18.8.2019

After carefull consideration I opted for The Gigabyte X570 Aorus Ultra for my new AMD Ryzen 3800X system build.Gigabyte have always been my prefered choice of motherboard for system builds as they offer great quality, reliability & fantastic support backed by a warranty service that can be trusted!The Aorus X570 Ultra has satisfied my expectations and more, the board is aesthetically pleasing to the eye with its striking appearance and the build quality is excellent.Gigabyte have done an exemplary job on the engineering of the Aorus X570 Ultra motherboard to ensure maximum durability and system stability. The board is equiped with good solid heatsinks that are able to transfer and dissipate heat efficiently using direct touch heatpipes.Modern muti-core CPU's require demanding power regulation for stability especially when they are operating under high load so with this in mind I was impressed that Gigabyte have applied super attention to detail in this area by equipping the board with ample Digital VRM Power Stages.There is no skimping on this motherboard and Gigabyte have used quality components throughout, the 1GbE LAN is powered by Intel and the soundsystem by Realtek using technologies that provide audiophile sound quality.The board has plenty of USB ports on the intergrated backplate including the latest USB 3.1 Gen 2 but if you run short of USB ports Gigabyte have provided internal mainboard headers that permit further expansion/ports.The board has the latest PCIe 4.0 technology which in effect doubles the available transfer bandwidth to items such as graphics cards, hard drives, SSD's & other devices.One of the reasons I chose this board is because it is equipped with three M2 SSD connectors so this along with PCIe 4.0 technology provides a degree of being future proof.It is difficult to cram all of the good points of this board in a short review so I will quickly touch on some of the other great features the board offers; Intergrated Dualband Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0, Headers for RGB lighting, Headers for Temperature Sensors which are included with the board, 3 Headers for additional system fans, fan/water cooling pump headers, AMD Crossfire & Nvidia SLi support for multiple graphics cards, RAID storage... etc etcThe included support CD comes with all the necessary drivers and a usefull aray of utilities and software applications.It is worth noting that Gigabyte have been very proactive with supporting the new AMD platform by providing regular motherboard bios updates to tweak features, improve memory support and ensuring the end user has a great experience with the product.To conclude I have put my trust in Gigabyte having moved from the Intel platform to AMD's Ryzen platform and I can honestly say I have no regrets in doing so. My AMD Ryzen 3800X CPU is super fast and the Gigabyte Aorus X570 Ultra board is proving to be stable and I have had no issues much to my relief!

1.9.2019

Overall my experience with this product has been a mix of good (hardware-wise) and bad (BIOS bugs). Fortunately Gigabyte seem to be actively listening to the community and fixing bugs, so I remain positive (for now) that this will be a good motherboard, given time.The hardware is great - there is a 12-phase VRM (doubled from 6 phases), and the VRM cooling is excellent, using a finned heatsink with a heatpipe (except unfortunately most of the fins are blocked with a decorative plastic shroud!). I was initially very concerned about chipset fan noise, but fortunately I found that it can be ran passively up to 60C, and it remains completely inaudible most of the time,unless you have a GPU in the 2nd PCIe slot blowing hot air onto the chipset. There are plenty of PCIe slots and other connectivity options (lots of USB ports on the back and front, including USB C). The BIOS menu is laid out sensibly, and AMD's SATA RAID implementation seems to be working well. Additionally, the inclusion of BIOS flashback via. USB has been immensely useful on a few occasions. The built-in Intel wifi card and antenna also work great, and maintains high signal strength where other wifi cards have failed to.Unfortunately however my initial setup experience was very rough and frustrating, entirely due to BIOS bugs (I am currently using the latest F4 BIOS, released on 29th Aug). In particular, I was affected by a bug which left the BIOS menu completely unusable because every key press was sent twice, and after a while both the keyboard and mouse just stopped working completely. After a lot of frustration, I discovered this only happens when it boots to the BIOS menu by default (i.e. when there's no boot media), and the bug doesn't happen if you explicitly enter the BIOS menu (by pressing DEL during power up). Another bug currently affecting me is that the on-board wifi doesn't work when ErP is enabled, and can only be restored by disabling ErP, and then unplugging the computer (i.e. completely cutting power to the motherboard). There have been some other bugs (e.g. fans spinning at maximum after waking from sleep), but fortunately these have been fixed in the latest BIOS update, and Gigabyte seem quite active in listening to bug reports from the community. Hopefully the bugs affecting me will get fixed, given time.A final note is that the X570 Aorus Ultra is very similar to the X570 Aorus Pro, except the Ultra comes with built-in wifi, a third NVMe slot (which if used disables 2 SATA ports), a slightly better VRM heatsink, a possibly better chipset heatsink, and 2 temperature probes (which you can put anywhere in your case). If you don't need these then you can save the money and get the Pro (or perhaps the Elite). One other thing to bear in mind is that idle power consumption on all X570 boards seems to be quite high (most likely due to the X570 chipset). If idle power is an issue, a B450 board may be a better choice.

