Gigabyte B650E AORUS Master

[ir_cow]

Gigabyte readies the budget-friendly AORUS Master built upon the B650E chipset. Offering a robust 16+2+2 VRM configuration, DDR5 support, PCIe Gen5 and four M.2 Gen5 sockets, Gigabyte is setting the playing field for things to come. Does the B650E AORUS Master have what it takes to win over the consumers? Follow along as we find out!

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[Hofnaerrchen]

350$ for a MB I would consider at best mediocre: Laughable. If this continues the complete system price will be AMDs biggest problem selling AM5 CPUs.

 

[spnidel]

costs almost as much as a 5900x
lol this generation is a joke

 

[Broken Processor]

Not seeing much value tbh 350 is what the x570s use to cost and I definitely don't buy the whole it costs more to make with PCI gen 5 they didn't roll that excuse out with gen 2, 3 & 4.

I'd never touch a board with Intel i225-v my x570s master had one and it never worked right under window's but Linux was fine ended up getting the board refunded.

Why 2 RGB header's I'd have preferred more ARGB instead. But I guess they reckon lots still rocking the older RGB.

 

[GeorgeMan]

I vote with my wallet. I'm not gonna buy any mid range motherboard from any vendor for any platform with this price. Even if it's good enough, proven by the review.

 

[AusWolf]

Oh Jesus, these prices!

I've just spotted the new B650 range at my favourite UK shop. I've always considered the Asus Prime range kind of entry-level / HTPC boards, but now they're the only mATX boards I can afford.

What justifies this, really?

 

[Chaitanya]

Motherboard manufacturers have lost their minds(for both Intel Z700 and entire AM5 lineup). Also its absolutely off that these boards dont come with drivers(on USB drive, which wont cost them even $1), never thought these motherboard makers such big cheapskates to castrate driver disk with their package contents.

 

[AusWolf]

Oh Jesus, these prices!

I've just spotted the new B650 range at my favourite UK shop. I've always considered the Asus Prime range kind of entry-level / HTPC boards, but now they're the only mATX boards I can afford.

What justifies this, really?

I take it back.

 

[thegnome]

350$ is actually decent for the top line board, not much more than B550 despite much more/faster PCIe...

Still, too expensive for a supposed "mid-range" board.

 

[jesdals]

In Denmark the price difference between this board and the X670E is about 10% thats to little for my taste

 

[BSim500]

"The Gigabyte B650E AORUS Master is available for US$(350)."

"Gigabyte readies the budget-friendly AORUS Master"

LOL. Where?...

 

[Pepamami]

I like how they put default 100% PWM on ~65C and interval 1

 

[rojo]

£440 for this board on Overclockers, and £530 for the X670E version of the board. It doesn't make much sense to go for the B650 version in my opinion.

 

[Pepamami]

350$ for a MB I would consider at best mediocre: Laughable. If this continues the complete system price will be AMDs biggest problem selling AM5 CPUs.

I think they dont care right now, its like socket 2011/TR4/2066/etc. Normal users dont need it, coz they can pick intel gen12 or zen3 for more decent price/preformace, and amd still have OK sells with zen3 and zen2

 

[AusWolf]

£440 for this board on Overclockers, and £530 for the X670E version of the board. It doesn't make much sense to go for the B650 version in my opinion.

It doesn't make much sense to go for either, in my opinion. £200 is the max I'm happy to pay for a motherboard (though I'll have to evaluate this limit of mine soon, it seems).

 

[igralec84]

Not sure how much this will cost in Europe but for 400€ you can get an ASRock X670E steel legend if you're spending that kind of money.

 

[TheLostSwede]

350$ for a MB I would consider at best mediocre: Laughable. If this continues the complete system price will be AMDs biggest problem selling AM5 CPUs.

Back at Computex the MSRP was $289.

350$ is actually decent for the top line board, not much more than B550 despite much more/faster PCIe...

Still, too expensive for a supposed "mid-range" board.

It's not the top-of-the-line though, that's the Tachyon.

 

[Jism]

@W1zzard

"The Gigabyte B650E AORUS Master has a maximum output of 2,040 A, with 1,680 A dedicated to Vcore."

