THE PERFECT Z690 MOTHERBOARD! MSI PRO Z690-A Review
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- Опубліковано 25 лип 2024
- In this MSI PRO Z690-A review, expect to learn everything you ever wanted to know about the budget MSI Z690 motherboard and all its features
The MSI PRO Z690-A is probably a budget Z690 motherboard you never heard of, but it might just be one of the best Z690 motherboards and best budget Z690 motherboards around! Within the MSI Z690 motherboard lineup, it is one of the most budget MSI Z690 board, but still has pretty much everything you will care about. This whole MSI PRO Z690 thing they have going on is really something amazing, as these motherboards have all the features you could care about, and the MSI PRO Z690A spec list is truly awesome. But before my full MSI PRO Z690-A review comes out, let's talk about what this MSI PRO Z690 motherboard has to offer. Plus with so many different variants, the MSI PRO Z690-A DDR5, MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4, MSI PRO Z690-A WiFi DDR5, and MSI PRO Z690-A WiFi DDR4, you will find an MSI Z690 PRO motherboard that's right for you!
First we did an MSI Pro Z690-A unboxing, or more specifically, an MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4 unboxing, where I went over all the MSI Pro Z690-A feautres, MSI Pro Z690-A specs, and my MSI Pro Z690-A first impressions. And now in this MSI PRO Z690-A review I go over why this is one the best value Z690 motherboards you can get right now!
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:34 MSI Pro Z690-A PCIe slots
1:26 MSI Pro Z690-A VRMs
3:02 MSI Pro Z690-A rear IO
4:34 MSI Pro Z690-A fan headers
5:13 MSI Pro Z690-A RGB connectors
6:15 Conclusion - Наука та технологія
Thanks for your video, I'm looking always for nice product to upgrade my pc! Love to see a build for an high end custom computer
Love the video, thank you!!
You are a fantastic computer parts reviewer!!!! Thx for you vids. I am getting this mobo due to your analysis. Cheers mate.
I got this board a while back and so far it's been great. I ended up updating the BIOS and when I reset to factory defaults after messing around with my XMP profiles, the settings were different than what was default during a prior bios version for my 12700k. Safe to say that is expected - newer bios versions have different 'default' settings?
I reverted everything to what I had been using rather than what was default, but outside of XMP I didn't change anything on the BIOS..so it was default vs default settings but it was different after a bios update.
Looking at this board (as well as the Z690 AORUS ELITE AX) and basically need to know if this board can be configured to use a pair of NVMe's in Mirror raid as the boot volume?
Nice video
I bought the DDR5 on prime day sale, it's quite affordable for 200 CAD and you get everything the platform has.
I have seen videos on b660 tomahawk wifi and it keeps very low temperature. MSI PRO Z690-A and b660 tomahawk are same price in my country. Which one do you think would keep lower temperatures on a 12600kf chip. I dont care about overclocking I just want the lowest temperatures I could get.
Running this DDR5 board. My system is killer. No problems. Just download your driver for WiFi ahead of time… ha
What specs are you running?
Hey I have a little question please, for the bios flash I have i5 13600kf is it the same as flashing a ddr4 board ?
I have the board and my Ethernet cable isn’t working even though it’s functioning the system doesn’t recognize it. Do I need to install the drivers a s a fix?
I have read that the proper driver for the ethernet is on the disk that came with the board. I have not installed this board yet, so not 100% sure, but give it a try. Luckily I did buy an external optical drive years ago when pc stopped using them. If you have a SATA to USB cable you can use an old internal optical drive if you saved one.
Does the Z690 have a backplate installed on the backside or is it separate? Planning on installing a Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE on the cpu
Love your channel thanks for all the reviews. I have a quick question I bought a 12700k and want to buy a ddr4 board that has thunderbolt headers in case I need tb in the future. Looks like the msi doesn’t have a tb card yet but looks like gigabyte and asus do. Would we most likely see a tb card for msi ? What is another board that is on par with this msi (ddr4) that i should look at? Only will be for audio recording and mixing. I have an external Antelope card that works in usb or thunderbolt
MSI has been experimenting with bundling expansion cards, like a PCIe storage card is some of their most high-end boards. This is still a really good board and if Thunderbolt is all you need, I'd just say go with this one and buy a Thunberbolt card elsewhere.
