Stumped: Asus TUF z690 DDR4 + 12700K + NVME = No Post

KAC said:
How you like the TUF board?
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Surprisingly stable! I am running DDR4 memory that is not on QVL (XPG D60 16x2; CL 16) and it booted up with the stock bios with XMP 1.
Upgrading to the latest bios allowed 1T Command Rate setting.

Have not run into any issues with the exception that some of the items in the bios have names that i think only Asus knows what they mean.

With everything at stock here is a comparison between the 9700k and 12700k

https://www.3dmark.com/compare/cpu/362781/cpu/148376


If money was no issue and DDR5 available that would've been the way to go from what i have read, but there is only 1 vendor selling DDR5 and it would be cheaper to buy a tesla right now. And I had only bought the XPG kit about 6 months back

Again I dont think upgrading (CPU) is going to really matter right now (may be Win 11 will do better?) and I am sure the 9700k would've held its own nicely over the next 2-3 years.

I don't do AMD CPUs (nothing against AMD; I have used their GPUs/ CPUs in the past waiting for months to get things working like they should have out of the box), so this was my first big CPU upgrade in over 3 years.


Edit: Forgot to mention. Running this using a standard LGA 115x backplate with NH-D15; my kit hasnt arrived yet and though I have a Galahad 240 with LGA 1700 kit I dont have the time to setup AIO right now (Case is Corsair 7000D).
 
Thanks for info. I was wondering more about onboard sound. Tech yes city guy was complaining about soundcard crosstalk and static noise and was wondering if it really is worth my while to get the prime versus tuf. Only difference is sound and power phases. Power phases are not important especially with a 12700K but sound is as I won't get a soundcard for it.
 
DDR4 is faster for gaming unless you spend time tweaking DDR5 with particular ICs (Hynix or binned Samsung).

If you are confused on any BIOS settings I can likely explain them.
 
Nunz said:
DDR4 is faster for gaming unless you spend time tweaking DDR5 with particular ICs (Hynix or binned Samsung).

If you are confused on any BIOS settings I can likely explain them.
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Thanks. I'll post as I (try) OC the CPU.
 
KAC said:
Thanks for info. I was wondering more about onboard sound. Tech yes city guy was complaining about soundcard crosstalk and static noise and was wondering if it really is worth my while to get the prime versus tuf. Only difference is sound and power phases. Power phases are not important especially with a 12700K but sound is as I won't get a soundcard for it.
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Honestly i dont have the best hearing in the world (have tinnitus, loud music during teens) but it sounded just as good as the other board with the 9700k (which i think is the same as this board).
 
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