It's no secret that Gigabyte is preparing a very limited edition of the Xtreme Ice series of products. Facebook user Duy Mạnh has shared new renders of the Z790 Aorus Xtreme X Ice motherboard, which will complement the Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice 16G.
The Z790 Aorus Xtreme X Ice sports Intel's premium Z790 chipset and LGA1700 socket, which supports Alder Lake, Raptor Lake, and Raptor Lake Refresh processors. The motherboard has all the bells and whistles, including a gold-colored socket, a misty cover plate that protects the socket area, and a crystalized titanium texture. Since Gigabyte hasn't officially announced the motherboard, it's uncertain whether the socket is just gold in color or is gold-plated. It's a nice eye candy, but users won't appreciate it once they've installed a CPU cooler over the socket or removed it entirely for one of those aftermarket contact frames.
