This is exactly the overview of this board I was looking for. The 3 m.2 slots is great to build a dense SFF system with quite a lot of storage. Based on pcpartpicker, the only place listed with it in the States is B&H, they've got it in "pre-order" status for 269.99 USD, which for what this board is packing isn't bad in my opinion. I'm looking to build a Ryzen 7000 / Radeon 7000 build in an NR200, and this board will give me everything I need, especially with all of the PWM headers available via the breakout connectors. Great with this one. I hadn't yet been able to find a good overview of this board (at least in English) and sometimes it's nearly impossible to get all the information you're looking for from the manufacturer page. Videos like this are why I keep coming back.
If you're going to build in the nr200 it will also fit some smaller micro atx motherboards, I just but a gigabyte b365m ds3h in mine last night, power supply will have to be front mounted though
Hi, coincidentally I am also building in the nr200 with this board. I was looking for some videos on this because for the life of me I cant find the hd audio connector on the board. Is there any chance you remember where/how to connect hd audio? totally understand if not
as sff is my jam the only concerns i have with what im seeing with the new gen motherboard is that these tall heatsinks make it very hard to install low profile cpu coolers, great over view guys
Given the cooling demands of the new generation of CPUs, I doubt many low profile coolers will be sufficient unless there is some major undervolting going on. I feel you pain though, especially with the in built GPU.
Also a looooong time itx pc builder ……. The lack of rear USB ports is getting ridiculous considering the price and what these newer chipsets are capable of!
Motherboard prices have replaced GPU's as the new price gouged item. Why bother with Nvidia and AMD when they can just get around them and take more profit for themselves. The last past few years for PC building have been painful. All their sensationalized hyperbolic claims of "increased cost" is just a load along with the supposedly "RAM Shortage" which wasn't a thing, just another manipulated part of the industry. Just like "hard drive crypto farming" another piece created by Hard drive manufacturers in hopes of artificially driving up cost. Then they say Motherboards will go up because parts for DDR5 and PCI-E 5.0/4.0 are expensive and when you talk to the right people in the industry, you find out it the premium of those parts is maybe $10/$20, not $200/$300. One thing is for certain, that Motherboard profit margins are the highest that they have EVER been. If PCIE 4.0/5.0 and DDR5 motherboards are a premium, then why have PCIE 3.0 and DDR4 motherboards increased in price if they don't have those new shiny peices?? Paying more, getting less than ever.
As long as there are PC marks that are stupid enough to pay for it, they will continue. Even Nvidia or AMD see how regardless of their overpriced GPU's, most of which are horribly priced, there are enough framerate queens/framerate simps, who have more money than sense that will pay it regardless. Same reasons why Car dealerships can charge 100% over sticker for cars. Honda Civic Type-R is $100,000 USD over here. $60,000 above sticker and they sell them. for a CIVIC. If you have the money to waste, then what difference does it make to them?
@@Snafu2346 I make enough money not to care. Even if videocards were $10,000 or $20,000 I wouldn't care. I don't care that it drives up the cost of the videocards for everyone else either. I care about me, and I could care less about everyone else. If Motherboards were $10,000 and the average custom PC cost $100,000 I still wouldn't care. Screw the peasants, go back to mobile gaming. Though I will say consoles give you the best bang for your buck if you only care about gaming. I spent an extra $50,000 for my EV6 Kia, and it means nothing to me on top of the base $60k Though I will say that $100k for a Honda Civic couldn't care what variant, Type R, Type C, Type S, Type who gives a shit, is stupid. Probably just some ricer. Sorry it effects everyone that their prices increase, but honestly, I actually don't care.
I agree i got lucky on a deal yesterday on eBay, but PC Partpicker was giving me essentially resale prices only and the market is crazy for AM4 boards. I am definitely waiting until next year, market hopefully will correct itself.
Your video helped me pick this board out and the detailed unboxing helped me return it when one of the memory slots didn't work. I really wish it worked out, since my new board was like $70 more.
I remember when I decided to go sff when I upgraded my first build and for some reason bought the more expensive b550i strix for $300aud and now I don't feel so bad for doing it. I think I'm just going to be content slapping a 5800x3d into my PC for a couple years and waiting this out lol.
The price of these boards has kept me from making another itx build. I’d love to upgrade from my am4 build but no way I’m paying that for a motherboard.
The hardest product of Gigabyte/Aorus to find in my area are B650I Aorus Ultra (even can't buy due to price), X570SI Aorus Pro AX, B660I Aorus Pro and M34WQ monitor. B550I Aorus Pro AX still popular but the price still high tho even the B650I/X670I has been released. Hope I can get the used one with best condition. I still like the B550I Aorus Pro AX design afterall, but still lack of total USB amount. This B650I is good with those features but I can say this model similar lil bit to B660I especially for the VRM shield model. Anyway great video Nick
Thanks for doing a overview of this, it's been super hard to find good coverage on these new boards. Ended up buying one off Newegg blind, your video helps!
