GIGABYTE Z690 AORUS ELITE AX DDR5 (rev. 1.0) ATX Motherboard - Black
Supports 12th Gen Intel® Core™ Series Processors
Dual Channel Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR5, 4 DIMMs
16*+1+2 Twin Hybrid Phases Digital Power Design with 60A DrMOS and Tantalum Polymer Capacitor
DDR5 XTREME MEMORY Design with SMD DIMM and Shielded Memory Routing
Fully Covered Thermal Design with High Coverage MOSFET Heatsinks
WIFI 6 802.11ax 2T2R & BT5 with AORUS Antenna
AMP-UP Audio with ALC1220 and WIMA Audio Capacitors
Fast 2.5GbE LAN with Bandwidth Management
4 x Ultra-Fast NVMe PCIe 4.0/3.0 x4 M.2 with Enlarged Thermal Guards
SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen2x2 TYPE-C® delivers up to 20Gb/s transfer speeds
RGB FUSION 2.0 with Multi-Zone Addressable LED Light Show Design, Support Addressable LED & RGB LED Strips
Smart Fan 6 Features Multiple Temperature Sensors , Hybrid Fan Headers with FAN STOP
Q-Flash Plus Update BIOS without Installing the CPU, Memory and Graphics Card
GIGABYTE Z690 AORUS ELITE AX DDR5 (rev. 1.0) ATX Motherboard
Z690 AORUS ELITE AX THE NEW KING OF GAMING
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supreme with the Z690 AORUS gaming motherboards. The new king of gaming
platform continues the legendary AORUS bloodline with the most robust
power delivery and dominant thermal design, glorified with the complete
memory overclocking technology to crown your PC with the best Alder
Lake’s performance in all its gaming glory.
Unparalleled Performance
With
technology moving so fast, GIGABYTE still keep up with the latest
trends and provide our customers with advanced features and latest
technology. GIGABYTE Z690 Series motherboards come with upgraded power
solution, latest storage standards and outstanding connectivity to
enable optimize performance for gaming.
XTREME MEMORY
GIGABYTE
Z690 Motherboards feature the latest DDR5 architecture and XMP 3.0
capability. The new DDR5 memory technology brings 50% more bandwidth to
the platform and increases the system performance drastically by
implementing Unlocked Native DDR5 Voltage, Xtreme Memory Routing and
reliable SMD slot. In addition to the hardware upgrades, the user
friendly UI provides full functionality to overclock higher with
exclusive DDR5 tuning capability.
THERMAL REACTIVE ARMOR
GIGABYTE
Z690 Series Motherboards' Un-throttled performance is guaranteed by
innovative and optimized thermal design to ensure the best CPU, Chipset,
SSD stability and low temperatures under full load application and
gaming.
CONNECTIVITY
GIGABYTE
Z690 Series Motherboards let you experience ultimate connection
flexibility and blazing data-transfer speed with next generation
network, storage, and WIFI connectivity.
DEFINITIVE AESTHETICS
GIGABYTE
motherboards bundle several useful and intuitive software to help users
to control every aspect of motherboard and provide customizable
lighting effect with outstanding aesthetics to fit your unique
personality.
ULTRA DURABLE
GIGABYTE
Ultra Durable™ features its product durability and high-quality
manufacturing process. GIGABYTE motherboards use the best components and
reinforce every slots to make each of them solid and durable.
Specifications
CPU
LGA1700 socket: Support for 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.)
Onboard Graphics
Integrated Graphics Processor-Intel® HD Graphics support:
1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@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 4096x2304@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.
LAN
- Realtek® 2.5GbE LAN chip (2.5 Gbps/1 Gbps/100 Mbps)
- Wireless Communication module
WIFI Module
- WIFI a, b, g, n, ac, ax, supporting 2.4/5 GHz Dual-Band
BLUETOOTH 5.2
- Support for 11ax 160MHz wireless standard and up to 2.4 Gbps data rate
* Actual data rate may vary depending on environment and equipment.
Expansion Slots
- 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.)
Multi-Graphics Technology
- Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFire™ and 2-Way AMD CrossFire™ technologies
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 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 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.
Back Panel Connectors
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 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
H/W 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
Unique 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
Fast Boot
Game Boost
ON/OFF Charge
RGB Fusion
Smart Backup
System Information Viewer
Support for Q-Flash Plus
Support for Q-Flash
Support for Xpress Install
Bundled Software
- Norton® Internet Security (OEM version)
- Realtek® Gaming LAN Bandwidth Control Utility
Operating System
- Support for Windows 11 64-bit
- Support for Windows 10 64-bit
Form Factor
- ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm