MEG Z690 ACE, Intel® Z690 Chipset, LGA 1700, 2x Thunderbolt™ 4, E-ATX Motherboard

• Supports 12th Gen Intel^® Core™ Processors, Pentium^® Gold and Celeron^® Processors 
• Processor socket LGA1700

• Please go to www.msi.com to get the newest support status as new processors are released.

Intel^® Z690 Chipset

• 4x DDR5 memory slots, supporting up to 128GB 
• Supports 1R 4800 MHz (by JEDEC & POR)
• Max. overclocking frequency:
  • 1DPC 1R Max speed up to 6666+ MHz
  • 1DPC 2R Max speed up to 5600+ MHz
  • 2DPC 1R Max speed up to 4000+ MHz
  • 2DPC 2R Max speed up to 4000+ MHz
• Supports Intel^® XMP 3.0 OC
• Supports Dual Controller Dual-Channel mode
• Supports non-ECC, un-buffered memory

• Please refer to www.msi.com for more information on compatible memory.

• 3x PCIe x16 slots
  • Supports x16/x0/x4, x8/x8/x4
  • PCI_E1 & PCI_E2 slots (From CPU)
    • PCI_E1 supports up to PCIe 5.0 x16
    • PCI_E2 supports up to PCIe 5.0 x8
  • PCI_E3  (From Z690 chipset)
    • Supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4

• PCI_E3 & M2_4 share the bandwidth. PCI_E3 will run at x1 speed and M2_4 will run at x2 speed when installing devices in both slots.

• Supports NVIDIA^® SLI™ Technology
• Supports AMD^® CrossFire™ Technology

• 1x Type-C Display port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4K 60Hz  

• Available only on processors featuring integrated graphics.
• Graphics specifications may vary depending on the CPU installed.

Intel^®JHL8540 Thunderbolt™ 4 Controller

• 2x Thunderbolt™ 4 (USB-C) ports on the back panel
  • Supports up to 40Gbps transfer rate with Thunderbolt devices
  • Supports up to 20Gbps transfer rate with USB4 devices
  • Supports up to 10Gbps transfer rate with USB 3.2 devices
  • Supports up to 5V/3A ,15W power charging
  • Each port can daisy-chain up to three Thunderbolt 4 devices or five Thunderbolt 3 devices
  • Supports up to 8K display (need to connect the DisplayPort of the motherboard or discrete graphics card to the Mini DisplayPort Input port on the back panel)

• 6x SATA 6Gb/s ports (From Z690 chipset)
  • SATA5~8 (From Z690 chipset)
  • SATAA~B (From ASM1061)
• 5x M.2 slots (Key M)
  • M2_1 slot (From CPU)
    • Supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4
    • Supports 2260/ 2280/ 22110 storage devices
  • M2_2 & M2_3 slots (From Z690 chipset)
    • M2_2 slot supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4
    • M2_3 slot supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4
    • Supports 2260/ 2280 storage devices
  • M2_4 & M2_5  slots (From Z690 chipset)
    • Supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4
    • Supports up to SATA 6Gb/s
    • M2_4 slot supports 2280/ 22110 storage devices
    • M2_5 slot supports 2260/ 2280 storage devices
  • M2_2~5 slots support Intel^® Optane™ Memory
• Supports Intel^® Smart Response Technology for Intel Core™ processors

• SATA7 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SATA SSD in the M2_5 slot.

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

• SATAA & SATAB do not support RAID function.

• Intel^® Z690 Chipset
  • 2x USB3.2 Gen2x2 20Gbps ports (2 Type-C internal connectors)
  • 4x USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps ports (1 Type-C port on the back panel, 3 Type-A ports on the back panel)
• Hub-GL3590
  • 4x USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps Type-A ports on the back panel
• ASM1074
  • 4x USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps Type-A ports available through the internal connecto
• Hub-GL850G
  • 4x USB 2.0 Type-A ports available through the internal connectors

• 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio
• Supports S/PDIF output

• 2x Intel^® I225V 2.5Gbps LAN controllers

• Intel^® Wi-Fi 6E
• The Wireless module is pre-installed in the M.2 (Key-E) slot
• Supports MU-MIMO TX/RX, 2.4GHz/ 5GHz/ 6GHz  (160MHz) up to 2.4Gbps
• Supports 802.11 a/ b/ g/ n/ ac/ ax
• Supports Bluetooth® 5.2 , FIPS, FISMA

• Wi-Fi 6E 6GHz may depend on every country’s regulations and will be ready in Windows 10 build 21H1 and Windows 11.
• Bluetooth 5.2 will be ready in Windows 10 build 21H1 and Windows 11.

• 1x 24-pin ATX main power connector
• 2x 8-pin ATX 12V power connectors
• 6x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
• 5x M.2 slots (M-Key)
• 2x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 20Gbps Type-C ports
• 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps connectors (supports additional 4 USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps ports)
• 2x USB 2.0 Type-A connectors (supports additional 4 USB 2.0 ports)
• 1x 4-pin CPU fan connector
• 1x 4-pin water-pump fan connector
• 6x 4-pin system fan connectors
• 1x Front panel audio connector
• 2x System panel connectors
• 1x Chassis Intrusion connector
• 1x 3-pin Water Flow connector
• 2x 2-pin Thermal sensor connectors
• 1x TPM module connector
• 1x Tuning Controller connector

• 1x EZ LED Control switch
• 1x 4-pin RGB LED connector
• 2x 3-pin RAINBOW LED connectors
• 1x 3-pin CORSAIR LED connector
• 4x EZ Debug LED
• 1x 2-Digit Debug Code LED

• 12 in. x 9.6 in. (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm)
• E-ATX Form Factor