https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idgd5935wyQ&t=614s
 
Seems like a good upper mid level board maybe on par with the Asus Hero?  Hopefully it's priced fair.  Gotta thank EVGA for not including a ton of bloat swag, that is a huge plus for me (stickers, keychains and unnecessary things).
 
Jay beat up the yellow caps pretty bad in this vid..  you gotta wonder if component shortages attributed to the delays on the EVGA z690s mobos..  I would assume the yellow caps were an alternative replacement to some other cap that wasn't available, but that's just my guess.

Funny as I think the yellow caps are cool! I was surprised he brought it up so much. But still I am ready to see the board in action!

I don't get the overblown hate for the yellow caps at all... they have been present in these board for many generations now.   that said I suppose the heat shield could be a smidge larger and cover them easy.  
 
I DID like how Jayz mentioned the PITA plastic wrap that EVGA gets tucked in the edges of components.  That was infuriating.  

rblaes_99
I don't get the overblown hate for the yellow caps at all... they have been present in these board for many generations now.   that said I suppose the heat shield could be a smidge larger and cover them easy.  
 
I DID like how Jayz mentioned the PITA plastic wrap that EVGA gets tucked in the edges of components.  That was infuriating.  

I agree with everything you've said here. I was going to post a comment, but you already wrote literally everything I was going to say. So...I second your motion...or like this...idk good job lol

I must be a minority here, I like the yellow caps, its a look at me attribute that you can't see anyways once you slap in a GPU, lol.
 
Was kind of hoping he was going to fire it up, interested if he uses it in his build, that ASUS board he's leaning towards got some wide hips, lol.

The yellow caps are hideous and dont belong on a high end board, that was what Jayz was pointing out.....personally I think it looks "bush league" with those on there as well....
I believe I recall seeing similar caps on my X58 Classy.
 
You wouldnt see that on any ROG Board, MEG or Aurous.....but it looks like they will be hidden by the GPU anyhow (which I dont think he mentioned).
 
If I see the Classy Board available for a reasonable price I may pick one up and give it a go (if I get bored w my Apex).
Will also wait to see reviews, OC'ing results and the expected BIOS updates to address issues. In all fairness its taken Asus 3 BIOS updates to get the Apex running decently.
 

zippytek

rjbarker
The yellow caps are hideous and dont belong on a high end board
 

but this is a very personal preference opinion thing and in the xoc scene meme caps are very common. one man's trash and all...

..if you guys think it looks great with those yellow barrels on the board thats cool, just saying I get what JZ was pointing out....personally I think Evga could have done better with that part, especially as the Board will likely come in around $600 USD.

CyberbrainPC
The yellow caps are the best. he's just trying to get views. If that's the only negative he mentioned then looks like its a good board. But did he even test it?!
 
 
 

It was an unboxing.....if you watch the video... you will here him say that he will be testing and may use it in his personal build.
 

Over the years one of the things I appreciate about Jayz videos is his perspective on Aesthetics as a whole. When the Radeon launch hit, he was quite clear on the use of the red highlights being wrong for many systems. The yellow caps fall into the same category.
 
Yellow would not fit my builds - I only ever used that as an RGB accent when Cyberpunk was being played.

rblaes_99
I don't get the overblown hate for the yellow caps at all... they have been present in these board for many generations now.   that said I suppose the heat shield could be a smidge larger and cover them easy.  
 
I DID like how Jayz mentioned the PITA plastic wrap that EVGA gets tucked in the edges of components.  That was infuriating.  

That plastic wrap really is a PITA. its in so many hidden and tucked in areas and doesnt like to come off easy

ty_ger07
Anyone have a picture of these hideous yellow capacitors so that I don't have to click that link and give watch time to a content creator who I don't respect?

Here
https://images.anandtech.com/doci/16970/Z690-classified.jpg
 

In the audio world, people would be standing around, admiring the caps because they are very good, indeed.  It has been said on this site that Mr EVGA fancies himself as an audiophile.  One might imagine he thinks using good audio caps is doing us a good thing.  And I would agree.
 
No one noticed my big misspeak earlier.  There was not X299 Classified.  My board is a FTW-K.  No giant heat sinks, but slots.  Slots!  4x16, 1x4 and 1x1. !
 
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ty_ger07

rjbarker

ty_ger07
Anyone have a picture of these hideous yellow capacitors so that I don't have to click that link and give watch time to a content creator who I don't respect?

Here
https://images.anandtech.com/doci/16970/Z690-classified.jpg
 

Thank you!
What yellow capacitors is everyone referring to? The two yellow audio capacitors? That is an audiophile thing. They have to be yellow because that is what audiophiles want. If they weren't yellow, audiophiles would buy a different board with yellow capacitors. That's also why they have to be laying on their sides. They have to lay on their sides so that audiophiles can see how yellow they are, even though laying on their sides makes the leads longer and defeats the purpose of supposedly low impedance capacitors.

I was picturing that all the board's capacitors were yellow due to sourcing. Fortunately it is only the yellow ones which are purposely yellow.

As an actual audiophile, no. I'd buy or reuse a dedicated audio solution. The yellow caps they've been using lately are hidious. Which is the exact reason I haven't bought an EVGA board in a few generations. Call me whatever you want, the fact is, stand em upright. It's less notecable. 

Its funny how pathetically soft the mods are deleting my comment. Its totally okay for someone to say something as stupid as "can someone post something because I don't like that content creator" but not when someone says something about his comment. COMICAL. Jays a great content creator and a good person and nobody cares if you like him or not. This thread was about his video.

The NU Audio cards are chock-full of bright caps. Not yellow though, they seem to be from a UK company. The spec sheets show blue and black or gold and black for the larger electrolytics. They also appear to be a bit smaller but more numerous and upright. I suspect that would have had to be the approach if they were to stand them up on a motherboard. They have to keep them low so they're out of the way, hence laying flat.
 
The yellow ones appear to be Bennic bipolar electrolytics made specifically for use in audio circuits. What's interesting with some of the newer boards is that they have built in audio for the rear panel, but then they have the NU Audio circuit (totally separate from the Realtek one) that is running the front panel audio. These Bennic caps go to that front panel audio circuit.
 
Overall though, I just find it very difficult to care. Maybe its because I'd rather see the caps than a plastic cover that most boards put everywhere. At the end of the day I'm left with an overwhelming feeling of "meh" towards the yellow caps lol.