26.1.2020

Extremely easy to install, even more so with it having an intergrated I/O shield. There are plenty of 4 pin PWM for those who require plenty of cooling, and controllable fans. The motherboard includes a CMOS button on the back plus a USB 3 port Type A allocated to update the BIOS. The presence of 3 x M.2 slots, each with Aorus cooling shields, take advantage of the new Gen. 4 speed that comes with the X570 motherboards. It's worth noting though that the 2nd is basically covered by the GPU, so may run a little hot. However, if you are intent on using it, then do so before installing your GPU. The audio is well covered as well. I would normally install a dedicated sound card, such as the Creative AE-7,

2.9.2019

Just finished installing this board with a 3700x (using the stock cooler), G. Skill Trident 3600 CL16 and the Red Devil 5700XT.I did want the Wi-Fi version of the elite but seems impossible to purchase in the UK but coupling the board with a cheap Gigabyte Wi-Fi/Bluetooth card solves that need and it works out of the box.Initial impressions the board feels solid for budget level and installation was relatively issue free bar a couple of minor problems.Firstly in the bios the keyboard/mouse (USB) would only register for a second or two then would freeze, this was solved by installing the OS then going back into the bios.Another issue was the RAM only being detected at 2133 with XMP profile selected,

7.8.2019

Bought this as I was upgrading to the new Ryzen 3rd gen from an age old ivy bridge intel system. Motherboard was easy to set up. The IO shield was already installed on the motherboard so no having to mess around with lining that up with the case and the ports. The mounting bracket for the default Ryzen cooler was pre-installed too (though that may mean extra work taking it off if you were using a custom cooler that happens to not use it).The motherboard has a number of fan headers for cooling, enough for the majority of users. There's also plenty of USB headers(including a USB-C one), SATA, PCIe and M.2 slots. In terms of the back IO, there's a USB-C, loads of USB 2.0 and USB 3.0/3.1 jacks,

29.9.2019

I love this board, I spend a lot of time working so my spare time is spent on my pc. I purchased this from Amazon and it arrived promptly as always. The board installed easily as long as you know what your doing, i also found the new Aorus Commander in the box, hmm now whats this all about then. The Aorus commander is supposed to control up to 8 addressable led fans, i already had two addressable led strips from my last setup rhat were installed easily. I then purchased 8 edge addressable led fans which is where things started to get interesting. My son installed the fans and hooked them up to the Aorus Commander, adding all 8 fans, plugging in the usb cable as well found the fans not being able to be controlled by the commander,

4.3.2020

I purchased this to directly replace a Gigabyte X470 motherboard (MB) that failed after a disappointingly short life. I reluctantly stuck with Gigabyte to minimise the risk of existing PC components being incompatible. Searching Amazon I found that I could get a MB with latest X570 chipset for the same price I had paid for an X470 MB a year ago. It seemed, off the cuff, a sensible future-proofing option to buy this board. It arrived quickly and took it an afternoon to carefully swap out the broken X470 MB for the new X570 MB. This presented no great challenges - but is a stressful exercise given all the WARNINGs in the documentation. During the install it became obvious that Gigabyte had removed a few of the lesser features to save a few euro.

