GIGABYTE Z790 AORUS Elite AX (LGA 1700/ Intel Z790/ ATX/ DDR5/ Quad M.2/ PCIe 5.0/ USB 3.2 Gen2X2 Type-C/Intel WiFi 6E/ 2.5GbE LAN/Q-Flash Plus/PCIe EZ-Latch/Gaming Motherboard)

Absolutely fantastic motherboard. Easy to quick tweak settings in BIOS or go all out with access to complete voltages and timings. I am all about performance and this board has it. Im using a Ultra 265k and one bench is using a 5070 card and the other 2 are using a 5070TI for reference. Great quality board and another great board from Gigabyte. To be fair, I am a Gigabyte only person anymore. Easy to set up and configure. I will say that I did not see any performance decrease when using the GPU in gen5x16 with a Gen5 NVME. The newer Ultra chips have more PCI lanes so you dont have to worry about any performance caps when using both. This is a solid board with great performance, lots of fan headers and ARGB connectors as well as a built in Thunderbolt 4 which can also provide a 20Gb network connection. Everything is solid and works great.

Putting together a computer can involve accidental abuse of components. You slide around the motherboard trying to get it lined up, you press a little too hard in some areas, you exert too much pressure trying to get the CPU cooler on. You screw things in too tight. Stuff happens. Installing this thing, I was a bit rough, but this thing didn't even care. It took the punishment and worked great first try. I wanted to do a q-flash plus on it before first boot because I'm running an i9-14900kf. So it was only barely half assembled when I pushed the q-flash button. I half expected it to not work at all, but it worked first try! Aaaand then after the flash it tried to boot, which was only bad because I hadn't installed the CPU cooler yet, but hey, the bigger take away is that technically it booted first try. So then I assembled everything else, again I was a bit rough in the process. Again it worked first try when it was all finished. Build quality is really good, this is clearly a premium board. It auto detected and set up all my fans and my pump, which was nice. I wasn't sure how the pump thing was going to work. I plugged my AIO pump into the system fan/pump connector, and it just worked first try, no setup required. That's what you get when you pay for a board like this, it actually works first try with no setup. Aesthetically it looks nice in person, but maybe not as nice as the back mount boards, but still nice. The connectors for fans and power and all that run along the bottom which is okay I guess, although it made cable management a little weird. In terms of value for money, this thing does cost a lot of money, so I wouldn't call it a value, but I will say you are getting what you paid for. You're paying for a $300 motherboard, and you're getting a $300 motherboard, it is exactly what you're paying for, it is quality, and you're paying for that quality. It is very nice, and I have no regrets.

Used in my recent XMAS Silverstone GD11 HTPC build its running excellent. It has a very strong Bluetooth connection as I can walk to the other side of my house without losing my apple air-pod connection! As others have mentioned I did get a Version 1.0 printed in the corner. Stock Bios was V3 and after Windows 11 pro install there is a very nice software suite that I downloaded from Gigabyte that does an auto review of MOBO required drivers and also reported a new Bios version V6 available. I downloaded and installed, very easy even a novice like me can do this upgrade. I think many of the 1-star reviews are maybe the result on not doing this Bios upgrade! Enabled XMP in the Bios and new Corsair CMK32GX5M2B7000C40 VENGEANCE DDR5 32GB 2x16GB 7000MT/s RAM is showing a speed of 7000! I don't have a WiFi-7 router so no way to check this function! Here are my picked parts for this build: Silverstone GD 11B Case Intel - Core i9-14900K 14th Gen Raptor Lake 24-Core Processor GIGABYTE Z790 AORUS PRO X WIFI7 LGA 1700 MoBo Corsair CMK32GX5M2B7000C40 VENGEANCE DDR5 32GB 2x16GB 7000MT/s Seasonic Focus PX-850, 850W 80+ Platinum Full-Modular P/S Samsung - 990 PRO 1TB Internal SSD PCle Gen 4x4 NVMe SSD MSI SHADOW GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB GDDR7 PCI Express 5.0 Video Card Cooler Master 240 Atmos Stealth High Performance Close-Loop AIO Liquid Cooler Noctua NF-A8 PWM Chromax Black (3 ea) 30cm PC Motherboard Front Audio Extension Cable - Male to Female

This is my second Aorus board that I have purchased. My first board was a Aorus Z390 Master which I probably would have kept but I could not get Windows 11 to load, because I wanted the security updates. These are great motherboards that are pretty easy to set up. I only wish that they would have included a manual like the previous version. There are things in the manual that are needed to set up the device. Even with the lack of a hard copy manual I would recommend this motherboard.. These boards are made very well and are very sturdy, well cooled and easy to upgrade with memory and drives.

I am a first time PC builder and don't have any issues with this motherboard. The build quality is extremely sturdy and has great connectivity options for future expansion. The E-Z latch mechanisms make SSD and GPU installations easy. I bought this motherboard specifically for gaming capabilities which well with my Gigabyte 5070ti. The motherboard handles various tasks including gaming, fantastically. A manual that tells you everything about the board does not come inside the box. You must go to Gigabyte's website to find it. There were times during the build where a physical copy would've been helpful considering that I'm building a computer for the first time. It does come with a pictographic guide that helps you connect things together. This Z890 motherboard fits in my pc case perfectly and allows for enough room for optional PCIE expansion in the future. The Aorus Elite Wifi 7 is not a power-hungry motherboard. I bought a corsair rm1000x psu for my build and everything runs smoothly. Overall, I'm happy with my purchase and will potentially buy more gigabyte boards for future builds.

