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product_id: 486012543
title: "GIGABYTE Z790 AORUS Elite AX LGA 1700 ATX Motherboard, Support Intel Core 14th/13th/12th Gen, DDR5, 16+1+2 Power Phase, 4X M.2, PCIe 5.0, USB-C 3.2, WIFI6E, 2.5GbE, Q-Flash, EZ-Latch, RGB Fusion"
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# 16+1+2 Power Phases for rock-solid stability 4x PCIe 4.0 M.2 slots for ultra-fast storage WiFi 6E & 2.5GbE for blazing connectivity GIGABYTE Z790 AORUS Elite AX LGA 1700 ATX Motherboard, Support Intel Core 14th/13th/12th Gen, DDR5, 16+1+2 Power Phase, 4X M.2, PCIe 5.0, USB-C 3.2, WIFI6E, 2.5GbE, Q-Flash, EZ-Latch, RGB Fusion

**Brand:** gigabyte
**Price:** ₱28418
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

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## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** GIGABYTE Z790 AORUS Elite AX LGA 1700 ATX Motherboard, Support Intel Core 14th/13th/12th Gen, DDR5, 16+1+2 Power Phase, 4X M.2, PCIe 5.0, USB-C 3.2, WIFI6E, 2.5GbE, Q-Flash, EZ-Latch, RGB Fusion by gigabyte
- **How much does it cost?** ₱28418 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

- gigabyte enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted gigabyte brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Power Meets Precision:** 16+1+2 digital VRM phases deliver unmatched CPU power and efficiency for next-gen Intel processors.
- • **Lightning-Fast Storage:** Quad M.2 PCIe 4.0 slots with thermal guards keep your SSDs cool and your load times near-instant.
- • **Customizable Aesthetics:** RGB Fusion lighting lets you personalize your rig’s vibe to match your style and workspace.
- • **Future-Proof Connectivity:** Integrated WiFi 6E, 2.5Gb Ethernet, and USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type-C keep you ahead in speed and versatility.
- • **Effortless Setup & Durability:** EZ-Latch socket and robust build quality ensure stress-free installation and long-lasting reliability.

## Overview

The GIGABYTE Z790 AORUS Elite AX is a premium ATX motherboard designed for Intel 12th, 13th, and 14th Gen processors. Featuring a robust 16+1+2 power phase design, DDR5 memory support, four PCIe 4.0 M.2 slots with advanced thermal guards, and next-gen connectivity including WiFi 6E and 2.5Gb Ethernet, it delivers exceptional performance and reliability. With user-friendly features like EZ-Latch and RGB Fusion lighting, it’s engineered for professionals and enthusiasts who demand cutting-edge tech and effortless customization.

## Description

Ascend the Throne of Gaming with the Z790 AORUS ELITE AX. The Z790 AORUS ELITE AX supports 13th and 12th Gen Intel Core Processors unparalleled performance. Unlock your gaming potential with GIGABYTE Z790 Motherboards. GIGABYTE Z790 motherboards come with upgraded power design, high grade storage standards, and outstanding connectivity that enables you to optimize your performance. Claim what is yours.

Review: Sturdy, better than expected, works first try. - 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.
Review: Nice upgrade with a great board - 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.

## Features

- Intel LGA 1700 Socket: Supports Intel Core 14th/13th/12th Gen processors
- DDR5 Compatible: 4*SMD DIMMs with XMP 3.0 Memory Module Support
- Commanding Power Design: Twin 16+1+2 Phases Digital VRM Solution with 70A Power Stage
- Cutting-Edge Thermal Design: M.2 Thermal Guard III, Fully Covered MOSFET Heatsinks, PCIe Ultra Durable Armor, 6-Layer PCB
- Next Gen Connectivity: 4* PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2, USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type-C

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B0BH9DXY38 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #19 in Computer Motherboards |
| Brand | GIGABYTE |
| Customer Reviews | 4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars (1,975) |
| Date First Available | October 20, 2022 |
| Item Dimensions LxWxH | 13.18 x 10.62 x 3.14 inches |
| Item Weight | 4.35 pounds |
| Item model number | Z790 AORUS ELITE AX |
| Manufacturer | GIGABYTE |
| Memory Speed | 4400 MHz |
| Number of USB 2.0 Ports | 2 |
| Processor | core_i7 |
| Product Dimensions | 13.18 x 10.62 x 3.14 inches |
| RAM | DDR5 |
| Series | Z790 AORUS ELITE AX |
| Wireless Type | 802.11ax |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** GIGABYTE
- **CPU Model:** Core i7
- **CPU Socket:** LGA 1700
- **Chipset Type:** Intel Z790
- **Compatible Devices:** Personal Computer
- **Compatible Processors:** 12th Generation Intel Core,13th Generation Intel Core,14th Generation Intel Core
- **Memory Clock Speed:** 4400 MHz
- **Model Name:** Z790 AORUS ELITE AX
- **Platform:** Windows 11
- **RAM Memory Technology:** DDR5

## Images

![GIGABYTE Z790 AORUS Elite AX LGA 1700 ATX Motherboard, Support Intel Core 14th/13th/12th Gen, DDR5, 16+1+2 Power Phase, 4X M.2, PCIe 5.0, USB-C 3.2, WIFI6E, 2.5GbE, Q-Flash, EZ-Latch, RGB Fusion - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81a48Z1GciL.jpg)

## Available Options

This product comes in different **Size, Style** options.

## Questions & Answers

**Q: Does this board have a 5v argb header compatible with fractal torrent's case led bar?**
A: It does

**Q: Do you need to update bios for Intel 13th gen?**
A: As far as my knowledge the Z790 boards will support 13th gens out of box. Z690 boards need to be flashed back( Bios Update) to support a 13th gen.

**Q: Can I run 64gb of 6400MHz RAM on this motherboard? The Manual doesn't specify 6400MHz support, but a website was saying it's usable after BIOS update?**
A: Go off of the brands website data. That would be the most accurate.

**Q: GIGABYTE Z790 IS there a variant with more pcie slots and without onboard video? Goal: Fastest handbrake PC ?**
A: If your after a fast gaming rig, this will do. Things of importance. 
Pci-x 5, pci-x 4, chipset supports DDr5, capable with 13th gen Itel cpu. Bout it, no need for more pci-x slots as most only support 1 5x, 2 4x and rest 3x. Thins one has a 5x for 4080ti RTX, pci-x 4 for best ssd and 3rd and 4th for anything else like a more affordable ssd for storage. There are no other MBs with more slots but some have for example 2 5x slots ect. Again if you buy a more expensive mb, you will not see much if any performance in Gaming. Provide more info on your planed Rig for additional help. I built mine off this mobo and it hit 24k in 3d mark bench test. That was with only a 4070ti. But the board worked flawless from first boot till now. Not one crash regardless of what it's doing. It also converts video files in a few hours. My previous rig took all night and it was Ryzen 5 and 2060 super.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sturdy, better than expected, works first try.
*by B***N on April 15, 2025*

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.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Nice upgrade with a great board
*by C***C on December 31, 2025*

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.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great board after tinkering with BIOS settings properly.
*by J***B on July 26, 2024*

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.

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