@@zsavage1820 lmao, cope. AMD got absolutely shit on by Intel this generation. It’s not even close. How embarrassing is it that AMD finally comes out to play and two generations later they’re not only getting absolutely embarrassed by Intel again, but Apple stepped in with their proprietary chip and shatter AMD too. This board has an EK block on the VRMs, Thunderbolt, and a built in high end 10Gb networking card. It is a premium motherboard and you can get much cheaper z690 boards if you don’t need those features. I have no idea what this board being expensive has to do with Intel, but sure. Whatever you fanboys have to tell yourself as you lose even your “price to performance” metrics with the 12700 priced at $369. That’s a 5Ghz+ turbo 12 core chip that caps at 66 degrees on FRIGIN AIR. That’s it, AMD is done again. Face it.
I must say Asus has really stepped it up with their design team. I’m loving their understated and sleek yet bold approach. I picked up this board because I can use the thunderbolt and I have a 10Gb network setup in my home finally and I always build custom loops so it will be nice to have the VRMs on water too. Can’t wait to start building.
should warn you guys there appears to be a problem with Asus z690 maxumus motherboards where they burn out at the top right corner 2 moiset also chip marked 150 that appears put on these boards back to front with positive and negitive palarity meaning the chip should only be fitted on correct orientation many believe this burning the 2 moiset chips out!! causing quode 53 memory errors
I wish they’d make another Code. I’ve owed the M6F and M7F and I chose them simply because of the “ROG Armor” on the front of the board. It was always a waste of money though as I never planned to water cool. It was nice when the Maximus X Code came along and had a cover over the front. It’s the perfect board for me.
I'm pretty sure the 6 pin pcie below the 24 pin provides high power to the USB-C front connection for fast charging, it may or may not also power the lower pcie slots. The pcie slots are Gen 5 gen 5 and gen 3.
I haven't seen anything official, but I just went through the full manual for the older Maximus XII Formula board and it doesn't mention hooking anything up to the VRM coolant fittings at all. Nowhere does the manual even mention water, filling it, hooking it to a pump, or any other requirements. From what I can tell, it's completely optional.
i didn't understand what is the thing with the ekblock? it a block you put on the cpu for cooler? if so, it's complicated to build or it's just 1 or 2 steps to install?
Oh wow... that exact motherboard I'd want to for my new white Asus build! Wondering when they'll release here in Canada... Question... could this still be used without any water cooling?
Hi, Im a newby. Do i have to use water cooling with this motherboard?, or can i use aio cooling and leave the waterblock empty? Will it over heat compared to the strix?
@Vanilla Bumblebee Aorus Master is £429 whilst Asus Extreme is £939 and there would be zero difference in running the actual processors, I've had an X570 Aorus Master with 5950X for almost a year at 4.7GHz... People just like to overspend of stuff because they think it'll make their build better, they then pair it with an AIO or bad ram... And you're a major fan of Asus right? I've got a Dominus Extreme sitting under my desk if you want it lol.
I have the same MOBO and just did a bios update. Now the Oled screen stays on after a shutdown. Does anyone know how to control the OLED screen or even turn it off for that matter?
i have had nothing but problems with my maximus z690 formula since i manage to get it built last week, running a 12900k, i updated bios to 0811 on win 11 with 3, 980 pro's in raid 0 and 32G of G.skill 6000mhz CL40 DDR5, ran fine for 2 days turned it on following day, blue screened and crashed so hard even the bios crashed and it tried to revert to safe mode to try and resolve itself, by the time i got into the bios mouse moved changing to some drop downs worked then that froze. i ended up dropping bios to 0702 and doing a non powered revert to downgrade the bios then it started to play ball. if you have any issues or questions do feel free to drop me a pm.
Add another feature along with built-in IO shields, post code read-outs, and clear CMOS buttons that should be standard on _all_ motherboards over $200 with that PCIE release button. I had no idea I needed that until I saw it.
Any reason why the ASUS webpage redirects to the error page when you access this motherboard page? Also, any idea of price and availability? I see nothing out there yet.
