Gigabyte Z490 AORUS Elite
Gigabyte Z490 AORUS Elite: 2020 high-end ATX LGA1200 board for Intel 10th Gen with dual M.2 and 2.5GbE; now discontinued.
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Product overview
Released on April 30, 2020 alongside Gigabyte’s Intel Z490 lineup for 10th‑Gen Core (Comet Lake) on LGA1200, the Z490 AORUS Elite is an ATX board for mainstream desktop builds. It’s now listed as a Legacy product (discontinued).
Positioned as a high_end Z‑series option, it exists to unlock CPU overclocking and fuller I/O than B/H‑series boards. It’s well‑suited to overclocking‑focused 10th‑Gen builds, dual‑NVMe storage via 2x M.2 (with Thermal Guard heatsinks), and high‑capacity DDR4 (4 DIMMs, up to 128 GB). Realtek 2.5 GbE, ample USB 3.2, and six SATA ports cover connectivity, while the ATX form factor fits standard mid‑tower cases.
- overclocking
- expansion/multi-M.2
- high-speed memory
Product highlights
- Supports 10th Gen Intel Core processors
- Direct 12 phases digital VRM with 50A smart power stage
- Advanced thermal design with optimized surface heatsink
- Dual channel non-ECC unbuffered DDR4, 4 DIMMs
- Realtek 2.5 GbE LAN
- 2x M.2 AORUS Thermal Guard
- AMP UP audio ALC1200
Specifications
- Socket
- LGA1200
- WiFi
- No
- Integrated Graphics
- Yes
- Compatible Memory
- DDR4
- USB
- 3.2
- Max Memory Size
- 128 GB
- ECC Support
- No
- Chipset
- Z490
- Max RAM speed
- 5000 MHz
- Form factor
- ATX
- RAM slots
- 4
- M.2 slots
- 2
- PCIe x16
- 3
- Processor Generation
- 10
- Pci E
- 4.0
- M 2
- PCI-E
- Sata Slots
- 6
- Sata Speed
- 6 Gb/s
- Pci E Slots
- 3
- Tdp
- 50 W
- Nvme
- Yes
- Pci E X1
- 2
- Cpu Brand
- Intel
