Brand

ASROCK

Model

Z690 STEEL LEGEND DDR5

Socket

LGA1700

Chipset

Intel® Z690

CPU Support

- Supports 13th Gen & 12th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors (LGA1700)

- Digi Power design

- 13 Power Phase design

- Supports Intel® Hybrid Technology

- Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Max 3.0 Technology

Memory Standard

- Dual Channel DDR5 Memory Technology

- 4 x DDR5 DIMM Slots

- Supports DDR5 non-ECC, un-buffered memory up to 6000+(OC)*

- Max. capacity of system memory: 128GB**

- Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 3.0

- 15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots

*1DPC 1R Up to 6000+ MHz (OC), 4800 MHz Natively.

1DPC 2R Up to 5600+ MHz (OC), 4400 MHz Natively.

2DPC 1R Up to 4800+ MHz (OC), 4000 MHz Natively.

2DPC 2R Up to 4800+ MHz (OC), 3600 MHz Natively.

**Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® 32-bit OS. For Windows® 64-bit OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation.

Memory Slots

4 x DDR5 DIMM

Max Memory

128GB

Expansion Slot

CPU:

- 1 x PCIe 5.0 x16 Slot (PCIE2), supports x16 mode*

Chipset:

- 1 x PCIe 4.0 x16 Slot (PCIE3), supports x4 mode*

- 1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE5), supports x4 mode*

- 2 x PCIe 3.0 x1 Slots (PCIE1 and PCIE4)*

- 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 Slot (PCIE2)

*Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

Storage Devices

CPU:

- 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_1, Key M), supports type 2260/2280 PCIe Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) mode*

Chipset:

- 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_2, Key M), supports type 2230/2242/2260/2280 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s & PCIe Gen3x4 (32 Gb/s) modes*

- 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_3, Key M), supports type 2242/2260/2280/22110 PCIe Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) mode*

- 8 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors**

*Supports Intel® Optane™ Memory H Series (M2_2 and M2_3 only)

Supports Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)

Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

Supports ASRock U.2 Kit

** If M2_2 is occupied by a SATA-type M.2 device, SATA3_7 will be disabled.

Audio

- 7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC897 Audio Codec)

- Supports Surge Protection

- Gold Audio Jacks

- 15μ Gold Audio Connector

- Nahimic Audio

LAN

- 2.5 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000/2500 Mb/s

- Dragon RTL8125BG

- Supports Dragon 2.5G LAN Software

- Smart Auto Adjust Bandwidth Control

- Visual User Friendly UI

- Visual Network Usage Statistics

- Optimized Default Setting for Game, Browser, and Streaming Modes

- User Customized Priority Control

- Supports Wake-On-LAN

- Supports Lightning/ESD Protection

- Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az

- Supports PXE

Wireless Data Network

-

USB

- 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 USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C Port (10 Gb/s)

Internal I/O Connectors

- 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)***

- 1 x CPU/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)****

- 5 x Chassis/Water Pump Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)*****

- 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)

- 1 x Thunderbolt™ AIC Connector (5-pin) (Supports ASRock Thunderbolt™ 4 AIC Card)

- 2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection)

- 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)

*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.

**** The CPU/Water Pump Fan 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. CPU_FAN2/WP and CHA_FAN1~5/WP can auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is in use.

Back Panel Connectors

- 2 x Antenna Mounting Points

- 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port

- 1 x HDMI Port

- 1 x DisplayPort 1.4

- 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port

- 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s) (ReDriver) (Supports ESD Protection)

- 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C Port (10 Gb/s) (ReDriver) (Supports ESD Protection)

- 4 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Ports (Supports ESD Protection)*

- 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port 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)

*Ultra USB Power is supported on USB3_1_2 ports.

ACPI wake-up function is not supported on USB3_1_2 ports.

Power Pin

- 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector)

- 2 x 8 pin 12V Power Connectors (Hi-Density Power Connector)

Dimension

ATX Form Factor : 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm

Warranty

3 Year