Hello sir, quick question. Let’s say I wanted to do this build but watercool the gpu. Would I need 2 separate pumps or how would I be able to cool the vrm and the gpu if it requires more in/out ports?
The VRM waterblock should have a solid satin nickel top, to match the new EK CPU blocks and satin fittings. The 6pin Motherboard aux power is probably to power the CPU video chipset.
Beautiful MB , but I would not touch those Asus MB with OLED display panels on it anymore, had a Formula XI before, the OLED screen has burn in after few months of use, was a pain to go thru RMA, all they could do is replace the armor shield with the OLED and its not even new, its all refurbished with lots of scratches on it, and it took them months to do it, Asus custom support is a big let down, such high price MB that comes with crappy quality OLED is just awful. happened to a lot of their other products that came with OLED too, like the Thor PSU, and their AIO CPU Cooling, there are people who had OLED burn in problems if you search with google. Not to mention this OLED actual display size seems exact same as previous formulas... they just make the boarder bigger with a lot of black area.
Very nice. That LCD panel for monitoring may have just solved my problem upgrading. I still like to see cpu temps/speed at a glance, I have an old Haswell system with the ASUS ROG front panel that monitors things but when I upgrade I won't be able to use it. I know the AIO's have LCD's to see temps now but I have gone back to air cooling and still want to be able to view temps without needing to alt/tab on screen. I think this board solves the problem.
So can you run this board with a regular Noctua DH-15? Being that it seems like the VRM's have to be water-cooled. Is that correct? Or can they still passively cool?
The formula has been "Air or water" cooled since like the 7 formula or longer. I always chose to watercool all my formula boards but it's not necessary
It's beautiful and I would have 100% bought this for my new White build but fuck DDR5 and it's price/availability. Went with the ROG STRIX Z690-A GAMING instead, thanks to YOUR review! 👍
Sorry but not everyone wants a white MB and it should be the option not the norm. This gen boards are not right in the looks compared to the older ones. They are forcing you to DDR5 and only offer a few D4 versions meaning not many can afford to goto the next gen cpu which is needed. I hope the fix this screwup on the boards and allow more to get to gen12 without the expence. I only buy ROG so am quite pissed I have very few options.............have to say first time I feel ASUS has made mistakes in thier launch products. That said.........I will still only buy ROG to upgrade to gen12. Thanks for the video and info TinyT
DDR 4 are the cheaper boards, the idea is if you buy expensive board would likely also buy more expensive RAM (and CPU). If you want to save a buck wait for B series boards they will offer more DDR 4 boards. about white boards there are many black boards from all brands you have enough options also a lot of people (like me) look for white Mobo for their white builds and having the options is great for people like us.
So disappointed that the board is white. I was counting on it beeing black as the last one to fit into my build. Can you remove all the white parts to paint them black?
All you TH-camrs are getting this wrong, the 6 pin power is NOT pcie supplemental power! It is power for fast charge for the front type c port. Do a little research before you make a video. It's what you are paid for ffs
i have the Max XII Hero and its great i mean the water block i guess would be great for say cosmetic/appearance and a complete water distribution system but listening to buildzoid explain how VRMs Mosfets dont even need passvie cooling jsut a heatsink with good surface area is fine
@Vanilla Bumblebee lol @hopefully fired i know right just like the guy at Microsoft for forcing the TPM 2.0 as a requirement for installation pure dumb but we live in dumb times lol. Oh ok so let get this right, so even though it has a water distribution block you can still use the board without running AIO, wow thats cool now that i did not know thank you , i think at first i misunderstood, now i get cool..
