As much as I have used Gigabyte motherboards over the years I can't ignore the RMA problems people have had with them over the years. I'm using an Aero G right now and have had no problems with it but I honestly can't say I'd recommend Gigabyte to anyone.
Idk, my last 3 Pcs over 10 years have all had GB boards, from Z170, Z390 and now Z790 and never had any issues with them, could be QC issue with certain models.
This is in my current setup with my 13700k no issues what so ever. Great budget ddr5 motherboard. Might not look so premium but it definitely does the job 👍🏽
I'm a Graphic/Web and UI designer. I recently replace my 2015 rig and I bought this board for my new setup. it's pretty nice. This time around no sata drives just pure NVMe.
I am soo conflicted over my next build!the awesomness of the Z6-790 series and 13600k, overclockability with the ddr5 which is about 60-80 percent more pricy than the b660 builds I consider, but then the cheaper version b660 series with ddr4 ram with the 13500 cpu is also nice!
Correction: If you use M.2 PCIE in the 4th M.2 socket, then all 6 SATA sockets will work. If you use a SATA M.2 in the 4th socket then only 4 of the SATA sockets will work. I read the manual on their website.
im using the gigabyte ud z790 paired with an i9 13900k 2x 16 kingston fury ddr5 2x 16gb 6000mhz cl 36 and a gigabyte gaming oc 4090. Great stability no issues so far.
Your work reviewing this mobo is appreciated, thank you. I bought the same one awhile back they had the aorus that was similar didn't quite know the differences. I got the latest F5a bios updated. My only gripes with it is that when loading Modern Warfare 2 for example it crashes quite regularly can't tell if it is the games software incompatibility at high speeds (7200mhz) or the mobo's fault. Its probably has to do with the game a lot. The xmp 7200 runs windows fine but crashes mid game sometimes. I like the DDR5 auto booster option as well as low latency and highbandwith mobo settings. However I can only reach 5600 and below with some amount of decent stability.
@@edysoncolllado1190 I got the bios dated June 9,2023. Your board is little different than mine. I have the gaming x ax. I crash almost after every game at the scoreboard. Tried everything. I got the 4090 it may be that. Gskill sticks. I was told to get an ASUS rog apex. But they cost a $1k grand.
I used to be an Asus fanboy, but after a second one crashed and I was short on cash for a rebuild, I purchased a Gigabyte Aorus board. I have been very impressed with Gigabyte and their quality for the money. I think I'm a convert.
One thing I dislike about some of these MB is why even put it there if it's just gonna be shared with another features negating the whole point of even having it on there.
Yeah it runs great, but some gigabyte boards (especially Aorus series) have horrific issues with vrm whine, a high pitch screech that wants to make you claw your ears and brains out. Feature set is amazing and I'm sad I had to return mine, funnily in the store the reaction was "another one" Make sure you're able to return it
I can confirm this is not at all an exaggeration Had a z790 Aorus Master for about 2 weeks that I sent back for it, thank goodness for Amazon return windows Was able to order a new board and have it arrive then send the z790 back with zero PC downtime I'd never heard of coil whine on a Mobo before, but the claw your ears off bit is absolutely accurate when you're running the PC at full throttle for a few hours worth of rendering and trying to do other things off the PC without ambient noise It made a ~45dB air purifier on full blast sound like it was off Made me reconsider my case choice as well: swapped from a Geo M8 Cow to a Silent Base 802 with dual solid side panels just so I won't be as affected by coil whine on the future Turns out, lots of glass and direct exhaust ports without filters do little to absorb noise, just reflects. Who'd'a thunk Absolutely miserable two weeks, definitely soured my opinion of Gigabyte beyond what their bad Customer Service reputation would ever be able of achieving
@@ShowMeWhatINeedToKnow Z790 ProArt, it's the only other board that was within my 550$ limit that I hadn't tried, that also fit my needs Wanted to try a z790 MSI carbon but they were out of stock anywhere I looked at the time and had to get another before my return window closed The boards I have tried so far: z690 Kingpin 699, what I originally wanted: (found out no iGPU power, returned) z690 MSI meg ace (Ram issues +7000, returned) z790 Aorus Master (Coil whine, returned) z790 ProArt No issues with coil whine or ram or otherwise but has compatibility issues with the best m.2 coolers (Acidalie m.2 double) which actually does matter to me. Trying to find a solution to that currently, but I'll be sticking with this board
Just bought the Gigabyte Z790 UD AC - which is nearly identical to the board reviewed here. YES -- coil whine with Gigabyte boards is real problem. Regretting my purchase decision, for sure.
Got this mb 4 moths ago. I was going to get the msi tomahawk but i decided on getting ddr5 and they didn't have the ddr5 variant in stock locally. Love it with my 13600k
My problem with gigabyte is there RMA and warranty procedures suck , i would never buy gigabyte because if that. I already got burned twice but great review of that board !!!
