Interestingly, we’ve just received an email from ASRock stating that their Z690 Extreme and Z690 PG Riptide motherboards (and possibly other models in their Z690 line-up) actually supports DDR4. This is good news for users who do not wish to upgrade to DDR5 yet. For those who want DDR5 … I’m guessing the Taichi and other models will fully support DDR5.
“The models we have ready for you will be DDR4 ones: Z690 Extreme and Z690 PG Riptide.”
— Sincerely, ASRock Inc.
No doubt, as soon as we have more news, we will let you know. And of course, watch out for our reviews of ASRock’s Z690 motherboards when they get released.
Taken from Videocardz … We have photos of the upcoming ASRock Z690 motherboards. Unfortunately, the photos did not come with specs, which is why we will refrain from counting how many phases each board has, which board requires DDR5 memory or which slots are PCIe Gen5 compatible, although some obvious observations can be made.
The Z690 Taichi, Extreme, and Steel Legend represent the upper-tier in the lineup, although the company is also working on Aqua series featuring pre-installed monoblock. After the departure of the Fatal1ty series, ASRock initially focused on the Phantom Gaming series, but those appear to be going lower in the lineup with each generation.
Furthermore, the lack of H670/B660 and H610 boards here suggests those are not launching at the same time as the Z690 series.
Source: Videocardz
