BIOSTAR Z690A VALKYRIE LGA1700 Motherboard Review

Motherboards/Intel LGA1700 by stefan @ 2022-03-11

The Z690A Valkyrie from BIOSTAR has impressed us in terms of performance, even when running with the memory at a lower speed of 3600MHz. The UEFI BIOS is well optimized and we can obtain good results with top CPUs from Intel’s Alder Lake generation, while the VRM hardware implementation with 20 phases ensures and a beefy cooling system will keep the temperatures at bay, even while overclocking. The connectivity options are top-notch and besides a lot of USBs on the I/O, we can install more thanks to the internal headers, up to 4 M.2 SSDs and also slower drives such as HDDs or 2.5’’ via the eight SATA ports.

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Product Specifications Part I

Chipset: Intel Z690

CPU SUPPORT: Support for 12th Generation Intel Core™ i9/ i7/ i5/ i3 processors and Intel Pentium processors/ Intel Celeron processors in the LGA1700 package

MEMORY: Supports Dual Channel DDR4 5000+(OC)/ 4333(OC)/ 4266(OC)/ 4133(OC)/ 4000/ 3866/ 3800/ 3733/ 3600/ 3200/ 2933/ 2800/ 2666/ 2400/ 2133

4 x DDR4 DIMM Memory Slot, Max. Supports up to 128 GB Memory

Each DIMM supports non-ECC 4/ 8/ 16/ 32GB DDR4 module

Support Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules

 

INTEGRATED VIDEO

By CPU model

Supports DX12

Supports HDCP

 

STORAGE

Total supports 4x M.2 socket and 8x SATA III(6Gb/s) ports

8 x SATA III (6Gb/s) Connector: Supports AHCI, RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 (Support Only SATA_1~SATA_4) & Intel Rapid Storage Technology

1 x M.2 (M Key) Socket (M2_PCIEG4_64G_1):

Supports M.2 Type 2280 SSD module

Supports PCIe 4.0x 4 (64Gb/s)

Supports Intel® Optane Technology

1 x M.2 (M Key) Socket (M2_PCIEG4_64G_2):

Supports M.2 Type 2280/22110 SSD module

Supports PCIe 4.0x 4 (64Gb/s)

Supports Intel Optane Technology

1 x M.2 (M Key) Socket (M2_PCIEG4_64G_3):

Supports M.2 Type 2280/22110 SSD module

Supports PCIe 4.0x 4 (64Gb/s)

Supports Intel Optane Technology

1 x M.2 (M Key) Socket (M2_PCIEG3_32G_SATA):

Supports M.2 Type 2242/2260/ 2280/ 22110 SSD module

Supports PCIe 3.0x 4 (32Gb/s) & SATA III (6Gb/s) SSD

 

LAN:

Intel I225-V

10/ 100/ 1000/ 2500 Mb/s auto negotiation, Half / Full duplex capability

 

AUDIO CODEC:

ALC1220

7.1 Channels, High Definition Audio, Hi-Fi (Front + Rear)

USB 2 x USB 3.2 (Gen2x2) Type-C ports (1 on rear I/O and 1 via internal header)

9 x USB 3.2 (Gen2) ports (7 on rear I/Os and 2 via internal header)

4 x USB 2.0 ports (4 via internal header)

 

EXPANSION SLOT:

2 x PCIe 5.0 x16 Slots (x16 or x8 mode)

1 x PCIe 4.0 x16 Slot (x4 mode)

 

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