ASUS ROG Strix Z690-I LGA1700 Wi-Fi 6E Mini-ITX Gaming Motherboard Expired

Not sure why it's not showing when you click on the link provided anymore but it shows up for this amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product...0DER&psc=1

Amazon website says rebate purchase Nov 21 to Nov 27. Asus form says Nov 23 to 27. I'll wait until 23th

Does anyone know if open box from Amazon warehouse qualifies for the rebate?

I already bought a 13600k and I was targeting a mini itx z760, but this price has me wondering how different a z690 would be. Would this support the 13600k? I can't remember why z690s weren't on my wishlist as possible options.

Edit: nm. Looks like the only reason I wouldn't want this is that it isn't compatible with the low profile cooler I planned to buy. It's because of the height of the heatsink on this mb. Tough making everything fit together in these small SFF boxes.

They basically said that if you purchase a CPU with integrated graphics and don't install a graphics card, you'll be able to use the thunderbolt ports as additional displays.

However, if you install a graphics card, this option is no longer available.

So, don't go out of your way to get a processor with integrated graphics, unless by some off chance you find a deal.

Hello, I'm new to this whole PC building thing and I'm learning as I go. Do you think you could elaborate on what you said a little bit more?

I'm aware that the BIOS flashback might be needed depending on CPU. I'm trying to put together a budget PC. So far my plan is this mobo with a i5-12600k which is about $153 and I'm waiting for a sale on the RX 6700 XT. I want to kind of do both gaming and productivity type tasks and am on a budget.

Bought this on Amazon a couple days ago before the rebate and already opened and installed CPU. Anyone know if I can rebuy and return the unopened one as the first purchase (e.g. do they track serial?) Just want the rebate without the hassle of boxing the thing back up.

replied to you but this applies to a few other questions about the thunderbolt compatability.
--if you are not planning to use thunderbolt for display then ignore, not an issue. there are very few thunderbolt displays anyway.
--if you are planning to only use displayport or hdmi from internal or separate gpu then ignore not an issue
--if you are wanting to use usb-c for display, then this is may be an issue, because in this case you can only route the internal GPU over the thunderbolt/usb-c ports. there is no way to use an separate GPU for display over tb/usb-c

one common reason to want to do display over usb-c is that with a usb-c monitor, you only need 1 cable for display and power to the monitor. this is handy if you are building a portable-ish small computer (which this ITX board is great for....) and bringing a usb-c portable monitor.

even if you are not planning to use internal gpu, i would strongly recommend you buy a CPU with internal GPU, many small form factor builds use PCIE riser extensions for the GPU and sometimes there are compatability issues like the riser is gen3 but the board is gen4 and you have to change a setting in the bios, having an internal GPU for troubleshooting is worth the extra $20.

despite the TB issue i mentioned above, with the rebate i'm strongly considering ordering one of these and putting it on the shelf as i think 12-14th gen will serve me for the next 3-4 years and otherwise this board is pretty feature packed for about the price of a b660/b760 board.

There's actually the gigabyte (or was it msi?) itx board that allows pass-through of the Gpu signal from the pcie slot GPU to the on-board thunderbolt port for video out. However I think that itx mobile is around $400

its MSI (i have one, z690i unify) which is why i know so much about this.
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