Gigabyte X570S AERO G

[ir_cow]

If you are a content creator and in the market for the perfect motherboard, the Gigabyte X570S AERO G might just be what you have been looking for. With a mid-tier price point, the AERO G offers features catered towards the workforce. Including four M.2 sockets, six 6 Gb/s SATA ports and WiFi 6, for those who need a lot of internal storage and ability connect high speed devices. Follow along as we check out everything the Gigabyte X570S AERO G has to offer.

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[Dragokar]

Dang it, this is beauty. Right now out of my budget range, and I am also kinda worried about the GB bios update pace in the last 2-3 months.

 

[jesdals]

I like the review but I think that the 3900 cpu dosent do the board justice

 

[Nater]

Dang it, this is beauty. Right now out of my budget range, and I am also kinda worried about the GB bios update pace in the last 2-3 months.

That is probably the single ugliest mainboard I've ever seen. And the WiFi wires running across the board and up reek of afterthought and poor planning.

Also - can anyone elaborate on the whole "Displayport-in" port. So if you have onboard video, you get USC-C output to a capable monitor right? The "Displayport-In" port, you'd run directly from your discrete video card Displayport-Out to the In on the mainboard, and then it would output to a capable monitor?

Does this USB-C port then power the monitor as well?

I'm missing the point of USB-C display-out here. *drinks more coffee*

 

[A Computer Guy]

This statement clarification might seem a bit silly, but some motherboards cannot even handle every CPU in a stock configuration, let along any overclocks applied. It is important to understand just because it is officially supported by the chipset, does not mean it should be considered a valid option. Often what will happen is when a motherboards VRM isn't up to the task, during times of high power draw, a system that isn't up to the task will just restart or shutdown with safeties in place to prevent damage of components.

The statement is not silly at all. Here is a nice picture of what could happen when safeties don't work.

5950x and PBO overheated something or busted custom loop?

If you mean regarding the block reassembly? I just do it by hand being careful not to overtighten them, approximating the torque I needed to remove them. I didn't have any leaks or cracks in the acrylic of any of my blocks so far. I should probably get the right tool for it for the long term...

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[ir_cow]

That is probably the single ugliest mainboard I've ever seen. And the WiFi wires running across the board and up reek of afterthought and poor planning.

Also - can anyone elaborate on the whole "Displayport-in" port. So if you have onboard video, you get USC-C output to a capable monitor right? The "Displayport-In" port, you'd run directly from your discrete video card Displayport-Out to the In on the mainboard, and then it would output to a capable monitor?

Does this USB-C port then power the monitor as well?

I'm missing the point of USB-C display-out here. *drinks more coffee*

Gigabyte calls this "VisionLink"

 

[Ivaroeines]

There is one thing to be aware of when it comes to Gigabyte, the support for their products ends when the production ends(in some cases before), the sale of these products continue of course, things like bios and driver update end. You may find drivers elsewhere, like sound card drivers may be found on the chipmaker site, but then some of these don't release public drivers, they refer them back to motherboard manufacturer, so if the sound driver is crappy you are f***ed if you have a Gigabyte motherboard. In this case you would have to buy a extra sound card, a good option normally, but it add cost.

 

[WonkoTheSaneUK]

I've had this board for a while now.

• Buyers should be aware that the BIOS boot error LEDs are hidden under the back end of the GPU once the system is built.
• As a Linux user, I can confirm that the boards aRGB headers are detected and usable via OpenRGB.

 

[progste]

looks pretty cool, is it possible to enable raid 5 with all those SSDs?

 

[WonkoTheSaneUK]

looks pretty cool, is it possible to enable raid 5 with all those SSDs?

Looking at the manual, the onboard RAID controller only seems capable of RAID 0, 1 or 10.

 

[mechtech]

4 m2 slots is pretty sweet. I think the big downer for a boss in this class is not having a 10GB Lan.

About $100 (Cnd) cheaper than the B550 Vision

A question for the reviewer. The ssd speeds seem higher than any of the speeds from the ssd reviews. Any thoughts/reasons? Thanks

 

[ir_cow]

A question for the reviewer. The ssd speeds seem higher than any of the speeds from the ssd reviews. Any thoughts/reasons? Thanks

Yes it is higher, but it isn't. At one point all the tests storage tests were done with AIDA64 disk benchmark. Over the year I switched to DiskSpd for the M.2 and USB external because it did a better job at showing the maximum bandwidth because I can choose the que dept, read duration, etc.

I couldnt remember why I was still using AIDA64 for SATA still when it DiskSpd works. Which is why I swiched and you noticed

Idk. I kinda think these benchmarks should be removed. Not helpful or "realistic". It only* shows the maximum throughput using a specific drive.

