Motherboard GIGABYTE B450 AORUS ELITE AM4 AMD

Expert Features

• Supports AMD Ryzen™ 5000 series / Ryzen™ 5000 G-Series/ 3rd Gen Ryzen™/ 2nd Gen Ryzen™/ 1st Gen Ryzen™/ 2nd Gen Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics/ 1st Gen Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics/ Athlon™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics Processors
• Dual Channel Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR4, 4 DIMMs
• HDMI, DVI-D Ports for Multiple Display
• Integrated I/O Shield of Ultra Durable™ Design
• Dual Ultra-Fast NVMe PCIe Gen3 M.2 (x4, x2) with One Thermal Guard
• High Quality Audio Capacitors and Audio Noise Guard with LED Trace Path Lighting
• RGB FUSION 2.0 with Multi-Zone LED Light Show Design, Supports Digital LED & RGB LED Strips
• GIGABYTE Exclusive 8118 Gaming LAN with Bandwidth Management
• Smart Fan 5 Features 6 Temperature Sensors and 4 Hybrid Fan Headers with FAN STOP
• APP Center Including EasyTune™ and Cloud Station™ Utilities
• CEC 2019 Ready, Save Power with a Simple Click

Expert Specs

Model

Brand
GIGABYTE

Model
B450 AORUS ELITE

Supported CPU

CPU Socket Type 
AM4

CPU Type
AM4 Socket: Supports AMD 3rd Gen Ryzen/2nd Gen Ryzen/1st Gen Ryzen / 2nd Gen Ryzen with Radeon Vega Graphics/1st Gen Ryzen with Radeon Vega Graphics / Athlon with Radeon Vega Graphics Processors

Chipsets

Chipset 
AMD B450

Memory

Number of Memory Slots
4x288pin (DDR4)

Memory Standard
Support for DDR4 3600(O.C.)/ 3466(O.C.)/ 3200(O.C.)/ 2933/ 2667/ 2400/ 2133 MHz memory modules

Maximum Memory Supported
64GB

Channel Supported 
Dual Channel

Expansion Slots

PCI Express 3.0 x16 
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)*
* For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.
(The PCIEX16 slot conforms to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)

PCI Express 2.0 x16
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
* The PCIEX4 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX1_2 slot. The PCIEX4 slot operates at up to x2 mode when the PCIEX1_2 slot is populated. The PCIEX4 slot operates at up to x4 mode when the PCIEX1_2 is empty.

PCI Express x1
2 x PCI Express x1 slots
(The PCIEX4 and PCIEX1 slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)

Storage Devices

SATA 6Gb/s 
6 x SATA 6Gb/s

M.2
1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe 3.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2A_SOCKET)
1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280 PCIe 3.0 x2 SSD support) (M2B_SOCKET)

SATA RAID
0/1/10

Onboard Video

Onboard Video Chipset 
Integrated Graphics Processor:
1 x DVI-D port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920×1200@60 Hz
* The DVI-D port does not support D-Sub connection by adapter.
1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096×2160@60 Hz*
* Support for HDMI 2.0 version and HDCP 2.2.*
Maximum shared memory of 16GB* Actual support may vary by CPU.

Onboard Audio

Audio Chipset 
Realtek ALC892

Audio Channels 
2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
Support for S/PDIF Out

Onboard LAN

LAN Chipset
Realtek GbE LAN chip

Max LAN Speed
1Gbps

Rear Panel Ports

Back I/O Ports
1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port
1 x DVI-D port
1 x HDMI port
4 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports
4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
1 x RJ-45 port
6 x audio jacks

Internal I/O Connectors

Onboard USB
1 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 header
2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers

Other Connectors
1 x CPU fan header
3 x system fan headers
1 x CPU cooler LED strip/RGB LED strip extension cable header
1 x RGB (RGBW) LED strip header
2 x digital LED strip headers
2 x digital LED strip power select jumpers
1 x front panel header
1 x front panel audio header
1 x S/PDIF Out header
1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header (2×10-pin, for the GC-TPM2.0 module only)
1 x serial port header
1 x Clear CMOS jumper

Physical Spec

Form Factor
ATX

LED Lighting
RGB

Dimensions (W x L)
12.0″ x 9.3″

Power Pin
1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector

Features

Features
Multi-Graphics Technology:
Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFire and 2-Way AMD CrossFire technologiesI/O Controller:
iTE I/O Controller ChipH/W Monitoring:
Voltage detection
Temperature detection
Fan speed detection
Overheating warning
Fan fail warning
Fan speed control
* Whether the fan speed control function is supported will depend on the fan you install.

BIOS:
1 x 128 Mbit flash
Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS
PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0

Unique Features:
Support for APP Center
* Available applications in APP Center may vary by motherboard model. Supported functions of each application may also vary depending on motherboard specifications.
3D OSD
AutoGreen
Cloud Station
EasyTune
Fast Boot
Game Boost
ON/OFF Charge
RGB Fusion
Smart Backup
Smart Keyboard
Smart TimeLock
Smart HUD
Smart Survey
System Information Viewer
USB Blocker
Support for Q-Flash
Support for Xpress Install

Bundled Software:
Norton Internet Security (OEM version)
Realtek 8118 Gaming LAN Bandwidth Control Utility

Operating System:
Support for Windows 10 64-bit
Support for Windows 7 64-bit
* To support Windows 7 64-bit, you must install an AMD Pinnacle Ridge & Summit Ridge CPU.
* Please download the “Windows USB Installation Tool” from GIGABYTE’s website and install it before installing Windows 7.