Gigabyte z690 aero g ddr4 includes one full-length pcie 5. Slot. M. Ssd and nvme slots controlled by the chipsets. It also has very subtle rgb that you can configure (the aorus located on the vrm heatsink) it also comes with a wd| tb interface.

Gigabyte z690 aorus elite ax is a great motherboard. It has a default oc that will oc your cpu right out of the box. It also has a gaming oc preset and all-core oc preset. Overclocking (oc) presets are good but the cpu runs too hot at the 5. Great mot...  Read More

Windows 11 requires secure boot, and the use of tpm (trusted platform module) this is one of the only motherboards in the z690 chipset that i've been able to just turn on xmp profiles and actually be able to boot.

This is a good board but not for beginner builders. The count of available boards is now up to 1,772 intel based and 703 amd based. A small case mated with a mini sized board is your answer.

Feels heavy and solid with very little flex. The feature and price to feature ratio far outweigh the cons. The pointy one has a really sharp edge and it cuts.

Gigabyte z690m-itx/ax is the worst gaming motherboard i’ve ever had. There's a single normal 4 pin cpu fan connector but the other fan connectors are non-standard and require dongles to use. I think even msi has a better bios than this motherboard. I'...  Read More

Tried tightening the fittings strictly according to the manual’s torque specification, tried multiple values within the specified range, never worked. Multiple redit threads exist for this issue with gugabyte avoiding fixing the issue. Anything of val...  Read More