As an itx builder for about 10years now ….. firstly, Beautiful board and great to see 3x M.2 slots💪👍😇 ….. however, the lack of rear I/O USB ports on these newer high priced 🤯 motherboards is very disappointing and consider what these newer chipsets are capable of providing …… sad to see🧐😢
Thank you! The front audio location is absurd and I had to come back a second time to see how the top m.2 quick install thing worked. Expensive but packed card. Am bummed about the audio options though.
@@inmypaants I don't have a small build myself as I like tons of cooling, lighting, etc. I have a Corsair 750D Full Tower w/ 420mm air for cpu and aorus rtx 2080 👌 I have built ITX and MicroATX though. ITX is perfect for a HTPC or LAN Box but for me my Desktop and Future Steam Deck are all I need
I bought the Asus ROG Strix B650E-i from PC King in Germany. They ship to whole EU and I paid 372€ +15€ for shipping. Expensive but honestly less expensive then buying that from local store in Poland. Took only like 4 days to arrive. Thats like 420USD or like 625AUD that i paid for it. Bonkers but also that's basically the best available B650 itx board and it's E version, with PCiE 5.0 so I kinda get that they charge a premium.
backplates (the one that cover the whole board) usually tends to lead compatibility issues on sandwich type cases for itx builds. from the looks of it, Nicks previous vid on MSI 650i is the way to go. Sucks that Gigabyte board can't design and rely on so many daughter cards while MSI got it just right.
I want to build in the new 2000D air flow but there's not many itx boards for the new R7 cpus that I've seen that offer a good amount of rear io connection. And prices arent definitely cheap either.
Just received mine last week. I like the board however, mine came with the flawed intel ethernet i225v revision 1. unbelievable that Gigabyte still ships board with this flawed nic. Revision 3 chip have been available for a good while now.
I sure hope there are no rev1 left! This is such a classic letdown on mb manufacturers with a defunct network adapter. All these should be replaced no questions asked.
Great presentation! FWIW, when I bought this board last week, this was the LEAST expensive of all the ITX boards in its class at $260 US. I'm building the system w/it as I type this and the more I look at the design, the more impressed I am. I've seen complaints about the daughter board(s), but IMHO these are pretty well-done and quite appropriate given ITX size limitations. The M.2's are indeed crazy, well thought-out and easy to access, and I'm happy to see the optional fan there, as I've seen M.2s in previous systems getting near the 'uncomfortably' warm side. Third Giga board I've bought and (so far) very happy.
I just got this board and I have Noctua NH-U12A, I can't seem to figure how to attach it to the backplate? do I need to remove the backplate behind the cpu? anyone have a video on this? I don't want to break anything, and I can't figure it out
I'm struggling with audio problems right now with this board. Connecting headphones to the line out doesn't recognize them. The Realtek motherboard drivers also doesn't seem to be installing the driver when I look under device manager. What's more is that I'm missing the programs for Realtek Audio Console and DTS: Ultra, which both state they would be automatically detected and downloaded. The Gigabyte Control Center also doesn't have them for download.
This looks like a nice board. I didnt know it had 3 M.2 slots. I dont mind it that it doesnt have a standard audio out or optical since I use a USB DAC such as the Modi 3E and it sounds great for my needs. My issue is that my Dark Rock Pro 4 may be too big and I would have to research and spend money on something that fits and that can cool down the 7900x that I'm think of using.
HI I Loved the fact that it has 3 nme slots whichs means i can still keep my x2 2tb nvme drives , thanks for the reviw manged to find one at newegg ?? and I am in the UK and love your channel thanks
My 5800x3D watches me crosseyed whenever I start watching AM5-related content, but the pricing will keep me from upgrading for about 2 or 3 years. By that time hopefully the platform maturity and the pricing will improve.
So I'm using this board in the NR200P Max and I'm wondering where do I plug in the connection from the Pump Head? Its a 3-Pin connection and don't see where it could go on this board. Trying to finish today if someone could answer this.
The pump header is on the board by the RAM. It looks like a sysfan header but it's a tiny bit smaller than a normal sysfan plugin, to the point you can't actually accidentally plug in a regular sysfan into it because it won't fit.
I'd say a fan swap is possible, but not ideal, since you would have to peel off the cover to even get to it I think. As far as I can tell the fan is made to not be removed. Also you don't even need the fan, it's almost pointless. Not because it's soo tiny that it'll do basically nothing (your system fans provide more passive airflow than it ever could), but also because the heatsink is beefy enough that everything will run cool anyways even without the fan running anyways.
