Gigabyte B760 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard

Gigabyte B760 Aorus Elite AX – B760 Express Chipset: Socket LGA1700, Supports 12th/13th Generation Intel Core Processors, Memory: 4x Dual Channel DDR5 DIMM Slots (128GB Max), Expansion Slots: 1x PCI-Express 4.0 (x16 Speed), 2x PCI-Express 3.0 (1x Speed), Storage and USB: 4x SATA 3 (6 Gb/s) connection, 3x M.2 Gen4, 6x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (4x Back, 2x Cable), 1x USB3.2 Gen 2 Type A, 2x USB Type C, 8x USB 2.0 Ports (4x Back, 4x Cable), Misc.: 1xRealtek 2.5GbE LAN chip (2.5 Gbps/1 Gbps/100 Mbps), Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211, Bluetooth 5.3, Rear IO Panel Display Ports Available: 1x DP, 1x HDMI

Features:

Unparalleled Performance
With the fast-moving technology changes, GIGABYTE always follows the latest trends and provides customers with advanced features and latest technologies. GIGABYTE motherboards are equipped with upgraded power solution, latest storage standards and outstanding connectivity to enable optimized performance for gaming.

Twin Digital VRM Design
To ensure maximum Turbo Boost and overclocking performance of Intel’s new generation CPU, GIGABYTE AORUS series motherboard equip the best VRM design ever built with the highest quality components.

PCIe 4.0 x16 Slot
Reinforced PCIe 4.0 x16 with lower impedance.

3 x PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2 Connectors
M.2 PCIe 4.0 x4 slot with lower impedance.

Support for DDR4 XMP Up to 5333MHz and Beyond*
AORUS is offering a tested and proven platform that ensures proper compatibility with profiles up to 5333MHz and beyond. All users need to do to attain this performance boost is to ensure that their memory module is XMP capable and that the XMP function is activated and enabled on their AORUS motherboard.

Shielded Memory Routing
All memory routing is under the PCB inner layer shielded by a large ground layer to protect from external interference.

Triple PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2 Connectors with Thermal Guard
AORUS Gaming Motherboards are focused on delivering M.2 technology to enthusiasts who want to maximize their Systems’ potential.

GIGABYTE PerfDrive
PerfDrive technology integrates multiple GIGABYTE exclusive BIOS settings to allow users to balance between different levels of performance, power consumption, and temperature according to their needs easily when using 13th gen Intel® Core™ processors.

Outstanding Thermal Design
GIGABYTE Motherboards’ unparalleled performance is guaranteed by innovative and optimized thermal design to ensure the best CPU, Chipset, SSD stability and low temperatures under full load application and gaming performance.

Fully Covered Thermal Design
High coverage MOSFET and integrated molding Heatsinks to improve thermal efficiency with better airflow and heat exchange.

M.2 Thermal Guard
The M.2 Thermal Guard prevents throttling and bottlenecks from high speed M.2 SSDs as it helps to dissipate heat before it becomes an issue.

Enlarged Thermal Guard
Enlarged M.2 heatsink prevents high-speed, large-capacity PCIe 4.0/3.0 SSDs flash from throttling due to overheating.

6-Layer & 2X Copper PCB
2X Copper PCBs design effectively lower the component temperature by its high thermal conductivity and low impedance.

2X Large Surface
Increased surface area up to 2X larger compared to traditional heatsinks. It improves heat dissipation from the MOSFETs.

Real One-piece Build
TMOS is a TRUE single piece heatsink. Its one-piece design and larger surface drastically improve the cooling performance against competitors’ multi-piece design.

Multi-Cut Design
TMOS features several channels and inlets on the heatsink. This design allows for the air flow to go through which leads to a great improvement of the heat transfer performance.

3% Cooler by implementing2X copper PCB Design
By adopting 2X copper on PCB inner layer, it lowers the components’ temperature at least 3% by turning the PCB into a super thin PCB size copper heatsink to dissipate the heat from the components effectively, due to it’s high thermal conductivity and lower impedance.

