Gigabyte X670 AORUS ELITE AX

The X670 AORUS Elite AX sits below the Master in Gigabyte's launch-era AM5 lineup, trimming the E-ATX size and some VRM headroom for a standard ATX board that still supports PCIe 5.0 GPU and M.2 storage.

Gigabyte does not list an exact VRM phase count for this board; independent reviews rate its power delivery as sufficient for Ryzen 9000 non-X3D chips at stock clocks, without the aggressive overclocking headroom of the Master. Four DDR5 DIMM slots support up to 256GB total capacity, with AMD EXPO and XMP profiles enabling overclocked speeds up to 8000 MT/s. Expansion includes a PCIe x16 slot from the CPU, a PCIe 4.0 x16 slot at x4, and a PCIe 3.0 x16 slot at x2. Storage covers four M.2 slots, two CPU-integrated and two chipset-connected, plus four SATA 6Gb/s ports. A Realtek 2.5GbE LAN chip handles wired networking, paired with AMD Wi-Fi 6E offering up to 2.4Gbps data rates. Audio uses a Realtek codec supporting up to 7.1-channel output. Against its sibling Gigabyte X670E AORUS MASTER in this batch, the X670 AORUS Elite AX trades the Master's E-ATX layout and stronger VRM for a smaller ATX footprint and lower price, making it the better pick for standard-size cases.