ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z690 HERO Motherboard Preview
Peter Donnell / 3 years ago
Packaging & Accessories
The box is very stylish, there’s no photo on the front of the box, but we can see the major features are listed; DDR5, LGA 1700, PCIe 5.0, etc. It’s a very heavy box though, and feels very durable too, so I am confident the board is well protected.
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Around the back, you get your first look at the motherboard design, with a few smaller closeup shots showing off things like the VMR and the additional PCIe M.2 card that comes bundled with it. There’s a more detailed list of specifications here, and a handy QR code to take you to their product page (not available at the time of writing).
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In the box, you’ll find those lovely stickers and all the usual documentation. However, I love that ASUS include that handsome little USB drive too, much nicer than a CD-ROM that hardly anyone has a drive for these days.
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In the box, you get this rather sexy ROG Hyper M.2 Card. It features a lovely shroud/heatsink combo, and it’s actually quite large, so it should really help with the overall protection and cooling of your drives.
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It has two full-size M.2 drive mounts, but as you can see, it will support shorter drives too. If you want an ultra-fast RAID setup, this is a fantastic way of doing it.
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Also, you get a huge bundle of fittings, cables, ties, and a WiFi antenna. There’s even a GPU anti-sag bracket included!
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