

Sure, there's the usual USB 2.0, front panel, audio, and a few fan headers, but there's an additional three headers dedicated to RGB connections.
#CPU Z ASUS PC#
At the bottom of the ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 Hero, you'll find this board is kitted out with all the headers you'll need for a powerful PC build. In the lower half of the motherboard are the three M.2 slots underneath metal plates, three PCIe x16 slots, two USB 3.0 front panel ports, and the array of six SATA ports. Simply push it and the GPU can be safely removed once the bracket screws have been extracted.ĪSUS included an easy PCIe slot release button for removing a GPU and it works like magic. Have you ever found removing your GPU to be a little tedious? That's no longer the case on the ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 Hero thanks to this very small button. You may have noticed a small button next to this internal USB-C port and that would be the PCIe slot release. Both AMD and NVIDIA GPUs can be configured into a dual-GPU configuration. There are three full-size x16 PCIe slots with two at 5.0, and one additional slot at 4.0. It's capable of handling up to 128GB of DDR5 RAM at speeds of up to 6.4GHz (3.2GHz x2).
#CPU Z ASUS FULL#
Since this is a Z690 motherboard, there's full support for 12th Gen Intel processors. There's also a USB drive that can be used for storing UEFI BIOS updates or other files, an antenna for Wi-Fi 6E, and various cables for hooking up other components inside the PC. The ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 Hero is one good-looking motherboard.Īlong with the board inside the packaging, you'll find an M.2 PCIe card that offers one PCIe 5.0 and one PCIe 4.0 slot. The ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 Hero is one good-looking motherboard. It's an all-black PCB with a mirror finish plate atop the I/O shroud. The ROG Maximus Z690 Hero is no exception. ASUS motherboards generally sport clean designs with little aggressive styling, at least compared to other brands with their "gamer" themes.
