Gigabyte Z390 AORUS Elite Motherboard

Gigabyte Z390 AORUS Elite

Brand
Gigabyte
Model
Z390 AORUS Elite
$271–$299estimated range · from catalog price Jul 19, 2026

ATX Z390 LGA1151 board for 8th/9th Gen Intel; overclocking-ready with dual M.2, USB‑C header, Intel GbE; no Wi‑Fi; now a legacy model.

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ReleasedOct 2018
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SocketLGA1151
ChipsetZ390
MemoryDDR4
Max RAM speed4266 MHz
Form factorATX
RAM slots4
M.2 slots2
PCIe x163
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Product overview

Released October 8, 2018 with Intel’s Z390 platform for 8th/9th‑gen Coffee Lake/Refresh CPUs, the Gigabyte Z390 AORUS Elite is an ATX LGA1151 motherboard in the Intel 300‑series family. It sits in the high_end Z‑series tier: a feature‑rich board that exists to enable CPU overclocking with a solid ATX feature set at approachable pricing.

It’s well‑suited to overclocking K‑SKU 8th/9th‑gen chips, high‑speed DDR4 tuning, and storage‑heavy builds thanks to two PCIe/SATA M.2 slots and six SATA ports. PCIe 3.0 expansion, a front‑panel USB‑C header, and Intel Gigabit LAN (no onboard Wi‑Fi) cover common needs for mid/full‑tower systems. It’s now listed as a legacy (discontinued) model, so availability is primarily used or old stock.

LifecycleDiscontinued
Best for
  • overclocking
  • expansion/multi-M.2
  • high-speed memory
  • first-time builders

Specifications

At a glance iEach dot represents a catalog model. Farther right means a higher measured value, not necessarily a better fit.Measured against the motherboards catalog
Current modelCatalog models
Max RAM speed4266 MHz
Higher than 13% of motherboards
RAM slots4
Higher than 93% of motherboards
M.2 slots2
Higher than 43% of motherboards
Socket
LGA1151
Memory
DDR4
WiFi
No
Integrated Graphics
Yes
USB
3.1
Max Memory Size
64 GB
ECC Support
No
Chipset
Z390
Max RAM speed
4266 MHz
Form factor
ATX
RAM slots
4
M.2 slots
2
PCIe x16
3
Processor Generation
8, 9
Pci E
3.0
M 2
PCI-E
Sata Slots
6
Sata Speed
6 Gb/s
Pci E Slots
3
Tdp
55 W
Nvme
Yes
Pci E X1
2
Cpu Brand
Intel
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