EDIT: After some testing with new parts and tinkering with settings, I've figured that the main issue stemmed from the RAM, not the motherboard. I've never used DDR5 before so maybe it's something to do with that, but I've found it impossible to use at full speed and have it be stable. Never ever use XMP. I've learned my lesson there. Also fixed my issue with boot up times/lighting not starting properly by messing with ErP and Fast Boot settings in the BIOS. Glad I get to use this board, it's got wonderful I/O and it's simple enough for what I need. ORIGINAL: Just built my new PC and this motherboard has given me the most issues out of any parts by far. To start off with the bad, it has some power issues, fan lights will often not turn on or off alongside the PC, it takes a while to start up most of the time, and I can not use my RAM to its fullest speed. Using the motherboard's built in XMP with 4x16GB DDR5-6400 MHz RAM causes only crashes when using the PC. (memtest shows 0 errors with the RAM itself.) Games will crash quickly and sometimes the entire system just blue-screens or freezes, and every time it's related to the XMP, and I know this because going to a lower XMP profile, it works fine. Still a few crashes but it's never anywhere near as bad as using it at full speed. This motherboard also just has some build quality issues. USB-3 plugin came off with the connector, making the pins exposed. Thankfully it still works, but that's definitely not reassuring when it comes off that easily. As for the good, this motherboard has a lot of I-O. 4 USB 2.0 ports on the back for your keyboard, mouse, etc. is always nice. Lots of USB 3.0 ports and also tons of slots on the motherboard itself. The NVME storage is very nice and has a good built-in heatsink for them. The motherboard itself also looks super clean, and is incredibly simple to install. This motherboard definitely has a lot of potential, it's possible I got a faulty board, and if I get more problems I'll definitely end up getting a new one from a different brand. But, if you wanna take a chance, then this one could definitely work. For now, I think there's a lot of issues that need ironing out and if you plan on getting high-end parts, you may want to look for something with more assured quality.

Great board, the extension of the WIFI and Bluetooth work very well. The build quality is good and the installation with relatively easy, this is worth its price-tag. My only problem is the PCI slot, where: - A 50 series GPU on the main rugged PCI, it didn't lock into place like I expected with a click like other GPU's, which caused some concerns. - I connected an additional A2000 12GB on another slot, it worked, but it has a bit of angle natively which makes some problems fitting within the case.

I bought this motherboard for an Intel i7 13700K CPU and installed 64 Gigs of memory. If you plan to use XMP to automatically overclock your memory, I've read that you will have MUCH BETTER luck by using only 2 RAM sticks and not installing 4. So get as much memory as you need in two sticks. Sometime down the road, Gigabyte may issue a bios update that solves this, but I never count on companies fixing their issues promptly. For those looking for fast memory that looks amazing (RGB) and works 100% with this motherboard, try these: CORSAIR VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 RAM 64GB (2x32GB) 6000MHz CL30 Intel XMP iCUE Compatible Computer Memory - White (CMH64GX5M2B6000C30W) Excellent for overclocking, I achieved 6Ghz, but I backed it down to 5.8Ghz for longevity. I tend to build a new PC every five years or so, and I was happy with my last build, which had an Aorus motherboard, so I decided to stay brand loyal. So why four stars and not 5? Because Gigabtye (makers of Aorus products) has decided to skimp on the sound. If you have surround sound speakers, they want you to disable your mic input and your front headphone jack, and stretch wires from the rear of your case to the front, and to top it all off, the sound is horrible! So I had to spend extra on a sound card, and of course, I went with a tried and true Sound Blaster model that was white and looks amazing. Now my sound is perfect, and if this becomes a trend on future motherboards, I can bring my sound card. I was a little leery of buying this during Black Friday sales week because there was only one review, and they gave it 1 star for no reasoning. But I looked at the non-ice" model (meaning it is not white/silver like this one), and it seemed pretty solid. You will note the motherboard is NOT pure white, like the case, fans, or liquid cooler, but is more silver/white. I knew this going in, and I am okay with it. I think it reflects the RGB fans I put in my case nicely. My last Aorus motherboard (z370, btw) had many more RGB colors, but the only thing that lights up on this motherboard are the four small lights under the chipset. They have another ICE board with more RGB if you want to spend twice as much money. (Motherboards are already overpriced these days) Regarding M2 slots, put your fastest NVME in the top slot, just under the CPU. The motherboard provides a nice heatsink for it here, but it's all passive, as there is no fan on it. You have three more slots for a total of 4 M2s, of which I have filled all of mine, and this is my first PC without a single hard drive installed or a 2.5-inch Sata SSD. According to the book (which does NOT come with the motherboard; you need to download it from their website. Prices are up on motherboards, and they cut the sound and don't give you a driver disc or a booklet, go figure), NOTE: Only one slot (nearest the bottom) allows for SATA m2. The others are all NVME only. This worked out perfectly for me, as I had 3 Samsung NVME (990 PRO, 980 PRO, and 960 EVO) and one Samsung 860 EVO, which is sata3.