GIGABYTE Z790 AORUS Elite X WIFI7 (Intel 1700)

The Gigabyte AORUS Z790 Elite X WiFi 7 Motherboard uses the Intel Z790 chipset and is compatible with all Intel 13th Gen and the latest 14th Gen processors on the LGA1700 socket. It supports up to 192GB of DDR5 ram with speeds of up to DDR5-8266 OC. For storage, it comes with a total of 6 SATA ports and 4 x PCIE Gen4x4 M.2 SSD slots featuring Gigabyte's EZ-Latch Design. It also includes 2 x PCIE 4.0 x16 slots and a PCIE 5.0 x16 slot featuring PCIE UD Slot X which provides strength and enchanced protection for your graphics card.

When it comes to Gigabyte’s new “Raptor Lake Refresh” motherboards it seems like they are going in the direction of adding a lot of features that are really centered around user experience. And with this being a refresh not a new architecture that is not a bad thing at all. The things that really stand out to me are the EZ-Latch Click and EZ-Latch Plus tool-less systems for installing M.2 drives. This has to be the easiest system there is for either installing or swapping out your M.2 drives. Also there is the PCIe EZ-Latch system which makes swapping out your graphics card a much easier process, especially if you have a larger graphics card and larger CPU cooler.