Gigabyte X570S AORUS ELITE AX - Expansion Slots and Storage; USB Connectivity

Expansion Slots  1 x PCI Express x16 slot (PCIEX16), integrated in the CPU:
- AMD Ryzen
™
5000 Series Processors/AMD Ryzen
™
3000 Series Processors
support PCIe 4.0 x16 mode
- AMD Ryzen
™
4000 G-Series Processors/AMD Ryzen
™
2000 Series
Processors support PCIe 3.0 x16 mode
- AMD Ryzen
™
3000 G-Series Processors/AMD Ryzen
™
2000 G-Series
Processors support PCIe 3.0 x8 mode
* For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed,
be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.
 1 x PCI Express x16 slot (PCIEX4), integrated in the Chipset:
- Supporting PCIe 4.0
(Note 2)
/3.0 x4 mode
 1 x PCI Express x16 slot (PCIEX2), integrated in the Chipset:
- Supporting PCIe 4.0
(Note 2)
/3.0 x2 mode
* The PCIEX4 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX2 slot. When the PCIEX2 slot is
populated, the PCIEX4 slot operates at up to x2 mode.
Multi-Graphics
Technology
(Note 3)
 Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFire
™
and 2-Way AMD CrossFire
™
technologies
Storage Interface  1 x M.2 connector (M2A_CPU), integrated in the CPU, supporting Socket 3,
M key, type 2260/2280/22110 SSDs:
- AMD Ryzen
™
5000 Series Processors/AMD Ryzen
™
3000 Series Processors
support SATA and PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSDs
- AMD Ryzen
™
4000 G-Series Processors/AMD Ryzen
™
3000 G-Series
Processors/AMD Ryzen
™
2000 Series Processors/AMD Ryzen
™
2000 G-Series
Processors support SATA and PCIe 3.0 x4/x2 SSDs
 2 x M.2 connectors (M2B_SB/M2C_SB), integrated in the Chipset, supporting
Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280/22110 SSDs:
- Supporting SATA and PCIe 4.0
(Note 2)
/3.0 x4/x2 SSDs
 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors, integrated in the Chipset:
- Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10
* Refer to "1-7 Internal Connectors," for the installation notices for the M.2 and SATA
connectors.
USB  CPU:
- 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports on the back panel
 Chipset+ASMedia
®
USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Controller:
- 1 x USB Type-C
®
port on the back panel, with USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 support
 Chipset:
- 1 x USB Type-C
®
port with USB 3.2 Gen 2 support, available through the
internal USB header
- 3 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red) on the back panel
- 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports available through the internal USB headers
 Chipset+2 USB 2.0 Hubs:
- 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through
the internal USB headers)
(Note 2) For AMD Ryzen
™
5000 Series Processors/AMD Ryzen
™
3000 Series Processors only.
(Note 3) For AMD Ryzen
™
5000 Series Processors/AMD Ryzen
™
4000 G-Series Processors/AMD Ryzen
™
3000 Series Processors/AMD Ryzen
™
2000 Series Processors only.
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