Literally bought this MB for my 13900k system recently, with DDR5 64gig. Bought another 2, 64gig dimms, will update this comment how stable it is with the 128gig, xmp enabled 😉. Very happy with it so far! Update: Ive installed the 2nd kit of DDR5 ram. Now its 2X 64 gig dimms, but to get my system to boot up I had to turn off XMP in bios before installing the new ram. Put it in safe mode . At the moment I have both kits running on safe mode (4000mhz default) and when I tried to enable XMP, the system did not boot. Safe to say that XMP did not work. However, There is a chance to m,manually increase the latency until a stable level is reached. Ive been advised to try out 4800mhz but still need the time to do the tweaking. Ill update the comment again if I reach something that works.
@@Zombie101 64gbs is mostly useful for video editing/blender 3D modeling applications. For example when I use DaVinci resolve my RAM use can be all the way up to around 33gbs because of my cache date when I use lots of VFX GPU effects.
A lot of people like to doo doo on Gigabyte boards, but all the gigabyte boards I’ve owned have worked beautifully. Love my Z690 Aorus Pro AX with i5-13600k!
In fact gigabyte is one of the last manufacturers of mainboards i would trust. a Z97 Gaming 5 and fast DDR3 RAM does still a great job with a heavily overclocked i7 4790k since over 7 years.
I got mine on Amazon in Canada, it was a return (warehouse deal) for 200 CAD. It was actually brand new - all documentation and a nifty little connector for the power, reset and so on. I just build in the Bgears b-Voguish case. Absolutely awesome board, full ATX. Running with 64Gb memory for now.
I love mine, its a Z790 AX Elite Rev 1.1, the only thing i have to say is its bios out of the box didnt allow it to boot from the GPU, there would be no display unless one of the mobo display outputs were occupied. Quick Flash fixed it but just something to watch out for i guess
I have the Gigabyte Z790 UD AC - which is nearly identical. ONLY PROBLEM IS COIL WHINE -- which kills it. Also, the board was so warped from the factory that I had problems getting into the case and lining up with all the standoffs.
That's the one I tought about when I was thinking of my new PC. But then, I told to myself that buying all the latest and greatest can't be paired with the cheapest MoBo and (I think) I found a golden middle - AsRock Z790 Steel legend. Unlike many other manufacturers (including Gigabyte) AsRock is much more gentle with the power (voltages) to your overpriced processor. Also it has one, gen 5 Nvme slot, so this motherboard can be used with the next gen hard disks too. Although all my previous builds was on top of the Gigabyte motherboards, so far I'm pretty happy with this one.
What’s the difference between the Aorus elite & Gaming x ax > they are both ddr5 + same amount of usb! except the RGB what the well is the difference? By the way (Gaming xAX) is cheaper
Love your vids! They've been very helpful as I'm a creator w/ my own channel and seeking to make a new build this month... Question, (and maybe i've missed a review on this on your channel) but... Specifically about the Camlink Pro... I hear you always talk about how important thunderbolt is for creators, but... Doesn't having a Camlink Pro mean you really wouldn't need thunderbolt compatibility? and here's where I went down the rabbit hole... It was hard to find me a good DDR5 MoBo that would support a PCI5 graphics card (for future proofing sakes) and one that had a PCIe slot that would work with the Cam link Pro... especially since it needs i think 4 lanes to run properly... that little 4 lane detail is crutial and someone could miss that... I do a lot of multi cam editing and having 4 cameras running simultaneously is a must. So, if i may be so bold, I think there are a lot of creators aiming to now use the Camlink Pro card, with decent GPU, With a solid MoBo, with a solid CPU... Ultimately I decided to go with this build: 13900k 4070ti MSI MPG z790 Edge (please for the love of god someone do a review on this board because literally there isn't a detailed review on RUclips for this MoBo specifically.) 990 samsung (will probably upgrade to the firecuda w/ better capacity for rewrites) Artic 420mm water cooler ddr5 64gb ram @ 6000 speed (probably go up to 128 soon) Lancool III case Camlink Pro Last think and I know this is a lot... It would be tremendous to see a review on ddr5 mobo's that can actually run 128gb of ram... Figuring out if that would run successfully with xmp was also very hard to research. Thank you and much love, really... your vids have been tremendously helpful to me. Me and my audience thanks you :)
I bought the AMD version of this board, and it is a good board, with the exception of audio jacks. The audio is fine, it just does not have 5.1/7.1 surround sound jacks, only line in, line out, and mic... you need 2 more for center/woofer and rear right / rear left. Okay, you say, just use the SPDIF out jack. It doesn't have one of those. The manual claims it can do 5.1/7.1, but I see no possible way to configure it how. I ended up using a USB to 5.1 output jacks converter box off Ebay which works, but it dumbs your audio down to 44... which to my untrained ear, is fine. Kinda a disappointment though when you're playing audio back or editing it in 96 or 128 or 192, but only hearing it 44. The other bum feature on this mobo is sometimes the wifi chip driver flakes out and can't recognize the wifi chip after a windows update... but so far rebooting twice has always fixed it. Otherwise its mostly solid. On my version, I wish the SATA ports were higher or lower to be out of the way of the GPU obstruction, and there are only 4 of them, not 6 or 8 SATA ports. The big pro is it's got one 5.0 m.2 slot, but I have yet to use it so...
Yes. Gamer's Nexus just did an entire rant about this a few days ago. People need to contact these companies and TELL THEM you want these things back. It's a $1.50 part that you have to buy a $500+ mobo to get, and it used to be pretty standard for any "enthusiast" board. Indispensable when you're trying to troubleshoot issues.
