Solid Z790 Motherboard - Gigabyte Gaming X AX

Gigabyte Z790 Gaming X AX: https://amzn.to/44O410l 🔥 Cool Stuff on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3B6Gqru 🔥 Today we’re taking a look at the Gigabyte Z790 Gaming X AX motherboard! I bought this motherboard for a few different types of tests with my Intel 14700K CPU. The Z790 Gaming X AX is a solid mid range motherboard choice in my opinion, we have tons of IO on this board’s back panel, 4x USB 2.02 type A ports, 2x SMA antenna ports for the AX wireless support, 2x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type A ports, those are in red, 3x USB 3.2 Gen 1 type A ports, 1x USB-C port with USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 support, an optical audio port, 2 audio jacks, we have a 2.6gbps Realtek network controller, and lastly, we have the integrated video outputs, 1 display port and 1 HDMI 2.0 port. AS for PCI express slot expansion, we have one main PCIe x16 5.0 slot, generally this will be for your graphics card. Then we have two PCIe x16 slots connected to the chipset, PCIe number 4, 1 will run at PCIe 4.0 speeds in the x4 hardware mode. The PCIe slot number 4-2 will run at PCIe 3.0 x4 mode. I think generally speaking this will probably be plenty for most gamers and people who will use this as a budget workstation. AS for the storage options, by default we have 6 SATA ports connected to the chipset. There's 2 M.2 slots connected to the chipset as well, the top two slots under the M.2 heatsink and 1 more M.2 which supports either PCIe NVME or SATA SSDs but if you need to use this very bottom slot, it seems like it will turn off 2 of your 6 SATA ports. That’s not a big downside in my opinion, that’s plenty of storage connectivity for many different use cases. The chipset connected NVME and SATA ports do support RAID 0,1,5, and 10 if you need it but my suggestion is to always build a network attached storage device if you really need some kind of raid functionality. Intel Build: 14700k: https://amzn.to/3I2gG5f be quiet! Pure Loop 2 FX 280mm AIO: https://amzn.to/43XCc5B MSI Z790-A WiFi: https://amzn.to/3OCLaOY 64GB G.Skill DDR5-6400CL32: https://amzn.to/3JlQRxU RTX 4070: https://amzn.to/4ayiv6F be quiet! 800 FX: https://amzn.to/4aAlmfw be quiet!Straight Power 12 1000watt: https://amzn.to/3HX4Iu0 Samsung 990 Pro 2TB SSD: https://amzn.to/49cKkRk AMD Ryzen 7000 Gaming Rig: AMD Ryzen 7700X: https://amzn.to/3CaOSZq ASRock X670E PG Lightning: https://amzn.to/3RzAjEg G.Skill DDR5 6000 CL32 EXPO: https://amzn.to/3IoQD8M be quiet Dark Rock 5 Pro: https://amzn.to/48AXVS2 RTX 4070: https://amzn.to/4ayiv6F be quiet! Shadow Base 800 FX: https://amzn.to/48y4YL1 be quiet! Straight Power 12 - 1000w PSU: https://amzn.to/3vgygzs Samsung 990 Pro 2TB SSD: https://amzn.to/49cKkRk More Cool Tech Stuff: http://bit.ly/SamsTechStuff PC Builds: http://bit.ly/PC-Builds-STS Homelab / Mini Data Center: http://bit.ly/HomeLab-STS Component Reviews: http://bit.ly/Reviews-STS Good Stuff on Amazon 👍👍 Don't Have Amazon Prime Yet? Try It FREE for 30 Days! https://amzn.to/38uBmSo Try Audible Plus: https://amzn.to/38xeW2y Give The Gift Of Audible: https://amzn.to/3bAU2Sd Try Audible Premium Plus and Get Up to TWO FREE Audiobooks: https://amzn.to/3exCecr Don't Have That Kindle Membership Yet? Learn More Here: https://amzn.to/2OsCyyB Check Out Amazon Prime Music Here: https://amzn.to/3l7v8wA Social: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamsTechStuff Facebook: https://facebook.com/SamsTechStuff Website: http://samstechstuff.com Amazon links in this description and in the comments section may be Affiliate links. These links help support the channel and are free for you to use. When you buy something on Amazon, a small percentage is paid to the channel. This helps me reinvest in new hardware and equipment to keep making more higher quality videos.