It has PCIe 5.0, Just Not On The M.2 Slots

FPS Review recently took a look at the BIOSTAR Racing Z690 GTA motherboard, giving it a Silver Award as they faced a few challenges. The first challenge was the power modulation, BIOSTAR suggests it has 17 phases, but FPS Review couldn’t find out details about how they are configured. The good news is that the board uses Dr. MOS MOSFETS and sports active cooling in the VRMs, so there was no instability at all, regardless of the lack of detail on the power phases.

The other question they had about the BIOSTAR Racing Z690 GTA was why the four M.2 slots are all PCIe 4.0. This isn’t much of a problem right now, as there are no PCIe 5.0 NVMe drives on the market, but it could be a barrier to upgrading in the future. Rumor is that PCIe 5.0 NVMe drives will require a larger NVMe slot, so you don’t really see many boards with a next-gen NVMe slot.

There are a lot of good features on this board and support for anything you want to attach to it, as you can learn here.