Are we like not getting things out of proportion in regards of normal users, OC'ers or even LN2 folks? No way you ever tap into those numbers once in it's lifetime.

 

[W1zzard]

No way you ever tap into those numbers once in it's lifetime.

Yup, but Youtubers are making a big drama about VRMs, so mobo vendors have reacted

 

[mouacyk]

350$ for a MB I would consider at best mediocre: Laughable. If this continues the complete system price will be AMDs biggest problem selling AM5 CPUs.

Obviously AMD/Intel don't read any of TPU's PCI-Express scaling benchmarks. The premium for v5.0 across the board is just too steep for the return. Have they not heard of diminishing returns?

 

[AusWolf]

Yup, but Youtubers are making a big drama about VRMs, so mobo vendors have reacted

Is that why they're so expensive? Are entry-level boards with overkill VRMs going to be the norm?

 

[vozzz]

On 1st page table with specs, there is nothing about Wi-Fi. Can you please update it with information about wi-fi module name ?

 

[Jism]

Is that why they're so expensive? Are entry-level boards with overkill VRMs going to be the norm?

AMD learned from it's AM3(+) era and is demanding a minimum spec VRM into all boards. So if thats a 50$ up to 600$, it has to comply with AMD standards or you kind of cant make a board for AMD. There's testing on Techpowerup where they installed a 5950X on a 50$ board. And it did even OC. Yes it ran extremely hot but it was stable and capable.

It never got to some people that AM4 boards have drasticly improved, and AM5 as well. But motherboard makers are looking for a way to extract a higher selling price and installing really overbuild VRM's to the point you can almost start welding your tools inside your own garage with it.

No way your ever going to tap into the maximum potential; not even with a LN2 OC. A larger VRM might easen things a bit better or get a more stable voltage, but even in server space you'll see enterprise boards with TDP's of up to 400W with just "4 vrm phases". I hope the next time some attention is dropped to the overbuild VRM's these days.

Like if your going to buy such a big board, you as a experienced OC'er know what todo with it. I would for example appreciate a VRM switching frequency that you set up to 600 times a second; which will yield you a lower overall core voltage, if you know how to tune it.

 

[AusWolf]

AMD learned from it's AM3(+) era and is demanding a minimum spec VRM into all boards. So if thats a 50$ up to 600$, it has to comply with AMD standards or you kind of cant make a board for AMD. There's testing on Techpowerup where they installed a 5950X on a 50$ board. And it did even OC. Yes it ran extremely hot but it was stable and capable.

It never got to some people that AM4 boards have drasticly improved, and AM5 as well. But motherboard makers are looking for a way to extract a higher selling price and installing really overbuild VRM's to the point you can almost start welding your tools inside your own garage with it.

No way your ever going to tap into the maximum potential; not even with a LN2 OC. A larger VRM might easen things a bit better or get a more stable voltage, but even in server space you'll see enterprise boards with TDP's of up to 400W with just "4 vrm phases". I hope the next time some attention is dropped to the overbuild VRM's these days.

Like if your going to buy such a big board, you as a experienced OC'er know what todo with it. I would for example appreciate a VRM switching frequency that you set up to 600 times a second; which will yield you a lower overall core voltage, if you know how to tune it.

Well, considering that there isn't a 65 W TDP unit in the current CPU lineup, a stricter standard is sort of understandable.

As for me, I only want stability and as little heat as possible from my VRMs. I usually aim on a "the bigger the better" basis both for the VRM itself and for the heatsink(s) on it. With this generation, I'm starting to ask whether there should be a limit. I mean, a 16-phase circuit with a water loop around it does nothing if I don't use it with a 7950X and OC the hell out of it - which I won't.

 

[Jism]

VRM's can run for 3 years on 100 degrees. The heatsinks added is in some cases needed; but not mandatory.

Yes there's surrounding capacitors that could not bear the radiation heat; their life span heavily relies on the operating temperature they are at.

But other then that if you buy a board it will usually last you for 3 years before you even upgrade.

Things also got more expensive because components just last longer compared to the Socket A / and Intel era compared to today. How many VRM's blew up on the AM4 platform? I dont see threads.