@Vanilla Bumblebee i am considering upgrading to a 5950x from my i7-10700k what are your thoughts on AMD, i had 3 AMD systems all failures, last one was the PHANTOM II 965BE and it was horrible, didnt like it, BSOD a lot, been with Intel ever since i love it, but AMD is side by side i looked at the ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Extreme and pairing that with a 5950x you think that would be a good build and i have the ASUS STRIX 3070 pretty fast, feels nice to have a broke of gold pretty much sitting in my system lol, i heard the 4000 will be 50% fast then the 3000 but we will have to wait and see the benchmarks could just be more marketing schemes to hype up the product let me know and what GPU you have
@Vanilla Bumblebee oh ok thank you so much for taking time to help me lol, im like going back and forth should i do alder lake or go 5950x, i btw i used to have the 1080, jsut the 1080 not to long ago and i will tell ya that mofo gpu is still rocking the house, i played everything with high or medium, nothing wrong with the 1080 i mean if people jsut have ot play cyber punk with RT and high settings then yeah upgrade, cyber punk 2077 reminds me of Crysis, need super high performance hardware to get a good FPS. again thank you much for you're time, ill wait a bit for alder lake because i wont be looking to upgrade until after the new year in Janurary
This is probably the prettiest board I've ever seen. Makes me want to build with it and use really fat glass tube.
@Dark Code i will pay 800$ just gor tghat box the the motherboard
A year later, I am finally doing that. Only if I HAD A FKIN 4090 lol. Out of stock everywhere. Not to mention being overpriced.
It's one of those boards that once you've seen nothing else will compare
bullshit.. for the cost of this board.. you can buy an AMD and CPU that will wipe the floor with INTEL..
@@zsavage1820 lmao, cope. AMD got absolutely shit on by Intel this generation. It’s not even close. How embarrassing is it that AMD finally comes out to play and two generations later they’re not only getting absolutely embarrassed by Intel again, but Apple stepped in with their proprietary chip and shatter AMD too.
This board has an EK block on the VRMs, Thunderbolt, and a built in high end 10Gb networking card. It is a premium motherboard and you can get much cheaper z690 boards if you don’t need those features. I have no idea what this board being expensive has to do with Intel, but sure. Whatever you fanboys have to tell yourself as you lose even your “price to performance” metrics with the 12700 priced at $369. That’s a 5Ghz+ turbo 12 core chip that caps at 66 degrees on FRIGIN AIR.
That’s it, AMD is done again. Face it.
@@limitedhangoutlive yea intel’s 12th gen processors are crazy
@@limitedhangoutlive Preach 💯
Love your content my man, you're super chill to listen to while I sip on my coffee.
That mobo will be great for high end all white builds especially since 12th Gen is coming
So cool looking. I returned my strix to wait for the formula to come out next week
Asus really made a very very great job in aesthetics, alll their z690 motherboards look good and clean
I must say Asus has really stepped it up with their design team. I’m loving their understated and sleek yet bold approach. I picked up this board because I can use the thunderbolt and I have a 10Gb network setup in my home finally and I always build custom loops so it will be nice to have the VRMs on water too. Can’t wait to start building.
should warn you guys there appears to be a problem with Asus z690 maxumus motherboards where they burn out at the top right corner 2 moiset also chip marked 150 that appears put on these boards back to front with positive and negitive palarity meaning the chip should only be fitted on correct orientation many believe this burning the 2 moiset chips out!! causing quode 53 memory errors
I wish they’d make another Code. I’ve owed the M6F and M7F and I chose them simply because of the “ROG Armor” on the front of the board. It was always a waste of money though as I never planned to water cool.
It was nice when the Maximus X Code came along and had a cover over the front. It’s the perfect board for me.
My next Board!
Thanks for showing the beauty 👍
The most comprehensive thought in motherboard thank you
hey thanks for the video!!! when is it available?? will it be in black as well?
Why the fudge is it white?
Do you know what the msrp is for this board? It looks so dope!
@Vanilla Bumblebee I want this board so bad but it’s gonna break my wallet 😭
@Vanilla Bumblebee who asked though
Very nice mainboard. Perfect for a white PC. I am looking forward to your first tests with a 12900K. 👍
This or the aero from gigabyte
the new z690 Aero boards look really ugly compared to the previous aero/vision boards, so I'd say this.
Will Asus release this same model but in black? Thank you and best regards
Can the Maximus Z690 Formula motherboard be used without liquid cooling?