25.8.2019

First the gripe. This board, Elite, has two M.2 slots but Gigabyte only supply one heatsink Why? Installing M.2 drives is very fiddley. The screws are tiny and if you drop one, which you will because you can hardly feel them between your fingers, you are, excuse the pun 'screwed'. There must be a better way of fixing these drives on a board.I already have a X370 and a X470 board from Gigabyte and the layout of this board is very similar but not identical. Everything connected to the board in the same place as the X470 except one 4 pin fan connecter has moved. Not a big deal but annoying because now I am waiting on a fan cable extension to arrive because the nearest,

23.8.2019

Brought this motherboard to pair with a 3700X and RTX 2070S. Building was straightforward, and no issues with booting. Boots in about 12 seconds with the stock bios F3.Currently running everything stock and Cinebench R20 benchmarks are about ~4700-4800 for multi core and ~500 for single which is about expected looking at reviews.Shipped bios does not have stop mode for chipset fan but cannot hear it in light usage anyway (New bios does include chipset fan stop but stock bios is running fine for me anyway).Some things to note about this motherboard:-Only 2 system fan headers so you would need some splitters/fan controller if using more than 2 case fans.-M.2 heatsink doesn't come in contact M.2 drive so I didn't bother installing it.-Does not come with any debug led,

15.8.2019

Review of the X570 Aorus UltraThe board is easy to install, and has great power delivery allowing a 3700x to work with about a 200MHz overclock without breaking a sweat. The Ryzen Master utulity works on this board without any issues, and the the RAM and Fabric overclocking works spectacularly.Cooling wise, the board has ample fan headers, including some 'dedicated' for watercooling loop pumps.The F4L BIOS should be installed to ensure that the chipset fan can be silenced by adjusting the fan profile. The entire system is now close to silent! Very easy to update with a USB stick.The board has a built in IO Sheild which easily slid into the Fractal Designs case.Onboard Intel nic easily maxes out a gigabit line,

17.1.2020

X570 Master: A fantastic (but expensive) motherboard. Technically it's a great board with lots of high praise reviews. But be aware there is no Thunderbolt (contrary to early review spec samples as seen on YouTube), I don't care for TB currently, but I was expecting this board to have it. My main issue (a small one) is that Gigabyte software is horrible, utterly terrible. Example, RGB Fusion is not a reason to buy any Gigabyte board currently, profiles are often forgotten upon reboot. Gigabyte Smart Backup is another mystery, it just doesn't work. Worse still is it also makes Windows Restore fail repeatedly... (uninstall Smart Backup, and Windows Restore works first time again without issue).

4.1.2020

After deciding to upgrade a 5 year old system based on the AMD FX series architecture, I wanted a motherboard that provided decent future-proofing. The X570 series was a good option because of the inbuilt PCIE4 slots on both the 16x and M.2 slots. This board has a great aesthetic and excellent connectivity options on the back panel - lots of USB ports. I chose this board in particular because of its good reviews and features at the price point. So far it hasn't disappointed. I have paired it with a Ryzen 3600X which should provide forward compatability with the next series of Ryzen CPUs.The only problems have been that the XMP profile on my Corsair RAM causes Windows to blue screen immediately,

23.8.2019

This motherboard is one of the best for the money and very hard to beat. The board has tons of features and all the USB ports I will ever need. It looks very nice in my opinion and one of the best feature to cost ratio. The VRMs are one of the best making it ideal for overclocking. If you are still unsure then a quick google search will show how well reviewed this board has been.For those who worry about the on board fan for the PCI chip-set. note that they have added the ability vary the fan mode. The important mode being silent where it will spin when only needed which should help with the longevity of the fan.The only downsides I can say is that it has no debug led and no USB C at the back

2.7.2020

What can I say apart from it's a brilliant mobo, although not without a few flaws. I was considering the Asus prime x570 pro, but stuck with this one and glad I did. Using it with a ryzen 5 3600 at stock speed and 16gb ram@3200mhz with a GTX1660.The good bits -Guaranteed compatibility with the expected 4th gen ryzen cpu.The RGB isn't over the top unlike some boards, with just enough on the io shield and the edges.Heatsink included for an NVME drive.The bad bits -The BIOS interface could be better, as it isn't obvious how to update the BIOS.The SYSFAN_1 header could be placed better as in closer to the front case fans instead of under the GPU slot.There's probably a few more things that I haven't mentioned,

10.3.2020

If you want an up to date and future proof mITX Motherboard, this is the one to go for, with PCIe 4.0 and RGB compatible where you can set your own LED lights using strips and case fans.However be aware of the Bios Version, if your is like mine which is Version F3, i would advise to update it immediately that fixes all the bugs and compatibility issues.Thankfully you can update it directly through the bios using the dedicated white USB slot on the motherboard without going into windows and its surprisingly dead easy to update(Make sure you download the update on your old or another computer and put it on your USB Stick)If it wasn't for the initial issues it would have been a 5 star however

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