Hello thanks for the review, you inspired me to buy this motherboard.. However, just wondering what your thoughts would be if I would throw in 2 GPUs say 2 3090s or 2 4080s or 2 4090s... I appreciate any feedback you can give!, thanks!!
I have a z790 gaming x in one system no issues at all very nice but the lack of a basic error code readout is disappointing and only 9 usb points at back im already at 7 used were my other sytem has a z690 pro ddr5 12usb slots on back better deisgn and better heatsinks thermals pcle 5.0 etc if you can id reccomended you get that and update the bios thought there is nothing wrong with this board by any means.
Sir, I’m planning my first build following your $2500 - $3500 guide. I’d like your opinion on the MB choice. I’m looking at the ProArt z790, but I found your video about the Gigabyte Aero Z 690 d. Both can support the 13900K, the main trade off, I think, is giving up m.2 PCIe 5 to get the 7 segment two digit diagnostic display (and a much lower price). My use case is photo and video editing with heavy use of Topaz Labs AI applications, which are quite something more demanding than the Adobe suite. I hope to have a PC to last a good 5-6 years. Given that, would I be selling myself short by going with the Aero D?
I'm more interested to see what performance will new desktop AM5 APU's have ? Question is; if I buy Asus tuf X670-E something.... AM5 motherboard, will it with bios update be compatible with APU, or should I wait, then get both at same time ?
The bios update you've mentioned that will up the amount of maximum ram, would motherboards like the Asus pro art Z790 get the same/similar update? Or are they stuck at 128ram?
Just one warning these motherboards have cpu auto overclocking enhancement switched on auto by default, it pumps over 300 watts thru you i9 13900k CPU and uses the thermal limit of 100 degree C as the only limit. It will degrade and destroy the CPU very quickly, so switch it off, it over-clocks but exceeds the 253W limit. It damagesthe internal memory controller in the cpu itself, and u will notice random windows crashes with a bug check screen (drops to text mode and does a memory dump.) This will increase to the point the system will not boot, cpu initialization failure, meaning the cpu will need to be replaced. I surprised Intel allows this, as it seems to be covered under warranty. mine was.
What's the best bang-for-buck motherboard with Thunderbolt 4? I edit from an external drive so I can switch back and forth between laptop and desktop, so I don't want the connection to the drive to be a bottleneck.
Does the arrangement of cables for the WiFi antenna make a difference? I have two cables, and there don't seem to be any indications or clues about which cable should be connected to which port.
Just driving me NUTS the way you have the mobo oriented. Rotate it 90° left so it looks the way it will look when you install it, unless you run your I/O out of the top of your case lol. I appreciate the review .. but my brain is just wired badly I guess. The whole time I'm trying to reorient the board in my mind while you're talking about it and pointing out its features.
I picked this board with my new 13600kf i ordered for upgrade. So from my research it only accepts 6000mhz ram and u can use xmp to get it up to 7200mhz right? which ram is ideal i heard not all ram can boost that high and i want to make this decade upgrade to my pc last the next decade of my life :p (note i don't need rbgs just speed)
Rather than updating BIOS via the rear USB port, Gigabyte's downloadable App Center application will let you update the download the BIOS update and the system will guide you through the update process.
I have questions about the big latch on the PCI-E slot, wouldn't that too big for my Zotac 4080 Trinity OC? Can you tell me pls, that would be much help
@Tech Notice Didn't try with USB C devices yet I only routed the monitor via Thunderbolt with that small included DisplayPort cable. I will have to do more tests. Used all your recommended parts 😅 I7 13700k with Noctua NH-U12a inside Fractal Design North case. I have problems with XMP. I installed 64GB ddr5 Corsair I believe they are not on the compatibility list on the Asus Website. 2x 32GB 6000MT runs at defoult 4800MT speed. Tried to run XMP a few times without success 🤔 I thought 2 sticks should work fine with the memory controller but for some reason not.
Newbie question...I have 3 inlet fans in the front and 2 exhaust fans up top with 1 more exhaust fan in the back. Can I daisy chain the 3 front fans and plug them into system fan 1 and then daisy chain the 2 top and 1 back fans together and plug them into system fan 2? Asking because it only has 3 system fan connectors on the board and I have 6 fans to connect.
I figured out this is the best board long time ago. Non AX version is even better if you don't care about wifi and bluetooth. I like that these boards have optical output as well, not mentioning decent ammount of usb ports for my 2 cameras, usb mic and Stream Deck 🫠 But even if it's the best deal I'm still hesitating as my wallet keeps questioning my ideas 😅
I considered B760 as well but I decided to go for Z790 because I want to undervolt a cpu. With good undervolt you can get great temps for 13600K or 13700K even with a budget air cooler. For 13900K even undervolting won't help a lot 😅
I have 16gbx2 7200htz of ram ..but the windows reads only 4800htz and if I use the profile.. every game will CTD in few seconds .. and yes I updated the bios.. any idea?
