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Gigabyte Z690 AORUS ELITE DDR4 ATX Motherboard For Intel 12th Gen Processor – LGA1700, Z690 Chipset, 4x DDR4, 4x M.2, 1x PCIe 5.0, 2x PCIe 3.0, 2.5GbE LAN, HDMI, DisplayPort, (Z690 AORUS ELITE DDR4)
Gigabyte Z690 AORUS ELITE DDR4 ATX Motherboard For Intel 12th Gen Processor – LGA1700, Z690 Chipset, 4x DDR4, 4x M.2, 1x PCIe 5.0, 2x PCIe 3.0, 2.5GbE LAN, HDMI, DisplayPort, (Z690 AORUS ELITE DDR4).
Z690 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.
Gigabyte Z690 AORUS ELITE DDR4 ATX Motherboard Description
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
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.
3% Cooler by implementing 2X copper PCB Design
By adopting 2X copper on PCB inner layer, it lowers the components’ temperature at least 3% by turning the PCB into a super thin PCB size copper heatsink to dissipate the heat from the components effectively, due to it’s high thermal conductivity and lower impedance.
AORUS M.2 Thermal Guard II
The M.2 Thermal Guard II uses a double-sided heatsink design and prevents throttling and bottlenecks on high speed M.2 SSDs by dissipating heat before it becomes an issue.
Smart Fan 6
Smart Fan 6 contains several unique cooling features that ensure gaming PC maintain its performance while staying cool and quiet. Multiple fan headers can support PWM/DC fan and pump, and users can easily define each fan curve based on different temperature sensors across the board via intuitive user interface.
GIGABYTE Z690 Series Motherboards let you experience ultimate connection flexibility and blazing data-transfer speed with next generation network and storage connectivity.
First adopter on 2.5 GbE LAN onboard – 2X Faster than ever
Adoption of 2.5G LAN provide up to 2.5 GbE network connectivity, with at least 2 times faster transfer speeds compared to general 1GbE networking, perfectly designed for gamers with ultimate online gaming experience. Support Multi-Gig(10/100/1000/2500Mbps) RJ-45 Ethernet
Featuring the USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 design which is doubled the performance than previous generation of USB 3.2 Gen 2. It works up to 20Gbps ultra-fast data transfer while connecting to USB 3.2 compliant peripherals. Through the USB Type-C® connector, users can enjoy the flexibility of reversible connection to access and store massive amounts of data rapidly.
Realtek High-End HD Audio Codec
ALC1220 120dB(A) SNR HD Audio with Smart Headphone Amp automatically detects impedance of your head-worn audio device, preventing issues such as low volume and distortion. With the new VB series audio controller, stream your voice to the world vibrantly with both front/rear microphone SNR up to 110/114dB(A).
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.
Multi-Zone Light Show Design
Now offering more LED customizations than ever, users can truly adapt their PC to represent their lifestyle. With full RGB support and a redesigned RGB Fusion 2.0 application, the user has complete control over the LEDs which surround the motherboard.
GIGABYTE System Information Viewer is a central location that gives you access to your current system status. Monitor components such as the clocks and processor, set your preferred fan speed profile, create alerts when temperatures get too high or record your system’s behavior; these are the possibilities of the System Information Viewer.
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.
Update the BIOS easily without installing the CPU, memory and graphics card.
With GIGABYTE Q-Flash Plus, you don’t need to install the CPU, memory and graphics card nor enter the BIOS menu to flash the BIOS. Just download and save a new BIOS file (rename to gigabyte.bin) on the USB flash drive, then press the dedicated Q-Flash Plus button and you’re good to go!
Solid Pin Power Connectors
AORUS motherboards feature solid plated ATX 24pin & ATX 12V 8+4 pin power connectors to offer a stable power supply during CPU overloading.
Solid Pin Power connector advantages
- Larger contact area for electricity
- More metal quantity to sustain higher power and generated heat
- Ultra durable and longer lifespan
Gigabyte Z690 AORUS ELITE DDR4 ATX Motherboard Feature
- Supports 12th Gen Intel® Core™ Series Processors
- Dual Channel Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR4, 4 DIMMs
- Direct 16+1+2 Digital VRM Design with 70A Power Stage* and Tantalum Polymer Capacitor
- Shielded Memory Routing to Avoid Interference
- Fully Covered Thermal Design with High Coverage MOSFET Heatsinks
- AMP-UP Audio with ALC1220 and WIMA Audio Capacitors
- Fast 2.5GbE LAN with Bandwidth Management
- 4x 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
Technical 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 DDR 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 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096×[email protected] 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 4096×[email protected] Hz | |
| * Support for DisplayPort 1.2 version and HDCP 2.3 | |
| (Graphics specifications may vary depending on CPU support.) | |
Audio | 1. Realtek® ALC1220-VB CODEC |
| * The back panel line out jack supports DSD audio. | |
| 2. High Definition Audio | |
| 3. 2-channel analog output | |
| 4. 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 | 1. Realtek® 2.5GbE LAN chip (2.5 Gbps/1 Gbps/100 Mbps) |
Expansion Slots | 1. 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. 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 | 1. Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFire™ and 2-Way AMD CrossFire™ technologies |
Storage Interface | |
CPU: | 1. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280/22110 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2A_CPU) |
| Chipset: | 1. 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. 2 x M.2 connectors (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280/22110 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2Q_SB/M2P_SB) | |
| 3. 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. 1 x USB Type-C® port on the back panel, with USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 support |
| 2. 1 x USB Type-C® port with USB 3.2 Gen 2 support, available through the internal USB header | |
| 3. 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red) on the back panel | |
| 4. 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: | 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. 4 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 Thunderbolt™ 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 reset button | |
| 20. 1 x Q-Flash Plus button | |
| 21. 1 x reset jumper | |
| 22. 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. 1 x USB Type-C® port, with USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 support |
| 2. 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red) | |
| 3. 3 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. Realtek® Gaming LAN Bandwidth Control Utility | |
Operating System | 1. Support for Windows 11 64-bit |
| 2. Support for Windows 10 64-bit | |
Form Factor | 1. ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm |
Additional Information
Product Manufactured by: Gigabyte
Product Found in: Gigabyte Motherboard
Cackle Part Number: 504266
Manufacturer Part Number: Z690 AORUS ELITE DDR4
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