed N/A Board Dimensions 305 x 285 mm 4 x SATA 6GB/s SATA Support SATA3 RAID Support via   Storage Mode Support   Internal I/O   External Connectivity Network Interface Type 802.11ax WiFi LAN Wired 10G LAN Wired 2.5 Gigabit LAN Network Chip/Modules   Rear I/O Connectors 2 x Thunderbolt port 10 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C Additional Specifications Water Cooled Yes Cooling   QPI Speed N/A Board Dimensions 305 x 285 mm