The first product photo of a Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master appeared on Twitter, mainly showing the large cooler. A powerful cooling solution sits enthroned above the voltage converters and the metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor, also called MOSFET, but also the M.2 slots and the PCH.
Large Socket 1700 mainboard with a lot of cooling surface
But the overflowing cooling design takes its toll, the Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master with LGA 1700 socket for the hybrid -CPUs of the Alder Lake-S type and their upcoming spearhead, the Intel Core i9-12900K, is noticeably larger than regular motherboards according to the ATX standard, even if the E-ATX standard has not yet been fully achieved.
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Should be the new Z690 AORUS Master? Looks NICE !!!!!! @ tomshardware @VideoCardz @AorusOfficial @wccftech @TechSpot @TweakTown @kitgurupress pic.twitter.com/kYgqMqu2eA
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In addition to the eye-catching heatsink and the massive heat conducting plates, for the PCIe 4.0 SSDs supported by Intel for the first time via chipset (PCH) and a strong voltage regulation and supply, the lettering for the digital-to-analog converter that promises a high-quality HIFI solution for headphones from ESS Saber in the built-in DAC is particularly noticeable. The new PCI Express 5.0 slot for graphics cards is also unmistakably highlighted.