So I got the Intel i9 12900KF processor I originally tried to get the k so I can have
video on there but anyway I got it when it first came out and I was trying to buy also ddr5 with it
impossible to find for a decent price so what was I going to do right I didn't want to leave you
stranded and I’ve been holding on to this for some time I decided you know what I’m just going to
have to do a DDR4 board which is actually better for us all in this video we're going to be doing
an unboxing and a brief overview of the Asus TUF Z690 plus Wi-Fi d4 motherboard not everybody wants
to spend a ton when they're doing upgrades with this you don't need to you can use the DDR4 you're
using today you might have just bought it actually you don't want to just throw it away you can use
it here but anyway let's not get too ahead of ourselves and let's get to the unboxing real quick
so here we are again the Asus TUF gaming Z690 plus Wi-Fi d4 motherboard d4 naming has to do with that
it's using DDR4 then we can see along the front here the motherboard then all the branding stuff
down here DTS HDMI Wi-Fi six PCIE 5.0 windows 11 ready Asus Aura Sync ARGB gen 2 TUF gaming
along the side over here TUF gaming motherboard Z690 plus Wi-Fi d4 nothing much
over here same along this side serial number model number UPC all that good stuff and along
the back some of the details and specifications on the board which we're going to go over
in a lot better detail and a little bit closer up than just this picture here so let's start it off
all right and
all right so in this little compartment looks like we have the looks like the Wi-Fi antenna oh
that's kind of nice so it compacts like that and comes out just like that and then with the regular
connections for Wi-Fi along the back of the board we have these two little connections right here
and then this cable it's about four feet long I’ll have measurements down below to be exact
and taking out the motherboard just for right now
so that we can go over some of the accessories real quick
okay and actually just went over each and every one of those little folds
so here we have the drivers cd or DVD if you have a DVD drive that's another store and either way
whenever you get the motherboard the driver is already out of date as it is even if you
got it on day one release then here they have some of the Asus TUF gaming stickers
so you can put alongside your motherboard here's one for the battery kinda cool actually
then here we have two static cables
and one of the two is a 90 degree cable so that you can put on the back maybe of a hard drive SSD
or a DVD or cd drive that way it looks a little bit nicer cabled all right two of those black
then it looks like here we have for use single-sided M.2 SSDs stick this pad onto the
existing M.2 pads all right and it's two of these little guys it's really hard to show it to you
because they are incredibly tiny so with some 3m adhesive you can affix these to the motherboard
or to the M.2 SSD I’m just going to keep it in here that way I don't lose it
tossed around then we have another little baggie over here single sided M.2 same as the other so
they have three in here it's kind of odd to have them separated then we have the user's
guide it's going to have good information but the information is going to be online as well
and then we have and definitely don't lose these, these are the M.2 screws
and the that you use to attach M.2 SSDs to the motherboard okay you can see them right down here
now that little piece right here and they're really tiny but that is so you can screw that
into the motherboard and then you use one of these screws right over here to screw that into there,
holding down the M.2 SSD I’m going to grab a little ziploc bag to make sure I don't lose these
all right now those aren't going anywhere unless I lose the bag all right and then
certificate of reliability this is just letting you know that it passed
Asus's stringent testing methodologies good stuff and then motherboard technical updates this gives
you information and updates that didn't come in the motherboard manual so it's a separate leaflet
okay and there is nothing else in the motherboard box so just putting everything
back in here so that we can get to the actual motherboard itself trash and all just for now
all right then we have the motherboard itself
all right so first off we're going to go ahead
just take all that off and right over here as well all right so again it is a Z690 chipset compatible
with lga 1700 socket intel 12th generation core processors you can see right over here we have
a 4-pin and an 8-pin eps CPU power to power the CPU you don't need both but probably I
would recommend using the eight now if you want to use the eight and the four that's perfectly okay
as well now these large heatsinks are covering up the 14 plus one dr moss power stages
for overclocking then right over here we have four DIMM slots supporting DDR4 up to 5333 megahertz
