I started this journey by purchasing a ram upgrade for a Z370 motherboard (the same one being offered with this board). I then saw this particular deal come and go, and ended up buying a combo deal with board and processor which pretty much considered the ram price in the total discount for the combo. So I'm running the ram, i5-2600k processor, and this board in my system now. Reading the reviews I was worried about potential problems. Also, I've never owned a Gigabyte board. Had my fun with Asus, Asrock, Aopen, Tyan, but never Gigabyte. Also, I was upgrading without installing Windows 11 from scratch. I was surprised at how well things went with the board replacement, and so far I've had NO problems. Everything just worked. New board booted up without issue on my rig.
Happy it comes with a digital BIOS Q-Code display along with pins for a beep speaker. Gigabyte appears to be using a new and updated BIOS interface, which is different from the Z370 and Z390 Aorus motherboards that I have.
My motherboard purchase from new egg was very good. The board was new in a sealed box with all parts and worked perfect for my son's new build. I tried purchasing a board from Am-a-zon. What a disaster that was. First time they sent me an opened box, likely used board. Returned. Secured board was DOA and wouldn't turn on. New egg was a way better experience.
Very heavy and solid they use a lot of metal. ATX Board, Supports socket 1851 for my intel core 9 285. Easy latch for m2 sticks, release button for PCI video Card. Debug display for troubleshooting. Z890 Chipset, reinforced pci slot, Wi-Fi 7, 10 GB Lan, dual channel DDR 5 memory with 4 slots. Support for gen 5 m2. PCI 4 and PCI 3 available for expansion. Easy build for me. Best motherboard I have had to date.
It has a 2.5GB Lan and B760 chipset
Looks nice in my setup and working great
high quality at a good price. lots of m2 and usb ports. supports high ram speeds
Worked with the core i5 13600k with no BIOs update. I used a LAN line for the setup and it worked flawless. Plenty of connections of all types for fans, peripherals, etc
Simple setup, worked and updated itself on first power up zero issues thus far. Massive heat sinks everywhere running benchmarks so far everything has been optimal. Nothing over 70c at 100% on processor,board, or video card. Wish I had known before hand they had heat sinks installed on the M.2 sockets for M1 M3 and M4. Wouldnt have had to buy memory with heat sinks. This is more positive than negative hence the pros column.
Four M.2 :)
The rgb on the motherboard looks really good the pcie button makes installing larger cards such as the 5090 much easier to do
I love the speed of ram it can use, i also love how they hide the SSD, and that it has a 5.0 pcie slot. I bought this MB as a combo with the 5070 TI, and so far they've done great even for a game like MH wilds
It works. I've had the best luck with MSI boards working and not having to return them.
- 7 SATA ports - RAID - 4 M.2 slots - Looks to be very high-quality manufacturing
Best M.2 support for miniITX I could find
Works great as advertised. No issues out of the box. Rtx 4090 with i9-14900kf.
New LGA 1851 Lots of room for PCI 5 expansion Onboard BT and WiFi Tons of space for M.2 memory (gen 4 at least)
Plenty of features. Easy to use software. What more could you want in a motherboard?
Fortnite works great with this mobo. I feel that this is a future proof item, should last me years. I hear the OLED screen will be able to display pictures in future BIOS updates.
Cheap Overclocking Support Good Looking