3 Things to Know About the Gigabyte Z790 AORUS ELITE’s LGA 1700 Support
It uses an LGA 1700 socket This socket supports Intel 12th Gen, 13th Gen, and 14th Gen Core processors.
It keeps compatibility across three generations Z790 launched with 13th Gen but works with 12th Gen and 14th Gen CPUs without a board swap.
LGA 1700 has surprising staying power You can upgrade from Alder Lake to Raptor Lake Refresh on the same motherboard, which is rare for Intel sockets.