MSI Z690-A PRO - "Budget" Motherboard Review for 12th Gen Intel

Published: 05 March 2022
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MSI Z690-A PRO - "Budget" Motherboard Review for 12th Gen Intel

In this episode, i am going to review the MSI Z690-A PRO DDR4 board, which is one of the cheapest option available on the ATX format on Z690 chipset. The manufacturer priced the board at around 210 dollars but it depends on your country of origin. The motherboard offers good set of features which will be enough for most users. MSI Z690-A PRO DDR4 has also good power delivery as well as heatsinks which gets the job done, no problem using even with i9 12900K.

💻 Test Setup:
CPU ➔ Intel Core i9 12900K
GPU ➔ Gigabyte RTX 3070 Ti Vision
Motherboard ➔ MSI Z690-A PRO DDR4
RAM ➔ Patriot Viper 4400Mhz CL19
Case ➔ Fractal Design Meshify 2
CPU Cooling ➔ be quiet! Pure Loop 360mm
PSU ➔ Fractal Design Ion Gold 850W
Storage ➔ SAMSUNG 980 PRO PCIe 4.0 500GB
BIOS - 7D25v11

⚙️ Tested Settings
Stock:
CPU ➔ Stock
GPU ➔ +120MHz on the Core & +2000MHz on the memory
RAM ➔ 3600MHz CL14-14-14-34 Gear1
OCed - Overclocked:
CPU ➔ 5.1 - P-Cores / 4.0 E-Cores / Ring - 4.2GHz
VCore - 1.32v - level 4 ~ 1.25v
GPU ➔ +120MHz on the Core & +2000MHz on the memory
RAM ➔ 3800MHz CL14-14-14-34 Gear1

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🔊 White Bat Audio - Radiation Sickness

0:00 - A bit about the motherboard
0:38 - Box equipment
0:52 - PCB overview
2:18 - Rear I/O overview
2:41 - No RGB Backlight
2:53 - VRM overview
3:33 - Benchmarks
4:29 - Quick Conclusion

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