5 Things to Know About the Gigabyte Z690 AORUS ELITE Motherboard

LGA 1700 socket support It works with 12th Gen Intel Core (Alder Lake) and 13th Gen (Raptor Lake) processors.

PCIe 5.0 on the primary x16 slot This is the first mainstream Intel chipset to offer PCIe 5.0, future-proofing your graphics card connection.

PCIe 5.0 for M.2 storage The board also brings PCIe 5.0 to an M.2 slot, so you can use the fastest NVMe drives without an adapter.

No need to upgrade for next-gen CPUs Because it already supports PCIe 5.0, you can likely keep this board through the next CPU generation.

Z690 chipset features It includes overclocking support, DDR4 or DDR5 memory options (depending on the specific model), and robust power delivery for high-end CPUs.