Fan is able to be PWM controlled in the BIOS. Can also opt to use header (with adapter) for different fan control. Fan spins upto around 9k at 100%; I run it closer to 4800rpms so it isn't audible over GPU in Iquinix Zx1 (air)
Even the MSI is too expensive IMO, $239. But if you're already invested in a SFF, it's probablly cheaper to swallow the price hike than to swap most of the SFF system and reassemble as something else, ATX or mATX... so. Yeah.
If you look right now ITX boards are going for $350 and up, at least the ones that are decent. I just picked up a b660i asus gaming wifi ddr5 and it has the new bios for a 13th generation intel for $200. I got lucky.
I just got myself a mATX board on eBay 😅 because the case I’m upgrading to is better since I’m downsizing from ATX. But I still love to watch these updates because I’m anticipating a new build end of next year, these may be cheaper later on.
@@fricktion01 thanks, I can do without, so that's why I was wondering. Oddly, the board appears to be completely unavailable here in Europe, seems like it was pulled by Gigabyte? Perhaps some defect?
@@kasimirdenhertog3516 It's just a really popular board, especially because it's basically the cheapest ITX board you can get for AM5, even though it isn't cheap. I'd still put in the breakout board, because the sideways nature of the connectors allows for more tidy cabling. You also don't just lose the sysfan and front panel connectors, you lose power LED's by not using it too. The board only has just a power button connector on it. Since it doesn't take up much space, and it will take up space that would be empty anyways, it's not really helpful to not use the breakout board. It's worth putting in even if you don't intend on using it. It does come out kinda easy though, so you wouldn't want to try to yank out a SATA cable, as it would pull the whole breakout board with it. I think that's by design because if it was too hard to remove the breakout board, it would likely break. The board could have definitely been done better, but it might also be one of the better boards, as it basically has the best VRM's of any ITX AM5 board, it's a little over engineered, while also being a little wonky in the port layout. I don't think there's any defect, although I did have a heck of a time trying to get a Noctua heatsink mounted to it, because every time I screwed one screw in a little bit, the other side of the heatsink would raise up a bit and unlatch the other screw before I could screw it in, like there was an offset. Could have just been that it was a reused heatsink that was slightly distorted after being mounted to an intel system for soo long, or could have been an issue with the AM5 mounting kit or the board itself being misaligned slightly, but I eventually got it secured properly after some very gentle and slow tinkering. I am thinking it was just because the heatsink could have been slightly distorted though, because it was mounted to an intel socket for several years in a vertical orientation, so there was probably an ever so slight distortion in the bracket on the heatsink and I didn't want to force it. Since the screws are kind of free floating with a spring, there is slack for slight misalignments without causing any undue stress, but I'm used to the screw down process being much smoother, without any tinkering. But Noctua's AM5 mounting kit is also less robust than their Intel mounting kits. The free AM5 mounting kit I got from them was really just not polished, engineered in the cheapest way possible, while the Intel mounting hardware I had been using was just much more precision engineered, with a more pristine finish and better looking screws. They really cheaped out on the AM5 mounting kits for some reason. You can tell it's like a stamped steel instead of a machined steel, with all kinds of surface and edge imperfections and the text stamped into it being not so smooth and clean. The Intel kit on the other hand looks like it was designed with laser precision in comparison. But when you've got a super beefy Noctua heatsink, it's worth the trouble to save $100 and reuse it between builds, instead of buying a new heatsink. This Noctua heatsink is about 10 years old and still going strong.
@@seankillar123 It's not a great board, it has a flawed ethernet adapter, well known that its flawed, cuts out all the time, like 3 times a day at least, sometimes every 5 minutes. It's actually criminal that they even sell it since its been known to have issues for years. Avoid it. It's not a software issue either, it's completely a hardware design issue on the ethernet chip. Just look up "Intel i225-v" and you'll find thousands of posts about people having issues with it. There is no software fix because it's not a software issue, so it literally can't be fixed with any settings or driver.
i dont know man..when i was browsing, they had all the crappiest boards in stock only, not cause the good ones sold out, they werent even in stock in the first place. Only Asus was well stocked.
It's odd they went with a pcie gen 4 x16 slot, was looking forward to this mobo but the Asus b650i Strix specs smokes it out in every way. even the back IO is lackluster in comparison.
Give me a B650i board with proper 2.5G ethernet adapter thats solid with working drivers and reasonable price. I refuse to buy half-baked boards for this price. Forget about the price just make it proper without RGB, ULTRA or anything gaming-related and I'll pay double.
