GIGABYTE Z890 AORUS Master Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) LGA 1851 Motherboard, ATX, DDR5, 5X M.2, PCIe 5.0, Thunderbolt 4, WIFI7, 10GbE LAN, EZ-Latch

UPDATE: I upgraded to a 270k and you can see the performance gains with this motherboard all around. Even my GPU jumped up quite a bit. Love this board and paired with the newer processor, it is even more amazing! Original: This board is just Super all around. I am a gigabyte fan and it is the only brand Mobo I will buy and have bought for the past 20 years. I have never had any trouble with them once setup. At any given point, I have between 2-3 computers running - My primary and my backup/media server. I normally go with the Gaming Series because they typically offer better performance/price ratio, but needed some additional features and the Aorus Master was on sale at about the same price. And WOW, taking it out I immediately knew this was a well built motherboard, the heat sinks and re-enforced or UD slots for the GPU and nvmes is amazing. It is probably the most beautiful looking board I have ever seen. I typically dont care about that since I am into performance over anything, but It is a looker for sure and just super quality. Things that are standouts on this Master model are 5 Nvme slots with 2 being Gen 5. Two built in Thunderbolt 4 ports which can also be used as a network connection offering 20Gb network connection. 2 USB gen whatever headers on board (the blue ones), typically there is only one, more ARGB and fan connectors, included extra temp sensors and even a Ram cooling fan. Assembly is normal, its just always a pain swapping boards out of an existing case. It came with version 9 of the BIOS and I had to update twice, once with the control center and once manually. I also had to manually download the network driver because I was having weird dropouts initially. I think because of my OS and using the RT network drivers before and this is a new driver for aquiscent or (whatever itis) that can go up to 10Gb if you have the correct hub and network in place. Performance is great. Now about the shared PCI lanes. I have a 5070ti installed and a couple Gen 5 Nvme in the primary slot. You can see the 40k GPU benchmark under those conditions. The primary gen5 slot does not share lanes with the GPU, The PCI lanes are shared with the second Gen5 slot. Then the GPU runs at Gen5x8 instead of x 16, The 39k bench is with the second gen 5 nvme installed. You can see the slight performance decrease across the benchmarks. So its up to you if you use the second Gen5 slot, but if you dont you have full speed and pci lanes on the primary NVME and GPU. This board is a premium board, with great performance and so many features and possible upgrade/usage paths. Highly recommended for Gaming or actual graphics/3D/AI work. BTW, I also have mine running in Level 2 Ultra mode in BIOS which is super quick to get into and easy to tweak with full access to all timing/voltage settings. I use XMP, enabled low latency and forced Gear 2 for my Ram settings

This is a superb motherboard. There are lots of Pros, so I'll focus on the only Cons I came across. I tested this motherboard in Windows 11 Pro. The network Ethernet driver adapter Marvell AQtion is good but a bit dummy. If you change Wake on Lan settings it hangs as it's unable to negotiate with the motherboard the new changes and loses connection to the internet. The only way to bring it back to life is by turning the power off from the PSU and unplugging the cable from the wall as well, wait for 10 seconds and turn on and plug everything again. A software reset in Windows won't work, you have to do a hardware reset so the chip discharges energy. Unplugging the Ethernet wire from the modem/router and rear IO of the motherboard is recommended too if it doesn't work the former. Edit: One other thing I forgot to mention. Another chance of improvement relies on the Gigabyte Control Center (GCC) software. It is really buggy, at the point where you choose to install a bunch of drivers and only some of them are installed, or if you choose to install one, the next screen is completely empty, but anyway I managed to do it by clicking the button even though nothing is shown on screen. Moreover, this process you'll need to repeat it for each and single item in the list, otherwise, you'll think you've installed everything you needed but then you start to realize that things don't work as expected, and that's because the specific drivers were not installed at all as you may have thought. Keep this in mind as it was not a good experience during the setup in Windows, but anyway, nothing that cannot be solved via software update in the future. I won't downgrade my rating on this motherboard because of that, as this issue will be present on all Gigabyte's motherboards and it can be perfectly fixed as I mentioned. All in all, the hardware is solid as rock!

Really nice mobo for the price. I got mine for $250.00. It’s got a ton of usb ports that I needed for all my peripherals. Bios is simple to figure out also.

Awesome motherboard! The Gigabyte Aorus X870 ATX is a beast for my gaming setup. killer overclocking and super-fast WiFi7. The micro pins where the Intel Core Ultra goes are in perfect condition, ensuring a flawless fit and performance.

la placa madre llego defectuso, no hace nada solo enciende las luces RGB

I have been using Gigabyte products for builds for years and they always get better. This board is perfect and added the finishing touch to a build. From the high quality components used, the large heatsinks that cover essentially the whole board, this is the ultimate motherboard for your build.

If it was a little out of spec i would not make a fuss, but it was more than 3/16th of an inch. I did not even feel safe putting the board in a case let alone putting power to it. The back was also damaged as solder points had been bent. Oddly the shipping box was ok, it was the box inside that showed signs of being opened and thrown around. Send it back and ordering another one. I will update when that one comes in. UPDATE, new motherboard came in and it works great. it is still very heavy on the mid point, enough that it should of had a back plate to start with. but once you have it running it is very smooth and the gigabyte software is fantastic. so minus one star for no backplate.

I have built quite a few PCs over the years. This motherboard is very nice. It is built like a tank and has many high-end features for the price. I run both Windows and Linux operating systems on this. Also, a number of virtual machines. I make full use of my CPU, RAM, Video Cards, high-speed storage and demanding networking scenarios. That is only counting the features come with the board. There are also expansion cards which have been installed. The BIOS may need to be updated for the newest generation CPUs. The 270k plus as one example. You are able to do that without even having to hit the power button. Slick.

Very bad build quality. Poor performance. Crashing, blue screen error.

Solid motherboard, cant go wrong with this one. No external HDMI port. (But one port on the MB for a in case display)

La tarjeta llegó ligeramente pandeada, casi imperceptible, pero fuera de ese detalle minúsculo... ¡EXCELENTE TARJETA MADRE! Muy bien equipada y, a pesar de carecer de un backplate mantiene una disipación muy buena. De lo mejor que he probado de AORUS.

Fantastic motherboard with more USB's than you can shake a stick at. Huge heatsink for main m.2 and heatsink for other 4 m.2 ssds, dedicated fan for ram which is a cool little addition. Looks great in my corsair frame 4500x. Performing exactly as expected, superior. Its extremely durable and a large amount heavier and stronger than my last motherboard the z170 pro gaming. The installation was easy enough but made tricky by the case it was in. excellent value for money, wish i knew about the better motherboard variant but at least its got the same capabilities.

使うCPUとクーラーに注意 物理的に入らないことが多い(自分は大丈夫だった) 特にNZXTの簡易水冷の場合 ちゃんと対応したものを選ぼう SSDとヒートシンクの付けやすさが段違い