Has anyone managed to undervolt CPU on this board? I have 14600k and it works fine but I wonder if it could do even better with some optimization. I tried to change Dynamic Vcore(DVID) to -0.100 but it has no visible impact. After this and Changing Vcore Voltage Mode to Mamual caused to BIOS freeze. Any thoughts? Gigabyte Suppport knows nothing about UV/OC or just pretending.
The wifi6e is very fast, the 24 core i9 13900k is very very very fast, the m.2 ssd drives are crazy crazy fast over 5000Mbyts/s on a cheap 1T drive, the on board graphics is acceptable. The mb boots fast into windows, takes seconds, its very fast, But the i9 13900k cpu draws an awful lot of power, because it absolute massive cpu, 24 cores it like 4 computers in one. The cpu will go crazy fast and draw over 350Watts hundreds of amps with default factory settings, leave the completion in the dusts and destroy it self.
if i use the very top m.2 slot, will it take lanes from the gpu? or is that just the aorus master board because the top m.2 and the gpu slots are both pcie gen 5?
Why people want wifi onboard antena and also usb type c?,you buy a separated antena and also a cable from normal usb to type c,so,why they added that to motherboards?,also wonder why some motherboards are not cheap or high price but they only have 4 sata ports instead of six.
Because everything i have is USB-C.. Why would i want the Wifi onboard? because it's Wifi 6E.. It's amazing to get G/bit wirelessly on all my Wifi6 devices.. Where do you live? in a 3rd world country?.. What you just said is the most ridiculous thing ever
@@theTechNotice yeah for AMD. is it good motherboard like the gigabyte gaming x ax Z790 I'm going to buy a 7700x and 7900xtx for gaming and video editing on da Vinci you said that 7700x was 7 percent faster than the 13600k plus I want the future proofing with AMD
Best bang for buck is a ASUS 570 board with a 5800x3d or 5900x. Gigabyte just recently demonstrated that they are not willing to stand behind their cards which is likely the reason for the reduced price.
Funny how bad computers are still, i really hoped for more development and better, affordable hardware. Until that day im still very happy with a Gigabyte Z97 mainboard with a i7 4790k at 5GHz and DDR3 RAM,, still enough performance for my needs (gaming)
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As much as I have used Gigabyte motherboards over the years I can't ignore the RMA problems people have had with them over the years. I'm using an Aero G right now and have had no problems with it but I honestly can't say I'd recommend Gigabyte to anyone.
Idk, my last 3 Pcs over 10 years have all had GB boards, from Z170, Z390 and now Z790 and never had any issues with them, could be QC issue with certain models.
THIS is why I love Tech Notice.
This is in my current setup with my 13700k no issues what so ever. Great budget ddr5 motherboard. Might not look so premium but it definitely does the job 👍🏽
Can you share me the setup deatils, i am building the same. Only motherboard is remaiing with rtx 4070ti
How its about OC? possible to bring 13700 up to 6Ghz with this board?
@@roman335i Doubt it that would be hard to do
I'm a Graphic/Web and UI designer.
I recently replace my 2015 rig and I bought this board for my new setup. it's pretty nice. This time around no sata drives just pure NVMe.
Thanks for your review! I ordered one today and i'm so excited that there are so many good reviews about in on youtube.
Hey there, so how has this motherboard been so far more than 1 year later? Considering getting one myself for my 14700K build
I am soo conflicted over my next build!the awesomness of the Z6-790 series and 13600k, overclockability with the ddr5 which is about 60-80 percent more pricy than the b660 builds I consider, but then the cheaper version b660 series with ddr4 ram with the 13500 cpu is also nice!
Correction: If you use M.2 PCIE in the 4th M.2 socket, then all 6 SATA sockets will work. If you use a SATA M.2 in the 4th socket then only 4 of the SATA sockets will work. I read the manual on their website.
im using the gigabyte ud z790 paired with an i9 13900k 2x 16 kingston fury ddr5 2x 16gb 6000mhz cl 36 and a gigabyte gaming oc 4090. Great stability no issues so far.
what is ur psu
Your work reviewing this mobo is appreciated, thank you. I bought the same one awhile back they had the aorus that was similar didn't quite know the differences. I got the latest F5a bios updated. My only gripes with it is that when loading Modern Warfare 2 for example it crashes quite regularly can't tell if it is the games software incompatibility at high speeds (7200mhz) or the mobo's fault. Its probably has to do with the game a lot. The xmp 7200 runs windows fine but crashes mid game sometimes. I like the DDR5 auto booster option as well as low latency and highbandwith mobo settings. However I can only reach 5600 and below with some amount of decent stability.
Same issue with me 7600mhz but it crashes cod after one minute so I have it set to 7200 and get good performance around 300fps on Ashika Island
@@edysoncolllado1190 What is your mobo? Its MW2 is trash for my system runs everything else fine like Diablo IV no crashes at all....
@@LesterWayneDobos GIGABYTE Z790 AORUS ELITE AX D5, when was the last time you updated bios?
@@edysoncolllado1190 I got the bios dated June 9,2023. Your board is little different than mine. I have the gaming x ax. I crash almost after every game at the scoreboard. Tried everything. I got the 4090 it may be that. Gskill sticks. I was told to get an ASUS rog apex. But they cost a $1k grand.