Yes no problem
When is the expected release date
do you have to use water cooling?
The audio pin for front I/o audio looks different from other motherboards, is an adapter required?
So Gen 5 NVME SSD will not work or fit in where the M2 Gen 4 NVME sits?
One of the best-looking motherboard !!!
I'm pretty sure the 6 pin pcie below the 24 pin provides high power to the USB-C front connection for fast charging, it may or may not also power the lower pcie slots. The pcie slots are Gen 5 gen 5 and gen 3.
Correct that 6 pin has nothing to do with the pcie slots, he should know that
do you have to use the watercooling feature?
Great preview videos. Many Thanks for all your time and hard work!
Will there be a black Edition?
Is the water cooling for the VRM mandatory or is it optional?
Price wise if you're not using water, get the Hero
I haven't seen anything official, but I just went through the full manual for the older Maximus XII Formula board and it doesn't mention hooking anything up to the VRM coolant fittings at all. Nowhere does the manual even mention water, filling it, hooking it to a pump, or any other requirements. From what I can tell, it's completely optional.
Good job
anyone know where to find the livedash software for the oled screen?
i didn't understand what is the thing with the ekblock? it a block you put on the cpu for cooler?
if so, it's complicated to build or it's just 1 or 2 steps to install?
This is the best looking motherboard right now.
do you have to watercool the VRM’s or it it passively cooled like the Hero Z690?
If I get this board do I have to use a v-r.m water loop? I want this board but don't want to have to use a water loop.
Oh wow... that exact motherboard I'd want to for my new white Asus build! Wondering when they'll release here in Canada...
Question... could this still be used without any water cooling?
That's what I'm wondering also.
Yes, it should I have the Z490 Formula and I have an AIO to keep my CPU cooled. Idles around 34c
@@lajuanwillis3224 Hey that's great to know! So I'd be safe to go with this MB + AIO!
Is the watercooling necessary or can i just use it like this?
Hi,
Im a newby.
Do i have to use water cooling with this motherboard?, or can i use aio cooling and leave the waterblock empty? Will it over heat compared to the strix?
Utter waste of your money, just get the Z690 Aorus Master.
@@frostybe3r but but but, this one is white
@Vanilla Bumblebee There's basically zero reason to get Asus this gen unless you want to throw money down the drain.
@Vanilla Bumblebee Aorus Master is £429 whilst Asus Extreme is £939 and there would be zero difference in running the actual processors, I've had an X570 Aorus Master with 5950X for almost a year at 4.7GHz... People just like to overspend of stuff because they think it'll make their build better, they then pair it with an AIO or bad ram...
And you're a major fan of Asus right? I've got a Dominus Extreme sitting under my desk if you want it lol.
@Vanilla Bumblebee The Z690 Apex is designed for overclocking, the Extreme is just a money grab.*
does this motherboard NEED to be watercooled or can it run empty passive cooled??
Do you have to water cool the Mobo or it is just a choice？
I have the same MOBO and just did a bios update. Now the Oled screen stays on after a shutdown. Does anyone know how to control the OLED screen or even turn it off for that matter?
Must need a liquid loop for this motherboard or is fine without it?
I like your videos and i understand your english perfectly, thanks ❤
хеллоу комрат)
@@vadimfedoseev7645 Здарова 🤣
@@KOT-ANGRY я гляжу кто то кроме меня ещё на белую материнку передёргивает))) ещё и на англоязычном канале)
@@vadimfedoseev7645 Давно смотрю чела етого, норм. мужик 👍! А, мат-платы новые, КЛАС 😇
i have had nothing but problems with my maximus z690 formula since i manage to get it built last week, running a 12900k, i updated bios to 0811 on win 11 with 3, 980 pro's in raid 0 and 32G of G.skill 6000mhz CL40 DDR5, ran fine for 2 days turned it on following day, blue screened and crashed so hard even the bios crashed and it tried to revert to safe mode to try and resolve itself, by the time i got into the bios mouse moved changing to some drop downs worked then that froze. i ended up dropping bios to 0702 and doing a non powered revert to downgrade the bios then it started to play ball. if you have any issues or questions do feel free to drop me a pm.