with oc of course utilizing Asus optimum 2 up to 128 gigs now over here we can see there is
one PCIE 5.0 slot with Asus safe slot just to help a little bit to prevent from sagging
coming down a little bit more we have another PCIE by 16 slot but actually it's electrically
a by four slot then we have two PCIE by one slots and then one PCIE by four slot now it
might look to you like there's only one M.2 slot right over here and even zooming out but actually
There's another one right over here but wait there's more underneath this obscenely large
heatsink
we'll find two more so for a total of four M.2 slots now the top one supports
PCIE 4.0 at by four speeds the second one right over here supports PCIE 4.0 by four
running at SATA mode this one right over here is running on PCIE 4.0 by four speeds
and this one right over here is running at PCIE 4.0 by four speed so one goes this way
one goes this way this way and that way a little bit confusing so one other thing
you may have noticed now it's a little bit difficult so aside from there being one here
and one up here notice they have the little locking mechanism so you don't have to totally
rely on the screw but I’ll get into that during the installation as well so stay tuned for that
coming up in my next video now underneath those two heatsinks that we removed for the M.2 sockets
under them we'll find thermal pads to make sure the M.2 drives if they do get too hot
will get nice and cool I’m going to go ahead and put that back on just for now
and then the cooling running over your motherboard from your front fans or maybe your bottom fans or
top fans rear fans however you may have your case configured will help cool these down as well
over here we'll see two SATA ports and along the side of the board right over here we'll find
another two set of ports for a total of four SATA six gigabit per second ports aside from the four
M.2 ports now for those of you that like to have a ton of fans Asus has got you covered
so we have two four pin fan headers then we have two four pin fan headers right over here
for a total of four we have another one right over here and another one right over here
and lastly we have one over here for a total of seven PWM fan headers which is always great
to have then right along the top up here and along the bottom here we'll find gen two headers
three pin of course ARGB and then we'll find one four pin aura RGB header now talking about
the RGB headers this has aura edge lighting to add to the effects so underneath here,
here there'll be lights that'll shine along with the active sink showing along the rear of
the motherboard to add a little ambiance to it as well I’m sure you could turn them off if you don't
like them now for those of you interested here is the rear of the motherboard here is the back
plate for the CPU and then along here would be the solder points for the PCIE slots then you can see
right along here and here where that rear ambient lighting that would shine underneath the
motherboard out through the case would come out from and then right over here would be the rear
sides of the M.2 slots and then the rear I o then we have one front panel header right over here
then right over here we have an internal front panel USB 3.2 gen2 type-c header right next to it
a USB 3.0 header and then down here we have two USB 2.0 headers now coming along the side of the
board which would be the back of your system just going to take this off we'll find the rear I o
now here we have one HDMI port supporting up to 4k at 60 hertz utilizing HDMI 2.1 right above that we
have a display port supporting the same 4k up to 60 hertz with a DP 1.4 cable TUF gamer right along
here then we have right over here a USB 3.2 gen 2 type c port right up here we have two USB 3.2
gen one type a ports two USB 3.2 gen one type a ports as well coming over here we have two USB 3.2
gen 2 type a ports above that we have an intel 2.5 gigabits per second ethernet port
and then another USB 3.2 gen1 type c port for a total of two ports then over here we have the
two ports for the intel Wi-Fi six ax-210 Wi-Fi adapter supporting a b g and ac at 2.4 gigahertz
up to 5 gigahertz also bluetooth 5.2 and last but not least we have 7.1 channel real tech audio also
with DTS audio processing so the Asus TUF gaming Z690 plus Wi-Fi d4 motherboard has a ton of cool
features I really like the lighting aspect of it as well as a few other things there's one or two
other things I don't like as much which we'll go over during the build so make sure to click
like and subscribe to get notified when that build video does come out now one problem I am
going to have is how am I going to cool the intel core i9 12900KFprocessor this thing gets real hot
go ahead and leave your questions comments and concerns and suggestions as to what I
should use to cool it and well if you have any questions comments or concerns about the board
leave them down as well I reply to everything this is Iggy with ThisBytesForYou out, see you guys