All these Intel Z690 motherboards are 50% off, thanks to good ol' Black Friday

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High-end Intel Z690 motherboards used to be ridiculously expensive, with many of them over $500. Well, thanks to Black Friday, they're not anymore and here are three sumptuous mainboards that are all sporting a healthy 50% discount.

So if you're looking to give an Intel 12th gen or newer CPU a real home for overclocking, and still have lots of scope for storage, networking, and connectivity, then these may well be the perfect ones for you.

MSI MPG Z690 Force | Intel LGA 1700 | ATX | 4x DDR4 slots | 5x M.2 | 6x SATA | $369.99$189.99 at Newegg (save $180)
The color scheme might not be to your taste but when you can fit four NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSDs, plus one extra PCIe 3.0 drive, you can't deny that this a storage enthusiasts dream motherboard. Oh, and there there are six SATA ports for even more storage and a ridiculous 10 USB ports on the rear panel. Madness!

Price check: $189.99 Walmart

The MSI MPG Z690 Force shouldn't be your first choice if you're looking to overclock the hell out of your Intel 12th gen or newer CPU. On the other hand, if you just want a solid platform to turn your PC into a small file server, then you can't go wrong here.

Five M.2 slots, six SATA ports (which will drop to five if you use all of the NVMe SSD slots), and a small mountain of USB ports make this board a dream for storage and peripheral enthusiasts.

I rather like the tasteful white and black coloring, but I know it won't be to everyone's taste. You've got 2.5G LAN and WiFi 6E for ultra-fast networking, and three PCI Express x16 slots. Two of them use the full-fat PCIe 5.0 spec, whereas the last one is the older 3.0 version.

The power delivery system can get somewhat toasty when using the most power hungry CPUs, but that's balanced by the sheer