@@avrona very good video. This is exactly i needed. Can you please recommend a thunderbolt card that can be attached here.
Hi sir I’m currently picking between the asus strix z690-a wifi and msi z690-a pro wifi and pairing it with a i7 13700k what do you think should i choose I also want to control the some rgb to sync with
I just built my next computer with this board and an i5 12400F. Its not a gaming computer so this combo will to all the work I need it to do. Also note that one of the usb ports on the left side is the for M-Flash and the manual states it as such.
What is the difference between A and P models ?
I got the Asus Prime Z690 P WiFi D4 instead and I don't really have any regrets, the fan headers are pretty nice and would be good on this one
A LOT of headers. If my case was big enough it would be a "huge fan" (womp womp dad joke)
Where is the wifi m.2 E key located at?
I cant connect my wifi LAN things. I don’t have the internet on the pc and i’m trying to download drivers on a USB and insert it to the pc but it still says that it can’t detect a driver for it. It keeps saying (Code 43)
please reply can its , 4 pin fan connector also controls rgb?
Does it have best vrm for 850 smps
Yo I build my PC yesterday everything working fine all fans are up and running , but I don’t get screen and ez debug CPU red light on ,my motherboard is msi pro z690-a wifi ddr4 with core i7 CPU . Could someone please help me
Sssnatched one up for a good price. 13600kf and 3060ti. Your reviews are very good
Pretty close to my current build 13600k and rx6700xt I have not used the build yet but how is yours performing so far
@@ZenixGaming_ performing very good, no complaints, cpu gets a bit toasty, get a good cooler, better yet I would advise to get the thermaltake lga bracket, gpu stays very cool.
i looked up and my 6750xt will bottleneck my i7 13700kf for 23ish% so make sure yours doesn't @@ZenixGaming_
oh yes, msi, genius audio connections, got a 17% hdmi splitter to draw audio through it to optical connect to the receiver of the sound system
Ive got a problem with this board as it wont recognize my graphics card when its in the top slot
I am trying to build my first PC so I was wondering if any of you guys know if the MSI Pro Z690 A-Wifi DD4 is compatible with Cooler Master MasterAir MA624 Stealth? Please I was using PCPartPicker, but it looks like I may need a mounting adapter and not sure if it comes included within the cooler box... Thanks!!!
how did this go? im looking at a similar build
Just got it and it's running idle in BIOS atm just to see it be stable.
Running this board with the 12700K. Looking forward to seeing my 3080 scream with this mobo.
SCREAM IT DID BRO. Averaging around 110 fps in Halo, 100 fps in Forza Horizon 5 - AND A NEW BIOS JUST CAME OUT (1.10 i think), which is good because 1.03 wouldn't flash in MFlash.
I was looking to use this board with 12700k and 3070ti, would you recommend?
Any reason why a 2080super wouldn’t work in the top PCI slot? Two boards same issue. Am I missing something? PC boots up. MSI logo appears and fades away as if it’s booting up, but then it says the screen has no input
Maybe the card doesn't like the slot is being ran at PCIe gen 5? I would maybe try to go into BIOS and adjust the top slot's speed to gen 3.
@@avrona didn’t fix it. I dunno if it was mentioned but windows still boots. Just a black screen. I called MSI and they said I need a fresh windows install when installing the new board/cpu. Not sure how I feel about that answer but I’m working on that now
Got a DDR4 wifi with a 12700kf & 16GB of OLOy Owl 3200 on a crazy Newegg combo deal. Using it as the base for my boss' new Photoshop rig.
I got tjis Motherboard, i jsit updated bios...and it bricked the PC all on itself
which slots for my ddr4 if i use two sticks?
2nd and 4th going left to right.
Is this motherboard enough for i9 12900k?
It will suffice but I'd go for something more high-end if you have some extra money for that.
@@avrona would you say Tomahawk is good? Also, happy new year for you!
I'm going for the z690 gaming x as it is cheaper than msi pro-a where I live, and the gaming x looks better also with better audio.
just be careful, it has bios problems
@@gustavalbers3238 What mobo's do you propose for 12600k cpu?
does MSI PRO Z690-p has same vrm>?
The P-variant has slightly less power phases.
Does this mobo come with built in wifi?
No.
Will this be 12th gen ready
Yes it's fully 12th gen compatible.
