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Z690 Taichi Razer Edition, Intel® Z690 Chipset, LGA 1700, 2 x Thunderbolt™ 4, ATX Motherboard

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  • SKU: 15222018
  • Manufacturer: ASROCK
  • MPN: Z690 Taichi Razer Edition
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  • Supports 12th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors (LGA1700)
  • 20 Phase SPS Dr.MOS Power Design
  • Supports DDR5 6400MHz (OC)
  • 2 PCIe 5.0 x16, 1 PCIe 4.0 x16, 1 PCIe 3.0 x1
  • Graphics Output Options: HDMI, 2 Thunderbolt™ Type-C
  • Realtek ALC1220 7.1 CH HD Audio Codec,
    ESS SABRE 9218 DAC, WIMA Audio Caps
  • 6 SATA3, 1 Independent SATA3
    2 Hyper M.2 (PCIe Gen4 x4)
    1 M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x2 & SATA3)
    2 Thunderbolt™ 4/USB4 Type-C
    1 USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Front Type-C
    2 USB 3.2 Gen2 (Rear)
    8 USB 3.2 Gen1 (4 Rear, 4 Front)
    1 Independent USB 3.2 Gen1 Type A Port
  • Killer E3100 2.5G LAN, Intel® Gigabit LAN
  • Killer AX1690 802.11ax (WiFi 6E) + Bluetooth
  • Killer DoubleShot™ Pro X3
  • Intel® Double Connect Technology
  • Razer Synapse
Unique Feature ASRock USB 4.0
- ASRock USB 4.0 Thunderbolt™ 4 Type-C Port (40 Gb/s for USB 4.0 protocol; 40Gb/s for Thunderbolt™ protocol)
ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2
- ASRock Front Panel Type-C USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Header (20 Gb/s)
- ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s)
ASRock Super Alloy
- XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink
- Premium Power Choke
- 105A SPS (Smart Power Stage)
- Premium Memory Alloy Choke (Reduces 70% core loss compared to iron power choke)
- Nichicon 12K Black Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors)
- I/O Armor
- Matte Black PCB
- High Density Glass Fabric PCB
- 8 Layer PCB
- 2oz Copper PCB
Server-Grade Low-Loss PCB
Killer 2.5G LAN
802.11ax Wi-Fi 6E
Killer DoubleShot™ Pro X3
Intel® Double Connect Technology
ASRock Auto Driver Installer
ASRock Steel Slots
ASRock Full Coverage M.2 Heatsink
ASRock Hyper M.2/b> (PCIe Gen4x4)
ASRock Ultra USB Power
ASRock Full Spike Protection (for all USB, Audio, LAN Ports)
ASRock Live Update & APP Shop
CPU - Supports 12th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors (LGA1700)
- Digi Power design
- 20 Power Phase design
- Supports Intel® Hybrid Technology
- Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Max 3.0 Technology
- Supports ASRock Hyper BCLK Engine V
Chipset - Intel® Z690
Memory - Dual Channel DDR5 Memory Technology
- 4 x DDR5 DIMM Slots
- Supports DDR5 non-ECC, un-buffered memory up to 6400+(OC)*
- Max. capacity of system memory: 128GB
- Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 3.0
- 15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots

*Supports DDR5 4400 (1DPC) / 3600 (2DPC) 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, +1.8V PROC, +1.05V PROC, +0.82V PCH, +1.05V PCH Voltage Multi-adjustment
Graphics - Intel® Xe Graphics Architecture (Gen 12)
- Three graphics output options: 1 x HDMI and 2 x Intel® Thunderbolt™ 4
- Supports Triple Monitor
- Supports Intel® Thunderbolt™ 4 with max. resolution up to 8K (7680x4320) @ 60Hz**
- Supports HDMI 2.1 TMDS Compatible with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2160) @ 60Hz
- Supports HDCP 2.3 with HDMI 2.1 TMDS Compatible Port and Intel® Thunderbolt™ 4 Ports

*Intel® UHD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs can be supported only with processors which are GPU integrated.

*Supports two 4K displays or one 8K display
Only the CPU's embedded graphics can be displayed through Thunderbolt™ ports. If you want to display to a Thunderbolt™ monitor, please use CPU models with embedded graphics.
Audio - 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1220 Audio Codec)
- Premium Blu-ray Audio support
- Supports Surge Protection
- WIMA Audio Capacitors (For Front Outputs)
- ESS SABRE9218 DAC for Front Panel Audio (130dB SNR)
- Pure Power-In
- Direct Drive Technology
- PCB Isolate Shielding
- Impedance Sensing on Rear Out port
- Individual PCB Layers for R/L Audio Channel
- Gold Audio Jacks
- 15μ Gold Audio Connector
- Nahimic Audio
LAN 1 x 2.5 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000/2500 Mb/s (Killer E3100G)
- Supports Killer LAN Software
- Supports Killer DoubleShot™ Pro X3
- 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 + High speed class II
- Supports MU-MIMO
- Supports Killer DoubleShot™ Pro X3
- Supports Intel® Double Connect Technology

