Last time it was the Aorus Z690 Elite AX DDR4, now it’s the turn of the Z690 Aorus Xtreme to leak on the net. At Gigabyte, a lot of hardware is visible before its time. Hurry up! Call a plumber to fix this leak!
Z690 Aorus Xtreme: a sumptuous card!
With this model, we arrive in the top of the basket since it is the Xtreme series of Aorus. In fact, the visual of the card alone gives us a hint. In short, we are dealing with a big baby in E-ATX format covered by numerous covers and heat sinks. Moreover, we will retain the one of the power supply stages which is particularly massive! Moreover, we will note a system of cache above the RAM slots. The goal is surely to harmonize the design, but what about the compatibility with the memory?
Otherwise, in terms of connectivity, we note the presence of three PCIe x16 slots. However, only the first two are in the new 5.0 standard. If used simultaneously, they will run x8, otherwise, the last slot runs at the 3.0 standard. As for the storage, we know that three M.2 are present. Moreover, they should be completed by some SATA for the time being, well hidden under the shield of the card.
We quickly finish by mentioning the presence of WiFi 6 or Thunderbolt 4. The latter supporting a 5K display at 60 Hz. Similarly, we have the right to dual Ethernet managed by a Marvell AQC113C chip in 10 GbE and a second Intel chip running at 2.5 GbE.
Apparently, the availability is set for November 4th, when the 12th generation Core i will be launched. For the price, you should know that the current Z590 Aorus Xtreme is trading at €899.95 at LDLC. For this model, you should not expect less, especially with the arrival of PCIe 5.0 and DDR5.