I used to be an Asus fanboy, but after a second one crashed and I was short on cash for a rebuild, I purchased a Gigabyte Aorus board. I have been very impressed with Gigabyte and their quality for the money. I think I'm a convert.
Honestly the biggest drawback of this mobo for me is the fact that it doesn't come with a paper manual.
same here ....went with Elite AX......ASUS Z790s are overpriced
One thing I dislike about some of these MB is why even put it there if it's just gonna be shared with another features negating the whole point of even having it on there.
Yeah it runs great, but some gigabyte boards (especially Aorus series) have horrific issues with vrm whine, a high pitch screech that wants to make you claw your ears and brains out. Feature set is amazing and I'm sad I had to return mine, funnily in the store the reaction was "another one"
Make sure you're able to return it
I can confirm this is not at all an exaggeration
Had a z790 Aorus Master for about 2 weeks that I sent back for it, thank goodness for Amazon return windows
Was able to order a new board and have it arrive then send the z790 back with zero PC downtime
I'd never heard of coil whine on a Mobo before, but the claw your ears off bit is absolutely accurate when you're running the PC at full throttle for a few hours worth of rendering and trying to do other things off the PC without ambient noise
It made a ~45dB air purifier on full blast sound like it was off
Made me reconsider my case choice as well: swapped from a Geo M8 Cow to a Silent Base 802 with dual solid side panels just so I won't be as affected by coil whine on the future
Turns out, lots of glass and direct exhaust ports without filters do little to absorb noise, just reflects. Who'd'a thunk
Absolutely miserable two weeks, definitely soured my opinion of Gigabyte beyond what their bad Customer Service reputation would ever be able of achieving
@@Justifier -- What replacement board did you get -- and did it have coil whine?
@@ShowMeWhatINeedToKnow
Z790 ProArt, it's the only other board that was within my 550$ limit that I hadn't tried, that also fit my needs
Wanted to try a z790 MSI carbon but they were out of stock anywhere I looked at the time and had to get another before my return window closed
The boards I have tried so far:
z690 Kingpin 699, what I originally wanted:
(found out no iGPU power, returned)
z690 MSI meg ace
(Ram issues +7000, returned)
z790 Aorus Master
(Coil whine, returned)
z790 ProArt
No issues with coil whine or ram or otherwise but has compatibility issues with the best m.2 coolers (Acidalie m.2 double) which actually does matter to me. Trying to find a solution to that currently, but I'll be sticking with this board
@@Justifier thanks!
Just bought the Gigabyte Z790 UD AC - which is nearly identical to the board reviewed here. YES -- coil whine with Gigabyte boards is real problem. Regretting my purchase decision, for sure.
I just ordered this and the 14600k from NewEgg, and it will be here in a few days. I just wish it was here already so I could get my build done.
Got this mb 4 moths ago. I was going to get the msi tomahawk but i decided on getting ddr5 and they didn't have the ddr5 variant in stock locally. Love it with my 13600k
How it's going?
@@mouradtiger-yr8bi
Strong. No issues
Which RAM you are using ?
My problem with gigabyte is there RMA and warranty procedures suck , i would never buy gigabyte because if that. I already got burned twice but great review of that board !!!
Literally bought this MB for my 13900k system recently, with DDR5 64gig. Bought another 2, 64gig dimms, will update this comment how stable it is with the 128gig, xmp enabled 😉. Very happy with it so far!
Update: Ive installed the 2nd kit of DDR5 ram. Now its 2X 64 gig dimms, but to get my system to boot up I had to turn off XMP in bios before installing the new ram. Put it in safe mode . At the moment I have both kits running on safe mode (4000mhz default) and when I tried to enable XMP, the system did not boot. Safe to say that XMP did not work.
However, There is a chance to m,manually increase the latency until a stable level is reached. Ive been advised to try out 4800mhz but still need the time to do the tweaking. Ill update the comment again if I reach something that works.
Let us know soon. I'm thinking about buying the same type of components you have. 👍
I have been eyeing this board, glad to hear it's working out.
what do you need 64gb for
@@Zombie101 64gbs is mostly useful for video editing/blender 3D modeling applications. For example when I use DaVinci resolve my RAM use can be all the way up to around 33gbs because of my cache date when I use lots of VFX GPU effects.
@@RichJamez ohh nice!! I have 32gb new am5 system but it's just for gaming tbh, I wondered if I had bought enough ram lol
A lot of people like to doo doo on Gigabyte boards, but all the gigabyte boards I’ve owned have worked beautifully. Love my Z690 Aorus Pro AX with i5-13600k!
In fact gigabyte is one of the last manufacturers of mainboards i would trust.
a Z97 Gaming 5 and fast DDR3 RAM does still a great job with a heavily overclocked i7 4790k since over 7 years.
I got mine on Amazon in Canada, it was a return (warehouse deal) for 200 CAD. It was actually brand new - all documentation and a nifty little connector for the power, reset and so on. I just build in the Bgears b-Voguish case. Absolutely awesome board, full ATX. Running with 64Gb memory for now.
