4 Things to Know About the Gigabyte Z690 AORUS ELITE’s Rear I/O

It only has two analog audio jacks and an optical S/PDIF out That is fewer jacks than most AORUS boards, so you lose dedicated line-in or surround sound ports.

The SMA antenna connectors for Wi-Fi take up rear-panel space The trade-off is clear: fewer audio jacks make room for the antennas on the Wi-Fi model.

You still get a USB-C port at 20Gbps and three USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports These are fast enough for modern peripherals and external drives.

Display output includes HDMI 2.0 and DisplayPort 1.2 Both are standard for integrated graphics, but not cutting-edge for high refresh rates.