Customers are enthusiastic about the Z690 AORUS ELITE AX DDR4 Socket 1700 USB 3.2 Intel Motherboard with RGB Lighting. However, some customers have expressed concerns about the outdated BIOS that the motherboard ships with.
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Ddr4
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Motherboard
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Used this motherboard and i5 13600k to upgrade computer. Amazing set up. 32 gigs ram and 3060 for now. Just bought 6950XT and waiting for delivery. Performs well with 3060, scored over 20,000 on Cinebench. Very good set up, no problems.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Motherboard
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Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Great Motherboard for a budget build, i would buy msi again for the ease of use in bios
I would recommend this to a friend
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Bios
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Powerful
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
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Insane mother board a bunch of slots for space and wasn’t very difficult to set up the bios and updating the bios is super easy as well.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Bios, Rgb lighting
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Motherboard
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Great option for upgrading to 13th gen without having to to swap absolutely everything. I was using a z390 board with DDR4 and was able to upgrade to 13th gen with just the board and processor. The Q flash bios option allowed me to update the bios without having to install any other components. It was a seamless process and i eas able to just drop everything in and my PC booted with no issues. This board has pretty much all the bells and whistles including several USB 3.2 ports and both DP and HDMI onboard if you dont have a GPU or for troubleshooting. Love the look of the board and thr subtle RGB.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Rgb lighting
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Solid motherboard at a solid price
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Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This is a much more featured and snazzier motherboard than the ASUS TUF X570 wifi plus i have. Hopefully one day ill start using it again. I just wish intel made quieter cpu coolers. It is now a bit dated i think, as there are newer boards out. But still perfectly fine for normal computering.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Bios
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Gigabyte Z690
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
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Not the biggest fan of the Aorus software. Bios is straight forward. Does everything I need.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Wifi
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great board
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Awesome board for z690, very easy to set xmp. Nvme drives require a bios update to work. Board has a nice layout and convenient layouts. A Noctua D15 works and pairs nicely with a 12700k. The wifi on this board is phenomenal.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Rgb lighting, Wifi
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
pretty good
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
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looks very cool and paired with my i7 12700k it works perfectly. no issues and the lighting is very cool. has good io and useful wifi
I would recommend this to a friend
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Ddr4
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Works
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
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This motherboard has ample usb slots and m.2 slots as well as a sleek design.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Wifi
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
great for heavy duty
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
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great board for Microsoft Flight Sim 2020. I like the build-in wifi-6
I would recommend this to a friend
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Ddr4
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Does what is advertised
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
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Great board for upgrading to 12th gen intel if your still using ddr4 memory. I did have to update the bios to use the nvme slots.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great mobo overall
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This is my 3rd or 4th Gigabyte motherboard. Honestly it is one of the least intimidating motherboards to work with, only issue i ran into is the placement of the front panel USB C port; it is placed on the right side of the PCI-E which makes it a bit challenging to connect your case's USB-C plug into the port with a GPU in place. This motherboard also has wifi connectivity, but you have to install the Gigabyte drivers before it is activated.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Bios
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Decent board + features for the price
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Be sure to upgrade the BIOS. Works fine with NVMe and XMP. My rig's been running well for over a month now.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Bios
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Motherboard
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Make sure to download and update the latest BIOS using a USB drive, otherwise you will not be able to boot from an nvme SSD. Otherwise, great quality motherboard with and all the latest features.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Board. Disable VMD!
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
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Given the price of DDR5 this is definitely the way to go for a 12th gen build in my opinion. I had an issue with the board not recognizing my m.2 drive but once I disabled VMD (why was this enabled in the first place?) it worked great.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
12th and 13th gen support
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It is a nice motherboard that supports 12th and 13th gen and it also supports overclocking
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Aorus
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Aorus the Best...............................always
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Gets the job done
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This is one of the best boards available at this price. Would definitely recommment it.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 2 out of 5 stars
Nice features, horrid memory support!
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
The board has a great layout and a lot of features for the price. However, my xmp would not cooperate whatsoever. Also had to update bios to boot from nvme. Returned and got the msi $220 board
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
It awesome!
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I am surprised this is motherboard is really good than I expected.