Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Elite

Rule supreme with Z690 AORUS gaming motherboards . The new king of the gaming rig continues the legendary AORUS lineage with the most robust power delivery and dominant thermal design, glorified with full memory overclocking technology to crown your PC with Alder Lake performance in all its glory. of games.

• Supports 12th generation Intel® Core™ series processors
• Dual Channel, 4 DIMM Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR5
• Twin Hybrid 16*+1+2 Phase Digital Power Design with 60A DrMOS and Tantalum Polymer Capacitor
• DDR5 XTREME MEMORY Design with SMD DIMM and shielded memory routing
• Fully shrouded thermal design with high coverage MOSFET heatsinks
• AMP-UP Audio with ALC1220 and WIMA Audio Capacitors
• Fast 2.5 GbE LAN with bandwidth management
• Ultra-fast 4x NVMe PCIe 4.0/3.0 x4 M.2 with extended thermal guards
• SuperSpeed ​​USB 3.2 Gen2x2 TYPE-C® offers transfer speeds of up to 20 Gb/s
• RGB FUSION 2.0 with multi-zone addressable LED light show design, compatible with RGB LED strips and addressable LEDs
• Smart Fan 6 features multiple temperature sensors, hybrid fan headers with FAN STOP
• Q-Flash Plus Update BIOS without installing CPU, memory and graphics card

Specifications

• Processor
  • LGA1700 socket: Support for 13th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors and 12th Generation Intel® Core™, Pentium® Gold and Celeron® Processors*
  • L3 cache varies with CPU
  • * Please refer to « CPU Support List » for more information.
• Chipset
  • Intel® Z690 Express Chipset
• Memory
  • Support for DDR5 6000(O.C.) / 5800(O.C.) / 5600(O.C.) / 5400(O.C.) / 5200(O.C.) / 4800 / 4000 MHz 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
  • (Please refer « Memory Support List » for more information.)
• Integrated graphics
  • Integrated Graphics Processor-Intel® HD Graphics support:
  • 1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096×2160@60 Hz
  • * Support for HDMI 2.1 version and HDCP 2.3.
  • ** Support native HDMI 2.1 TMDS compatible ports.
  • 1 x DisplayPort, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096×2304@60 Hz
  • * Support for DisplayPort 1.2 version and HDCP 2.3
  • (Graphics specifications may vary depending on CPU support.)
• Audio
  • Realtek® ALC1220-VB CODEC
  • * The back panel line out jack supports DSD audio.
  • High Definition Audio
  • 2-channel analog output
  • Support for S/PDIF Out
  • 7.1-channel digital signals
  • * Actual output of digital signals may vary depending on the playback content and software used, and an external DAC is required.
• AND
  • Realtek® 2.5GbE LAN chip (2.5 Gbps/1 Gbps/100 Mbps)
• Expansion Sockets
  • 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
  • * For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.
  • (The PCIEX16 slot conforms to PCI Express 5.0 standard.)
  • 2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x4 (PCIEX4_1, PCIEX4_2)
  • (The PCIEX4 slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)
  • storage interface
  • CPU:
  • 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280/22110 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2A_CPU)
  • Chipset:
  • 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2M_SB)
  • 2 x M.2 connectors (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280/22110 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2Q_SB/M2P_SB)
  • 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
  • Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
  • * Refer to « 2-7 Internal Connectors, » for the installation notices for the M.2 and SATA connectors.
  • Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready
  • * System acceleration with Intel® Optane™ Memory can only be enabled on the M.2 connectors supported by the Chipset.
• USB
  • Chipset:
  • 1 x USB Type-C® port on the back panel, with USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 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 Hub:
  • 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB headers)
• Internal I/O Connectors
  • 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
  • 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
  • 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
  • 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 reset jumper
  • 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
  • ?All fan headers are subject to support AIO_Pump, Pump and high performance fan with the capability of delivering up to 2A/12V @ 24W.
• Rear I/O Panel
  • 1 x USB Type-C® port, with USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 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
  • 1 x HDMI port
  • 1 x DisplayPort
  • 1 x RJ-45 port
  • 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
  • 2 x audio jacks
• I/O controller
  • iTE® I/O Controller Chip
  • Hardware Monitoring
  • Voltage detection
  • Temperature detection
  • Fan speed detection
  • Water cooling flow rate detection
  • Fan fail warning
  • Fan speed control
  • * Whether the fan (pump) speed control function is supported will depend on the fan (pump) you install.
• BIOS
  • 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
• Other features
  • Support for APP Center
  • * Available applications in APP Center may vary by motherboard model. Supported functions of each application may also vary depending on motherboard specifications.
  • @BIOS
  • EasyTune
  • RGB Fusion
  • Smart Backup
  • System Information Viewer
  • Support for Q-Flash Plus
  • Support for Q-Flash
  • Support for Xpress Install
• Bundled Software
  • Realtek® Gaming LAN Bandwidth Control Utility
• Operating system
  • Support for Windows 11 64-bit
  • Support for Windows 10 64-bit
• Format
  • ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm