You've got a 12th, 13th, or 14th Gen Intel Core chip in hand and you need a board that won't hold it back. The Z790 D AX runs DDR5 up to 192 GB across four slots — enough headroom for a virtualisation stack or a large memory-mapped dataset without swapping sticks later. Three M.2 connectors (one from the CPU, two from the chipset) let you split your OS, working files, and archive storage onto separate drives. HDMI 2.1 at 4096 × 2160 @ 60 Hz and a DisplayPort 1.2 output mean you can hook up a monitor or a small display directly from the board for BIOS setup or a secondary screen. Four SATA ports cover your legacy spinning disks. It's ATX, LGA 1700, and it pairs with Core i9/i7/i5/i3, Pentium Gold, and Celeron across three generations
| brand | GIGABYTE |
| chipset | Intel Z790 Express |
| socket | Intel LGA 1700 |
| supported_cpus | 12th / 13th / 14th Gen Intel Core, Pentium Gold, Celeron |
| memory_type | DDR5 |
| max_memory_gb | 192 |
| memory_slots | 4 |
| video_output | HDMI 2.1 (4K@60Hz), DisplayPort 1.2 (4K@60Hz) |
| m2_slots | 3 |
| sata_ports | 4 |
| raid_support | RAID 0/1/5/10 (NVMe & SATA) |
| usb_rear | 6 × USB 3.2, 2 × USB-C, 2 × USB 2.0 |
| form_factor | ATX |
| operating_system | Windows 11 64-bit |