I love SFF builds, i just wish the motherboard had better io. so many bigger motherboards have such better io and i hate it. is there a reason why the io on mini itx sucks?
Size, features and price. You could probably add 4 more usb3 ports on this motherboard by: shrinking and optimizing the VRM more, smaller/more efficient heatsinks, usb3 parts, more R&D. And now this motherboard is probably $50 more expensive.
@@InfinetlyOmega You might value those extra usb ports that much, I forgot the price of the motherboard while guessing the price, and I still think the price makes sense. But gigabyte probably decided to make the motherboard this way/price for some reasons, one might be it's the second cheapest am5 itx board and it's the only one to have 3 m.2 slots. (I only currently use 3 usb ports)
am5 man..their mobo price is just too damn high..even tho amd already slashes their cpus prices, their mobo prices just makes me think twice before upgrading..maybe it would be alot cheaper when ryzen 8000 series come out..who knows
I've spent more time than I care to admit researching AM5 ITX boards. The takeaway..... this board is hot garbage. Not from a functional stand point but from a design standpoint. Apparently its particularly inconvenient to build with due to the location of the audio header being under the M2 heat spreader and the daughter boards used. That said if you don't mind these short comings it goes on sale for a pretty dang good discount from time to time as a result of people like me specifically crossing it of their list.
This video is CLEARLY and overview as mentioned at the start of the video. I wish this was a paid commercial because then at least I'd get paid for your stupid comments.
So its a free commercial, even worse. Why even take it out of the box? Just take their marketing pictures and put a script over it would have the same value. An overview would at least put a cooler on there to see fitment.
This is exactly the overview of this board I was looking for. The 3 m.2 slots is great to build a dense SFF system with quite a lot of storage. Based on pcpartpicker, the only place listed with it in the States is B&H, they've got it in "pre-order" status for 269.99 USD, which for what this board is packing isn't bad in my opinion. I'm looking to build a Ryzen 7000 / Radeon 7000 build in an NR200, and this board will give me everything I need, especially with all of the PWM headers available via the breakout connectors. Great with this one. I hadn't yet been able to find a good overview of this board (at least in English) and sometimes it's nearly impossible to get all the information you're looking for from the manufacturer page. Videos like this are why I keep coming back.
If you're going to build in the nr200 it will also fit some smaller micro atx motherboards, I just but a gigabyte b365m ds3h in mine last night, power supply will have to be front mounted though
Hi, coincidentally I am also building in the nr200 with this board. I was looking for some videos on this because for the life of me I cant find the hd audio connector on the board. Is there any chance you remember where/how to connect hd audio? totally understand if not
Yeah, I want a raid 0 gaming drive
How many of the three m.2 are pci 5.0 ? .. I think it is just the first slot .. I just spent $500 on a 4tb Crucial nvme gen 5 drive
@@samm928 just one is 5.0. I'm finding that to be the case with most boards that have 5.0 m.2 slots.
as sff is my jam the only concerns i have with what im seeing with the new gen motherboard is that these tall heatsinks make it very hard to install low profile cpu coolers, great over view guys
Given the cooling demands of the new generation of CPUs, I doubt many low profile coolers will be sufficient unless there is some major undervolting going on. I feel you pain though, especially with the in built GPU.
@@donaldwindland you can power limit the new zen 4 chips and still get 95%+ of the performance with much less power draw and heat output.
Also a looooong time itx pc builder ……. The lack of rear USB ports is getting ridiculous considering the price and what these newer chipsets are capable of!
@@michaelthompson9798 damn not wrong… usb keyboard mouse headphones and bam how many left??
@@michaelthompson9798 And most cases offer one if that.
I just got is board 2 days ago. A beast of a ITX board. Can find it at B&H in the US usually ships out in a week with 2-day shipping.
Motherboard prices have replaced GPU's as the new price gouged item. Why bother with Nvidia and AMD when they can just get around them and take more profit for themselves.
The last past few years for PC building have been painful. All their sensationalized hyperbolic claims of "increased cost" is just a load along with the supposedly "RAM Shortage" which wasn't a thing, just another manipulated part of the industry. Just like "hard drive crypto farming" another piece created by Hard drive manufacturers in hopes of artificially driving up cost. Then they say Motherboards will go up because parts for DDR5 and PCI-E 5.0/4.0 are expensive and when you talk to the right people in the industry, you find out it the premium of those parts is maybe $10/$20, not $200/$300. One thing is for certain, that Motherboard profit margins are the highest that they have EVER been.
If PCIE 4.0/5.0 and DDR5 motherboards are a premium, then why have PCIE 3.0 and DDR4 motherboards increased in price if they don't have those new shiny peices??
Paying more, getting less than ever.
