Finished Looks

Getting a closer look at the motherboard while it's powered on, we can see the left side has an AORUS logo with a subtle amount of RGB. This is can be seen throughout the AORUS series for both Intel and AMD based motherboards to a varying degree. Similar to the B650E Master, there is spacing for a 4 slot graphics card without interfering with the lower PCIe slots. As touched on earlier in this review, Gigabyte has moved away from the orange accents to a neutral gray tone. It still has a bit of flair, but the emphasis will be placed upon the graphics card, system memory as well as the case for those that enjoy an RGB light show. Those who prefer no RGB in their system, have the option to turn off the RGB elements in software.

Test System

Supporting Hardware

Testing is performed with the newest available version of the BIOS at the time of review. All BIOS settings related to the CPU are left untouched. EXPO is enabled for the memory. However, if the primary, secondary or tertiary memory timings are incorrectly set by the BIOS, it is tested as-is, to mimic a standard user. The same goes for the CPU. Unless it is a bug in the current BIOS—i.e., not present in other versions—any and all CPU boost parameters are left alone.

Note: Using BIOS F8a, DDR5-6000 automatically has the memory controller in a 2:1:1 Ratio. (Infinity Fabric-Memory-Memory Controller).



CPU-Z screenshot from previous BIOS version