When it comes to GALAX, many people's first reaction is its graphics card products, especially the Hall of Fame (HOF) series, which has created the reputation and strength of the Hall of Fame series among players. Like many board manufacturers, Yingchi has long been no longer limited to the graphics card market, and has been involved in the motherboard market for a long time, but most of them are mainly for mainstream and entry-level users. With the release of Intel's 12th generation Core desktop processor, Yingchi also began a new attempt, launching the Z690 Metal Master D4 WIFI motherboard, aimed at more high-end users.
The new Alder Lake platform features the new LGA 1700 socket, with a manufacturing upgrade from 14nm to Intel 7, supporting PCIe 5.0 and DDR4/DDR5 memory. Although it is oriented to high-end platforms, Yingchi's Z690 motherboard chooses mature DDR4 memory, which also brings higher cost performance.
Z690 Metal Master D4 WIFI is an ATX specification, using a black PCB, the surface is covered with silver-white heat dissipation armor, just like its name, very metallic, the contrast between the two tones forms a good contrast effect. Unlike many motherboards equipped with RGB lighting effects at this stage, Z690 Metal Master D4 WIFI adopts a lightless design, which is more cold.
Z690 Metal Master D4 WIFI uses 90A Dr.MOS and RAA229131 power supply chips, providing a total of 12+2+1 15 phase power supply, CPU power supply is 8+4Pin, plus METALTOP metal cooling armor, can provide continuous and stable power supply. In order to cope with the heat dissipation needs of the new generation of high-end platforms, Z690 Metal Master D4 WIFI is equipped with M.2 Frost armor auxiliary heat dissipation for each M.2 interface to ensure stable operation of the SSD, while the expandable heatsink can further reduce the motherboard temperature and enhance performance performance.
Z690 Metal Master D4 WIFI is equipped with four DDR4 memory slots to support 4600+ MHz (OC) frequencies, one PCIe 5.0 x16 full-length slot, one PCIe 4.0 x4 full-length slot, one PCIe 3.0 x4 full-length slot and one PCIe 3.0 x1 slot, and a metal shielded housing for improved signal stability; storage, two PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2 slots (2280/ 2260/2242) and a SATA lll-compatible PCIe 3.0 x4 M.2 slot (2280/2260/2242), and six SATA lll interfaces.
In terms of rear I/O, the Z690 Metal Master D4 WIFI is equipped with five USB 3.2 Gen2 interfaces, a USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C interface, two USB 3.2 Gen1 interfaces, a pair of Wi-Fi/Bluetooth antenna interfaces, a PS/2 interface, a 2.5G network card interface, and 7.1-channel audio and S/PDIF fiber ports.
Inchi also equipped the motherboard with Intel's AX211 wireless network card, supports Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2, and comes with a magnetic Wi-Fi antenna. In addition, a USB 3.2 Gen1 interface and a USB 2.0 interface are provided for front-facing I/O expansion.
Z690 Metal Master D4 WIFI supports GALAXY Aurora Sync lighting effect software, which provides more than 20 kinds of lighting effect adjustments for the connected RGB devices and synchronizes the lighting effect control. Although the motherboard itself is not equipped with RGB lighting effects, through two 5V 3Pin ARGB interfaces and two 12V 4Pin RGB interfaces, users can create personalized lighting effects according to their own needs.
It is reported that the price of the Yingchi Z690 Metal Master D4 WIFI motherboard is 1399 yuan.