I love mine, its a Z790 AX Elite Rev 1.1, the only thing i have to say is its bios out of the box didnt allow it to boot from the GPU, there would be no display unless one of the mobo display outputs were occupied. Quick Flash fixed it but just something to watch out for i guess
I have the Gigabyte Z790 UD AC - which is nearly identical. ONLY PROBLEM IS COIL WHINE -- which kills it. Also, the board was so warped from the factory that I had problems getting into the case and lining up with all the standoffs.
Gaming? This is a spaceship. Really pleased by the quality and quantity of features for that price.
That's the one I tought about when I was thinking of my new PC. But then, I told to myself that buying all the latest and greatest can't be paired with the cheapest MoBo and (I think) I found a golden middle - AsRock Z790 Steel legend. Unlike many other manufacturers (including Gigabyte) AsRock is much more gentle with the power (voltages) to your overpriced processor. Also it has one, gen 5 Nvme slot, so this motherboard can be used with the next gen hard disks too. Although all my previous builds was on top of the Gigabyte motherboards, so far I'm pretty happy with this one.
could also have gone with Z790 Elite AX
I bought it yesterday with an i9 13900k for 3d, substance and renders. 😉
What's the difference between this MB and the Gigabyte Z790 UD AX which is even cheaper?
Where’s bluetooth ?
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Super review, thx m8 You help me a lot... let force B with U... !
What’s the difference between the Aorus elite & Gaming x ax > they are both ddr5 + same amount of usb! except the RGB what the well is the difference? By the way (Gaming xAX) is cheaper
Love your vids! They've been very helpful as I'm a creator w/ my own channel and seeking to make a new build this month... Question, (and maybe i've missed a review on this on your channel) but... Specifically about the Camlink Pro... I hear you always talk about how important thunderbolt is for creators, but... Doesn't having a Camlink Pro mean you really wouldn't need thunderbolt compatibility? and here's where I went down the rabbit hole... It was hard to find me a good DDR5 MoBo that would support a PCI5 graphics card (for future proofing sakes) and one that had a PCIe slot that would work with the Cam link Pro... especially since it needs i think 4 lanes to run properly... that little 4 lane detail is crutial and someone could miss that... I do a lot of multi cam editing and having 4 cameras running simultaneously is a must. So, if i may be so bold, I think there are a lot of creators aiming to now use the Camlink Pro card, with decent GPU, With a solid MoBo, with a solid CPU... Ultimately I decided to go with this build:
13900k
4070ti
MSI MPG z790 Edge (please for the love of god someone do a review on this board because literally there isn't a detailed review on RUclips for this MoBo specifically.)
990 samsung (will probably upgrade to the firecuda w/ better capacity for rewrites)
Artic 420mm water cooler
ddr5 64gb ram @ 6000 speed (probably go up to 128 soon)
Lancool III case
Camlink Pro
Last think and I know this is a lot...
It would be tremendous to see a review on ddr5 mobo's that can actually run 128gb of ram... Figuring out if that would run successfully with xmp was also very hard to research.
Thank you and much love, really... your vids have been tremendously helpful to me. Me and my audience thanks you :)
Have you checked out the Gigabyte z790 UD? Can it handle a 13900k?
I bought the AMD version of this board, and it is a good board, with the exception of audio jacks.
The audio is fine, it just does not have 5.1/7.1 surround sound jacks, only line in, line out, and mic... you need 2 more for center/woofer and rear right / rear left.
Okay, you say, just use the SPDIF out jack. It doesn't have one of those. The manual claims it can do 5.1/7.1, but I see no possible way to configure it how.
I ended up using a USB to 5.1 output jacks converter box off Ebay which works, but it dumbs your audio down to 44... which to my untrained ear, is fine. Kinda a disappointment though when you're playing audio back or editing it in 96 or 128 or 192, but only hearing it 44.
The other bum feature on this mobo is sometimes the wifi chip driver flakes out and can't recognize the wifi chip after a windows update... but so far rebooting twice has always fixed it.
Otherwise its mostly solid. On my version, I wish the SATA ports were higher or lower to be out of the way of the GPU obstruction, and there are only 4 of them, not 6 or 8 SATA ports.
The big pro is it's got one 5.0 m.2 slot, but I have yet to use it so...
Nine months later and this board is still $350 Canadian.
Fantastic video!!
lacks error code 2-digit display onboard, something every motherboard should have by now when DDR5 support is clunky...
Yes. Gamer's Nexus just did an entire rant about this a few days ago. People need to contact these companies and TELL THEM you want these things back. It's a $1.50 part that you have to buy a $500+ mobo to get, and it used to be pretty standard for any "enthusiast" board. Indispensable when you're trying to troubleshoot issues.
Z690 gaming x: led lights on the back, ALC1200. This one downgraded to ALC 897.
Hello thanks for the review, you inspired me to buy this motherboard.. However, just wondering what your thoughts would be if I would throw in 2 GPUs say 2 3090s or 2 4080s or 2 4090s... I appreciate any feedback you can give!, thanks!!
Could you do a review on the 24gb and 48gb kits?
Can someone Tell me what’s the best budget creator board for am5? I want a cheap processor now and be able to upgrade later…
I have a z790 gaming x in one system no issues at all very nice but the lack of a basic error code readout is disappointing and only 9 usb points at back im already at 7 used were my other sytem has a z690 pro ddr5 12usb slots on back better deisgn and better heatsinks thermals pcle 5.0 etc if you can id reccomended you get that and update the bios thought there is nothing wrong with this board by any means.