I love the separate vrm and chipset AIO from the cpu as you can use two different coolers
Does this board support ddr5 and also what form factor is it?
Do we have to use the the VRM heatsink with water cooling? would this be ok to use with air
No you dont have to, it will do both.
Guys, a question on this z rog strix z690-f board, can an Intel i9 13k be mounted on it?
Gotta love Asus motherboards!!!
OMG....is beautiful
I’m on my second board and this one has a 88-90’c chipset just like the last one! Is there a problem or anything I can do ???
Why oh why does it come in white only...
Add another feature along with built-in IO shields, post code read-outs, and clear CMOS buttons that should be standard on _all_ motherboards over $200 with that PCIE release button. I had no idea I needed that until I saw it.
Any reason why the ASUS webpage redirects to the error page when you access this motherboard page? Also, any idea of price and availability? I see nothing out there yet.
800 $ for that one
Hello sir, quick question. Let’s say I wanted to do this build but watercool the gpu. Would I need 2 separate pumps or how would I be able to cool the vrm and the gpu if it requires more in/out ports?
you loop it all together - one good pump will be fine
I sure hope those M.2 covers are removable with a waterblock installed. It doesn't look like it and that would be a major fail
The VRM waterblock should have a solid satin nickel top, to match the new EK CPU blocks and satin fittings.
The 6pin Motherboard aux power is probably to power the CPU video chipset.
that ejector button makes me want an intel based board for the first time since the 90s and should be on all boards
You didn't like the X58 and X79 platforms?
For the first time since the 90s? What were you using in the late oughts/early teens, back when Intel was the only real option?
@@AdamLeuer bulldozer...piledriver...fx..
Beautiful MB , but I would not touch those Asus MB with OLED display panels on it anymore, had a Formula XI before, the OLED screen has burn in after few months of use, was a pain to go thru RMA, all they could do is replace the armor shield with the OLED and its not even new, its all refurbished with lots of scratches on it, and it took them months to do it, Asus custom support is a big let down, such high price MB that comes with crappy quality OLED is just awful. happened to a lot of their other products that came with OLED too, like the Thor PSU, and their AIO CPU Cooling, there are people who had OLED burn in problems if you search with google.
Not to mention this OLED actual display size seems exact same as previous formulas... they just make the boarder bigger with a lot of black area.
Very nice.
That LCD panel for monitoring may have just solved my problem upgrading.
I still like to see cpu temps/speed at a glance, I have an old Haswell system with the ASUS ROG front panel that monitors things but when I upgrade I won't be able to use it.
I know the AIO's have LCD's to see temps now but I have gone back to air cooling and still want to be able to view temps without needing to alt/tab on screen.
I think this board solves the problem.
I just got this board and in case it helps it is even pre-programmed to display the cpu Temps and other key info. Its so cool looking too
So can you run this board with a regular Noctua DH-15? Being that it seems like the VRM's have to be water-cooled. Is that correct? Or can they still passively cool?
The formula has been "Air or water" cooled since like the 7 formula or longer. I always chose to watercool all my formula boards but it's not necessary
It's beautiful and I would have 100% bought this for my new White build but fuck DDR5 and it's price/availability. Went with the ROG STRIX Z690-A GAMING instead, thanks to YOUR review! 👍
I want this for the next gen AMD CPU'S🥰
It's beautiful
Finnaly a while flagship mobo
Cheers Guv, although I won't buy an Asus product again I do like their white stuff.
Sorry but not everyone wants a white MB and it should be the option not the norm. This gen boards are not right in the looks compared to the older ones. They are forcing you to DDR5 and only offer a few D4 versions meaning not many can afford to goto the next gen cpu which is needed. I hope the fix this screwup on the boards and allow more to get to gen12 without the expence. I only buy ROG so am quite pissed I have very few options.............have to say first time I feel ASUS has made mistakes in thier launch products. That said.........I will still only buy ROG to upgrade to gen12. Thanks for the video and info TinyT
DDR 4 are the cheaper boards, the idea is if you buy expensive board would likely also buy more expensive RAM (and CPU). If you want to save a buck wait for B series boards they will offer more DDR 4 boards. about white boards there are many black boards from all brands you have enough options also a lot of people (like me) look for white Mobo for their white builds and having the options is great for people like us.