Edit: typing on a phone includes wrong autocorrecting words as well. Yay

 

[Mussels]

This is the kind of aesthetics we lack on most boards.
I don't care for the white part much, but it's simple and functional.

a 20Gb USB port with USB-C Alt-DP is rare AF on ryzen, and great to see. I can still see plenty of users thinking it's DP out, but oh well.

As for board specs, would it be worth stating the maximum DP/HDMI standards the boards support? It can vary by CPU, but there's still limits imposed by the board itself, isn't there?
Not the resolutions, but DP 1.4/HDMI 2.1, etc.

1x HDMI port
1x DisplayPort In port

Why is 2.5Gbe a negative? It's still above average


I think we got missing text here too
One 12 V header is placed near the CPU socket. At the point and bottom two RGB headers can be found as well. One is 5 V while the other is 12 V compliant per set.

We have one 12V, a mystery point, and two unknowns.
I assume we may have two pairs of one 5V and 12V in each location, but it's not clear.

@ir_cow did your fusion 2.0 install bundle third party RGB software, usually for RAM or M.2 drives?

 

[ir_cow]

This is the kind of aesthetics we lack on most boards.
I don't care for the white part much, but it's simple and functional.

a 20Gb USB port with USB-C Alt-DP is rare AF on ryzen, and great to see. I can still see plenty of users thinking it's DP out, but oh well.

As for board specs, would it be worth stating the maximum DP/HDMI standards the boards support? It can vary by CPU, but there's still limits imposed by the board itself, isn't there?
Not the resolutions, but DP 1.4/HDMI 2.1, etc.

1x HDMI port
1x DisplayPort In port

Why is 2.5Gbe a negative? It's still above average

I couldn't find the HDMI specs if its 1.4, 2.0 or 2.1. I'm guessing its just HDMI 1.4 because its the cheapest solution. The only HDMI 2.0 monitor I have doesn't tell me input information either, so that wouldn't help. Any cheap HDMI testers you know of?

2.5 Gbe was a negative because if its designed / marketed for work related activities, 10 Gbe isn't out the question of a actual use case for it. The backend has to be setup for it as well though. Its not really a negative, but something to be aware of. More of a neutral standpoint if you will.

I think we got missing text here too
One 12 V header is placed near the CPU socket. At the point and bottom two RGB headers can be found as well. One is 5 V while the other is 12 V compliant per set.

We have one 12V, a mystery point, and two unknowns.
I assume we may have two pairs of one 5V and 12V in each location, but it's not clear.

The right below the AM4 socket is labeled LED_CPU. It is 4-Pins makes that a 12v header. The other two sets are one of each.

@ir_cow did your fusion 2.0 install bundle third party RGB software, usually for RAM or M.2 drives?

What do you mean by 3rd party? Like Corsair iCUE? I don't think it has the ability to install anything. What is this futuristic AI that can detect what in your compute and download the software?

 

[TechLurker]

I wish there was an M-ATX version; if only to have a better white-colored mobo to match my build's blue/white theming. Or for that matter, more "White Edition" motherboards in general (White also makes the RGB pop more, for those into such).

 

[Mussels]

What do you mean by 3rd party? Like Corsair iCUE? I don't think it has the ability to install anything. What is this futuristic AI that can detect what in your compute and download the software?

My gigabyte and aorus hardware install like Patriot NVME RGB software and RAM RGB software

I Don't have that hardware - they just bundle it. No tickboxes, no optional uninstall, no warning it's going on.
My non-RGB gigabyte G32QC monitor firmware flashing software
installs them, it's been a huge gigabyte scandal since the softwares causing BSOD issues in windows

At the four minute mark of this video is when he begins testing the apps to find out which ones bundled the crapware, and fusion 2.0 was one of them

I've heard reports their new hardware doesn't include the crapware on reddit, with people advising to find the same software from newer hardware to bypass the issue - but with the monitors due to gigabytes weirdness, that results in broken software and bricked monitors.

 

[WonkoTheSaneUK]

My gigabyte and aorus hardware install like Patriot NVME RGB software and RAM RGB software

I Don't have that hardware - they just bundle it. No tickboxes, no optional uninstall, no warning it's going on.
My non-RGB gigabyte G32QC monitor firmware flashing software
installs them, it's been a huge gigabyte scandal since the softwares causing BSOD issues in windows

At the four minute mark of this video is when he begins testing the apps to find out which ones bundled the crapware, and fusion 2.0 was one of them

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I've heard reports their new hardware doesn't include the crapware on reddit, with people advising to find the same software from newer hardware to bypass the issue - but with the monitors due to gigabytes weirdness, that results in broken software and bricked monitors.