Sir, I’m planning my first build following your $2500 - $3500 guide. I’d like your opinion on the MB choice.
I’m looking at the ProArt z790, but I found your video about the Gigabyte Aero Z 690 d. Both can support the 13900K, the main trade off, I think, is giving up m.2 PCIe 5 to get the 7 segment two digit diagnostic display (and a much lower price). My use case is photo and video editing with heavy use of Topaz Labs AI applications, which are quite something more demanding than the Adobe suite. I hope to have a PC to last a good 5-6 years.
Given that, would I be selling myself short by going with the Aero D?
Bought this MB and it’s great but where’s the SATA AHCI settings? They aren’t there 🤔
I'm more interested to see what performance will new desktop AM5 APU's have ? Question is; if I buy Asus tuf X670-E something.... AM5 motherboard, will it with bios update be compatible with APU, or should I wait, then get both at same time ?
The bios update you've mentioned that will up the amount of maximum ram, would motherboards like the Asus pro art Z790 get the same/similar update? Or are they stuck at 128ram?
Just one warning these motherboards have cpu auto overclocking enhancement switched on auto by default, it pumps over 300 watts thru you i9 13900k CPU and uses the thermal limit of 100 degree C as the only limit. It will degrade and destroy the CPU very quickly, so switch it off, it over-clocks but exceeds the 253W limit. It damagesthe internal memory controller in the cpu itself, and u will notice random windows crashes with a bug check screen (drops to text mode and does a memory dump.) This will increase to the point the system will not boot, cpu initialization failure, meaning the cpu will need to be replaced. I surprised Intel allows this, as it seems to be covered under warranty. mine was.
A lot of motherboards seem to be doing this. SMH.
What's the best bang-for-buck motherboard with Thunderbolt 4?
I edit from an external drive so I can switch back and forth between laptop and desktop, so I don't want the connection to the drive to be a bottleneck.
⚠️ You forgot to talk about the HDMI and Display port out. 😮
Does the arrangement of cables for the WiFi antenna make a difference? I have two cables, and there don't seem to be any indications or clues about which cable should be connected to which port.
Just driving me NUTS the way you have the mobo oriented. Rotate it 90° left so it looks the way it will look when you install it, unless you run your I/O out of the top of your case lol. I appreciate the review .. but my brain is just wired badly I guess. The whole time I'm trying to reorient the board in my mind while you're talking about it and pointing out its features.
I picked this board with my new 13600kf i ordered for upgrade. So from my research it only accepts 6000mhz ram and u can use xmp to get it up to 7200mhz right? which ram is ideal i heard not all ram can boost that high and i want to make this decade upgrade to my pc last the next decade of my life :p (note i don't need rbgs just speed)
Rather than updating BIOS via the rear USB port, Gigabyte's downloadable App Center application will let you update the download the BIOS update and the system will guide you through the update process.
Is there a huge difference between the z690 and z790? For alder lake 12700k
I have questions about the big latch on the PCI-E slot, wouldn't that too big for my Zotac 4080 Trinity OC? Can you tell me pls, that would be much help
Hi, does the Gigabyte Z790 GAMING X AX support core i7 14700k? Hope i answer
Nice board if you built a budget i5 13600k system.
I love my loaded Asus ProArt Z790 £200 more expensive but have 2x Thunderbolt and 10Gbe for NAS
How are your TB4 ports working? Mine sometimes don't detect USB-C [non TB] devices... ?
@Tech Notice Didn't try with USB C devices yet I only routed the monitor via Thunderbolt with that small included DisplayPort cable.
I will have to do more tests.
Used all your recommended parts 😅
I7 13700k with Noctua NH-U12a inside Fractal Design North case.
I have problems with XMP.
I installed 64GB ddr5 Corsair I believe they are not on the compatibility list on the Asus Website.
2x 32GB 6000MT runs at defoult 4800MT speed.
Tried to run XMP a few times without success 🤔
I thought 2 sticks should work fine with the memory controller but for some reason not.
@@TomasRamoska have you updated bios?
@Joseph Grobler Yes I did. It's on the latest BIOS 0816.
According to Asus, they added Support for high-capacity DDR5 memory kits.
@@TomasRamoska Interesting. One wouldve thought they had DDR5 figured out by now.
Which nvme slots use CPU lines and whickj chipset ? Does the nvme nearest CPU share lines with PCI 16 for video cards ?
AORAS ELITE AX vs GAMING X AX Z790 SAME TO SAME SPEC...BUT PRICE DIFFERENT
Exactly, I didn't find any difference either. that would be interesting
I would love to see a video about this
the M.2 thermal pads are better with Elite AX......Elite AX has a PCI 5 gen slot - not sureif Gaming does. And Elite has 2 more SATA slots i believe
@@philmarion9170 the elite ax and gaming ax are both with pci 5 for graphics card.
