B650E Aorus Elite X AX ICE - Looks badass, Affordable & DDR5 8000 Capable

GIGABYTE's B650E AORUS Elite X AX ICE is a mouthful of a name, but the board is fantastic for the price. At just $280 or R5,800 at Wootware, it doesn't get much better at this price point. It looks phenomenal, has some great features and handles DRAM OC with ease. For entry level to mid range boards, few offer as much as this one.
#aorus #amdryzen

[@petar98]

@TheOverclocker Magazine Does that mean that I don't have to downclock my 6400mhz CL32 32TZ5RK RGB Trident Z5 XMP ready on this motherboard with 7900x or 7800x3d?

[@TheOverclockerMagazine]

Yeah there's no need. Ran 1:1 for me with no issues at all. That is about the limit though, 6800+ would be too much, but most certainly UCLK/MCLK @ 3200 should work just fine.

[@zieemiel5537]

Do you have shutdown issue? I have f31 bios fresh install whenever i try shutdown fan keep spinning and restart my pc instead.

[@TheOverclockerMagazine]

Hmmm that sounds like a Windows issue. I haven't had this issue at all with the B650E and the B650 versions of this board, both on f31

[@muhammadzeeshan2826]

Just ordered this mobo. I was very confused between this and X670e aorus pro (ice) but decided to go with this.

[@TheOverclockerMagazine]

I think you made the right choice. What the X670 model gives you isn't justified by the price.

[@Drehzahlorgel]

Great Video! I am also planning to buy this board. Did you test a current gen 5 ssd on thos board? I wonder, how good the temps are with the passive cooler from the motherboard.

[@TheOverclockerMagazine]

Thank for. Unfortunately I didn't as I don't have a Gen5 SSD. That said, I would not rely on them to be adequate to cool such an SSD. I think the Heatsinks could get overwhelmed

[@Erick.J787]

Could you please tell me why the system light is on ? You mentioned that in the video but I don't know why is on ?

[@TheOverclockerMagazine]

What you mean the system light? You mean on the board or AIO LCD?

[@Erick.J787]

@TheOverclockerMagazine I was able to figure out what the light was on the motherboard. It was the vga led light that was turning on. Apparently the computer was not detecting anything on the vga port amd that's why the light was turning on. I don't use the vga port because my monitor is connected to my graphics card. But the light was annoying me. So I disable vga port through the bios. And now there's no more light. I was Hoping someone spoke about those lights more in depth but I couldn't find anything about them. But thanks for responding.

[@MigueldeCervezas]

Would you mind providing a quick video tutorial on DDR5 overclocking (OC) on AM5? I just ordered this board, but all the information about the 6400 MHz "sweet spot" on the internet is discouraging me. Your video gave me hope that I can put my RAM to good use.

[@TheOverclockerMagazine]

Would love to however I'm traveling soon, so won't get around to it dot a while. This board actually makes it super simple. If you have 6400 Dimms just load XMP and on the BIOS select UCLK=MCLK. Usually need to change nothing else or at least I didn't need to change anything else. You should if you don't mind take a look @skatterbench tutorials here on KZbin. He goes through it step by step.

[@magnusnilsson9792]

The g.skill Z5 48GB 8000C40 & 32GB 8000C38 kits are still quite expensive at $260-275.

[@TheOverclockerMagazine]

Yeah that's a bit steep for most people. Fortunately you don't need 8000 memory to run 8,000 and higher most 7200 kits can go well above 8G no issue.

[@s1ngularityxd64]

I just builded a system with an 7800x3d but only posts with a single stick on A2. I have 2x 32GBF5-6000J3040G32G which might be the issue, because I cant find a single 64gb kit on the supported mem list. I tried F1, F2, F4bios versions still the same - solid red dram for >30min🤯

[@TheOverclockerMagazine]

Did you try different stick order? Could be one is just faulty, unless of course both work flawlessly on another machine.

[@s1ngularityxd64]

@@TheOverclockerMagazine Sadly they work fine on Slot a2 - Not sure if the mainboard or cpu mem controller are the issue and what to rma?

[@davidkaneva9674]

@@s1ngularityxd64 You might have a bent pin on your motherboard's cpu socket.

[@s1ngularityxd64]

@@davidkaneva9674 yes, 1 first line - last pin close to ram dimms looked way too long but I have no experience how the pins are supposed to look. Motherboard and RAM went back, tomorrow I will receive a taichi lite with a Z5 trident Neo kit -fingers cross it will work.

[@MrNeil-qs5fo]

Whats the difference between the B650E and the B650 ?

[@TheOverclockerMagazine]

B650E by default supports 36 PCIe Lanes of which 24 can be PCIe Gen5. B650 can't do this as all 36 lanes are Gen4.

[@ZB_FLYING]

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X compatible with this MOBO?