SMART FAN 6
Smart Fan 6 contains several unique cooling features that ensure gaming PC maintain its performance while staying cool and quiet. Multiple fan headers can support PWM/DC fan and pump, and users can easily define each fan curve based on different temperature sensors across the board via intuitive user interface.

High Current Support
Each fan headers support PWM and DC fan and Water Cooling Pump , and up to 24W (12V x 2A) with Over-Current Protection

Precision Control
Multiple temperature/fan speed control points for precise fan curve

Dual Curve Mode
Slope/Stair dual mode for different user scenario

Fan Stop
Fan can stop completely below users’ specified temperature point

Improve fan curve UI
We increase control points from 5 to 7 and larger fan speed graph for precise and easier fan curve control.

Slope/Stair dual graph mode
Fan curve can be quickly switch with Slope and Stair modes for different user scenario. Slope is traditional and intuitive linear fan speed curve. With newly added Stair non-linear mode, fan keeps at same speed between specified temperature interval.

Manual Input
For advanced users, we provide fan speed manual input for more precise control.

EZ Tuning
Use can place 4 EZ Tuning points at rough temperature/fan speed, and Smart Fan 6 can quickly generate a fan curve.

Fan curve profile
Fan curve profile can be saved in BIOS ROM, profile will be kept after updating BIOS.

CONNECTIVITY
GIGABYTE Motherboards enable the ultimate connection experience with blazing data-transfer speeds through the next generation network, storage, and Wi-Fi connectivity.

802.11ax Wi-Fi 6E
The latest Wireless solution 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6E with new dedicated 6GHz band, enables gigabit wireless performance, provides smooth video streaming, better gaming experience, few dropped connections and speeds up to 2.4Gbps. Moreover, Bluetooth 5 provides 4X range over BT 4.2 and with faster transmission.

Wi-Fi 6E bring you the Ultimate VR experience!
Wi-Fi 6E brings faster Wi-Fi speeds, lower latency, and better battery life for VR devices, which means streaming VR games wirelessly from your PC to your VR device offers a lot smoother and has higher quality video.

• Wi-Fi 6E compared to Wi-Fi 5 provide…
• 40% faster speed for smoother gaming/streaming experience
• 50% higher resolution for video game related content
• Better battery life for VR devices

Wi-Fi 6E Advantage
Spectrum congestion is huge problem in current Wi-Fi environment nowadays because too many devices all use existing 2.4GHz and 5GHz spectrum, and it cause unreliable connection and slower speed. Wi-Fi 6E is extended standard to Wi-Fi 6, and it use dedicated 6GHz band that it provides not only brand new frequency to transfer data, but also spacious spectrum for future more devices. With Wi-Fi 6E, users can enjoy faster connection and stronger signal than before.

First adopter on 2.5GbE LAN onboard

• Adoption of 2.5G LAN provide up to 2.5 GbE network connectivity, with at least 2X faster transfer speeds compared to general 1GbE networking, perfectly designed for gamers with ultimate online gaming experience.
• Support Multi-Gig(10/100/1000/2500Mbps) RJ-45 Ethernet

Rear and Front USB-C® 10Gb/s
USB 3.2 Gen 2 provides USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports with speeds up to 10Gbps. With twice the bandwidth compared to its previous generation as well as backwards compatibility with USB 2.0 and USB 3.2 Gen1, the much improved USB 3.2 Gen 2 protocol is available over the new reversible USB Type-C™ and the traditional USB Type-A connector for better compatibility over a wider range of devices.

High-End Audio Capacitors
AORUS motherboards use high-end audio capacitors. These high quality capacitors help deliver high resolution and high fidelity audio to provide the most realistic sound effects for gamers.

Audio Noise Guard
AORUS motherboards feature an audio noise guard that essentially separates the board’s sensitive analog audio components from potential noise pollution at the PCB level.

