Z690 AORUS TACHYON (Rev. 1.0)

Intel^® Z690 Chipset

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Specifications

CPU
1. LGA1700 socket: Support for the 14th, 13th, and 12th Generation Intel^® Core™, Pentium^® Gold and Celeron^® Processors*
2. L3 cache varies with CPU
* Please refer to "CPU Support List" for more information.

Chipset
1. Intel^® Z690 Express Chipset

Memory
1. Support for DDR5 7000(O.C.) / 6600(O.C.) / 6400(O.C.) / 6200(O.C.) / 6000(O.C.) / 5800(O.C.) / 5600(O.C.) / 5400(O.C.) / 5200(O.C.) / 4800 / 4000 MHz memory modules
2. 2 x DDR5 DIMM sockets supporting up to 128 GB (64 GB single DIMM capacity) of system memory
3. Dual channel memory architecture
4. Support for ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)
5. Support for non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules
6. Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules
(The CPU and memory configuration may affect the supported memory types, data rate (speed), and number of DRAM modules, please refer to "Memory Support List" for more information.)

Onboard Graphics
Integrated Graphics Processor-Intel^® HD Graphics support:
1. 1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@60 Hz
  * Support for HDMI 2.1 version and HDCP 2.3.
  ** Support native HDMI 2.1 TMDS compatible ports
(Graphics specifications may vary depending on CPU support.)

Audio
1. Realtek^® ALC1220-VB CODEC
  * The back panel line out jack supports DSD audio.
2. Support for DTS:X^® Ultra
3. High Definition Audio
4. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
5. Support for S/PDIF Out

LAN
1. Intel^® 2.5GbE LAN chip (2.5 Gbps/1 Gbps/100 Mbps)

Wireless Communication module
Intel^® Wi-Fi 6E AX210
1. WIFI a, b, g, n, ac, ax, supporting 2.4/5/6 GHz carrier frequency bands
2. BLUETOOTH 5.2
3. Support for 11ax 160MHz wireless standard and up to 2.4 Gbps data rate
  * Actual data rate may vary depending on environment and equipment.

Expansion Slots
1. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
  * For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.
2. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8)
  * The PCIEX8 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16 slot. When the PCIEX8 slot is populated, the PCIEX16 slot operates at up to x8 mode.
  (The PCIEX16 and PCIEX8 slots conform to PCI Express 5.0 standard.)
3. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
  (The PCIEX4 slot conforms to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)

Multi-Graphics Technology
1. Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFire™ and 2-Way AMD CrossFire™ technologies

Storage Interface
CPU:
1. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280/22110 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2A_CPU)
Chipset:
1. 2 x M.2 connectors (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280/22110 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2P_SB, M2Q_SB)
2. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2M_SB)
3. 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
Intel^® Optane™ Memory Ready
* System acceleration with Intel^® Optane™ Memory can only be enabled on the M.2 connectors supported by the Chipset.

USB
Chipset:
1. 2 x USB Type-C^® ports, with USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 support (1 port on the back panel, 1 port available through the internal USB header)
2. 3 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red) on the back panel
3. 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports available through the internal USB header
ASMedia^® USB 3.2 Gen 2 controller:
1. 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A port (red) onboard
Chipset+USB 3.2 Gen 1 Hub:
1. 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports on the back panel
Chipset+USB 2.0 Hub:
1. 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports available through the internal USB headers

Internal I/O Connectors
1. 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
2. 2 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connectors
3. 1 x 6-pin OC_PEG power connector
4. 1 x CPU fan header
5. 1 x water cooling CPU fan header
6. 4 x system fan headers
7. 2 x system fan/water cooling pump headers
8. 2 x addressable LED strip headers
9. 2 x RGB LED strip headers
10. 4 x M.2 Socket 3 connectors
11. 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
12. 1 x front panel header
13. 1 x front panel audio header
14. 1 x USB Type-C® header, with USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 support
15. 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A port (red)
16. 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header
17. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
18. 1 x noise detection header
19. 2 x Thunderbolt™ add-in card connectors
20. 2 x temperature sensor headers
21. Voltage Measurement Points
22. 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
23. 1 x power button (PW_SW)
24. 1 x reset button (RST_SW)
25. 1 x Clear CMOS button (CMOS_SW)
26. 1 x Cold Reset button (RTY_SW)
27. 1 x Protection Mode button (LIMP_MODE)
28. 2 x BIOS switches (BIOS_SW/SB)
29. 1 x CPU Ratio up button (RATIO_UP)
30. 1 x CPU Ratio down button (RATIO_DW)
31. 1 x OC Trigger switch (TGR)
32. 1 x Reserved switch (RSV_SW)

