Gigabytes A520 Aorus Elite, AMD A520 Mainboard - Socket AM4 [A520 AORUS ELITE]

In contrast to the AMD chipsets B550 and X570, the A520 does not support PCIe 4.0 or overclocking. Mainboards with the A520 chipset support PCIe 3.0 and offer office and home users a reliable basis for their PC.

The features of the Gigabyte A520 Aorus Elite motherboard at a glance:
- A total of 4 RGB-LED headers for connecting e.g. B. RGB strips
- DDR4 memory up to 3,200 MHz, using RAM-OC up to 4,733 MHz
- 1x M.2 slot with x4 PCIe 3.0 connection directly to the CPU
- 2x PCIe 3.0 x16 slot (x16 / x2) for graphics and expansion cards
- USB on the I / O panel: 4x USB 2.0 / 1x USB 3.1 type A / 3x USB 3.0 type A
- Internal USB ports: 4x USB 2.0 / 2x USB 3.0
- A total of 3x 4-pin PWM headers for fans

The Gigabyte A520 Aorus Elite in detail:
The Gigabyte A520 Aorus Elite is an A520 motherboard in ATX format. RGB-LED components can be connected and controlled via two 4-pin RGB headers (12V) and two digitally addressable 3-pin RGB headers (5V), provided they are compatible with the RGB software of the mainboard.

The Gigabyte A520 Aorus Elite is equipped with a PCIe 3.0 slot in x16 format, which is directly connected to the Ryzen 3000 processor via a total of 16 PCIe 3.0 lanes. It is used to install a dedicated graphics card, but can also be used for another expansion card when using a CPU with an integrated graphics unit.

Connections for drives and peripherals
The Ryzen 3000 CPUs provide four PCIe lanes for direct connection of NVMe SSDs. With the Gigabyte A520 Aorus Elite, these four lanes are used to connect a single M.2 slot for NVMe SSDs. Four SATA 6G connections are also provided via the A520 chipset.

The Gigabyte A520 Aorus Elite offers one USB 3.1 and three USB 3.0 ports on the I / O panel. USB 3.1 or USB 3.2 Gen 2 achieves maximum speeds of 10 Gbit / s per port. In addition, four USB 2.0 ports are provided. This A520 motherboard also offers features such as Gigabit LAN (Realtek RTL8118AS), onboard sound (Realtek ALC1200 Audio Codec) and numerous internal headers. An HDMI and a DVI-D output are provided for processors with an integrated graphics unit. With an Bo (a) rd is also a support for RAM kits up to 4,733 MHz.

Technical details:
format
- ATX
- Chipset
- AMD A520
- Base:
- AM4 (for Matisse)
- R.A.M:
- 4x DDR4 (max. 3,200 MHz, 4,733 in OC)
- Dual channel
- Max. 128 GB
- Slots (with a Ryzen 3000 series CPU):
- 2x PCIe 3.0 x16 (electrical x16 / x2)
- 3x PCIe 3.0 x1
- Multi-GPU configurations: no
Internal connections:
- 4x SATA 6G (RAID 0, 1, 10)
- 1x M.2 (M-Key, PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6G with max. 32 Gbit / s, horizontal, sizes 22110/2280/2260/2242)
- 2x USB 3.0 (one header)
- 4x USB 2.0 (two headers)
- 1x front panel connector
- 1x front panel audio connector
- 1x speaker header
- 1x TPM header (2x 6-pin, only for GC-TPM2.0_S module)
- 1x serial port header
- 1x Q-Flash Plus button
- 1x Clear CMOS jumper
- Fan header:
- 1x CPU fan (4-pin PWM)
- 1x Water Cooling CPU fan 3x system fan (4-pin PWM)
- RGB header:
- 2x 4-pin RGB header (12V)
- 2x 3-pin RGB header (digital, 5V)
External connections:
- 1x PS / 2 keyboard / mouse
- 1x USB 3.1 Type A (USB 3.2 Gen 2, max. 10 Gbit / s)
- 3x USB 3.0 type A (USB 3.2 Gen 1, max. 5 Gbit / s)
- 4x USB 2.0
- 1x DVI-D port
- 1x HDMI
- 1x Gigabit LAN (Realtek RTL8118AS)
- 1x optical S / PDIF port
- 5x 3.5 mm jack (ALC1200, 7.1 sound)
- 1x Q-Flash Plus button
Power supply:
- 1x 24-pin ATX12V
- 1x 8-pin ATX12V