Enthusiasts who plan to upgrade to Intel’s upcoming 12th Gen Core “Alder Lake-S” processors and pair them with an expensive premium motherboard may have no choice but to also complement them with the next generation of DDR memory.
Filings for ASUS’ upcoming Z690 motherboards have been spotted over at the Eurasian Economic Commission regulatory office, and many of the products include designations for whether they support DDR4 memory or not. The implication is that the motherboards that don’t include this “D4” designation, such as the ROG MAXIMUS Z690 EXTREME, will only include support for DDR5 memory.
[EEC] ASUS Z690/MAXIMUS Z690 Series M/B. https://t.co/29maNsxOpW pic.twitter.com/B20rMuiGk5
— 遠坂小町@Komachi (@KOMACHI_ENSAKA) September 14, 2021
Name of product: Computer motherboards, “ASUS” trademark, models: PRIME B365-C / SI, PRIME H410M-K R2.0, PRIME H510TS, PRIME Z690-A, PRIME Z690-A D4, PRIME Z690M-PLUS D4, PRIME Z690 -P, PRIME Z690-P D4, PRIME Z690-V, PRIME Z690-V D4, PRIME Z690-V-SI-D4, ProART Z690-CREATOR 10G, ROG CROSSHAIR VIII EXTREME, ROG MAXIMUS Z690 EXTREME, ROG MAXIMUS Z690 FOR ROG MAXIMUS Z690 HERO, ROG STRIX Z690-A GAMING D4, ROG STRIX Z690-E GAMING D4, ROG STRIX Z690-F GAMING D4, TUF GAMING Z690-PLUS D4.
Full name of goods: Computer motherboards, “ASUS” trademark, models: PRIME B365-C / SI, PRIME H410M-K R2.0, PRIME H510TS, PRIME Z690-A, PRIME Z690-A D4, PRIME Z690M-PLUS D4, PRIME Z690 -P, PRIME Z690-P D4, PRIME Z690-V, PRIME Z690-V D4, PRIME Z690-V-SI-D4, ProART Z690-CREATOR 10G, ROG CROSSHAIR VIII EXTREME, ROG MAXIMUS Z690 EXTREME, ROG MAXIMUS Z690 FOR ROG MAXIMUS Z690 HERO, ROG STRIX Z690-A GAMING D4, ROG STRIX Z690-E GAMING D4, ROG STRIX Z690-F GAMING D4, TUF GAMING Z690-PLUS D4.
The listings here obviously only relate to ASUS, but they do open up the possibility of other major manufacturers following in its footsteps with premium Z690 motherboards that only support DDR5 memory. Intel will reportedly launch this chipset in November.
Source: EEC (via KOMACHI_ENSAKA)