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ASRock Z690 Taichi & Z690 PG Velocita Motherboards Review – Active Cooling Goes Brrrr!

Hassan Mujtaba

CPU & VRM Temperatures

In terms of packaging, Intel's Alder Lake Desktop CPUs ship with a Solder TIM interface and higher-quality gold-plating under the IHS. The thermal testing was carried out with the Corsair H150i AIO liquid cooler:

Temperatures (Stock)
Gaming Load
VRMs
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
ASRock Z690 PG Veloctia (Fan Disabled)
71
71
Z690 AORUS Master
70
58
ASRock Z690 Taichi (Fan Disabled)
70
64
MSI MEG Z690 ACE
70
55
MSI MPG Z690 Carbon
72
51
MSI MAG Z690 Tomahawk
71
54
ASRock Z690 PG Veloctia (Fan-Enabled)
69
62
ASRock Z690 Taichi (Fan-Enabled)
68
60

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Temperatures 5.2 GHz Overclocked
VRMs
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
ASRock Z690 PG Veloctia (Fan Disabled)
86
ASRock Z690 Taichi (Fan Disabled)
79
Z690 AORUS Master
76
MSI MEG Z690 ACE
74
MSI MPG Z690 Carbon
80
MSI MAG Z690 Tomahawk
82
ASRock Z690 PG Veloctia (Fan-Enabled)
72
ASRock Z690 Taichi (Fan-Enabled)
70

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About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.

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