Question 1

Is the BIOS on the GIGABYTE Z890 AORUS ELITE WIFI7 R user-friendly?

Accepted Answer

No it is not user friendly at all! You have to know what your doing or read the on-line manual about the features in order to configure what you want!

Question 2

Can a sound card be used with this motherboard?

Accepted Answer

Yes, this motherboard supports multiple expansion slots, including 1 x PCI Express 5.0 x16 and 2 x PCI Express 4.0 x16, which can be used to install a sound card.

Question 3

Will my intel i7 11700k cpu be compatible with this card

Accepted Answer

No. This motherboard has an LGA1851 socket and the i7-11700K requires an LGA1200 socket.

Question 4

Ryzen 7 9800 fit?

Accepted Answer

No. This board only accepts Intel processors compatible with the LGA1851 socket.

Question 5

What makes the GIGABYTE Z890 AORUS ELITE WIFI7 R motherboard a good choice for building a PC?

Accepted Answer

The GIGABYTE Z890 AORUS ELITE WIFI7 motherboard is a good choice for building a PC due to its support for Intel Core Ultra Processors (Series 2), compatibility with DDR5 memory, advanced connectivity options like PCIe 5.0 and Thunderbolt 4, and features such as M.2 EZ-Latch and WIFI7.

Question 6

Is the GIGABYTE Z890 AORUS ELITE WIFI7 R motherboard easy to install?

Accepted Answer

very easy

Question 7

Is the GIGABYTE Z890 AORUS ELITE WIFI7 R compatible with the Aorus 5090?

Accepted Answer

Yes it's

Question 8

Can the BIOS on this board be flashed without a CPU present? The CPU I want says that it would need to have the BIOS flashed before use to be compatible on pcpartpicker.

Accepted Answer

Using Q flash plus you could without a CPU. (button at top right) But not recommended to use this method. My board came with F9 and i was able to boot up just fine. flashed to F16 before installing OS.

Question 9

Would DDR5 5200 RAM work with this mobo even though it isn't explicitly stated as compatible? I have an opportunity to pick this mobo up for free from a friend that wanted an RTX 5090 and had to buy a combo deal to get it.

Accepted Answer

The motherboard supports DDR5 memory modules starting from DDR5 5600MT/s and up to DDR5 9200MT/s. It does not explicitly mention compatibility with DDR5 5200, so it is not guaranteed that DDR5 5200 RAM will work.

Question 10

Since it doesn't explicitly list it, would this board work with DDR5 5200 RAM? I have the opportunity to pick up this mobo for free from a friend that wanted and RTX 5090 and had to buy a combo deal to get it. I have this Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5 5200 2x32GB.

Accepted Answer

In Z890 AORUS ELITE WIFI7 Support look at Memory Support List : Filter By :
Speed/Module Supplier you need the module P/N to make sure.

CPU Socket Type	LGA 1851
CPU Type	Intel Core Ultra Processors (Series 2)

Number of Memory Slots	4x288pin (DDR5)
Memory Standard	DDR5 5600 / DDR5 5800 / DDR5 6000 / DDR5 6200 / DDR5 6400 / DDR5 6600 / DDR5 6800 / DDR5 7000 / DDR5 7200 / DDR5 7400 / DDR5 7600 / DDR5 7800 / DDR5 7900 / DDR5 7950 / DDR5 8000 / DDR5 8200 / DDR5 8266 / DDR5 8400 / DDR5 8600 / DDR5 8800 / DDR5 8933 / DDR5 9066 / DDR5 9200
Maximum Memory Supported	256GB
Channel Supported	Dual Channel
Memory Feature	Support for DDR5 9200(O.C) / 9066(O.C) / 8933(O.C) / 8800(O.C) / 8600(O.C) / 8400(O.C) / 8266(O.C) / 8200(O.C) / 8000(O.C) / 7950(O.C) / 7900(O.C) / 7800(O.C) / 7600(O.C.) / 7400(O.C.) / 7200(O.C.) / 7000(O.C.) / 6800(O.C.) / 6600(O.C.) / 6400 / 6200 / 6000 / 5800 / 5600MT/s memory modules. Support for ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode) Support for non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules Support CUDIMM memory module

Serial ATA (SATA)	4 x SATA 6Gb/s
M.2	4 x M.2
SATA RAID	0/1/0+1/5/10

Max LAN Speed	2.5Gbps
Wireless LAN	WIFI 7

GIGABYTE Z890 AORUS ELITE WIFI7 Ultra Core (Series 2) LGA 1851, ATX, DDR5, 4x M.2, PCIe 5.0, Thunderbolt 4, WIFI7, 2.5GbE LAN, EZ-Latch

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PCI Express 5.0 x16	1 x PCI Express 5.0 x16
PCI Express 4.0 x16	2 x PCI Express 4.0 x16

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