ASUS Reveals its Intel Z690 Motherboards

[Deleted member 24505]

Jaz2Cents uploaded a video yesterday where he has the Maximus Hero in his hand already and was surprised how well it works and the rest is all of our points - why didn't they include that already years ago ^^

Yeah i do think its a great idea, had trouble getting card out with a water block and backplate on itt in the past.

 

[TheLostSwede]

Jaz2Cents uploaded a video yesterday where he has the Maximus Hero in his hand already and was surprised how well it works and the rest is all of our points - why didn't they include that already years ago ^^

Definitely not a "one tap" as suggested by Asus though, more like a long, hard press.
Not saying it's a bad feature, just promoted in a bit of silly way.

As for his video, he clearly forgot that Alder Lake/Z690 is PCIe 5.0...

Hi,
Nice, asus gives mounting plate options so older back plates can be used instead of shopping for a new one for 1700 holes
No other manufactures are doing it that I've seen so far.
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It's actually a bad thing, as most LGA-115x/1200 coolers will not work without a different bracket due to different z-height of the socket and you're likely to end up having sub-par cooling using a cooler with an older bracket on these boards. Even Asus states that only some older coolers, paired with a suitable bracket will be able to use those holes.