does this come with the required lga1700 bracket it calls for ?

you dont need a bracket for this. You can drop in any intel 12th gen or 13th gen CPU with no issues. You will need a bracket when installing a watercooler on your cpu. that should come with the cooler.

What is the power consumption of this board?

I don't know never checked. excellent M/B

"DDR4 Compatible: Dual Channel Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR5". How is this possible?

Its a Typo, cant run ddr4 on it.

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GIGABYTE Z690 AORUS ELITE AX (rev. 1.4) LGA 1700 Intel Z690 ATX Motherboard with DDR5, Quad M.2, PCIe 5.0, USB 3.2 Gen2X2 Type-C, WiFi 6E, 2.5GbE LAN

Intel LGA 1700 Socket: Supports 12th and 13th Gen Intel Core Series Processors
DDR5 Compatible: Dual Channel Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR5
Commanding Power Design: 16+1+2 Twin Hybrid Digital VRM Design with 60A DrMOS and Tantalum Polymer Capacitors
Cutting-Edge Thermal Design: Fully Covered MOSFET Heatsinks, Integrated IO Shield
Next Gen Connectivity: PCIe 5.0, Quad NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2, SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type-C
Fast Networks:2.5GbE LAN & Wi-Fi 6E 802.11ax
Realtek® Audio CODEC 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
Fine Tuning Features: EZ-Latch, RGB FUSION 2.0, Supports Addressable LED & RGB LED Strips, Smart Fan 6, Q-Flash Plus Update BIOS without installing CPU, Memory, and GPU
Only Compatible with Intel LGA1700 Cooling Brackets"

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