We've seen speculations about two separate new power connectors for PCIe expansion cards, one with 12 pins and the other with 16 pins. The former looks to be used in future video cards, as evidenced by the fact that a cable is provided with the company's new power supplies. 

As part of a broadcast on YouTube starring Roger Chandler (Intel's VP and General Manager of Client Graphics Products and Solutions) shows a demo on Xess. Although only low-quality 1920x1080 footage are available at the time of writing, Intel has promised to share 4K XeSS videos in the future.

In the United Kingdom, it appears like Nvidia has discovered a new use for the few phone booths that still exist: the business has outfitted a classic red phone booth with a tablet, controls, a 5G connection to its GeForce Now streaming service, and RGB lighting in the company's iconic green.

There are multiple Z690 motherboards available from ASUS, each of which is subdivided into several series. This year, ASUS has discontinued the usage of Roman numerals in its ROG Maximum series.

VESA  announced today that it has published the Embedded DisplayPort (eDP) Standard version 1.5. Replacing eDP 1.4b, published in 2015, eDP 1.5 retains all key features of the previous specification while adding additional capabilities and performance. These include an improved panel self-refresh protocol coupled with enhancements to VESA's Adaptive-Sync protocol, a combination that results in added power savings and improved motion image quality.

With three new exciting ATX motherboard models, BIOSTAR plans to deliver the best technology to the masses. BIOSTAR's latest flagship motherboards, the Z690 VALKYRIE, Z690A VALKYRIE are the stars of the show, built with exciting new features and functionality, and the RACING Z690GTA motherboard is robust, designed towards casual games and content creators geared with style for any occasion.

The Intel Z690 Chipset supports the latest DDR5 memory and PCIe Gen5 standards, making these motherboards ready for the next generation of hardware. EVGA Z690 motherboards further elevate your system with a powerful digital-VRM design, multiple PCIe Gen4 M.2 NVMe options, right-angle power connectors, an BIOS.

MSI divides their Z690 motherboards into four different series, each with its own set of features. The company displays, among other things, a number of MEG Unify motherboards with a black design and no RGB lighting. Those motherboards, according to MSI, are geared at overclockers and enthusiasts. 

The Z690 series from ASRock includes thirteen different motherboards. Taichi is once again the model with the highest ranking in this category. In addition to a PCIe 4.0 x16 and a PCIe 3.0 x1 slot, the Z690 version in this series includes two x16 slots that can support PCIe 5.0. It also supports DDR5 memory, which can be overclocked to up to 6400MT/s on the Z690 Taichi.

The majority of Gigabyte's Z690 series is made up of Aorus motherboards, which are designed specifically for gamers. Both the Z690 Aorus Xtreme and Aorus Master, which are among the best-selling ones, support DDR5, Thunderbolt 4, and Wi-Fi 6E, as well as 10Gbit/s Ethernet.

G.SKILL are excited to announce Trident Z5 DDR5-6800 CL38 2x16GB memory kit built for the latest 12th Gen Intel Core desktop processors and Intel Z690 chipset motherboards

Corsair today also kicked off the DDR5 era with the launch of DOMINATOR PLATINUM RGB DDR5 and VENGEANCE DDR5.

Corsair announced a range of exciting products to help usher in the new 12th Generation Intel Core™ processors and Intel 600 Series motherboards. 12th Gen Intel Core CPUs mark a substantial jump in performance and efficiency over previous generations, and CORSAIR offers an expansive selection of components that are fully validated to be compatible with this generational leap. 

On Sunday, Taiwan was rocked by a 6.5 Richter quake. It was the year's strongest quake. Yesterday, a 4.2 and 3.9 Richter quake hit the country's south. The unrest immobilized a Micron DRAM plant Monday, Bloomberg reports.

Some new photos of ASUS Z690 motherboards from a variety of Intel partners have already surfaced. The conclusion can be drawn from this that some Asus models are equipped with a button that is located adjacent to the DIMM slots, indicating a Pcie Slot Q-Release.

Acer "Nitro" gaming liquid crystal displays get a refresh rate of 165Hz and a response time of 1ms, which is a full HD gaming display with 1ms response time. The 27-inch "VG271Sbmiipx" and the 23.8-inch "VG242YPbmiipx" are the two models in the range, both of which employ non-glossy IPS for the LCD panel, respectively.

A new 34-inch ultra-wide LCD panel with an aspect ratio of 21: 9 and UWQHD resolution has been unveiled by Samsung (3,440 x 1,440 dots). A high-speed refresh rate of 160Hz and AMD FreeSync Premium display synchronization technology are supported.

EK is happy to announce that the original Velocity water block is also able to support the new LGA 1700 platform. The cold plate is large enough to accommodate the larger CPU IHS found on LGA 1700 CPUs and the only required part is the LGA 1700 compatible backplate.