As long as there are PC marks that are stupid enough to pay for it, they will continue. Even Nvidia or AMD see how regardless of their overpriced GPU's, most of which are horribly priced, there are enough framerate queens/framerate simps, who have more money than sense that will pay it regardless. Same reasons why Car dealerships can charge 100% over sticker for cars. Honda Civic Type-R is $100,000 USD over here. $60,000 above sticker and they sell them. for a CIVIC.
If you have the money to waste, then what difference does it make to them?
@@Snafu2346 anyone who spends $100k on a Civic is a effin moron.
@@Snafu2346 I make enough money not to care. Even if videocards were $10,000 or $20,000 I wouldn't care. I don't care that it drives up the cost of the videocards for everyone else either. I care about me, and I could care less about everyone else. If Motherboards were $10,000 and the average custom PC cost $100,000 I still wouldn't care. Screw the peasants, go back to mobile gaming. Though I will say consoles give you the best bang for your buck if you only care about gaming.
I spent an extra $50,000 for my EV6 Kia, and it means nothing to me on top of the base $60k Though I will say that $100k for a Honda Civic couldn't care what variant, Type R, Type C, Type S, Type who gives a shit, is stupid. Probably just some ricer.
Sorry it effects everyone that their prices increase, but honestly, I actually don't care.
I agree i got lucky on a deal yesterday on eBay, but PC Partpicker was giving me essentially resale prices only and the market is crazy for AM4 boards. I am definitely waiting until next year, market hopefully will correct itself.
Your video helped me pick this board out and the detailed unboxing helped me return it when one of the memory slots didn't work. I really wish it worked out, since my new board was like $70 more.
Finally the overview! I have been anticipating this for a while
Love these motherboard videos, very informative yet concise. Helpful when trying to pick the right one to buy!
I remember when I decided to go sff when I upgraded my first build and for some reason bought the more expensive b550i strix for $300aud and now I don't feel so bad for doing it. I think I'm just going to be content slapping a 5800x3d into my PC for a couple years and waiting this out lol.
Banger of a motherboard overview fams. Keep up the hard work
The price of these boards has kept me from making another itx build. I’d love to upgrade from my am4 build but no way I’m paying that for a motherboard.
Excellent overview fams. That AUD price is absurd tho. Keep up the awesome videos
The hardest product of Gigabyte/Aorus to find in my area are B650I Aorus Ultra (even can't buy due to price), X570SI Aorus Pro AX, B660I Aorus Pro and M34WQ monitor. B550I Aorus Pro AX still popular but the price still high tho even the B650I/X670I has been released. Hope I can get the used one with best condition. I still like the B550I Aorus Pro AX design afterall, but still lack of total USB amount. This B650I is good with those features but I can say this model similar lil bit to B660I especially for the VRM shield model. Anyway great video Nick
Thanks for doing a overview of this, it's been super hard to find good coverage on these new boards.
Ended up buying one off Newegg blind, your video helps!
Am still waiting for this motherboard review and a place where to buy it.. thank good you got one :)
As an itx builder for about 10years now ….. firstly, Beautiful board and great to see 3x M.2 slots💪👍😇 ….. however, the lack of rear I/O USB ports on these newer high priced 🤯 motherboards is very disappointing and consider what these newer chipsets are capable of providing …… sad to see🧐😢
Thank you! I was confused cause the manual said there was a front audio port, but I couldn't find it.
I’ve moved from itx to the MATX Gene board. £550 in the UK but it’s a quality board.
Thank you! The front audio location is absurd and I had to come back a second time to see how the top m.2 quick install thing worked. Expensive but packed card. Am bummed about the audio options though.
I used to mess with ITX, but I’ve landed on mATX more recently. I just prefer having a bit more space and no active cooling.
I dont mind ITX cases with ATX power supply compatibility though
@@zombl337og I’m rocking the opposite right now with an O11D-Mini
@@inmypaants I don't have a small build myself as I like tons of cooling, lighting, etc. I have a Corsair 750D Full Tower w/ 420mm air for cpu and aorus rtx 2080 👌 I have built ITX and MicroATX though. ITX is perfect for a HTPC or LAN Box but for me my Desktop and Future Steam Deck are all I need
@@zombl337og totally agree. I have an O11D-Mini with mATX. It’s a great case which accommodates 2x 360mm radiators so tons of cooling.
I bought the Asus ROG Strix B650E-i from PC King in Germany. They ship to whole EU and I paid 372€ +15€ for shipping. Expensive but honestly less expensive then buying that from local store in Poland. Took only like 4 days to arrive. Thats like 420USD or like 625AUD that i paid for it. Bonkers but also that's basically the best available B650 itx board and it's E version, with PCiE 5.0 so I kinda get that they charge a premium.
