Gigabyte Elite Ax Z790

I ended up keeping this motherboard over the Gigabyte Aorus Elite AX. The install and bios update was smooth. My Corsair Vengeance RAM worked perfectly with the mobo. Definitely highly recommend for folks switching to the AM5 chipset.

I started with a gigabyte z690 elite ax, and it killed new ddr5 with its own software. So i returned, and went over my personal budget for this motherboard. Nothing but smooth happy running. Havent skipped a beat, no problems, and the Armory Crate software doesnt act like a trojan virus! Nothing but smiles, besides my friends all run Asus, i felt like trying Gigabyte. Lesson learned!

I'm using it on a Gigabyte Z790 Aero G with Phantom Spirit 120 air cooler, and the temps are very reasonable. I did install a contact frame with the cooler, and in the BIOS I'm running it at spec enhanced, to limit the watts to Intel's spec. The temps stay under 80C with 2 P-cores hitting 6Ghz and the rest at 5.7. If I set to optimized in BIOS the watts draw goes up to 315 watts and the temps go to 95C, but 2 p-cores will run at 6.1 GHz and the others at 5.8. For my purposes I'll take the lower temps and watts. In use it rarely draws more than 150 watts and usually stays below 50C. I'm using an old Antec Sonata case with only two case fans.

used in gigabyte laptop plug and play.

The most beautiful board amongst every single Z790 ITX line up!

This thing is a beast in a new era. I went from x99 to the z790 and love my decision.

Perfect for elite dangerous.

Not much to say other than it works well on my SJ5000X Elite.

Came quickly, and was exactly what I was looking for, for Elite Dangerous.

It has been more than amazing. I would recommend getting the Elite Strap though.