Asus ROG Maximus Z690 Extreme Review: Glorious, Luxurious Motherboard Excess
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- The Asus ROG Maximum Z690 Extreme is truly a motherboard for the PC enthusiast who demands the best of the best, price be damned. In this video Thiago covers everything about this monster motherboard, including build tips and things to consider.
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I just got mine and let me tell you that’s a beast. And it so clean
Hi hows it holding up im currently waiting on mine to be delivered im wanting to put a i9 13900k and a rtx 4090 with it
@@bs_shifty_4207 How's yours? How's the M.2 slots i read that both the GPU and 5th generation M.2 slots both share PCIE lanes so if you use a 5th-generation SSD in the M.2 SSD_1 it will take half your PCIE lanes from 16 down to 8. How many M.2 slots are good before i spend to get this board i plan on getting 2 4tb M.2 SSD's and 1 8tb M.2 SSD for all of my 3d software files
Hey Thiago nice to see you working at PC World.
Thanks! They’re great 👍
Awesome, or should I say, “extreme!”
So glad I watched your video, since you mentioned that RAM issue. Now I know to get only 2 sticks for my next build with this motherboard
The "only problem" with a deluxe board like this is you could buy four $250 level boards over the course of the next decade and probably be farther ahead. It's expensive for the same reason a Jaguar is expensive.
This one is very very expensive indeed. But add 90% to what this board costs, and you can buy the "Glacial" edition of the same board.... Nearly twice as expensive. The only diff I'm aware of, is the Glacial has water cooling.
@@TemplarKnight1177 is it wirth it for the water cooling version ??
@@tsubimekdeinmansubimekdein3898 Not for most people, but the description for this video says "a motherboard for the PC enthusiast who demands the best of the best, price be damned".
Will a 13h gen processor be ok with this Motherboard
Yes just update Bios
Do I spy one of those fancy limited 6900xt LC with the fast ram & the xtxh chip?
You did! Good Eye
I got the Z690 Hero and it is very close to the extreme but in price the extreme cost double.
Thanks for do this review, it was very informational
This LGA1700 cooler thing is becoming really annoying. I recently put together a i9-12900K with 64GB(2x32GB) on a Gigabyte Z690 Aotus Elite AX, GeForce RTX3090 Founders Edition, Samsung 980 Pro and more, and I noticed that the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO V2 (which states on their website as well as on the BOX itself, that it works with LGA1700), well to the left of the socket perpendicular to the VRM there is a row of capacitors and the bracket lip TOUCHES ALL the Capacitors!!! But even worse on the right side of the socket there is a sole single capacitor and the screw hole that you use to mount the heatsink is directly above that one capacitor!!!! So if you screw it all the way down then you'll nick the top edge of the black capacitor with the half circle silver color at the top, seriously, who designs these coolers? Do they not have access to motherboards to test the fit before going to production?
I noticed that NewEgg has a extra Cooler Master Intel LGA1700 Mounting Kit (item 9SIAJ83GPP2224 ,Model: 603006050-GP for the Cooler Master Hyper 212 series coolers, well guess what? That brackets that come in that kit are THE SAME AS THE ONES THAT COME WITH THE COOLER, except there plain silver metal colored instead of the slightly black tinted ones that the Cooler comes with but the sizes, shapes and holes are all still in the same place!!!
The only solution I found was to get 4 heavy duty industrial grade rubber washers and place them on the board before screwing the 4 screw on bolts to the back bracket that mounts from the rear of the board. That extra 1/8" or less washer height gives you just enough extra room to clear the single capacitor on the right and just enough to NIT touch the capacitors on the left.
I called and asked around, Amazon, Best Buy Geek Squad, NewEgg, a couple local stores, NO ONE had a clue as to what Cooler you could use, the tech support at Amazon had the nerve to suggest just buying a different brand board!!! Seriously, that's Amazon's solution!!! Finally I got a tech on the phone at MicroCenter who actually knew exactly what I was talking about and he had said that they have been using some AZ-S500 Cooler which neither of us where to keen on but he said he's build several systems with higher end Gigabyte, Asus and other Z690 boards and there's just a poor design issue with coolers for LGA1700. What has been your experience? Any suggestions. I asked Gordon on LinkedIn in (he's great, I've known Gordon for over 20 years) and he hasn't had time to reply yet. I'm thinking about getting ahold of Brad or Aliana to get their take, but if you have a better idea, let me know. Thnaks.
Kind of feels like cooler support has really dropped the ball to the point it's almost like custom loops are more practical. Which is a problem.
@theonlyone38 oh it doesn't kind of feel like it, it's exactly it, almost every cooler out there right now in stock seems to have some issue with fitting on a LGA1700 board.
Now I am many things, certified draftsman & designer, Information Technology Specialists, Hardware Technician, Mid-Level Auto mechanic, Carpenter, Roofer, Landscaper and much more but one thing I am not is an Electrician (although I have done setup for the IBEW) and know many Electricians, and it just doesn't sound like a good idea to have metal brackets sitting directly on top, and touching Electrical capacitors, and I. Many cases on boards the middle hole where you screw the heatsink down to the mounting brackets, there is a capacitor('s) under that hole, or at least visible through the hole, which means if your not careful, you could screw the heatsink mounting screw right into a capacitor on your brand new $300, $400, $500+ Dollar motherboard, and thats "physical damage" that isn't covered under any warranty. So yes, I would say that there has been a massive loss in communication between motherboard, CPU and Cooler manufacturers.