Thanks for doing this review.
Finally some coverage of this board! Thanks nick for always staying on top of things.
Looks solid! Just bought the asus b650e-i
Optical audio is the deal breaker for me. I have a lively little Aiyma T9 Pro DAC/amp, and any MB I buy will support it.
100% after this for my 1st build in 8 years
backplates (the one that cover the whole board) usually tends to lead compatibility issues on sandwich type cases for itx builds.
from the looks of it, Nicks previous vid on MSI 650i is the way to go. Sucks that Gigabyte board can't design and rely on so many daughter cards while MSI got it just right.
A Mini itx mainboard with 3. m.2 slots is insane for this form factor
My issue with it there isn't any of USB4-C ports. You see these mini PCs already start using them for display.
But there is a USB-C port with Displayport-Alt Mode. Would prefer if I could have it output the signal from the GPU instead of the iGPU though.
“Gaaahdamn that is so much money!” Haha
Thanks for the work you do. Any updates with a build with it?
I want to build in the new 2000D air flow but there's not many itx boards for the new R7 cpus that I've seen that offer a good amount of rear io connection. And prices arent definitely cheap either.
Just received mine last week. I like the board however, mine came with the flawed intel ethernet i225v revision 1. unbelievable that Gigabyte still ships board with this flawed nic. Revision 3 chip have been available for a good while now.
I sure hope there are no rev1 left! This is such a classic letdown on mb manufacturers with a defunct network adapter. All these should be replaced no questions asked.
Great presentation! FWIW, when I bought this board last week, this was the LEAST expensive of all the ITX boards in its class at $260 US. I'm building the system w/it as I type this and the more I look at the design, the more impressed I am. I've seen complaints about the daughter board(s), but IMHO these are pretty well-done and quite appropriate given ITX size limitations. The M.2's are indeed crazy, well thought-out and easy to access, and I'm happy to see the optional fan there, as I've seen M.2s in previous systems getting near the 'uncomfortably' warm side. Third Giga board I've bought and (so far) very happy.
Awesome review. I am torn between this and ASUS ROG Strix B650E-I. :(
Nice video, kudos to you guys, this is available in Bangladesh priced 12000 bdt, how is this for 5600g?
In a Ghost S1 build, would you recommend this board or a MSI B650I Edge WiFi with a NH-L12GE?
just wanted to inform some people, if you live in America this mobo is 259.99 on amazon and is always in stock now
that's a whole lot of features crammed in to a tiny ITX board 😯
Which M.2 slot seems to have the best contact with cooling pads and heatsinks?
What wallpaper is that on your monitor?. It Looks cool AF.
I just got this board and I have Noctua NH-U12A, I can't seem to figure how to attach it to the backplate? do I need to remove the backplate behind the cpu? anyone have a video on this? I don't want to break anything, and I can't figure it out
Dongles Galore! Is this an Apple Motherboard?
Its not the size of the tool that matters but the power behind it.
Kinda funny you have to declare that these are just an overview even tho their better then most reviews ok youtube
I'm struggling with audio problems right now with this board. Connecting headphones to the line out doesn't recognize them. The Realtek motherboard drivers also doesn't seem to be installing the driver when I look under device manager. What's more is that I'm missing the programs for Realtek Audio Console and DTS: Ultra, which both state they would be automatically detected and downloaded. The Gigabyte Control Center also doesn't have them for download.
This looks like a nice board. I didnt know it had 3 M.2 slots. I dont mind it that it doesnt have a standard audio out or optical since I use a USB DAC such as the Modi 3E and it sounds great for my needs. My issue is that my Dark Rock Pro 4 may be too big and I would have to research and spend money on something that fits and that can cool down the 7900x that I'm think of using.
That audio solution is just ridiculous.
While I'm digging the board, what has me from upgrading my current board to this is the lack of PCIE 5.0.
Why isn’t this board available in Europe?!
HI I Loved the fact that it has 3 nme slots whichs means i can still keep my x2 2tb nvme drives , thanks for the reviw manged to find one at newegg ??
and I am in the UK and love your channel thanks
The pricing is insane (on the high side) for a gigabyte board. Msi- asus are the way to go
asus and msi high end boards are just as expensive
Asus are even more expensive than gigabyte. The two am5 asus itx boards that are available are $630 and $850 aud.
Have you looked at the Asrock b650m-c? 3 m.2 slots, 16x, 1x, 1x, 4x pcie layout.
B650 prices are ridiculous. Are they going to do any A620 ITX boards?
My 5800x3D watches me crosseyed whenever I start watching AM5-related content, but the pricing will keep me from upgrading for about 2 or 3 years. By that time hopefully the platform maturity and the pricing will improve.