Personalization
GIGABYTE motherboards bundle several useful and intuitive software to help users to control every aspect of motherboard and provide customizable lighting effect with outstanding aesthetics to fit your unique personality.

RGB Fusion Multi-Zone Light Show Design
Now offering more LED customizations than ever, users can truly adapt their PC to represent their lifestyle. With full RGB support and a redesigned RGB Fusion 2.0 application, the user has complete control over the LEDs which surround the motherboard.

Friendly User Interface
The EASY MODE shows important hardware information in one page including CPU clock, Memory, Storage, Fan.

My Favorites
Add constantly used items into the favorite menu for quick access.

Storage Information
Show all kinds of storage information including SATA, PCIE and M.2 interface.

Changelog
List all changes before saving and exiting bios. Quickly review overall settings modification.

Intuitive Load Line Curve
Clearly show each loadline calibration setting in an intuitive curve graph.

GIGABYTE Control Center
GIGABYTE CONTROL CENTER (GCC) is a unified software for all GIGABYTE supported products. It provides newly designed intuitive user interface to control all essential function.

• Unified software platform for all Gigabyte supported products
• Intuitive user interface for an eased experience
• Modularized control components only for installed hardware
• Auto update function to keep system up to date and support future products

Multi-key
A multi-function reset button that can be reconfigured to other function in BIOS for different user scenarios.

RGB Switch
Turn off all lighting effect on motherboard.

Direct-To-BIOS
Boot into BIOS menu directly without pressing any keyboard button.

Safe Mode
Boot into BIOS safe mode to change specific option without losing other BIOS settings.

ULTRA DURABLE
GIGABYTE Ultra Durable™ design provides product durability and high-quality manufacturing process. GIGABYTE motherboards use the best components and reinforce every slots to make each of them solid and durable.

EZ-Latch
With GIGABYTE EZ-Latch, you can DIY your PC in no time, quick and easy.

PCIe EZ-Latch
Unlock the latch of the PCIe slot easily when remove the graphics card in the PCIe slot.

Update the BIOS easily without installing the CPU, memory and graphics card.
With GIGABYTE Q-Flash Plus, you don’t need to install the CPU, memory and graphics card nor enter the BIOS menu to flash the BIOS. Just download and save a new BIOS file (rename to gigabyte.bin) on the USB flash drive, then press the dedicated Q-Flash Plus button and you’re good to go!

Specifications:

