Buy Gigabyte X299 AORUS Gaming 3 (rev. 1.0) Gaming Motherboard Now

By: Gigabyte

Model: X299 AORUS Gaming 3

Sku: 9Q5EQI9NLL

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  • Supports Intel Core X-series Processor Family
  • Quad Channel Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR4, 8 DIMMs, DDR4400+(OC)
  • Intel Optane Memory Ready
  • Intel VROC ready
  • ASMedia 3142 USB 3.1 Gen 2 with USB Type-C and Type-A
  • 3-Way Graphics Support with Dual Armor and Ultra Durable Design
  • Server-Class Digital Power Design
  • ALC1220 120dB SNR HD Audio with Smart Headphone AMP and WIMA audio capacitor
  • RGB FUSION supports Digital LED and RGBW Light Strips
  • Smart Fan 5 features Multiple Temperature Sensors and Hybrid Fan Headers with FAN STOP
  • Dual Ultra-Fast M.2 with PCIe Gen3 x4 interface
  • NVMe PCIe Gen3 x4 U.2 support by optional adaptor
  • Intel GbE LAN Gaming Network with cFosSpeed Internet Accelerator Software
  • Anti-Sulfur Resistor Design
  • Ultra Durable 25KV ESD and 15KV Surge LAN Protection
  • Lightning-Fast Intel Thunderbolt 3 AIC Support
  • GIGABYTE UEFI DualBIOS
  • APP Center Including EasyTune and Cloud Station Utilities
  • Chipset : Intel X299 Express Chipset
  • LAN : Intel GbE LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
  • I/O Controller : iTE I/O Controller Chip
  • Operating System :Support for Windows 10 64-bit
  • Form Factor : ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm
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The AORUS X299 enthusiast motherboards are faster and more powerful than any motherboard the world has ever seen. With an aggressively redesigned armor and thermal heatsinks its sure to turn heads and catch eyes. Performance is no stranger to AORUS, with exotic cooling and an ability to be tuned to peak performance AORUS motherboards will exceed expectations.

Do More With Your Fastest Cores

Direct your most critical workloads to your processor's fastest cores with Intel Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0.Intel Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 is a combination of software and hardware that delivers more than 15% better single-threaded performance. Now available on select Intel Core X-series processor family for Intel X299 platforms

RGB FUSION

AORUS' X299 series motherboards boast the most advanced LED system in the market today. With more customizability than ever and a convenient and intuitive UI thanks to the RGB Fusion App, you’ll have a blast making your AORUS your own. LED enthusiasts now have even more options with the ability to customize multiple zones independently. For a more functional use, the bright and vibrant LEDs can be configured to display the PC’s temperature or load. For even more LED goodness RGBW strips are now supported for more true and vibrant whites.

RGB Fusion with Digital LEDs

With AORUS X299 Motherboards, RGB Fusion is even better with Digital LEDs.RGB Fusion offers users the option to control onboard and external LED light strips for their PC. Already feature filled with colors and patterns, RGB Fusion on X299 Series AORUS Motherboards are now upgraded with Digital LED support. With onboard options and external digital LED strips, where each LED is digitally addressable, users can experience even more patterns, styles, and illuminations

Surround Lighting

Now offering more LED customizations than ever, users can truly adapt their PC to represent their lifestyle. With full RGB support and a redesigned RGB Fusion application, the user has complete control over the LEDs which surround the motherboard.

ALC 1220 120dB SNR HD Audio

The ALC1220 is a high-performance multi-channel High Definition Audio Codec with up to 120dB SNR for crystal clear audio and features such as Smart Headphone Amp, 114dB SNR recording for precise voice chats and hardware decoding of DSD128, ensuring users get the best possible audio quality from their PC.

Smart Headphone AMP

Automatically detects impedance of your head-worn audio device, whether earbuds or high-end headphones to provide optimal audio dynamics preventing issues such as low volume and distortion.

Smart Fan 5

With Smart Fan 5 users can ensure that their gaming PC can maintain its performance while staying cool. Smart Fan 5 allows users to interchange their fan headers to reflect different thermal sensors at different locations on the motherboard. Not only that, with Smart Fan 5 more hybrid fan headers that support both PWM and Voltage mode fans have been introduced to make the motherboard more liquid cooling friendly.

Fan Stop

Achieve fan silence. With Fan Stop map any fan to stop completely when temperatures drop below a specified threshold. Which fan stops, based on readings from which sensor, and at what temperature all of it can be customized to your liking.

Hybrid Fan Pin Headers & Temperature Sensors

Assume complete control over your liquid cooling setup! Smart Fan 5 receives up-to-the-second information on flow-rate and water-temperature through the Hybrid Fan Pin Headers or external thermistor sensors giving you absolute mastery over your PC. All Hybrid Fan Headers can automatically detect the type of cooling device whether it be fan or pump with different PWM or Voltage mode.Includes support for one High-Current Pump up to 3 Amps with built-in overcurrent protection a must for high-end high current fans.

System Information Viewer

GIGABYTE System Information Viewer is a central location that gives you access to your current system status. Monitor components such as the clocks and processor, set your preferred fan speed profile, create alerts when temperatures get too high or record your system’s behavior; these are the possibilities of the System Information Viewer.

Server-Class Digital Power Design

ORUS X299 series motherboards use an all digital CPU power design from International Rectifier which includes both 4th Generation digital PWM Controllers and industry-leading 3rd Generation PowIRstage controllers. These 100% digital controllers offer incredible precision in delivering power to the motherboard's most power-hungry and energy-sensitive components, allowing enthusiasts to get the absolute maximum performance from their new Intel Core X-series CPUs.

PERFORMANCE FUELED BY OPTANE

The GIGABYTE X299 Platform is the first enthusiast platform that supports Intel’s latest Optane technology. Optane fuels storage performance by acting as a cache drive giving users a significant boost compared to traditional mechanical drives.

Dual Ultra-Fast NVMe PCIe Gen3 x4 M.2

With two NVMe PCIe Gen3 x4 M.2 connectors onboard, AORUS brings to the user PCI-Express connectivity for SSD devices. Delivering up to 32 Gb/s data transfer speed per connector, the dual M.2 provides an ideal storage solution as it also supports RAID modes.

NVMe Performance for PCIe SSDs

The new Intel 750 series SSDs offer an incredible increase in performance over SATA drives. Using the NVMe protocol which takes advantage of the fast bandwidth of PCIe Gen3 x4 lanes (32 Gb/s), the drives are a clear advantage for users looking to boot their OS faster, load their games in a flash and access large files without waiting. By implementing the U.2 Adaptor to support the 2.5” Intel 750 Series drive, AORUS ensures that the users can benefit from the best performance.

Ultra Durable Memory Armor

AORUS' exclusive one piece stainless steel shielding design prevents against PCB distortion and twist, plate bending, in addition to preventing any possible ESD interference

START SULFURIZATION PROTECTION

Sulfur compounds in the air can penetrate tiny onboard resistors creating chemical change and causing these resistors to open or short. If either of these occurs the motherboard will fail to function. By equipping resistors with an Anti-Sulfur Design GIGABYTE gives Ultra Durable Motherboards a whole new meaning.

Supports High-Performance EK Monoblock

Designed and engineered in co-operation with EK Water Blocks, this monoblock uses the award winning EK-Supremacy EVO cooling engine to ensure the best possible CPU cooling. It directly cools the CPU and power regulation (MOSFET) module as water flows directly over all critical areas. It is a very high flow water block that can be easily used with a system using weaker water pumps.

CPU

  • Support for Intel Core X series processors in the LGA2066 package, L3 cache varies with CPU

Memory

  • 8 x DDR4 DIMM sockets supporting up to 256 GB of system memory, Supported when using a 44-lane or 28-lane CPU (6-core or above), 4 x DDR4 DIMM sockets supporting up to 64 GB of system memory,Supported when using a 16-lane CPU (4-core), 4 channel memory architecture, Supported when using a 44-lane or 28-lane CPU (6-core or above),Dual channel memory architecture, Supported when using a 16-lane CPU (4-core)
  • Support for DDR4 4400(O.C.) / 4333(O.C.) / 4266(O.C.) / 4133(O.C.) / 4000(O.C.) / 3866(O.C.) / 3800(O.C.) / 3733(O.C.) / 3666(O.C.) / 3600(O.C.) / 3466(O.C.) / 3400(O.C.) / 3333(O.C.) / 3300(O.C.) / 3200(O.C.) / 3000(O.C.) / 2800(O.C.) / 2666 / 2400 / 2133 MHz memory modules, Support for non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM memory modules, Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules

Audio

  • Realtek ALC1220 codec, High Definition Audio, 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel, Support for S/PDIF Out

Expansion Slots

  • 2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x16 (PCIEX16_1, PCIEX16_2), 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8), 2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x4 (PCIEX4_1, PCIEX4_2), (All of the PCI Express slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.), Refer to "1-6 Setting up AMD CrossFire/NVIDIA SLI Configuration," for the installation notices for the PCI Express x16 slots.

Multi-Graphics Technology

  • Support for NVIDIA Quad-GPU SLI and 3-Way (with 44-lane CPU) / 2-Way (with 44 & 28-lane CPU) NVIDIA SLI technologies, Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFire™ and 3-Way (with 44-lane CPU) / 2-Way AMD CrossFire technologies

Storage Interface

  • Chipset : 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280 SATA and PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2Q_32G), 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2P_32G), 8 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors, Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10, Refer to "1-9 Internal Connectors," for the installation notices for the M.2 and SATA connectors, Intel Optane Memory ReadyIntel VROC ready

USB

  • Chipset + ASMedia USB 3.1 Gen 2 Controller : 1 x USB Type-C port on the back panel, with USB 3.1 Gen 2 support, 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A port (red) on the back panel, Chipset : 10 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports (6 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB headers), 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports available through the internal USB headers

Internal I/O Connectors

  • 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector, 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector, 1 x CPU fan header, 1 x water cooling CPU fan header, 4 x system fan headers, 1 x system fan/water cooling pump header, 1 x 3 Amp fan/water cooling pump header, 1 x digital LED strip extension cable header, 2 x RGB (RGBW) LED strip extension cable headers, 2 x M.2 Socket 3 connectors, 8 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors, 1 x Intel VROC Upgrade Key header, 1 x front panel header, 1 x front panel audio header, 1 x S/PDIF Out header, 2 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 headers, 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers, 1 x Thunderbolt™ add-in card connector, 1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header (2x6 pin, for the GC-TPM2.0_S module only), 1 x power button, 1 x OC button, 2 x temperature sensor headers, 1 x Clear CMOS jumper

Back Panel Connectors

  • 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port, 1 x USB Type-C™ port, with USB 3.1 Gen 2 support, 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A port (red), 6 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports, 1 x RJ-45 port, 6 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out, Rear Speaker Out, Side Speaker Out, Line In, Line Out, Mic In)

H/W Monitoring

  • Voltage detection, Temperature detection, Fan speed detection, Water cooling flow rate detection, Overheating warning, Fan fail warning, Fan speed control, Whether the fan (pump) speed control function is supported will depend on the fan (pump) you install

BIOS

  • 2 x 128 Mbit flash, Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS, Support for DualBIOS, PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0

In the Box

  • Gigabyte X299 AORUS Gaming 3 (rev. 1.0) Gaming Motherboard