I tend to disagree .. Minisforum has released an ITX board with 4 x M.2 SSD drives a year ago on their Intel platform ..
So I'm using this board in the NR200P Max and I'm wondering where do I plug in the connection from the Pump Head? Its a 3-Pin connection and don't see where it could go on this board. Trying to finish today if someone could answer this.
The pump header is on the board by the RAM. It looks like a sysfan header but it's a tiny bit smaller than a normal sysfan plugin, to the point you can't actually accidentally plug in a regular sysfan into it because it won't fit.
You keep saying "SATA or SATA ports". Which is it? It would be nice before buying which of those it is 🤔
Had this board for three months and had no idea there was another m.2 slot underneath the front slot
Does this board have controllers for the VRM/Chipset fans built into the bios?
Also is a noctua fan swap possible for those little fans?
I'd say a fan swap is possible, but not ideal, since you would have to peel off the cover to even get to it I think. As far as I can tell the fan is made to not be removed. Also you don't even need the fan, it's almost pointless. Not because it's soo tiny that it'll do basically nothing (your system fans provide more passive airflow than it ever could), but also because the heatsink is beefy enough that everything will run cool anyways even without the fan running anyways.
Fan is able to be PWM controlled in the BIOS.
Can also opt to use header (with adapter) for different fan control.
Fan spins upto around 9k at 100%; I run it closer to 4800rpms so it isn't audible over GPU in Iquinix Zx1 (air)
ASUS B650E-I next please.
My concern is the panel card probably will have some issue with the 24 pin power connector when crammed inside a 5L case.
Even the MSI is too expensive IMO, $239. But if you're already invested in a SFF, it's probablly cheaper to swallow the price hike than to swap most of the SFF system and reassemble as something else, ATX or mATX... so. Yeah.
He's wrong .. the pcie slot for the graphics card is pcie5, not pcie4 .. or maybe I'm wrong
Wish it had 10GbE and an IPMI, it would make that the perfect server...
Could I use a Noctua NH-U12S with this?
If you look right now ITX boards are going for $350 and up, at least the ones that are decent. I just picked up a b660i asus gaming wifi ddr5 and it has the new bios for a 13th generation intel for $200. I got lucky.
Did it have the bios already installed or did you have to flash it ?
I just got myself a mATX board on eBay 😅 because the case I’m upgrading to is better since I’m downsizing from ATX. But I still love to watch these updates because I’m anticipating a new build end of next year, these may be cheaper later on.
it seems to be impossible to remove the M.2 fan connector. This really sucks as this is otherwise a great motherboard.
The little card with SATA ports, is it possible to just skip that and run without?
you dont need it but you'll miss out on a fan header and front panel connections without it.
@@fricktion01 thanks, I can do without, so that's why I was wondering. Oddly, the board appears to be completely unavailable here in Europe, seems like it was pulled by Gigabyte? Perhaps some defect?
@@kasimirdenhertog3516 It's just a really popular board, especially because it's basically the cheapest ITX board you can get for AM5, even though it isn't cheap. I'd still put in the breakout board, because the sideways nature of the connectors allows for more tidy cabling. You also don't just lose the sysfan and front panel connectors, you lose power LED's by not using it too. The board only has just a power button connector on it. Since it doesn't take up much space, and it will take up space that would be empty anyways, it's not really helpful to not use the breakout board. It's worth putting in even if you don't intend on using it. It does come out kinda easy though, so you wouldn't want to try to yank out a SATA cable, as it would pull the whole breakout board with it. I think that's by design because if it was too hard to remove the breakout board, it would likely break.
The board could have definitely been done better, but it might also be one of the better boards, as it basically has the best VRM's of any ITX AM5 board, it's a little over engineered, while also being a little wonky in the port layout.
I don't think there's any defect, although I did have a heck of a time trying to get a Noctua heatsink mounted to it, because every time I screwed one screw in a little bit, the other side of the heatsink would raise up a bit and unlatch the other screw before I could screw it in, like there was an offset. Could have just been that it was a reused heatsink that was slightly distorted after being mounted to an intel system for soo long, or could have been an issue with the AM5 mounting kit or the board itself being misaligned slightly, but I eventually got it secured properly after some very gentle and slow tinkering.
I am thinking it was just because the heatsink could have been slightly distorted though, because it was mounted to an intel socket for several years in a vertical orientation, so there was probably an ever so slight distortion in the bracket on the heatsink and I didn't want to force it. Since the screws are kind of free floating with a spring, there is slack for slight misalignments without causing any undue stress, but I'm used to the screw down process being much smoother, without any tinkering. But Noctua's AM5 mounting kit is also less robust than their Intel mounting kits.
