GIGABYTE Z790 GAMING X AX 13th & 12th Gen ATX Motherboard

GIGABYTE Z790 GAMING X AX 13th & 12th Gen ATX Motherboard

This product is a GIGABYTE Z790 GAMING X AX motherboard, which supports 13th and 12th Generation Intel Core, Pentium Gold, and Celeron processors with an LGA1700 socket. It has an Intel Z790 Express Chipset and uses licensed AMI UEFI BIOS. The motherboard has an ATX form factor and measures 30.5cm x 24.4cm.

For audio, the motherboard has a Realtek Audio CODEC that supports high-definition audio with a 2/4/5.1/7.1 channel configuration. The motherboard also has support for S/PDIF Out.

For expansion slots, the motherboard has one PCI Express x16 slot, which supports PCIe 5.0 and runs at x16, and two PCI Express x16 slots, which support PCIe 4.0 and run at x4. It also has support for AMD CrossFire technology.

The motherboard has four DIMM sockets that support DDR5 memory with a maximum capacity of 128GB (32GB per single DIMM). It also supports dual channel memory architecture, ECC un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 memory modules that operate in non-ECC mode, non-ECC un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules, and Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules.

For graphics, the motherboard has an integrated graphics processor-Intel HD Graphics support, with one HDMI port and one DisplayPort. The HDMI port supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@60 Hz, while the DisplayPort supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2304@60.

In terms of connectivity, the motherboard has one USB Type-C port on the back panel with USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 support, one USB Type-C port with USB 3.2 Gen 2 support available through the internal USB header, two USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports on the back panel (red), and five USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (3 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header). It also has eight USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB headers), and a Realtek 2.5GbE LAN chip with 2.5 Gbps/1 Gbps/100 Mbps LAN port.

The motherboard also has an Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 wireless communication module with WIFI a, b, g, n, ac, ax, supporting 2.4/5/6 GHz carrier frequency bands and BLUETOOTH 5.3. It supports the 11ax 160MHz wireless standard and up to 2.4 Gbps data rate.

For storage, the motherboard has one M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 22110/2280 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) for the CPU, two M.2 connectors (Socket 3, M key, type 22110/2280 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) for the chipset, and one M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 22110/2280 SATA and PCIe 4.0 x4 SSD support). It also has six SATA 6Gb/s connectors and supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 for both NVMe SSD and SATA storage devices. Internally, the motherboard has one 24-pin ATX main power connector, two 8-pin ATX 12V power connectors, one CPU fan header, one

Features

• This product is a GIGABYTE Z790 GAMING X AX 13th & 12th Gen ATX Motherboard. It supports LGA1700 socket processors, including 13th and 12th-generation Intel Core, Pentium Gold, and Celeron processors. It has an Intel Z790 Express chipset, and its BIOS is a licensed AMI UEFI BIOS with PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, and ACPI 5.0 support. The motherboard has an ATX form factor and measures 30.5cm x 24.4cm.
• For audio, it has a Realtek Audio CODEC and supports high-definition audio with 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel configurations. The motherboard also supports S/PDIF Out.
• In terms of expansion slots, it has 1 x PCI Express x16 slot supporting PCIe 5.0 and running at x16 (PCIEX16) for the CPU and 2 x PCI Express x16 slots supporting PCIe 4.0 and running at x4 (PCIEX4_1, PCIEX4_2) for the chipset. It also supports AMD CrossFire technology (PCIEX16 and PCIEX4).
• The motherboard has 4 x DIMM sockets supporting 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 with a dual-channel memory architecture. It supports ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode) and non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules, as well as Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules. The maximum memory it supports is 128GB (32 GB single DIMM capacity).
• The motherboard has integrated graphics with support for Intel HD Graphics, and it has 1 x HDMI port and 1 x DisplayPort with support for maximum resolutions of 4096x2160@60 Hz and 4096x2304@60, respectively. It also has a Realtek 2.5GbE LAN chip (2.5 Gbps/1 Gbps/100 Mbps) and an Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 module with support for Wi-Fi a, b, g, n, ac, axe, supporting 2.4/5/6 GHz carrier frequency bands and BLUETOOTH 5.3.
• For storage, the motherboard has 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 22110/2280 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2A_CPU) for the CPU and 2 x M.2 connectors (Socket 3, M key, type 22110/2280 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2P_SB, M2Q_SB) and 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 22110/2280 SATA and PCIe 4.0 x4 SSD support) (M2M_SB) for the chipset. It also has 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors and supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 for NV