Asus Maximum Z690 Extreme motherboard pushes the boundaries of high end, with a feature laden beast and budget buster. Intel has finally rejoined the competitive landscape against AMD with its Z690 platform, matching high-end muscle with the ferocious Core i9-12900K CPU. With great power comes not-so-great pricing, however. The Asus ROG Maximus Z690 Extreme's $1,099 price tag eclipses the $649 price of past juggernaut motherboards like the X299 Asus Rampage VI Extreme, recasting what a high-end motherboard should cost.We’ll discuss the specs, features, and performance you should expect from a

The ASUS ROG Z690 Maximus Extreme motherboard offers a top-end hardware platform at half the cost of the Glacial. Let's explore.

ASUS is bringing forward the ROG Maximus Extreme Glacial by collaborating with EKWB for the custom waterblock. Nothing is left out of this flagship motherboard with a Top-tier 24+1+2 VRM design, Thunderbolt 4, 10G LAN, PCIe Gen5, DDR5 and even a Gen5 M.2 socket! ASUS is bringing forward the ROG Maximus Extreme Glacial by collaborating with EKWB for the custom waterblock. Nothing is left out of this flagship motherboard with a Top-tier 24+1+2 VRM design, Thunderbolt 4, 10G LAN, PCIe Gen5, DDR5 and even a Gen5 M.2 socket! ASUS knows the bar is already set high and looks to break away from the pa

ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 Extreme (WiFi 6E) LGA 1700(Intel®12th&13th Gen) EATX gaming motherboard (PCIe 5.0, DDR5,24+1 105A power stages,5x M.2,1xPCIe 5.0 M.2,10Gb&2.5Gb LAN,2xThunderbolt 4 onboard, AniMe Matrix LED.)