ASUS PRIME Z690-P WIFI

La scheda madre supporta tutte le ultime tecnologie e processori di 10a e 11a generazione. Ha la possibilita di aggiungere un modulo TPM, indispensabile per utilizzare Bitlocker. I led sono molto belli e completamente personalizzabili usando il software della Asus o Icue della Corsair (molto comodo se si utilizza ram e/o raffreddamento a liquido Corsair). Possono anche essere completamente disabilitati qualora il pc venga usato per lavoro. Il bios è molto intiutivo e configurabile. Non ho provato l’overclock in quanto non lo ritendo necessario ma è comunque configurabile. Molto Consigliata specialmente visto la qualità/prezzo.

Leider ist das BIOS noch vollkommen unausgereift. Nichtmal sehr grundlegende Dinge wie der Standby Modus funktionieren.
Der Sound Chip gibt starke Nebengeräusche ab (z.B. wenn man die Maus bewegt, oder etwas an den Line In anschließt).
Die Lüfteranschlüsse sind leider auch nicht sehr gut positioniert.
Auch wird die PCH extrem heiß, im Vergleich zu anderen Z590 Boards. Teilweise 40 Grad mehr.

Probleme, wie andere Rezensenten beschreiben, mit LAN Treibern, selbst installierende Asus Software, usw. kann ich aber nicht nachvollziehen. Das ging bei mir alles problemlos.

I’ve been using the mATX-Plus series for a while (Z170M, Z390M, etc.) and they are all pretty similar, but Asus do keep adding some features that may come useful even comparing with old boards.

If you’re after a powerful but somewhat small system thus mATX format and 11th gen CPU (thus with hardware fixes for (current) vulnerabilities) and fast (4600Mbps+) memory then this is pretty cheap and nice board. For me it works great with 11700K and 3200 DDR4. Yes it goes higher but I have no current need.

But if you’re going for a top-end 11900K perhaps mATX is a bit too cramped, best go for full ATX. If you’re not overclocking then save money and go for H570M, B560M that are much cheaper but have smaller heatsinks for VRM and VRM phases, etc.

The Good:

– 2x PCIe x16 length slots, but only one x16 (for dedicated GPU PCIe 4.0) and 2nd PCIe 3.0 x4 for say 10Gbe LAN or more SSDs.
– 1x PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2 slot for fast SSD + 2x PCIe 3.0 x4 M.2 slots for more SSDs. Can have an all NVMe system with say 1 boot/cache and 2 RAID1 for programs/data.
– 1x PCIe 3.0 x1 M.2 slot for WiFi/BT (e.g. Intel AX200/210) and I/O shield has optional holes for SMA antenna sockets should you want.
– 3x PWM FAN headers (+CPU) thus pretty good control of modern fans
– RGB header if you want to bling your case or fans, both standard RGB and individually addressable.
– Supports both ME/PTT TPM and discrete TPM (Infineon?) for full disk crypto/BitLocker, etc.
– Obviously unlocked due to Z590 chipset – if you need for overclocking.
– The USB-C port is back (missing in Z390M series).

The mediocre:
– Being just “Prime” there are no heatsinks for M.2 slots – so budget on getting some as NVMe SSDs run very hot (especially PCIe 4.0) – they don’t need to be expensive.
– Layout is naturally quite cramped, e.g. many fan connectors very top of board where some cases may not allow easy access to connect fan cables.
– WiFi/BT M.2 slot underneath one SSD M.2 slot making it quite challenging to use + possible heat issues.
– HDMI supports version 2.0 only on 11th Gen but I guess no surprise.
– Any point in having DVI anymore?
– Any point in having discrete TPM socket?
– No header for USB 3.1/2 case ports.

The Bad:
– BIOS based “Armoury Crate” (ex Q-Installer) that auto-installs as a Windows service that you cannot disable in Windows (being part of BIOS/firmware). Thankfully you can disable in BIOS. Still bad injection vector.
– Ethernet only 1Gbe not 2.5Gbe which is quite disappointing for a Z590 board.
– Samsung NVMe hardware crypto still does not engage despite being E1667 compliant. So far I only have luck with Lenovo laptops. Its a pity as you incur the overhead of software crypto that the SSD itself can manage.

Asus BIOS is also easy to mod say if you wanted to add SLIC or other features but remember you need to extract the capsule. Asus seems reliable to me still have an old Z170M, Z390M (thus older versions of this) that works perfectly still.

Price-wise it does seem more expensive than the competition but then Asus has always been so; feature-wise it is OK but still “Prime” is not high-end like Strix/ROG but decent. Kind of middle of the road I’d say.

Our motherboard arrived damaged. With damaged CPU sockets. It was dispached without any protection. in original box and without even tape! From UK to IE… Everybody on the way could open it, see what’s inside, steal something. Like a pizza box, not closed. Yes, motherboard for 180£. It’s crazy. Amazon service less than 1/10

Ottima scheda madre, dopo averla montata (aggiornamento PC esistente) segnalo alcune cose magari non ovvie:
– Ha sia “Firmware TPM” che uno zoccolo per TPM SPI dedicato (se presente, nel BIOS è preimpostato quello)
– Comodi i numerosi alloggiamenti M.2, ma non mi sarebbe dispiaciuto avere 6 invece di 4 connettori SATA
– Una sola presa USB C sul retro (peraltro coperta dalle linguette della mascherina, se non si fa attenzione a piegarle in fase di montaggio)
– Il connettore HDMI è abbastanza al limite della mascherina, su alcuni case i connettori grossi (quelli dei cavi più lunghi) entrano a fatica o non entrano proprio
– A novembre 2021 i vari driver Intel (chiset, video, ecc.) vanno ancora scaricati (Windows 10 ancora non riconosce quasi nulla, quindi si parte con video ridotto, ecc. – per risolvere basta far puntare a Device Manager la cartella con gli ZIP estratti dal sito Asus, se come nel mio caso si preferisce non usare gli installer Asus per i file Intel)

Si tratta di un usato “prime” ottime condizioni. La scheda madre è arrivata solo con il libretto di istruzuioni e null’altro se non la scatola. Comunque installata, partiva ma non funzionava tastiera e porte USB, non era possibile pertanto entrare nel bios.
Tolta la pila tampone e spostato il ponticello per resettare tutto, al riavvio mi ha visto tastiera e le porte usb e quindi è stato possibile entrare nel bios e finalmente l’avvio di Windows 10.
Dolo l’aggiornamento del bios all’ultima versione pubblicata su asus la 16.00, tutto è andato a posto.
Ho notato comunque ,che se si setta una delle pci-e a 1x , per installare schede a 1x la macchina non si avvia. Insomma la scheda madre non è compatibile con vecchie schede a 1x.