Great Review so I subscribed. I wanted to ask your opinion. I was looking at buying the Apex but I am mainly looking for a MB for gaming that I do plan to overclock. I am a little confused about whether the apex is just for record breaking over clocking enthusiasts or would it also be a great for gaming, once I am happy with whatever I set the over clock to. I was trying to decide between Apex or this MB you reviewed. Thank you for any feed back.
Well, you've probably already made a choice and built your PC but I'll answer your original question. Yes, the Apex is intended only for record breaking OC so you don't buy it unless you plan on using it with LN2. Besides that, you never need a motherboard like this just to push your CPU to its limits. If your goal is just to OC a 12900K and game on it, motherboards a third of the price are more than sufficient. Of course, if you have the budget and want to spend on something like this you can, but you're not going to get any better performance: you might (emphasis on the 'might') be able to get an extra 100MHz on your OC but that's not going to impact day to day performance (especially gaming).
I have this board i still can’t find anywhere online why they put the second thunderbolt 4 port inside near the power input and they label it TB4 you can see in your video. Would be nice for front case…. But im wondering if it’s just there to use this board as a high end overclocking test bench that’s open air please input
Would the Asus ROG MAXIMUS Z690 EXTREME fit in a Corsair 7000d, pc part picker list the 5000d as a eatx compatible case but not the 7000d?
Thanks for the review
I don't know about the extreme. But the Maximus Z690 is literally bursting into flames. So many that they recalled the entire motherboard.
Wish Asus made a Maximus D4. The reason I didn't get the strix D4 was because it's a white board
Great review. Thank you.
ok im dumb how much m2 ssd can you fit?
f.e: 2x m2 ssd and 1x hdd
thanks
I wouldn’t say the Extreme is the ideal enthusiast motherboard, but it is definitely for those Gucci-Glock type builds.
It looks pretty cool but in 90% of the case...my mobo has it🤭 only like 250 dollars the tuf gaming ddr4 z690
I did pay, 1.300€ when this mainboard came out 5 months ago :D
Eh don't worry i just pre order the MSI Meg Godlike Z690 and with Taxes it end up at $1,304.00 USD. If that's what you pay for your board, i think you did over pay for this one. The Godlike has more futures than this one for about the same price and it also looks way better than this Asus motherboard.
@@Nightmare-xx4gv XD good joke ! The z790 extreme is the top 2 tiers this year between all z790
@@Nightmare-xx4gv the 2 best boards are the kingpin from EVGA and the extrem asus overall ! The z690 the godlike was amazing but not this new ones !
Surprised you been allowed to use that as your Channel name cause there is a high street brand here in the UK under that name so i’m surprised you haven’t been given a ‘cease & desist’ letter from the company here in the UK
Tbh I don't get the Extreme Z690 at all. I have the Z690 Hero, which is already darn expensive (got it heavily discounted), and it has 90% of what the Extreme offers. I've compared specs for the whole lineup, and really can't see where are those extra 500$ they ask for the Extreme, even the RGB is prettier in the Hero. ASUS Z690 Maximus range is super overpriced, the Hero used to be the entry board to the enthusiast range, and the price was more or less reasonable. I paid 200$ for the Maximus X Hero and this year they're asking for 650$. Asus tax is getting absurd, really. Wish Gigabyte would improve their software and BIOS because their hardware is pretty solid.
Yeah the Hero is great too- and prices have climbed for sure - hopefully they don’t go any higher!
neat
its a great feature packed board but the ddr5 support is utterly crap, the QVL for memory is totally rubbish and the whole 12th gen experience on two asus boards has been painful and stressful in honesty.
The tech support is non existent and painfully generic and the once busy forums are now a ghost town and an utter waste of time.
I firstly bought a hero board that was so buggy i ended up binning it and then went with an extreme board which agian simply doesnt run ddr5 at the xmp speeds it says it will it the asus qvl and even then it is unstable and cannot be relied on to run stable.
I tried two different 12900k and 12900ks ive tried three sets of different memory ALL of it on thier QVL list, DDR5 is garbage sadly. The ONLY memory i could buy that ran as it should was corsair platinum dominator 6200 and thta just about run stable.
Now i know that Bios matures over time and will get better but WHEN ? we are 6 or 7 months in now, im running 1403 and in honesty it still isnt right
Des mb is Schrott! Also hab’s grad installiert und mal abgesehen davon dass ich 100mal im bios Lande und jetzt nicht mal mehr n Bild bekommen ist der Support noch 4h kontackt echt un hilfreich und man bekommt n paar Tage später vielleicht nen Rückruf! Nie wieder da nehm ich lieber wieder as Rock !
MSI ACE
Msi is like playing slots with computer parts: you never know what you are going to get.
12 minutes wasted. I expected some in depth analysis with 12 minutes but in this video there is less info than what I can read from the synthetic spec sheet
not a review... more of an ad piece .. reading through manufactures list of features... unsubscribed from this garbage.
Does SLI work on that board!
Can this motherboard take the i9-13900K? 13th gen
Yes. Just update the bios first thing.