z690 Looking to build 12700k build, need motherboard suggestions

[Suvrat Ankoti]

Budget (including currency): 2000-2500dollar equivalent 

Country: india

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: editing mainly 

Other details: rtx 3080 12gb oc, intel 7 12700k

 

Want to do a new build, please suggest z690 boards which will be in each price category. And also to go with ddr4 or ddr5 n also which mhz speed respectively!

 

[Queen Chrysalis]

DDR4, no point in DDR5.  Also, why must it be z690?  The only benefit of z690 is overclocking, and the 12700k will turbo to speeds way faster than any game can benefit from.  You'd be far wiser to just save your money and get a b660 motherboard.

[brob]

What type of editing?

[Suvrat Ankoti]

16 hours ago, brob said:

What type of editing?

Premiere pro, after effects, audition, a few games.

[brob]

30 minutes ago, Suvrat Ankoti said:

Premiere pro, after effects, audition, a few games.

 

DDR4-3200 CL16

 

MSI PRO Z690-A (WiFi) DDR4, Asus Prime Z690-P (WiFi) D4

Higher-end MSI MAG Z690 Tomahawk WiFi DDR4, Asus ROG STRIX Z699-A Gaming WiFi D4

 

All NVMe storage

 

DDR5 does offer performance advantages in Premiere Pro and Aftereffects. However, using more than 64GB or 2 sticks can be problematic. Speeds are improving and prices are falling. DDR5-5600 CL30 or better would be good but even DDR5-5200 CL36 would be fine.

 

DDR5 is still new enough that verifying kits on motherboard or memory manufacturer QVL is prudent.

 

Pretty much any Z690 motherboard will do. Certainly the DDR5 models of previously mentioned motherboards would be suitable. Consider also the Asus ProArt Z690-Creator.