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Casey F.

Casey F.

Joined on 03/29/04

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Very interesting MB, with some interesting features...

GIGABYTE X870E AORUS PRO X3D AMD AM5 LGA 1718 ATX Motherboard, Supports AMD Ryzen 9000/8000/7000 Series Processors, DDR5, 18+2+2 Total Power Phase, 4x M.2, PCIe 5.0, USB4 Type-C, WIFI7, 5GbE, PCIe EZ-Latch Plus, 5-Year Warranty
GIGABYTE X870E AORUS PRO X3D AMD AM5 LGA 1718 ATX Motherboard, Supports AMD Ryzen 9000/8000/7000 Series Processors, DDR5, 18+2+2 Total Power Phase, 4x M.2, PCIe 5.0, USB4 Type-C, WIFI7, 5GbE, PCIe EZ-Latch Plus, 5-Year Warranty

Pros: Specificially designed to work with the X3d Processor line 5gb Lan, Wifi 7 4 NVME SSD drives 2 @ gen 5 4 Sata drives FAST!!!! Has settings for both EXP and AMP memory

Cons: Even though it's designed for the X3D Processors it's locked up on me twice using the Extreme Performance and Gaming overclock settings. There's a built in feature which (I believe) Overclocks the cpu settings. I say this because the overlay in my game shows faster CPU speeds with these settings. I did the Q-flash of the bios before ever putting in the cpu or memory, and it failed. However it failed. IT did still boot up with the 9800X3D without updating the bios. I still need to update the bios and see if that resolves the overclocking issues.

Overall Review: Jury is out. I need to see if the bios update resolves the locking up issue.. I don't generally overclock, but I was intrigued by the performances options. All in all it's a very good motherboard, I'm overall very happy with it. There are just a few things that make it less than stellar.

Great Card excellent value

PowerColor AX7950 3GBD5-2DHV4 Radeon HD 7950 Boost State 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
PowerColor AX7950 3GBD5-2DHV4 Radeon HD 7950 Boost State 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

Pros: Upgrading from a Radeon 5770, this is like night and day! I thought the 5770 was still doing well, but I couldn't pass up this deal (got it for 199). After installing and updating drivers, went into Tomb Raider, cranked the graphics to ultra and it was like watching a movie! The Game plays and looks like the cut scenes. It's unreal!

Cons: None!

Overall Review: Will probably buy another when I have extra cash.