Highlights
AQUA, NEW BEGINNING! How to make AQUA better? It’s a topic we’ve been working on for years. The monoblock efficiency is enhanced by optimizing the best combination of fin thickness, spacing as well as water passage, on top of that, ultra-high heat conductive thermal grease is used to guarantee Z690 AQUA performs best in every single way. Lastly, the prestige and superior Z690 AQUA motherboard will be limited production to only 500 units. EXCELSIOR Z690 AQUA is built around a selection of materials, the stainless steel panels are given assortment of surface treatments to give Z690 AQUA a modern and avant-garde appearance, onboard LED effect is intentionally design to be modest and subtle, once again making Z690 AQUA one boutique of a motherboard.Specifications
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System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) version
2.7
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Width
305 mm
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Depth
267 mm
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Cables included
SATA
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Drivers included
Y
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Processor manufacturer
Intel
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Processor socket
LGA 1700
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Compatible processor series
Intel® Celeron®, Intel® Core™ i3, Intel® Core™ i5, Intel® Core™ i7, Intel® Core™ i9, Intel® Pentium®
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Maximum number of SMP processors
1
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Supported memory types
DDR5-SDRAM
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Number of memory slots
4
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Maximum internal memory
128 GB
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Memory slots type
DIMM
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Memory channels
Dual-channel
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Non-ECC
Y
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Supported memory clock speeds
6400 MHz
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Unbuffered memory
Y
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Supported storage drive interfaces
M.2, SATA III
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Supported storage drive types
HDD & SSD
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RAID support
Y
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RAID levels
0, 1, 5, 10
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HDCP
Y
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USB 2.0 connectors
2
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USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) connectors
2
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Number of SATA III connectors
8
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ATX Power connector (24-pin)
Y
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CPU fan connector
Y
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Number of chassis fan connectors
6
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TPM connector
Y
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12V power connector
Y
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RGB LED pin header
Y
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USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity
4
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USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-A ports quantity
2
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Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports
2
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HDMI ports quantity
1
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DisplayPorts quantity
2
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DisplayPort version
1.4
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S/PDIF out port
Y
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Digital audio optical out
1
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Thunderbolt ports quantity
2
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WiFi-AP antenna jack
2
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Wi-Fi
Y
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Ethernet LAN
Y
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Ethernet interface type
2.5 Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet
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LAN controller
Killer E3100G, Marvell AQtion AQC113CS
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Wake-on-LAN ready
Y
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Top Wi-Fi standard
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)
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Wi-Fi standards
802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n), Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac), Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)
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Bluetooth
Y
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Component for
PC
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Motherboard form factor
Extended ATX
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Motherboard chipset family
Intel
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Motherboard chipset
Intel Z690
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Audio output channels
7.1 channels
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Audio chip
Realtek ALC1220
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PC health monitoring
CPU, Fan, Temperature, Voltage
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Windows operating systems supported
Windows 10 x64, Windows 11 x64
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Harmonized System (HS) code
84733020
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PCI Express x1 (Gen 3.x) slots
1
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PCI Express x16 slots
3
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Number of M.2 (M) slots
3
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BIOS type
UEFI AMI
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BIOS memory size
256 Mbit
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ACPI version
6.0