Back Panel Connectors
1. 1 x Q-Flash Plus button
2. 1 x OC Ignition button
3. 1 x PS/2 keyboard port
4. 1 x PS/2 mouse port
5. 2 x SMA antenna connectors (2T2R)
6. 1 x HDMI port
7. 1 x USB Type-C^® port, with USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 support
8. 3 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red)
9. 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
10. 1 x RJ-45 port
11. 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
12. 5 x audio jacks

I/O Controller
1. iTE^® I/O Controller Chip

H/W Monitoring
1. Voltage detection
2. Temperature detection
3. Fan speed detection
4. Water cooling flow rate detection
5. Fan fail warning
6. Fan speed control
  * Whether the fan (pump) speed control function is supported will depend on the fan (pump) you install.
7. Noise detection

BIOS
1. 2 x 256 Mbit flash
2. Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS
3. Support for DualBIOS™
4. PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0

Unique Features
1. Support for APP Center
  * Available applications in APP Center may vary by motherboard model. Supported functions of each application may also vary depending on motherboard specifications.
  @BIOS
  EasyTune
  Fast Boot
  Game Boost
  ON/OFF Charge
  RGB Fusion
  Smart Backup
  System Information Viewer
2. Support for Q-Flash Plus
3. Support for Q-Flash
4. Support for Xpress Install

Bundled Software
1. Norton^® Internet Security (OEM version)
2. cFosSpeed

Operating System
1. Support for Windows 11 64-bit
2. Support for Windows 10 64-bit

Form Factor
1. E-ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 27.0cm

CPU
1. LGA1700 socket: Support for the 14th, 13th, and 12th Generation Intel^® Core™, Pentium^® Gold and Celeron^® Processors*
2. L3 cache varies with CPU
* Please refer to "CPU Support List" for more information.

Chipset
1. Intel^® Z690 Express Chipset

Memory
1. Support for DDR5 7000(O.C.) / 6600(O.C.) / 6400(O.C.) / 6200(O.C.) / 6000(O.C.) / 5800(O.C.) / 5600(O.C.) / 5400(O.C.) / 5200(O.C.) / 4800 / 4000 MHz memory modules
2. 2 x DDR5 DIMM sockets supporting up to 128 GB (64 GB single DIMM capacity) of system memory
3. Dual channel memory architecture
4. Support for ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)
5. Support for non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules
6. Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules
(The CPU and memory configuration may affect the supported memory types, data rate (speed), and number of DRAM modules, please refer to "Memory Support List" for more information.)

Onboard Graphics
Integrated Graphics Processor-Intel^® HD Graphics support:
1. 1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@60 Hz
  * Support for HDMI 2.1 version and HDCP 2.3.
  ** Support native HDMI 2.1 TMDS compatible ports
(Graphics specifications may vary depending on CPU support.)

Audio
1. Realtek^® ALC1220-VB CODEC
  * The back panel line out jack supports DSD audio.
2. Support for DTS:X^® Ultra
3. High Definition Audio
4. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
5. Support for S/PDIF Out

LAN
1. Intel^® 2.5GbE LAN chip (2.5 Gbps/1 Gbps/100 Mbps)

Wireless Communication module
Intel^® Wi-Fi 6E AX210
1. WIFI a, b, g, n, ac, ax, supporting 2.4/5/6 GHz carrier frequency bands
2. BLUETOOTH 5.2
3. Support for 11ax 160MHz wireless standard and up to 2.4 Gbps data rate
  * Actual data rate may vary depending on environment and equipment.

