Gigabyte Z690M AORUS ELITE DDR4 (rev. 1.0) Micro ATX Motherboard

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    • Supports 12th Gen Intel®  Coreâ„¢ Series Processors

    • Dual Channel Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR4, 4 DIMMs

    • Direct 12+1+2 Digital VRM Design with 60A Power Stage* and Tantalum Polymer Capacitor

    • Shielded Memory Routing to Avoid Interference

    • Fully Covered Thermal Design with High Coverage MOSFET Heatsinks

    • Fast Intel® 2.5GbE LAN with Bandwidth Management

    • 3 x Ultra-Fast NVMe PCIe 4.0/3.0 x4 M.2 with Thermal Guard

    • SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen2x2 TYPE-C® delivers up to 20Gb/s transfer speeds

    • Pre-installed IO Shield for easy and quick installation

    • 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 Z690M AORUS ELITE DDR4 (rev. 1.0) Micro ATX Motherboard

    Intel® Z690 AORUS Motherboard with Direct 12+1+2 Phases Digital VRM Design, PCIe 5.0 Design, Fully Covered Thermal Design ,3 x PCIe 4.0 M.2 with Thermal Guard, Intel® 2.5GbE, Rear USB 3.2 Gen2x2 TYPE-C®, RGB FUSION 2.0, Q-Flash Plus

    Z690M AORUS ELITE DDR4

    THE NEW KING OF GAMING

    Rule 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.​

    ADVANCED

    THERMAL SOLUTION

    Un-throttled performance is guaranteed by the enhanced thermal solution that incorporates Fins-Array, Heatpipe and Thermal Guards. The comprehensive solution delivers excellent heat dissipation. The Z690 AORUS Motherboards stays cool on VRMs and M.2 SSD even on full loading, making it most suitable for enthusiasts, overclockers and professional gamers.

    CONNECTIVITY

    GIGABYTE Z690 Series Motherboards let you experience ultimate connection flexibility and blazing data-transfer speed with next generation network and storage connectivity.

    Personalization

    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

      1. LGA1700 socket: Support for 12th Generation Intel® Core™, Pentium® Gold and Celeron® Processors*

      2. L3 cache varies with CPU

      * Please refer to "CPU Support List" for more information.

    • Chipset

      1. Intel® Z690 Express Chipset

    • Memory

      1. Support for DDR4 5333(O.C.)/ DDR4 5133(O.C.)/DDR4 5000(O.C.)/4933(O.C.)/4800(O.C.)/ 4700(O.C.)/ 4600(O.C.)/ 4500(O.C.)/ 4400(O.C.)/ 4300(O.C.)/4266(O.C.) / 4133(O.C.) / 4000(O.C.) / 3866(O.C.) / 3800(O.C.) / 3733(O.C.) / 3666(O.C.) / 3600(O.C.) / 3466(O.C.) / 3400(O.C.) / 3333(O.C.) / 3300(O.C.) / 3200 / 3000 / 2933 / 2800 / 2666 / 2400 / 2133 MHz memory modules

      2. 4 x DDR4 DIMM sockets supporting up to 128 GB (32 GB single DIMM capacity) of system memory

      3. Dual channel memory architecture

      4. Support for ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)

      5. Support for non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules

      6. 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. 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

      2. 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

      1. Realtek® Audio CODEC

      2. High Definition Audio

      3. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel

        * To configure 7.1-channel audio, you need to open the audio software and select Device advanced settings > Playback Device to change the default setting first. Please visit GIGABYTE's website for details on configuring the audio software.

      4. Support for S/PDIF Out

    • LAN

      1. Intel® 2.5GbE LAN chip (2.5 Gbps/1 Gbps/100 Mbps)

    • Expansion Slots

      1. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)

        (The PCIEX16 slot conforms to PCI Express 5.0 standard.)

      2. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)

        (The PCIEX4 slot conforms to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)

    • Multi-Graphics Technology

      1. Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFireâ„¢ and 2-Way AMD CrossFireâ„¢ technologies

    • Storage Interface

      CPU:

      1. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2A_CPU)

      Chipset:

      1. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2Q_SB)

      2. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280/22110 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2P_SB)

      3. 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

      Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10

      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. 1 x USB Type-C® port on the back panel, with USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 support

      2. 1 x USB Type-C® port with USB 3.2 Gen 2 support, available through the internal USB header

      3. 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A port (red) on the back panel

      Chipset+2 USB 3.2 Gen 1 Hubs:

      1. 6 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header)

      Chipset+2 USB 2.0 Hubs:

      1. 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. 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector

      2. 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector

      3. 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector

      4. 1 x CPU fan header

      5. 1 x water cooling CPU fan header

      6. 3 x system fan headers

      7. 1 x system fan/water cooling pump header

      8. 2 x addressable LED strip headers

      9. 2 x RGB LED strip headers

      10. 3 x M.2 Socket 3 connectors

      11. 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

      12. 1 x front panel header

      13. 1 x front panel audio header

      14. 1 x USB Type-C® header, with USB 3.2 Gen 2 support

      15. 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header

      16. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers

      17. 2 x Thunderboltâ„¢ add-in card connectors

      18. 1 x Trusted Platform Module header (For the GC-TPM2.0 SPI/GC-TPM2.0 SPI 2.0 module only)

      19. 1 x serial port header

      20. 1 x reset button

      21. 1 x Q-Flash Plus button

      22. 1 x reset jumper

      23. 1 x Clear CMOS jumper

    • Back Panel Connectors

      1. 1 x USB Type-C® port, with USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 support

      2. 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A port (red)

      3. 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports

      4. 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports

      5. 1 x HDMI port

      6. 1 x DisplayPort

      7. 1 x RJ-45 port

      8. 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector

      9. 2 x audio jacks

    • I/O Controller

      1. iTE® I/O Controller Chip

    • H/W Monitoring

      1. Voltage detection

      2. Temperature detection

      3. Fan speed detection

      4. Water cooling flow rate detection

      5. Fan fail warning

      6. Fan speed control

        * Whether the fan (pump) speed control function is supported will depend on the fan (pump) you install.

    • BIOS

      1. 1 x 256 Mbit flash

      2. Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS

      3. PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0

    • Unique Features

      1. 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

      2. Support for Q-Flash Plus

      3. Support for Q-Flash

      4. Support for Xpress Install

    • Bundled Software

      1. Norton® Internet Security (OEM version)

      2. cFosSpeed

    • Operating System

      1. Support for Windows 11 64-bit

      2. Support for Windows 10 64-bit

    • Form Factor

      1. Micro ATX Form Factor; 24.4cm x 24.4cm