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Z690M-ITX/ax

Supports 14^th, 13^th & 12^th Gen Intel^® Core™ Processors (LGA1700)
8 Phase Dr.MOS Power Design
2 x DDR4 DIMMs
Supports Dual Channel, up to 5000+ (OC)
1 PCIe 5.0 x16
Graphics Output Options: HDMI, DisplayPort
Realtek ALC897 7.1 CH HD Audio Codec, Nahimic Audio
4 SATA3
1 Hyper M.2 (PCIe Gen4 x4)
1 Hyper M.2 (PCIe Gen4 x4 & SATA3)
2 USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C (1 Front, 1 Rear)
4 USB Rear 3.2 Gen2
2 USB Front 3.2 Gen1
Dragon 2.5G LAN, Intel^® Gigabit LAN
802.11ax (WiFi 6E) + Bluetooth 5.3

This model may not be sold worldwide. Please contact your local dealer for the availability of this model in your region.

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Dr.MOS is the integrated power stage solution which is optimized for synchronous buck-set down voltage applications! Compared to traditional discrete MOSFETs, it intelligently delivers higher current for each phase, thus providing improved thermal result and superior performance.

Featuring sturdy components and completely smooth power delivery to the CPU. Plus, it offers unmatched overclocking capabilities and enhanced performance with the lowest temperature for advanced gamers as well.

Whether you are using headphones, a headset, external or internal speakers, via USB, Wi-Fi, analog output or even HDMI, Nahimic Audio offers you the most engaging listening experience, vibrant and rich with details.

The Powerful algorithms to ensure the best noise-free conversation, giving a constant vocal level no matter the distance from your mic. The Nahimic audio engine dynamically clear the sound and remove interference noise and lower the voice variation. Result is a better comprehension and less fatigue.
●Static Noise Suppression
●Echo Cancellation
●Lateral Sound Cancellation
●Voice Stabilizer

●Sound Tracker
The Sound Tracker is a visual indicator that points out the directions from which predominant sounds are coming. Each sound is properly positioned in 360° on a radar for a full immersion during the game.

●Works on any devices!
Enjoy the vibrant and high-quality Surround Sound on all your favorite audio devices: Jack, USB, Bluetooth, HDMI, S/PDIF. Nahimic is compatible with all of your favorite audio tools and ensures the best sound with any of them. Nahimic measure and improve to optimize our technology and offer you the best experience.

POLYCHROME RGB

This motherboard features onboard RGB headers and an addressable RGB header that allow motherboard to be connected to compatible LED devices such as strip, CPU fans, coolers, chassis and so on. Users may also synchronize RGB LED devices across the Polychrome RGB Sync-certified accessories to create their own unique lighting effects

*The addressable RGB LED header supports WS2812B addressable RGB LED strip (5V/Data/GND), with a maximum power rating of 3A (5V), a max of 80 LEDs and length within 2 meters.
*The RGB LED header supports standard 5050 RGB LED strip (12V/G/R/B), with a maximum power rating of 3A (12V) and length within 2 meters.

Base Frequency Boost (BFB) Technology

BFB Technology allow the use of increasing TDP to enjoy the base frequency boost with the hidden power of processors with users' non K series CPUs and ASRock’s selected 600 series motherboards

While ASRock BFB breathes life into non K series CPUs, the boost frequency currently still depends on the cooling system applied on your rig.

BFB frequency performance results may vary between different CPUs and hardware configurations. Frequency shown in this chart is for reference only.

Unique Feature
ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2
- ASRock Front Panel Type-C USB 3.2 Gen2 Header (10 Gb/s)
- ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C Port (20 Gb/s)
- ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s)
ASRock Super Alloy
- Premium Power Choke
- 50A Dr.MOS
- Nichicon 12K Black Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors)
- Sapphire Black PCB
- High Density Glass Fabric PCB
- 8 Layer PCB
2.5G LAN
802.11ax Wi-Fi 6E
ASRock Auto Driver Installer
ASRock Steel Slot
ASRock Full Coverage M.2 Heatsink
ASRock Hyper M.2 (PCIe Gen4x4)
ASRock Full Spike Protection (for all USB, Audio, LAN Ports)
ASRock Live Update & APP Shop
CPU
- Supports 14^th, 13^th & 12^th Gen Intel^® Core™ Processors (LGA1700)
- Digi Power design
- 8 Power Phase design
- Supports Intel^® Hybrid Technology
- Supports Intel^® Turbo Boost Max 3.0 Technology
Chipset
- Intel^® Z690
Memory
- Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology
- 2 x DDR4 DIMM Slots
- Supports DDR4 non-ECC, un-buffered memory up to 5000+(OC)*
- Supports ECC UDIMM memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)
- Max. capacity of system memory: 64GB
- Supports Intel^® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 2.0

*Supports DDR4 3200 natively.
BIOS
- 256Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support
- ACPI 6.0 Compliant wake up events
- SMBIOS 2.7 Support
- CPU Core/Cache, CPU GT, DRAM, VCCIN AUX, +1.05V PROC, +1.8V PROC, +0.82V PCH, +1.05V PCH Voltage Multi-adjustment
Graphics
- Intel^® Xe Graphics Architecture (Gen 12)
- Dual graphics output: support HDMI and DisplayPort 1.4 ports by independent display controllers
- Supports HDMI 2.1 TMDS Compatible with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2160) @ 60Hz
- Supports DisplayPort 1.4 with DSC (compressed) max. resolution up to 8K (7680x4320) @ 60Hz / 5K (5120x3200) @ 120Hz
- Supports HDCP 2.3 with HDMI 2.1 TMDS Compatible and DisplayPort 1.4 Ports

