GIGABYTE Z690 Gaming DDR4 Motherboard Review

I bought the motherboard in March 2022, assembled the computer in May. Version 1.0, released at the end of 2022. The mother impresses with its design - massive radiators of the same color cover almost half of the surface, a built-in rear panel with a fairly significant amount of USB. Good power allows you to put top-end processors on it. Competent distance between PCI-E 16 - you can insert 2 video cards (although who needs it now, but still). At first there were big problems with the Bios…

Mother works in conjunction with i5-12600k and ddr4 3200MHz Kingston Fury. I do not use any overclocking, everything works in stock. I immediately ated bios to the current version of F8b, out of the box there was version F5. At the first start and after flashing, the mother rebooted 5 times - do not be alarmed, just wait.

Got pros: Thick. For the first time, I pushed 24 pins into the motherboard so confidently. Heavy, with massive heatsinks. An infinite number of power phases;). Characteristic of the z-series chipset are numerous BIOS settings. With its cons: Got the first revision. Has its drawbacks. Gigabyte software is the ego's Achilles' heel. The heatsink of the m2 connector (single located) has a backlash, the thermal pad does not adhere to the chips enough. With the cooling of the remaining three m2, ever

Perhaps I did not understand the compatibility when buying, but the M.2 Samsnug Evo Plus 970 refused to work in the slot closest to the M.2 processor. Works in other slots. Perhaps this slot needs an SSD with PCIe 4, I didn’t understand it. and that's how it works. Pros: The quality is on the level, there are screws for each M.2 slot, a convenient location of ports, there is an additional protective panel on top of all ports. With its cons: Gigabyte bios is still a pleasure. The utility for…

So, this is my first purchase with an unlocked i7-12700kf processor and a Z chipset motherboard. Surprisingly, when installing an old SSD Samsung 970 EVO Plus MZ-V7S500BW with Win10 on board the PC started up. When you first turned it on and off 6 times. Installed Win11 from 0 after. I will describe the problems that I encountered and how I managed to solve them: 1. A squeak is heard from the mat. fees. In BIOS, in "Advanced CPU Settings", "State Control C-State" set to "Disabled"; 2. Loading…

Different pros: Convenient location for connecting coolers, massive heatsinks, minimalist design. Has cons: Raw BIOS, in the latest version, the lower ARGB backlight connection port does not work. Poor delivery package.