Expansion Slots
1. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
  * For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.
2. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8)
  * The PCIEX8 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16 slot. When the PCIEX8 slot is populated, the PCIEX16 slot operates at up to x8 mode.
  (The PCIEX16 and PCIEX8 slots conform to PCI Express 5.0 standard.)
3. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
  (The PCIEX4 slot conforms to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)

Multi-Graphics Technology
1. Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFire™ and 2-Way AMD CrossFire™ technologies

Storage Interface
CPU:
1. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280/22110 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2A_CPU)
Chipset:
1. 2 x M.2 connectors (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280/22110 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2P_SB, M2Q_SB)
2. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2M_SB)
3. 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
Intel^® Optane™ Memory Ready
* System acceleration with Intel^® Optane™ Memory can only be enabled on the M.2 connectors supported by the Chipset.

USB
Chipset:
1. 2 x USB Type-C^® ports, with USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 support (1 port on the back panel, 1 port available through the internal USB header)
2. 3 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red) on the back panel
3. 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports available through the internal USB header
ASMedia^® USB 3.2 Gen 2 controller:
1. 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A port (red) onboard
Chipset+USB 3.2 Gen 1 Hub:
1. 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports on the back panel
Chipset+USB 2.0 Hub:
1. 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports available through the internal USB headers

Internal I/O Connectors
1. 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
2. 2 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connectors
3. 1 x 6-pin OC_PEG power connector
4. 1 x CPU fan header
5. 1 x water cooling CPU fan header
6. 4 x system fan headers
7. 2 x system fan/water cooling pump headers
8. 2 x addressable LED strip headers
9. 2 x RGB LED strip headers
10. 4 x M.2 Socket 3 connectors
11. 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
12. 1 x front panel header
13. 1 x front panel audio header
14. 1 x USB Type-C® header, with USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 support
15. 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A port (red)
16. 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header
17. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
18. 1 x noise detection header
19. 2 x Thunderbolt™ add-in card connectors
20. 2 x temperature sensor headers
21. Voltage Measurement Points
22. 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
23. 1 x power button (PW_SW)
24. 1 x reset button (RST_SW)
25. 1 x Clear CMOS button (CMOS_SW)
26. 1 x Cold Reset button (RTY_SW)
27. 1 x Protection Mode button (LIMP_MODE)
28. 2 x BIOS switches (BIOS_SW/SB)
29. 1 x CPU Ratio up button (RATIO_UP)
30. 1 x CPU Ratio down button (RATIO_DW)
31. 1 x OC Trigger switch (TGR)
32. 1 x Reserved switch (RSV_SW)

Back Panel Connectors
1. 1 x Q-Flash Plus button
2. 1 x OC Ignition button
3. 1 x PS/2 keyboard port
4. 1 x PS/2 mouse port
5. 2 x SMA antenna connectors (2T2R)
6. 1 x HDMI port
7. 1 x USB Type-C^® port, with USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 support
8. 3 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red)
9. 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
10. 1 x RJ-45 port
11. 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
12. 5 x audio jacks

I/O Controller
1. iTE^® I/O Controller Chip

H/W Monitoring
1. Voltage detection
2. Temperature detection
3. Fan speed detection
4. Water cooling flow rate detection
5. Fan fail warning
6. Fan speed control
  * Whether the fan (pump) speed control function is supported will depend on the fan (pump) you install.
7. Noise detection

BIOS
1. 2 x 256 Mbit flash
2. Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS
3. Support for DualBIOS™
4. PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0

Unique Features
1. Support for APP Center
  * Available applications in APP Center may vary by motherboard model. Supported functions of each application may also vary depending on motherboard specifications.
  @BIOS
  EasyTune
  Fast Boot
  Game Boost
  ON/OFF Charge
  RGB Fusion
  Smart Backup
  System Information Viewer
2. Support for Q-Flash Plus
3. Support for Q-Flash
4. Support for Xpress Install

Bundled Software
1. Norton^® Internet Security (OEM version)
2. cFosSpeed

Operating System
1. Support for Windows 11 64-bit
2. Support for Windows 10 64-bit

Form Factor
1. E-ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 27.0cm

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* The entire materials provided herein are for reference only. GIGABYTE reserves the right to modify or revise the content at anytime without prior notice.
* Advertised performance is based on maximum theoretical interface values from respective Chipset vendors or organization who defined the interface specification. Actual performance may vary by system configuration.
* All trademarks and logos are the properties of their respective holders.
* Due to standard PC architecture, a certain amount of memory is reserved for system usage and therefore the actual memory size is less than the stated amount.

Z690 AORUS TACHYON (Rev. 1.0)

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