ASUS Prime Z690-A Z690 ATX motherboard
Intel® 12th generation Core® i5/i7/i9 processor (Alder Lake), up to 30MB L3 cache, LGA1700 socket, 7nm, up to sixteen cores
Intel® Z690
Four (4) 240-pin DIMM banks supporting up to 128GB DDR5-4800 unbuffered non-ECC SDRAM, Dual channel memory bus
Note: Dual channel configuration requires two or four modules
Onboard Intel UHD770 (12th Gen CPU) 3D accelerated APU, two digital ports (HDMI 2.1 and Display Port 1.4), dual head display
(SR4) Up to four (4) SATA or SAS 3.5in hard drives. These drives can be configured as hardware RAID.
(T) Up to two (2) SATA 3.5in hard drives. These drives can be configured as software RAID.
Intel® Z690 PCH SATA controller, 4xSATA 6Gbs ports
Four (4) M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 ports
(SR4) Broadcom 9361-8i SAS3/SATA 12Gbps RAID controller, Broadcom 3108, RAID level 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, PCI-E x8 Gen3
External 8X DVD+-RW optical burner, USB 2.0 interface
Onboard Realtek ALC S1220A 8-channel (7.1) High Definition audio
Onboard Intel i225-V Single-port PCI-Express 2.5Gigabit Ethernet controller, 1GBase-T, RJ-45
One (1) PCI Express x16 (v5.0) slot
One (1) PCI Express x16 (v3.0) slot, x4 signal
One (1) PCI Express x4 (v3.0) slot
Two (2) PCI Express x1 (v3.0) slots
Two (2) USB 3.2 Gen 2 port (10Gbs), Type As (rear access)
One (1) USB 3.2 Gen 2 port (10Gbs), Type C (rear access)
One (1) USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 port (20Gbs), Type C (rear access)
Four (4) USB 3.2 Gen 1 port (5Gbs), Type As (rear access)
Two (2) USB 3.2 Gen 1 port (5Gbs), Type As (front access)
One (1) Line in, MIC, and Speaker port
One (1) Surround, SPDIF and Center/LFE port
One (1) RJ-45 Ethernet port
One (1) DisplayPort 1.4 port
One (1) HDMI 2.1 port
Logitech Wireless Combo MK345 USB keyboard and Optical mouse
Fractal Design Meshify 2 Mid Tower (Non-RAID) or Phantek Enthoo Pro PH-ES614PTG Full Tower (RAID), Dark Tinted Glass
Front View (SR4) Front View (T)
Two (2) front accessible USB ports
Two (2) front accessible audio ports
750W ATX12V full modular power supply, Platinum Level, 12cm fan
Three (3) accessible 5.25in drive bays (SR4 only)
Two (2) internal 3.5/2.5in fixed hard drive bays (T only)
(SR4) SAS3 enclosure with four (4) 3.5in trayless hotswap drive bays
(T) Two (2) 14cm fans, in-take
(T) One (1) 12cm fan, exhaust
(SR4) One (1) 14cm fan, in-take
(SR4) One (1) 14cm fan, exhaust
Dimensions: 17.52" (H) x 7.68" (W) x 19.69" (D)
Ubuntu, CentOS or Rocky Linux 64-bit operating system