*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:
- 2 x PCIe 5.0 x16 Slots (PCIE1 and PCIE2), support x16 or x8/x8 modes*
Chipset:
- 1 x PCIe 4.0 x16 Slot (PCIE4), supports x4 mode*
- 1 x PCIe 3.0 x1 Slot (PCIE3)*
- 1 x M.2 Socket (Key E), supports type 2230 WiFi/BT PCIe WiFi module and Intel® CNVi (Integrated WiFi/BT)

- Supports AMD CrossFire™
- 15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slots (PCIE1 and PCIE2)

*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 2242/2260/2280 PCIe Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) mode*
- 1 x M.2 Socket (M2_3, Key M), supports type 2230/2242/2260/2280 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s & PCIe Gen3x2 (16 Gb/s) modes*
- 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors
- 1 x Independent SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connector

*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
Connector - 1 x SPI TPM Header
- 1 x Power LED and Speaker Header
- 1 x RGB LED Header*
- 3 x Addressable LED Headers**
- 1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)***
- 2 x CPU/Water Pump Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)****
- 4 x Chassis/Water Pump Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)*****
- 1 x VRM/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin)******
- 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector)
- 2 x 8 pin 12V Power Connectors (Hi-Density Power Connector)
- 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector (15μ Gold Audio Connector)
- 2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 3 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection)
- 1 x Independent USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-A Connector
- 2 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Headers (Support 4 USB 3.2 Gen1 ports) (ASMedia ASM1074 hub) (Supports ESD Protection)
- 1 x Front Panel Type C USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Header (20 Gb/s) (Supports ESD Protection)
- 1 x Clear CMOS Button
- 1 x Dr. Debug with LED
- 1 x Power Button with LED
- 1 x Reset Button with LED

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

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

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

****CPU_FAN2/WP_3A supports the water cooler fan of maximum 3A (36W) fan power.
CPU_FAN3/WP supports the water cooler fan of maximum 2A (24W) fan power.

*****The Chassis/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 2A (24W) fan power.

******The VRM/Water Pump Fan Connector supports the VRM fan of maximum 2A (24W) fan power.
CPU_FAN2/WP_3A, CPU_FAN3/WP, VRM_FAN1/WP, CHA_FAN1~4/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 Optical SPDIF Out Port
- 2 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Ports (10 Gb/s) (ReDriver) (Supports ESD Protection)
- 2 x USB 4.0 Thunderbolt™ 4 Type-C Ports (40 Gb/s for USB 4.0 protocol; 40Gb/s for Thunderbolt™ protocol) (Supports ESD Protection)*
- 4 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-A 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: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone (Gold Audio Jacks with LED)

*Supports USB PD 3.0 up to 9V@3A (27W) / 5V@3A (15W) charging

**USB3_2, USB3_3 and USB3_4 are from Intel® Z690; USB3_1 is from ASMedia ASM3042.
USB3_1_2 are the Lightning Gaming Ports.
Ultra USB Power is supported on USB3_3 port.
ACPI wake-up function is not supported on USB3_3 port.
Software and UEFI Software
- ASRock Motherboard Utility (A-Tuning)
- Killer Control Center*
- Razer Synapse 3**
- ASRock EZ Mode
- ASRock Full HD UEFI
- ASRock My Favorites in UEFI
- ASRock Auto Driver Installer
- ASRock Instant Flash
- ASRock Internet Flash
- ASRock Easy RAID Installer

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

**Razer Synapse 3 can be downloaded from razer.com/synapse-3. UEFI
Support CD - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version)
Accessories - Quick Installation Guide, Support CD
- 4 x SATA Data Cables
- 1 x Graphics Card Holder
- 1 x Wireless Dongle USB Bracket
- 1 x 3010 Cooling Fan with Bracket and Screw Package
- 1 x 4010 Cooling Fan Bracket and Screw Package
- 1 x ASRock WiFi 2.4/5/6 GHz Antenna
- 3 x Screws for M.2 Sockets
- 1 x Standoff for M.2 Socket
Hardware Monitor - Fan Tachometer: CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump, VRM/Water Pump, MOS Fans
- Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU temperature): CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump, VRM/Water Pump, MOS Fans
- Fan Multi-Speed Control: CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump, VRM/Water Pump, MOS Fans
- Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore, +0.82V PCH, +1.05V PCH, +1.05V PROC, DRAM, VCCIN_AUX, VCCSA
Form Factor - ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm
- 8 Layer PCB
- 2oz Copper PCB
OS - Microsoft® Windows® 10 64-bit / 11 64-bit
Certifications - FCC, CE
- ErP/EuP ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)
- CEC Tier II ready