Such a sexy board, shame I will never afford it
That pcie release button is amazing. i just stabbed my motherboard with a screw driver last last week but it still works so i was lucky
My PC is a white build and this is my dream mobo...
What a crap! what happened to the motherboards with 6 PCIe and 8 SATA connectors?
OMG ... this is the sexiest white motherboard I have ever seen in my life 😍😍😍 ... but IT'S EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE 😢😢
Time for a white build!
I just dropped 1300 for the 12900k and this mobo case and a 1300watt platinum psu
There is no way. The mobo and cpu alone is close to $1400
@@mikerzisu9508 GBP
@@550F21CEMO what does that stand for? Where did you get the hardware from?
@@mikerzisu9508 Great British Pound...
@@mikerzisu9508 530 for cpu 650 for mobo rest you can calculate...
oooooooooooooh that'd look so good in my white/silver RoG Helios case! /need
I was gonna say WTF only 2 sata cables? The Formula I bought in 2015 came with 8 LOL
they should of called it the storm trooper edition
So disappointed that the board is white. I was counting on it beeing black as the last one to fit into my build. Can you remove all the white parts to paint them black?
if the pcb was white that would be epic
Too bad white pcb mobos are extinct
wanted to buy this board but why the fuck is this in white asus?
bro if only they made the pcb white...
All you TH-camrs are getting this wrong, the 6 pin power is NOT pcie supplemental power!
It is power for fast charge for the front type c port. Do a little research before you make a video. It's what you are paid for ffs
Dont buy it guys the VRM cooler has aluminium inside lot of people have problems because the plating is bad.
i love asus but these dumb water blocks for the chokes mosfets and vrms way un needed not even for the new intel chips its over kill
i have the Max XII Hero and its great i mean the water block i guess would be great for say cosmetic/appearance and a complete water distribution system but listening to buildzoid explain how VRMs Mosfets dont even need passvie cooling jsut a heatsink with good surface area is fine
@Vanilla Bumblebee lol @hopefully fired i know right just like the guy at Microsoft for forcing the TPM 2.0 as a requirement for installation pure dumb but we live in dumb times lol.
Oh ok so let get this right, so even though it has a water distribution block you can still use the board without running AIO, wow thats cool now that i did not know thank you , i think at first i misunderstood, now i get cool..
@Vanilla Bumblebee i am considering upgrading to a 5950x from my i7-10700k what are your thoughts on AMD, i had 3 AMD systems all failures, last one was the PHANTOM II 965BE and it was horrible, didnt like it, BSOD a lot, been with Intel ever since i love it, but AMD is side by side i looked at the ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Extreme and pairing that with a 5950x you think that would be a good build and i have the ASUS STRIX 3070 pretty fast, feels nice to have a broke of gold pretty much sitting in my system lol, i heard the 4000 will be 50% fast then the 3000 but we will have to wait and see the benchmarks could just be more marketing schemes to hype up the product let me know and what GPU you have
@Vanilla Bumblebee oh ok thank you so much for taking time to help me lol, im like going back and forth should i do alder lake or go 5950x, i btw i used to have the 1080, jsut the 1080 not to long ago and i will tell ya that mofo gpu is still rocking the house, i played everything with high or medium, nothing wrong with the 1080 i mean if people jsut have ot play cyber punk with RT and high settings then yeah upgrade, cyber punk 2077 reminds me of Crysis, need super high performance hardware to get a good FPS. again thank you much for you're time, ill wait a bit for alder lake because i wont be looking to upgrade until after the new year in Janurary
Why white!!!
Will you be so kind to send it to me as a gift for a long time follower? I promise to take good care of it.