Board Software

Gigabyte has a new software called "Gigabyte Control Center". This is a much needed upgrade from the old Gigabyte App Center. Here it is a one-stop shop for everything related to the motherboard, including driver updates, software updates, fan control, CPU performance adjustments and RGB control. The CPU overclocking utility is fairly generic. It allows you to set an all core frequency and voltage, but not much more. Maybe Gigabyte can expand upon this in the future and add features such as ECO Mode, just like Ryzen Master software has.

Unfortunately, while Gigabyte has taken a step forward with the software presentation and functionality, It still has Norton Security checked off to be installed by default when updating the drivers. Computer security is great to have, but when it is installed in a sneaky fashion is when the software in question becomes a form of bloatware.