GIGABYTE Z790 AORUS ELITE AX

Z790 AORUS ELITE AX

• Twin 16+1+2 Digital VRM Design
  • 70A Smart Power Stage
  • 6-Layer 2X Copper PCB
  • PCIe 5.0 Ready Mid-Loss PCB
• Advanced Thermal Design
  • Fully Covered MOSFET Heatsinks
  • 6mm Heatpipe
  • 7.5 W/mK Thermal Conductivity Pad
  • Integrated IO Shield
• 4*PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2 Connectors
  • 1*PCIe 4.0 M.2 with Thermal Guard III
  • 3*PCIe 4.0 M.2 with Enlarged Thermal Guard
• M.2 EZ-Latch Plus
• Support 13th and 12th Gen. Intel® Core™ Processors
• Solid Pin Power Connectors
  • 24 pin ATX Power Connector
  • 8+8 pin CPU Power Connector
• Dual Channel DDR5, 4 DIMMs
• Full PCI Express 5.0 Design
  • 1*SMD PCIe 5.0 x16 Slot with Ultra Durable™ Armor
  • PCIe EZ-Latch
• 6*SATA 6Gb/s
• Multi-Key
  • Multiple function set by BIOS
  • Reset/RGB Switch/Direct to BIOS/Safe Mode
• Smart Fan 6
  • 5*PWM/DC Fan Headers

• LGA1700 socket: Support for the 13th and 12th Generation Intel® Core™, Pentium® Gold and Celeron® Processors
• L3 cache varies with CPU

• Intel® Z790 Express Chipset

• Support for DDR5 7600(O.C.) /7400(O.C.) /7200(O.C.) /7000(O.C.) /6800(O.C.) /6600(O.C.) / 6400(O.C.) / 6200(O.C.) / 6000(O.C.) / 5800(O.C.) / 5600(O.C.) / 5400(O.C.) / 5200(O.C.) / 4800 / 4000 memory modules
• 4 x DDR DIMM sockets supporting up to 128 GB (32 GB single DIMM capacity) of system memory
• Dual channel memory architecture
• Support for ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)
• Support for non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules
• Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules

• Integrated Graphics Processor-Intel® HD Graphics support:
  • 1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@60 Hz
  • 1 x DisplayPort, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2304@60

• Realtek® Audio CODEC
• High Definition Audio
• 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
• Support for S/PDIF Out

• Realtek® 2.5GbE LAN chip (2.5 Gbps/1 Gbps/100 Mbps)

• Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX211
  • WIFI a, b, g, n, ac, ax, supporting 2.4/5/6 GHz carrier frequency bands
  • BLUETOOTH 5.3
  • Support for 11ax 160MHz wireless standard and up to 2.4 Gbps data rate

• CPU: 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, supporting PCIe 5.0 and running at x16 (PCIEX16)
• Chipset: 2 x PCI Express x16 slots, supporting PCIe 4.0 and running at x4 (PCIEX4_1, PCIEX4_2)

• CPU:
  • 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 22110/2280 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2A_CPU)
• Chipset:
  • 2 x M.2 connectors (Socket 3, M key, type 22110/2280 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2P_SB, M2Q_SB)
  • 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 22110/2280 SATA and PCIe 4.0 x4 SSD support) (M2M_SB)
  • 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
• RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 support for NVMe SSD storage devices
• RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 support for SATA storage devices

• Chipset:
  • 1 x USB Type-C® port on the back panel, with USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 support
  • 1 x USB Type-C® port with USB 3.2 Gen 2 support, available through the internal USB header
  • 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red) on the back panel
  • 5 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (3 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header)
• Chipset+2 USB 2.0 Hubs:
  • 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB headers)

• 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
• 2 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connectors
• 1 x CPU fan header
• 1 x water cooling CPU fan header
• 3 x system fan headers
• 1 x system fan/water cooling pump header
• 2 x addressable LED strip headers
• 2 x RGB LED strip headers
• 4 x M.2 Socket 3 connectors
• 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
• 1 x front panel header
• 1 x front panel audio header
• 1 x USB Type-C® header, with USB 3.2 Gen 2 support
• 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header
• 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
• 2 x Thunderbolt™ add-in card connectors
• 1 x Trusted Platform Module header (For the GC-TPM2.0 SPI/GC-TPM2.0 SPI 2.0 module only)
• 1 x reset button
• 1 x Q-Flash Plus button
• 1 x Clear CMOS button
• 1 x reset jumper
• 1 x Clear CMOS jumper

• 1 x USB Type-C® port, with USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 support
• 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red)
• 3 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
• 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
• 2 x SMA antenna connectors (2T2R)
• 1 x HDMI 2.0 port
• 1 x DisplayPort
• 1 x RJ-45 port
• 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
• 2 x audio jacks

• iTE® I/O Controller Chip

• Voltage detection
• Temperature detection
• Fan speed detection
• Water cooling flow rate detection
• Fan fail warning
• Fan speed control

• 1 x 256 Mbit flash
• Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS
• PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0

• Support for GIGABYTE Control Center (GCC)
• Support for Q-Flash
• Support for Q-Flash Plus
• Support for Smart Backup

• Norton® Internet Security (OEM version)
• LAN bandwidth management software

• Support for Windows 11 64-bit
• Support for Windows 10 64-bit

• ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm