Intel Z890 Motherboard Mega Guide (2025) — ASUS, ASRock, GIGABYTE & MSI

GIGABYTE Z890 AORUS ELITE WIFI7 — the sensible gamer-creator baseline

ELITE WIFI7 keeps the platform wins that matter (PEG Gen5 x16, CPU-Gen5 M.2, multiple Gen4 M.2 under real heatsinks) and trims the luxury trimmings. If you don’t need onboard TB or 10GbE, the ELITE is an easy way to funnel budget into a bigger GPU or more NVMe while preserving consistent performance under load.

Spec snapshot

• ATX, capable VRM with fin armor
• 4× DDR5; daily XMP at 96–128 GB
• PCIe 5.0 x16; CPU-Gen5 x4 + several Gen4 M.2
• Wi-Fi 7, 2.5GbE, strong front 20Gbps

Official page: Z890 AORUS ELITE WIFI7