The free AM5 mounting kit I got from them was really just not polished, engineered in the cheapest way possible, while the Intel mounting hardware I had been using was just much more precision engineered, with a more pristine finish and better looking screws. They really cheaped out on the AM5 mounting kits for some reason. You can tell it's like a stamped steel instead of a machined steel, with all kinds of surface and edge imperfections and the text stamped into it being not so smooth and clean. The Intel kit on the other hand looks like it was designed with laser precision in comparison. But when you've got a super beefy Noctua heatsink, it's worth the trouble to save $100 and reuse it between builds, instead of buying a new heatsink. This Noctua heatsink is about 10 years old and still going strong.
@@peoplez129 seems like the perfect board for the formd t1
@@seankillar123 It's not a great board, it has a flawed ethernet adapter, well known that its flawed, cuts out all the time, like 3 times a day at least, sometimes every 5 minutes. It's actually criminal that they even sell it since its been known to have issues for years. Avoid it. It's not a software issue either, it's completely a hardware design issue on the ethernet chip. Just look up "Intel i225-v" and you'll find thousands of posts about people having issues with it. There is no software fix because it's not a software issue, so it literally can't be fixed with any settings or driver.
i dont know man..when i was browsing, they had all the crappiest boards in stock only, not cause the good ones sold out, they werent even in stock in the first place. Only Asus was well stocked.
ASUS Immensity: Hold my beer
It's odd they went with a pcie gen 4 x16 slot, was looking forward to this mobo but the Asus b650i Strix specs smokes it out in every way. even the back IO is lackluster in comparison.
Give me a B650i board with proper 2.5G ethernet adapter thats solid with working drivers and reasonable price. I refuse to buy half-baked boards for this price. Forget about the price just make it proper without RGB, ULTRA or anything gaming-related and I'll pay double.
A downgrade in audio adapter compared to the last gen. Like most boards in the current AM5 line up.
Di ara i miss you mario
I love SFF builds, i just wish the motherboard had better io. so many bigger motherboards have such better io and i hate it. is there a reason why the io on mini itx sucks?
Size, features and price.
You could probably add 4 more usb3 ports on this motherboard by: shrinking and optimizing the VRM more, smaller/more efficient heatsinks, usb3 parts, more R&D. And now this motherboard is probably $50 more expensive.
honestly that would be worth an extra 50 bucks
@@InfinetlyOmega You might value those extra usb ports that much, I forgot the price of the motherboard while guessing the price, and I still think the price makes sense. But gigabyte probably decided to make the motherboard this way/price for some reasons, one might be it's the second cheapest am5 itx board and it's the only one to have 3 m.2 slots. (I only currently use 3 usb ports)
Spewin it doesn't have optical audio, I would have bought it if it had
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For me in Germany the mainboard currently costs €300
can you do build with AIO?
Lack of thunderbolt 4 is a bummer.
A ITX motherboard for a processor that really needs a 280MM AIO at least!
am5 man..their mobo price is just too damn high..even tho amd already slashes their cpus prices, their mobo prices just makes me think twice before upgrading..maybe it would be alot cheaper when ryzen 8000 series come out..who knows
Nice board but too expensive right now and low on rear IO ports
I boughy one by accident. I didnt know ot was decent. I thought i made a compromise
I like it nice 😜👍🏻
Shame about the front panel connector being on that card. That was a deal breaker for me.
I’m glad it’s not just me
" a lot of usb type a ports"
Think that's about 328 USD here in the states if you find one in the US
It's $270 on Newegg right now.
Line out and front audio does not work. Driver load failure, not suing up at all. ONly HDMI Audio out works. This board is a piece of trush.
I basicly use a usb dac so i couldn't care less for onboard audio
It seems like it's expensive but at the moment still somehow the cheapest b650 itx board.
I've spent more time than I care to admit researching AM5 ITX boards. The takeaway..... this board is hot garbage. Not from a functional stand point but from a design standpoint. Apparently its particularly inconvenient to build with due to the location of the audio header being under the M2 heat spreader and the daughter boards used.
That said if you don't mind these short comings it goes on sale for a pretty dang good discount from time to time as a result of people like me specifically crossing it of their list.
I guess this must be one of many sponsored review without disclosure. Sad!
It's not a review or sponsored 🤦♂️. You clearly didn't watch the video. Sad!
SATA or SATA.
FIRST!
You didn’t actually do a build with it? Wow. Not even put a cpu and a cooler. Its just a paid commercial.
This video is CLEARLY and overview as mentioned at the start of the video. I wish this was a paid commercial because then at least I'd get paid for your stupid comments.
So its a free commercial, even worse. Why even take it out of the box? Just take their marketing pictures and put a script over it would have the same value. An overview would at least put a cooler on there to see fitment.