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EVGA Z690 CLASSIFIED LGA1700 Motherboard Review

Motherboards/Intel LGA1700 by stefan @ 2022-03-27

The Z690 CLASSIFIED motherboard from EVGA is a fine example on how a high-quality mainstream to enthusiast board should look and be equipped, if money is not the main concern when building a system. It comes with a solid 10-layer PCB, a 19-phase VRM in order to handle overclocks, plenty expansion slots for both VGA/sound cards/other but also for M.2 storage, no less thank two 2.5Gbps LAN interfaces, a very well built audio interface which incorporates the proven Realtek ALC1220, integrated WiFi 6E via Intel’s AX211 adapter, dedicated voltage measuring points, a four-digit display for detecting init faults, which also doubles as a CPU temperature display, many PWM headers for system fans but also pumps and more…

Product Specifications

Size:

EATX form-factor of 11.99 inches x 10.89 inches (304.5mm x 276.6mm)

Microprocessor support:

Intel® Socket 1700 Processor

Operating Systems:

Supports Windows 11, Windows 10 64bit

System Memory support:

Supports up to 128GB Dual-Channel DDR5 up to 6400MHz+ (OC)

USB 2.0 Ports:

4x from Intel® Z690 PCH – 4x internal via 2 FP headers

1x from Update Port for flashing the BIOS without CPU

Supports hot plug/wake-up from S3 mode

USB 3.2 Gen1 Ports:

2x from Intel® Z690 PCH – 2x internal via 1 FP header

Supports transfer speeds up to 5Gb/s with full backwards compatibility

Backwards compatible with USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 support.

USB 3.2 Gen2 Ports:

4x from Intel® Z690 PCH – 4x external (Type-A)

3x from ASMedia ASM3142 – 2x external (Type-A), 1x internal header

Supports transfer speeds up to 10Gb/s with full backwards compatibility

USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Ports:

2x from Intel® Z690 PCH – 2x external (Type-C)

Supports transfer speeds up to 20Gb/s with full backwards compatibility

SATA Ports:

8x SATA 6Gb/s data transfer rate / Intel® Z690 PCH Controller

- Support for RAID0, RAID1, RAID5, AND RAID10

- Supports hot plug

Display Outputs:

Display Port 1.4 / HDMI 2.0

Onboard LAN:

2x Intel® i225V 2.5 GbE (10/100/1000/2500) Ethernet PHY

Intel® Dual-Band Wi-Fi / BT

Onboard Audio:

Realtek ALC1220 High-Definition Audio + EVGA NU Audio

- Supports 7.1 Channel audio with Optical S/PDIF Out

- EVGA NU Audio via the FP Audio header

Power Functions:

Supports ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface)

Supports S0 (normal), S3 (suspend to RAM), S4 (Suspend to disk - depends on OS), and S5 (soft - off)

PCI-Express Expansion Slots:

2x PCIe Gen5 x16 slots - 1x16/8, 1x8

1x PCIe Gen3 x4 slot (via PCH)

PCIe 5.0 Support:

Low power consumption and power management features

SLI and Crossfire Support:

NVIDIA® SLI® Ready, 2-Way Crossfire

Additional Expansion Slots:

1x M.2 Key-M 110mm Gen4 slot from CPU

2x M.2 Key-M 110mm Gen4 slot from PCH

1x M.2 Key-E slot

Pump Header:

2x Pump Header (3A)

Fan Headers:

2x 4-pin PWM controlled headers / 4x 4-pin PWM/DC headers

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