Product Code	GA-B760-AORUS-ELITE-AX
CPU	1. LGA1700 socket: Support for the 13th and 12th Generation Intel Core, Pentium Gold and Celeron Processors
	2. L3 cache varies with CPU
Chipset	1. Intel B760 Express Chipset
Memory	1. Support for DDR4 5333(O.C.) / 5133(O.C.) / 5000(O.C.) / 4933(O.C.) / 4800(O.C.) / 4700(O.C.) / 4600(O.C.) / 4500(O.C.) / 4400(O.C.) / 4300(O.C.) / 4266(O.C.) / 4133(O.C.) / 4000(O.C.) / 3866(O.C.) / 3800(O.C.) / 3733(O.C.) / 3666(O.C.) / 3600(O.C.) / 3466(O.C.) / 3400(O.C.) / 3333(O.C.) / 3300(O.C.) / 3200 / 3000 / 2933 / 2666 / 2400 / 2133 MT/s memory modules
	2. 4 x DDR DIMM sockets supporting up to 128 GB (32 GB single DIMM capacity) of system memory
	3. Dual channel memory architecture
	4. Support for ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)
	5. Support for non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules
	6. Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules
Onboard Graphics	Integrated Graphics Processor-Intel HD Graphics support:
	1. 1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096×2160@60 Hz
	* Support for HDMI 2.0 version and HDCP 2.3.
	2. 1 x DisplayPort, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096×2304@60 Hz
	* Support for DisplayPort 1.2 version and HDCP 2.3
	(Graphics specifications may vary depending on CPU support.)
Audio	1. Realtek Audio CODEC
	2. High Definition Audio
	3. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
	* You can change the functionality of an audio jack using the audio software. To configure 7.1-channel audio, access the audio software for audio settings.
	4. Support for S/PDIF Out
LAN	1. Realtek 2.5GbE LAN chip (2.5 Gbps/1 Gbps/100 Mbps)
Wireless Communication module	Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211
	1. WIFI a, b, g, n, ac, ax, supporting 2.4/5/6 GHz carrier frequency bands
	2. BLUETOOTH 5.3
	3. Support for 11ax 160MHz wireless standard and up to 2.4 Gbps data rate
	(Actual data rate may vary depending on environment and equipment.)
Expansion Slots	CPU:
	1. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, supporting PCIe 4.0 and running at x16 (PCIEX16)
	* For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.
	Chipset:
	1. 2 x PCI Express x16 slots, supporting PCIe 3.0 and running at x1 (PCIEX1_1, PCIEX1_2)
Storage Interface	CPU:
	1. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 22110/2280 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2A_CPU)
	Chipset:
	1. 2 x M.2 connectors (Socket 3, M key, type 22110/2280 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2P_SB, M2M_SB)
	2. 4 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
	RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 support for SATA storage devices
USB	Chipset:
	1. 2 x USB Type-C ports, with USB 3.2 Gen 2 support (1 port on the back panel, 1 port available through the internal USB header)
	2. 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A port (red) on the back panel
	3. 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports available through the internal USB header
	Chipset+USB 3.2 Gen 1 Hub:
	1. 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports on the back panel
	Chipset+2 USB 2.0 Hubs:
	1. 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB headers)
Internal I/O Connectors	1. 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
	2. 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
	3. 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
	4. 1 x CPU fan header
	5. 1 x CPU fan/water cooling pump header
	6. 3 x system fan headers
	7. 1 x system fan/water cooling pump header
	8. 2 x addressable LED strip headers
	9. 2 x RGB LED strip headers
	10. 3 x M.2 Socket 3 connectors
	11. 4 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
	12. 1 x front panel header
	13. 1 x front panel audio header
	14. 1 x USB Type-C header, with USB 3.2 Gen 2 support
	15. 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header
	16. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
	17. 1 x Trusted Platform Module header (For the GC-TPM2.0 SPI/GC-TPM2.0 SPI 2.0 module only)
	18. 1 x reset button
	19. 1 x Q-Flash Plus button
	20. 1 x reset jumper
	21. 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
Back Panel Connectors	1. 1 x USB Type-C port, with USB 3.2 Gen 2 support
	2. 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A port (red)
	3. 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
	4. 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
	5. 2 x SMA antenna connectors (2T2R)
	6. 1 x HDMI port
	7. 1 x DisplayPort
	8. 1 x RJ-45 port
	9. 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
	10. 2 x audio jacks
I/O Controller	1. iTE I/O Controller Chip
H/W Monitoring	1. Voltage detection
	2. Temperature detection
	3. Fan speed detection
	4. Water cooling flow rate detection
	5. Fan fail warning
	6. Fan speed control
	* Whether the fan (pump) speed control function is supported will depend on the fan (pump) you install.
BIOS	1. 1 x 256 Mbit flash
	2. Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS
	3. PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0
Unique Features	1. Support for GIGABYTE Control Center (GCC)
	* Available applications in GCC may vary by motherboard model. Supported functions of each application may also vary depending on motherboard specifications.
	2. Support for Q-Flash
	3. Support for Q-Flash Plus
Bundled Software	1. Norton Internet Security (OEM version)
	2. LAN bandwidth management software
Operating System	1. Support for Windows 11 64-bit
	2. Support for Windows 10 64-bit
Form Factor	1. ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm