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Open-Box Excellent: GIGABYTE Z790 AORUS ELITE AX Intel ATX Motherboard (LGA 1700)
$68
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Best Buy has Open-Box Excellent: GIGABYTE Z790 AORUS ELITE AX (Socket LGA 1700) Intel Z790 ATX DDR5 Wi-Fi 6E Motherboard for $67.99. Shipping is free or choose free store pickup where available.
Thanks to Deal Hunter Eragorn for sharing this deal.
Note: Works and looks like new. Includes all parts and accessories. Packaging may vary or be absent.
Specs (via Gigabyte):
Thanks to Deal Hunter Eragorn for sharing this deal.
Note: Works and looks like new. Includes all parts and accessories. Packaging may vary or be absent.
Specs (via Gigabyte):
- Platform: Intel Z790, LGA1700
- CPU support: Intel 12th, 13th, and 14th Gen Core, Pentium Gold, Celeron
- Memory: 4× DDR5 DIMM, up to 256 GB
- RAM speed: DDR5 up to 7600 OC
- Graphics outputs: HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.2
- Networking: Realtek 2.5GbE LAN
- Wireless: Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211, Bluetooth 5.3
- Main GPU slot: 1× PCIe 5.0 x16
- Extra PCIe slots: 2× PCIe 4.0 x16 slots running at x4
- Storage: 4× M.2, 6× SATA 6Gb/s
- RAID: RAID 0/1/5/10 for NVMe and SATA
- Rear USB: USB-C 3.2 Gen 2x2, 2× USB-A Gen 2, 3× USB-A Gen 1, 4× USB 2.0
- Internal USB: USB-C Gen 2 header, USB 3.2 Gen 1 header, 2× USB 2.0 headers
- Audio: Realtek HD Audio, up to 7.1-channel, optical S/PDIF
- Cooling headers: CPU fan, CPU water pump, 3× system fan, 1× system fan/pump
- RGB headers: 2× ARGB, 2× RGB
- BIOS: AMI UEFI, Q-Flash, Q-Flash Plus
- OS support: Windows 11 / Windows 10 64-bit
- Form factor: ATX, 30.5 × 24.4 cm
Editor's Notes
Written by citan359 | Staff- About this Deal:
- Limited time deal, while supplies last.
- About this Product:
- Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars based on over 140 customer reviews.
- Additional Notes:
- Best Buy offers the same Returns and Exchange Promise for Open Box products as our new-in-box products.
- Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
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Best Buy has Open-Box Excellent: GIGABYTE Z790 AORUS ELITE AX (Socket LGA 1700) Intel Z790 ATX DDR5 Wi-Fi 6E Motherboard for $67.99. Shipping is free or choose free store pickup where available.
Thanks to Deal Hunter Eragorn for sharing this deal.
Note: Works and looks like new. Includes all parts and accessories. Packaging may vary or be absent.
Specs (via Gigabyte):
Thanks to Deal Hunter Eragorn for sharing this deal.
Note: Works and looks like new. Includes all parts and accessories. Packaging may vary or be absent.
Specs (via Gigabyte):
- Platform: Intel Z790, LGA1700
- CPU support: Intel 12th, 13th, and 14th Gen Core, Pentium Gold, Celeron
- Memory: 4× DDR5 DIMM, up to 256 GB
- RAM speed: DDR5 up to 7600 OC
- Graphics outputs: HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.2
- Networking: Realtek 2.5GbE LAN
- Wireless: Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211, Bluetooth 5.3
- Main GPU slot: 1× PCIe 5.0 x16
- Extra PCIe slots: 2× PCIe 4.0 x16 slots running at x4
- Storage: 4× M.2, 6× SATA 6Gb/s
- RAID: RAID 0/1/5/10 for NVMe and SATA
- Rear USB: USB-C 3.2 Gen 2x2, 2× USB-A Gen 2, 3× USB-A Gen 1, 4× USB 2.0
- Internal USB: USB-C Gen 2 header, USB 3.2 Gen 1 header, 2× USB 2.0 headers
- Audio: Realtek HD Audio, up to 7.1-channel, optical S/PDIF
- Cooling headers: CPU fan, CPU water pump, 3× system fan, 1× system fan/pump
- RGB headers: 2× ARGB, 2× RGB
- BIOS: AMI UEFI, Q-Flash, Q-Flash Plus
- OS support: Windows 11 / Windows 10 64-bit
- Form factor: ATX, 30.5 × 24.4 cm
Editor's Notes
Written by citan359 | Staff- About this Deal:
- Limited time deal, while supplies last.
- About this Product:
- Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars based on over 140 customer reviews.
- Additional Notes:
- Best Buy offers the same Returns and Exchange Promise for Open Box products as our new-in-box products.
- Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
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This open box GIGABYTE Z790 AORUS ELITE AX is attractive as a low cost DDR5 Z790 board with Wi Fi 6E, and the price drew interest as a backup or future upgrade part. The board itself has been solid in at least one open box purchase, and the serial based warranty setup may still leave coverage in place. The main cautions are open box motherboard risk, possible bent pins or other hidden defects, and the hassle of troubleshooting or replacing a board later. DDR5 tuning can also take work, with XMP stability varying by kit and speed.
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Yes. The board can be finicky with DDR5 XMP, especially with 2x32GB kits, and one reported fix is slightly increasing VCCSA/VDD2/VDDQ voltage. Another setup was only mostly stable at 6000 MT/s and not at 6400 MT/s.
At $68, the board is viewed as a strong deal, and open-box does not automatically mean the board is bad. The main practical downside is the added cost of DDR5 memory, plus the risk that an open-box unit may arrive with defects like bent socket pins.
It may still have warranty because Gigabyte, MSI, and Asus often track coverage by serial number. Even so, warranty claims can take weeks and may still leave you rebuilding the PC if the board has to be replaced.
Yes. Swapping the motherboard can trigger reactivation for both Windows and Microsoft Office, though one workaround mentioned is using Microsoft Activation Scripts in PowerShell, which can finish in under a minute.
No. All of the M.2 slots on this board are wired for PCIe 4.0, so it does not offer a PCIe 5.0 NVMe slot.
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Update: FedEx delivering tomorrow ...Awesome
the set is CORSAIR - VENGEANCE RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 6400MHz C32 UDIMM
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Update: I just did a quick Google search and it appears that some if not all of the games you've mentioned can be played in a Linux OS environment. One bonus of using a Linux OS to play these games would be that the Linux OS itself is "leaner", less "resource hungry" than Windows, leaving more of the potential of your hardware for the games themselves. But again, none of this was in reach for most of us before A.I.; A.I. makes Linux easy to configure and use.
Best Buy's idea of Open box Excellent is clearly not the same as mine. The box had labels on it dating way back to Dec of 2025, makes you wonder just how many times they have sold this clearly defective item.
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