[z390e]

Official thread for owners

https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=121-AL-E699-KR

Official site bios updates:

https://www.evga.com/support/download/

Official forum post with more details:

https://forums.evga.com/BIOS-Updates-for-Z690-DARK-KNGPN-110-CLASSIFIED-110-m3550295.aspx

Official Manual

https://www.evga.com/support/manuals/files/121-AL-E699.pdf

 

[z390e]

Running the current BIOS now I see a few people had some issues with it, what BIOS are most of you running?

 

[MrTOOSHORT]

I am running 1.10.

Here is what I am running settings wise:

I see some ppl running 1.09 or even 1.07. Wondering if the old bios' are better than 1.10.

 

[z390e]

I saw 1.10 has a memory profile for 8000Mhz I wonder if anyone here is running it, maybe someone like @Gadfly or @jomama22 who is pushing their RAM.

I don't have mine dialed in yet and am still dealing with some case issues, I want to put a RAM fan on before I move the whole rig to a full custom loop.

 

[iamjanco]

I've got the board as well, but it's in a build that's a wip.

 

[Shawnb99]

How are the VRM fans, they even audible? I assume the x4 slot is under the heatsink

 

[Martin778]

Is EVGA finally leaving EU? The EU site is borked - GPU product pages throw access denied, the Z690 is not even listed on the website. Or are we getting the same story over and over - Z690 KP will drop in the EU when Z690 is superseded?

You don't have permission to access "http://eu.evga.com/products/productlist.aspx?" on this server.

 

[D-EJ915]

Is EVGA finally leaving EU? The EU site is borked - GPU product pages throw access denied, the Z690 is not even listed on the website. Or are we getting the same story over and over - Z690 KP will drop in the EU when Z690 is superseded?

You don't have permission to access "http://eu.evga.com/products/productlist.aspx?" on this server.

An evga forum member bought one off their ebay store.

 

[jomama22]

Is EVGA finally leaving EU? The EU site is borked - GPU product pages throw access denied, the Z690 is not even listed on the website. Or are we getting the same story over and over - Z690 KP will drop in the EU when Z690 is superseded?

You don't have permission to access "http://eu.evga.com/products/productlist.aspx?" on this server.

It's up for me. Probably just maintenance.

 

[z390e]

You don't have permission to access "http://eu.evga.com/products/productlist.aspx?" on this server.

I got this same message and even made a forum thread about it. Once I re-logged to the main website, re-verified via text message, everything worked.

 

[StAndrew]

What are the big yellow capacitors for and why?

 

[IronAge]

What are the big yellow capacitors for and why?

Audio section, improved audio output signal/filtering, maybe cause it just looks good on a "overengineered" pc part.

 

[StAndrew]

Audio section, improved audio output signal/filtering, maybe cause it just looks good on a "overengineered" pc part.

But the audio codec is an older one... weird

 

[D-EJ915]

tbh I think the z390 dark had better audio than the z490 or z590 ones did.

 

[Gadfly]

I saw 1.10 has a memory profile for 8000Mhz I wonder if anyone here is running it, maybe someone like @Gadfly or @jomama22 who is pushing their RAM.

I don't have mine dialed in yet and am still dealing with some case issues, I want to put a RAM fan on before I move the whole rig to a full custom loop.

not yet, ram has been on air. Highest I have run is 7200C32 1T; but it was stable.

If you want to run 7000+ you are going to want to water cool that memory.

 

[Gadfly]

How are the VRM fans, they even audible? I assume the x4 slot is under the heatsink

If you manually crank up the fans, you can hear them. Under normal operation, no, in fact it almost never runs.

x4 slot is under a rubber cover at bottom of board

 

[MrTOOSHORT]

VRM fan ramps up for a split second when you turn on the PC. I have heard it once very faintly one time while testing my memory overclocking.

 

[z390e]

Has anyone used any of the profiles under EXTRAS?

 

[MrTOOSHORT]

I am using one. I started with kingpin 6800MHz hynix memory profile and adjusted from there.

 

[z390e]

Good to know, was also wondering if anyone has been disabling any of the board slots like the 2nd pci-e lane. Never have done something like that before but if I don't have anything in the slot it makes sense. I want to utilize as many features of the board as possible