Hey mate, mind if i ask a random question, my asus b660m is showing 15.8gb ram not 16gb in windows. I dont see an igpu setting since the cpu is 12600kf. Any thoughts why? Cheap buggy board maybe, shotty bios? Pretty sure it's saving ram for intel gfx which dont exist bc my other i5 8500 asus 300 series board shows 15.8gb with default intel gfx enabled. Any thoughts or guesses?
You will never get the full amount of RAM that is advertised, similar how you don't get all 1TB of usable storage on a 1TB drive. For example I have 32GB of ram and it always shows up as 31.9 instead.
@@avrona That's not true, ram is accurate because there is no file system. About PC should show 32GB , mine does in my i5 8500 when intel gfx are disabled. You also have a buggy mobo or the setting isnt or your intel GPU is enabled somehow. Check your bios...let me repost what i said to someone else...Thanks for the reply, I'm using windows 10/11, this issue arises in both. I'm leaning towards just a cruddy biod rev. on F chips that dont have IGPUs. But not sure. I bought an i7 12700F now and MSI z690 mobo so we will see. Since the I paid almost the same with the $285 12600KF vs $318 12700F (comes with cooler too). It was a no brainer. I always but stock since it cost so much more buying a cooler, you might as well buy a more expensive CPU instead than fiddling with OCing. Just dumb. Pretty sure a bios update would fix this since my i5 8500 shows 15.9 if I enable the Intel GFX, then goes back to 16GB when it's disabled. The B660 with 12600KF doesnt have integrated GFX settings, so I'm thinking some bozo left it out in the coding and is defaulting to 128mb or something.
Hey guys I'm new to pc components and want to know if it has bluit in wifi or if I need a wifi card
There are both WiFi and non-WiFi variants of this board.
@@avrona Ok thanks alot
What is the maximum ram capacity for DDR4?
128GB.
@@avrona Thank you. I have found that the XMP doesn't work and onboard ethernet runs at half speed as well. I made a bad choice.
I got this and don’t can’t use wifi or Ethernet. Is this because this motherboard doesn’t support it?
It has, like all motherboards, an ethernet port, but it doesn't support WiFi without an external USB dongle. If you connected it up to your router via Ethernet and still doesn't work, install the network drivers from the included CD.
@@avrona the wifi version does not come with wifi antenna ?
@@userwest626
Of course the Wi-Fi-Edition has wifi antennas
Breaking news: 14th gen is likely going to support LGA1700! Shame that the VRMs and cooling on this board are kinda poo poo as that hurts future upgradability and potential used i9 deals down the line.
U can use a 1X into a 16X change my mind
SLI ?
No modern boards support SLI.
@@avrona That really sux.
@@avrona MB CPU RAM Combo ASUS TUF SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 i7 7700k DDR4 2400 32GB There are MSI DDR4 Godlike that have 4 way SLI.
This is the no nonsense board that has just about everything along with the perfect price. While everyone else is paying extra for overkill VRM boards that they will never utilize, this board offers just about all you need for 4k high fps, Rtx 4090 system. And yes, you can easily overclock with this board.
Motherboard is just a goddam cable that connects everything, how are people justifying paying $700+ for a motherboard? Are they OCing with liquid nitrogen?? Let em waste money, they deserve to get scammed. 😂🤣😂
Can we put i9 13900k on this one and RTX 4090???? I heard this board doesn't support Intel 13th gen. Do we have to update bios?? How can we update bios without installing CPU first??
I was really disappointed with this board. Out of the box, no functional RJ46 Ethernet. A known problem, suggestions included downloading the Intel drivers for the Ethernet chipset. I had to then find a Bluetooth dongle and driver to tether to my iPhone. Even after installing the requisite drivers, no joy. After hours of struggle, I returned the MSI and purchased an ASUS Prime mono. 20 minutes later, I was up and running. MSI is dead to me.
All mass production has a percentage DOA. My worst product was an Asus. I havent bought an Asus since. This MSI i got worked so well I m replacing it after 8 years of daily use :'-).
@@Lexe2009 I just looked it up and it's not a DOA situation, the user above was correct in that it's a known issue. It seems to be caused by the motherboard struggling to communicate with various routers
ahw it's a dude...
Loooooooooooool
it should add integrated IO shield to this model. independant IO shield make it looks cheap.....