Newbie question...I have 3 inlet fans in the front and 2 exhaust fans up top with 1 more exhaust fan in the back. Can I daisy chain the 3 front fans and plug them into system fan 1 and then daisy chain the 2 top and 1 back fans together and plug them into system fan 2? Asking because it only has 3 system fan connectors on the board and I have 6 fans to connect.
can you/should you use this motherboard with i5 3600k?
I figured out this is the best board long time ago. Non AX version is even better if you don't care about wifi and bluetooth. I like that these boards have optical output as well, not mentioning decent ammount of usb ports for my 2 cameras, usb mic and Stream Deck 🫠 But even if it's the best deal I'm still hesitating as my wallet keeps questioning my ideas 😅
I considered B760 as well but I decided to go for Z790 because I want to undervolt a cpu. With good undervolt you can get great temps for 13600K or 13700K even with a budget air cooler. For 13900K even undervolting won't help a lot 😅
@@Harzexeyou can't undervolt with a B760 motherboard? I thought only oc was unavailable
I have 16gbx2 7200htz of ram ..but the windows reads only 4800htz and if I use the profile.. every game will CTD in few seconds .. and yes I updated the bios.. any idea?
bro Asus tuf z690 has only 4 sata ports...
how can we increase sata ports in our system.
i have 6 7 sata ssd n hdd
I got a asus z790 extreme recently, is it a good fit for 4090
Does 14900k work on this card smoothly?
Has anyone managed to undervolt CPU on this board? I have 14600k and it works fine but I wonder if it could do even better with some optimization. I tried to change Dynamic Vcore(DVID) to -0.100 but it has no visible impact. After this and Changing Vcore Voltage Mode to Mamual caused to BIOS freeze. Any thoughts? Gigabyte Suppport knows nothing about UV/OC or just pretending.
Up to what ram speed does it support?
The wifi6e is very fast, the 24 core i9 13900k is very very very fast, the m.2 ssd drives are crazy crazy fast over 5000Mbyts/s on a cheap 1T drive, the on board graphics is acceptable. The mb boots fast into windows, takes seconds, its very fast, But the i9 13900k cpu draws an awful lot of power, because it absolute massive cpu, 24 cores it like 4 computers in one. The cpu will go crazy fast and draw over 350Watts hundreds of amps with default factory settings, leave the completion in the dusts and destroy it self.
you said there'd never be any gaming content on this channel!!!
haha, I think I can get away with this one ;)
he made a huge sin, time to unsubscribe until he makes another threadripper build again
Hey which motherboard would u recommend for a 13700k ? The gigabyte or asus? I need a thunderbolt header or build in
DDR 5
What if I have 5.1 speakers system ?
Which RAM Slot should use first, if i use only one RAM?
its written on the motherboard, but 2nd number slot should be filled first, out of the two - 2nd and 4th slot
if i use the very top m.2 slot, will it take lanes from the gpu? or is that just the aorus master board because the top m.2 and the gpu slots are both pcie gen 5?
On the Z790 gaming M2 gen 5 is not possible. Other boards use Gen5 but steal the lanes from the graphics card. that's ugly
Why people want wifi onboard antena and also usb type c?,you buy a separated antena and also a cable from normal usb to type c,so,why they added that to motherboards?,also wonder why some motherboards are not cheap or high price but they only have 4 sata ports instead of six.
Because everything i have is USB-C.. Why would i want the Wifi onboard? because it's Wifi 6E.. It's amazing to get G/bit wirelessly on all my Wifi6 devices.. Where do you live? in a 3rd world country?.. What you just said is the most ridiculous thing ever
How many hz can it go up to?
Good for video edting for i7 13700k prosser
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minecraft players 😮
Does this motherboard have the issue where you can’t use 4 sticks of ddr5?
That's a complex topic in and of itself.
not debug...
What about the gigabyte X670 gaming X AX?
For AMD
@@theTechNotice yeah for AMD. is it good motherboard like the gigabyte gaming x ax Z790 I'm going to buy a 7700x and 7900xtx for gaming and video editing on da Vinci you said that 7700x was 7 percent faster than the 13600k plus I want the future proofing with AMD
can i pair this motheboard with 13600k?
Yesnt
Bro I am from banglades🇧🇩
Best bang for buck is a ASUS 570 board with a 5800x3d or 5900x. Gigabyte just recently demonstrated that they are not willing to stand behind their cards which is likely the reason for the reduced price.
Can I use 13600k ?
Yes
What's a mother-BORD LMAO !!
Funny how bad computers are still, i really hoped for more development and better, affordable hardware.
Until that day im still very happy with a Gigabyte Z97 mainboard with a i7 4790k at 5GHz and DDR3 RAM,, still enough performance for my needs (gaming)
There is no LED. Not worth buying. Take a look on Z790 Aorus instead. On the other hand at least it's not a MSI design.
I love your videos, but gigabyte, no. Hard to trust a company that does not stand by their product.
Literally a reskinned Ultra durable z790 AX😂
Ud ac is up to 13 Gen, this one is 14
Gigabyte has gotten bad reviews lately by top tech RUclipsrs. I stay away from all Gigabyte products.
MSI has never let me down! Gigabyte boards are TRASH..
gigabytes, why can't put in a 2.1 hdmi, that's why I won't buy it.
Best bang for the buck is NO. Buy a console.
good luck aiming with a controller