*Intel^® UHD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs can be supported only with processors which are GPU integrated.
Audio
- 7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC897 Audio Codec)
- Supports Surge Protection
- Nahimic Audio
LAN
1 x 2.5 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000/2500 Mb/s (Dragon RTL8125BG)
- Supports Dragon 2.5G LAN Software
- Smart Auto Adjust Bandwidth Control
- Visual User Friendly UI
- Visual Network Usage Statistics
- Optimized Default Setting for Game, Browser, and Streaming Modes
- User Customized Priority Control
- Supports Wake-On-LAN
- Supports Lightning/ESD Protection
- Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
- Supports PXE 1 x Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s (Intel^® I219V)
- Supports Wake-On-LAN
- Supports Lightning/ESD Protection
- Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
- Supports UEFI PXE

Wireless LAN

- 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6E Module
- Supports IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ax
- Supports Dual-Band 2x2 160MHz with extended 6GHz band support*
- 2 antennas to support 2 (Transmit) x 2 (Receive) diversity technology
- Supports Bluetooth 5.3 + High speed class II
- Supports MU-MIMO

*Wi-Fi 6E (6GHz band) will be supported by Microsoft Windows^® 11. The availability will depend on the different regulation status of each country and region. It will be activated (for supported countries) through Windows^® Update and software updates once available.
A 6GHz compatible router is required for 6E functionality.

Slots

CPU:
- 1 x PCIe 5.0 x16 Slot (PCIE1), supports x16 mode*
Chipset:
- 1 x Vertical M.2 Socket (Key E), supports type 2230 WiFi/BT PCIe WiFi module and Intel^® CNVi (Integrated WiFi/BT)

*Supports PCIe riser cards to extend one x16 slot to two x8 slots
Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

Storage

CPU:
- 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_1, Key M), supports type 2280 PCIe Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) mode*
Chipset:
- 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_2, Key M), supports type 2280 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s & PCIe Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) modes*
- 4 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors

*Supports Intel^® Optane™ Memory H Series (M2_2 only)
Supports Intel^® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks
Supports ASRock U.2 Kit

RAID

- Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices
- Supports RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 5 for M.2 NVMe storage devices*

*Requires additional M.2 NVMe expansion cards to support RAID 5

Connector

- 1 x RGB LED Header*
- 1 x Addressable LED Header**
- 1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)***
- 1 x Chassis Fan Connector (4-pin)****
- 1 x Chassis/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)*****
- 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector
- 1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector)
- 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector
- 1 x USB 2.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection)
- 1 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.2 Gen1 ports) (Supports ESD Protection)
- 1 x Front Panel Type C USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Header (Supports ESD Protection)
* Actual speed depends on USB devices and extension Cable in the chassis.

*Supports in total up to 12V/3A, 36W LED Strip

**Supports in total up to 5V/3A, 15W LED Strip

***The CPU Fan Connector supports the CPU fan of maximum 1A (12W) fan power.

****The Chassis Fan Connector supports the chassis fan of maximum 1A (12W) fan power.

*****The Chassis/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 2A (24W) fan power.
CHA_FAN1/WP can auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is in use.

Rear Panel I/O

- 2 x Antenna Ports
- 1 x HDMI Port
- 1 x DisplayPort 1.4
- 4 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Ports (10 Gb/s) (Supports ESD Protection)
- 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C Port (20 Gb/s) (Supports ESD Protection)
- 2 x USB 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection)
- 2 x RJ-45 LAN Ports with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
- 1 x BIOS Flashback Button
- HD Audio Jacks: Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone

Software and UEFI

Software
- ASRock Motherboard Utility (A-Tuning)
- ASRock Dragon 2.5G LAN Software
- ASRock Polychrome SYNC*
UEFI
- ASRock EZ Mode
- ASRock Full HD UEFI
- ASRock Auto Driver Installer
- ASRock My Favorites in UEFI
- ASRock Instant Flash
- ASRock Easy RAID Installer

*These utilities can be downloaded from ASRock Live Update & APP Shop.

Support CD

- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version)

Accessories

- Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
- 2 x SATA Data Cables
- 2 x ASRock WiFi 2.4/5/6 GHz Antennas
- 2 x Screws for M.2 Sockets

Hardware Monitor

- Fan Tachometer: CPU, Chassis, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
- Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU temperature): CPU, Chassis, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
- Fan Multi-Speed Control: CPU, Chassis, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
- Voltage monitoring: CPU Vcore, +12V, +5V, +3.3V

Form Factor

- Mini-ITX Form Factor: 6.7-in x 6.7-in, 17.0 cm x 17.0 cm
- 8 Layer PCB

- Microsoft Windows^® 10 64-bit / 11 64-bit

Certifications

- FCC, CE
- ErP/EuP ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)

Description	Language	Download
User Manual	English	Global	China
User Manual	日本語 (Japanese)	Global	China
BSMI	Multi-Language	Global	China
Quick Installation Guide	Multi-Language	Global	China
RAID Installation Guide	English	Global	China
RAID Installation Guide	繁體中文 (T.Chinese)	Global	China
RAID Installation Guide	简体中文 (S.Chinese)	Global	China
Intel Rapid Storage Guide	English	Global	China
Intel Rapid Storage Guide	繁體中文 (T.Chinese)	Global	China

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