The Box and Packaging
Inside the box, you get the usual user’s manual, installation guide, a Gigabyte Q connector, 1 x SATA cable, 1 x Ultra-high gain WiFi 7 antenna with magnetic base, 2 x thermal probes, 1 x mini speaker, 1 x ARGB extension cable. There’s no drivers disc, Gigabyte badge or any stickers.
The Gigabyte Z790 AORUS Pro X Motherboard
The motherboard comes in an all-white finish (except for the connectors, which are still black). The full cover I/O hood features the Gigabyte’s AORUS logo which lights up with RGB when you power up the system.
The board uses an 8-Layer server-grade 2X Copper PCB and features a powerful 18+1+2 Twin Digital VRM design, giving you excellent power efficiency and stability. To help cool the VRMs and Mosfets, the board features their VRM Thermal Armor Advanced, which includes 8 mm Heatpipe, 7 W/mk Thermal Pads and Integrated IO Shield.
Expansion slots include 2 x PCIE 4.0 x16 slots and 1 x PCIE 5.0 x16 slot with PCIE UD Slot X, which is strengthen by a zinc alloy. This slot also features their PCIE EZ-Latch for easy detachment of graphics cards.
The board comes with 4 x DDR5 DIMMs with Gigabyte’s Memory UD Slot, supporting memory speeds of up to DDR5-8266. The motherboard also features their new back drilling technology for increased data signal integrity and stability.
Please take note: The DDR5 memory slot is NOT compatible with DDR4 ram. Also, if you only have a pair of DDR5 memory modules, remember to install the modules on DIMM slot A2 and B2 first. Find out why here.
A Closer Look
There are 2 x 8-pin PCIE power connectors on the top left-hand corner of the board. These needs to connected
On the left side if the board (4th photo), you’ll find a USB-C port which you can use to connect a USB monitor/LCD screen. It’s an onboard video port called Sensor panel Link and it’s ideal for monitoring system health.
There’s a total of 8 x 4-pin fan headers on the board. It’s the most I’ve seen on a motherboard, and I think it’s great as it allows me to install extra cooling fans if I need to.
For storage, it comes 4 x SATA ports and 5 x M.2 slots, which includes 1 x PCIE Gen5x4 and 4 x PCIE Gen4x4. These M.2 slots feature Gigabyte’s EZ latch click and M.2 EZ Latch plus, which allows users to mount your M.2 SSDs with ease. And to cool the M.2 SSDs, it’s covered by their impressive-looking M.2 Thermal Guard XL and Ext. full cover heat shield.
On the back I/O pannel, there’s 2 x USB 2.0 ports, connectors for the WiFi 7 antenna, 1 x HDMI port, 1 x DisplayPort, , 4 x USB 3.2 Gen1, 2 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A ports, 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2 (10Gb/s Type-C), 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 (20GB/s Type-C), 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector, Line-in and Speaker-Out.
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I am building my next PC for video editing. It comprises:
– Mobo = Gigabyte Z790 AORUS PRO X (rev 1.0)
– CPU = Intel i9-14900K
– RAM = GSKILL TRIDENT Z5 DDR5-6400 32GBx2 CL32-39-39-102 1.60V
– SSD = 2 x WD SN850X 2TB NVME SSD (no heatsink) to be set up in RAID1 config. This is PCIE4.0 SSD.
– GPU = Gigabyte GV-N1650C-4DDV2 rev2 GDDR6. It is PCIE4.0 (Am reusing GPU from previous PC).
The GPU is to be installed in the PCIEX16 slot.
Given as the M2C_CPU connector, & PCIEX16 slot share bandwidth, to maximise speed, for RAID1 config, is it possible & better to install the 2 x WD SN850X SSD in:
a) M2C_CPU & M2A_CPU, or
b) M2Q_SB, & M2P_SB, or
c) M2A_CPU, & M2Q_SB?
Thanks