This is why I use OpenRGB instead. (That, and I run Kubuntu Linux most of the time).

 

[ir_cow]

@Mussels I haven't experienced anything installing on its own from gigabyte besides what Microsoft does when you plug in a new device for drivers. Seriously never had this happen for any computer I've used ever. I guess I'm just lucky?

Edit: Okay I take it back, I've seen Patriot RGB software in the install list before (at some point last year). But I did have a patriot drive installed at the time (non-RGB), so I uninstalled it. I'm pretty sure it was a Microsoft download because I didn't have any motherboard software installed.

Since I just installed RGB fusion, for the next review, I will check the list to see if A) it installed and B) if its still here after uninstalling.

5:43 timestamp explains it well. Basically to make RGB more compatible , other companies that have RGB components will write software instead of ASUS, Gigabyte, ASRock, MSI doing it all in-house themselves. Basically it is a lazy way of adding support. If was a motherboard manufacture, I would tell them all to proper get F'ed. Especially if it make my program look bad (like in the video). In this example, Patriot is to blame for making shit software and Gigabyte is to blame for including it (without checking the code).

 

[Mussels]

This is why I use OpenRGB instead. (That, and I run Kubuntu Linux most of the time).

I cant use OpenRGB to install monitor firmware

@Mussels I haven't experienced anything installing on its own from gigabyte besides what Microsoft does when you plug in a new device for drivers. Seriously never had this happen for any computer I've used ever. I guess I'm just lucky?

Edit: Okay I take it back, I've seen Patriot RGB software in the install list before (at some point last year). But I did have a patriot drive installed at the time (non-RGB), so I uninstalled it. I'm pretty sure it was a Microsoft download because I didn't have any motherboard software installed.

Since I just installed RGB fusion, for the next review, I will check the list to see if A) it installed and B) if its still here after uninstalling.

5:43 timestamp explains it well. Basically to make RGB more compatible , other companies that have RGB components will write software instead of ASUS, Gigabyte, ASRock, MSI doing it all in-house themselves. Basically it is a lazy way of adding support. If was a motherboard manufacture, I would tell them all to proper get F'ed. Especially if it make my program look bad (like in the video). In this example, Patriot is to blame for making shit software and Gigabyte is to blame for including it (without checking the code).

Yeah Giga still have it, unless you download it a special way (Get program A to download program B to install program C to install firmware D)
Asus and Asrock had it in the past, but updated their downloads

I just wanted confirmation they'd removed it from new products, even if they still had it in the old ones software
(And again, because I can never get over this: My Gigabyte Monitor with no RGB, installs another brands RGB software for SSDs and RAM. Whyyyyyyyyyyyy)

 

[mechtech]

Another question

for m2 testing. Was it just one drive at a time to a synthetic benchmark?

would it be possible to install 4 drives at the same time and see what the transfers rates would be between drives??

 

[ir_cow]

Another question

for m2 testing. Was it just one drive at a time to a synthetic benchmark?

would it be possible to install 4 drives at the same time and see what the transfers rates would be between drives??

I do have five of the Neo Forza 1TB NFP455 NVMe M.2 drives. Depending on if he MB has four or five slots, I install them all in at once. The DiskSpd batch script I use only tests one at a time. I'm sure I can get Wiz help to make a script that data transfer between drives instead.

 

[mechtech]

I do have five of the Neo Forza 1TB NFP455 NVMe M.2 drives. Depending on if he MB has four or five slots, I install them all in at once. The DiskSpd batch script I use only tests one at a time. I'm sure I can get Wiz help to make a script that data transfer between drives instead.

That be great. See what real world transfer is between drives. Seen some etailer reviews of people saying lose all the pcie lanes……or dropping to gen 3 speeds??

 

[ir_cow]

Hmmmm.. Well you will lose the bottom PCIe slot if you use all the M.2 sockets. (or just the one associated / share lanes) and if you have a older Zen+, it will be Gen 3 all around anyways.

I didn't experience / notice losing more PCIe lanes than expected or everything being Gen3, but I only have 1 sample.

 

[trsttte]

A bit necro but the last comments got me confused, does this board install random crapware by default like Asus or not?

 

[ir_cow]

A bit necro but the last comments got me confused, does this board install random crapware by default like Asus or not?

Like @Mussels asked? It will install Norton Security if you don't uncheck it when installing updates from inside Gigabyte software. Otherwise Patriot RGB is not automatically installed anymore (or ever was a option to begin with). At least, it hasn't happened to me. I'm starting to think this that is actually a windows update thing that is being blamed on Gigabyte because its installed on other none-gigabyte before.