[@TheOverclockerMagazine]

Yes it's build for that generation of CPUs.

[@felipebarbosa8409]

I really liked this board, but I made the mistake of buying the cpu first, it's a ryzen 9 7900x3d. Can you tell me if I would have problems with this motherboard? I'm slowly assembling a white setup.

[@TheOverclockerMagazine]

I like this board a lot, I assume you're already put the system together by now. How is it treating you?

[@CaptNemo_]

only reason i didnt want to get this MB is its realtek audio with is kinda old ALC89 not like the new alc1220 vb

[@TheOverclockerMagazine]

Fully agree. It is rather lacking to have such an old codec on an otherwise great board. 1220 should be minimum imho

[@marculetzc1366]

doesnt it have the alc1220 vb? im looking to buy it and the site says 1lc1220 vb

[@CaptNemo_]

@@marculetzc1366 no its alc897

[@AphillyatedYT]

who cares what you gonna use the 3.5 mm headphone jack for anyway? you can just get a better dac

[@argmits]

8000 in gear 2? Not really apples to apples compared to gear 1 is it? Unless it is in g1.

[@TheOverclockerMagazine]

Has to be 'gear 2' as there's no way the UCLK would do 4,000MHz unfortunately

[@marnaldionni2804]

Is this better than B650e-f rog?

[@TheOverclockerMagazine]

Read that as B650 E-frog 😆 Hmm look I don't consider Strix F and Strix worthy of the ROG label. So if I had to choose I'd still take this one

[@troyzilla]

Is the main (x16) PCIe slot ver 5.0? I'm trying to make a build that will be future proof for the next few rounds of GPUs

[@TheOverclockerMagazine]

Yes it is full Gen5 X16 Slot on the B650E chipset and on this board.

[@giuseppepierpaolorusso2356]

Hi man, I have this MOBO and is very nice..but a question..is the written "AUROS" a LED written? Because it's no turn on..🤔🤔🤔

[@TheOverclockerMagazine]

Yeah it's not LED or RGB, the images make it seem as if it can light up but it doesn't sadly.

[@R-Blizzy]

Bought this board with a TeamGroup Delta RGB 32GB 6000MHz CL30 it was running great for four days, and the dram light on the motherboard came on and wouldn't boot. Finally got it to boot with one stick in. Do you think that it could be faulty ram? This is driving me nuts. Im not a pc wizard 😂

[@TheOverclockerMagazine]

It's likely the memory. I've had no issues with this board and a 2nd one I picked up as well for another project. Do you still get the error or light if you swap the DRAM sticks around?

[@R-Blizzy]

@TheOverclockerMagazine I changed the ram out with some corsair dominator titanium and it's working great now. Didn't think ram would die in four days Lol

[@TheOverclockerMagazine]

@@R-Blizzy Yeah that's just weird. Which Titanium kit did you get? How are you finding it and what is your 2nd XMP profile?

[@R-Blizzy]

@TheOverclockerMagazine I got the 6000MHz CL30 kit in white. So far, everything is running well. I'm running it on XMP1 profile. Think the profile 2 would run at 6200MHz. This is the first time upgrading my pc so I'm still trying to figure things out Lol

[@fn264]

got the mainboard but no post + red light .... done a bios update+ changed cpu and ram someone know a fix?

[@TheOverclockerMagazine]

Sometimes it takes a while for intital post and it can look stuck. If check VGA as well

[@0livan]

What soundchip is on board?

[@TheOverclockerMagazine]

Unfortunately it's the ALC897

[@civsully1740]

what are the best Ram kits for this board? Thx

[@TheOverclockerMagazine]

Any and all memory on the motherboard QVL (check website) should work. For AMD staying at 6000 or 6400 with Super tight timings is best for most people

[@davidkaneva9674]

any 6000 cl30 kit should do. Ive seen some kits with slightly better subtimings, but amd uses gskill trident z5 neo 6000 cl30 in all their demo setups. ONLY POPULATE TWO SLOTS. Buy a 16gbx2 or 32gbx2 kit, never populate all 4 dimms.

[@carlosterrazas8913]

Hello, sorry, is it normal if I insert the ram in different slots or a bad connection does the PC not turn on? but when I insert x*x* being the * where I have the ram inserted, it works. but if I make another connection it doesn't turn on the PC. sales drink. Is it the ram or the motherboard? I have this same one. I get a blue screen error. memory_management.I've only had this new PC for 1 week.

[@marculetzc1366]

you should always have 2x stick GB in A2 B2 slots. (A1 *A2* B1 *B2*)

[@carlosterrazas8913]

@@marculetzc1366 So, for it to work I must have 4 rams?

[@TheOverclockerMagazine]

No, you can use two sticks. Just populate the slots furthest from the CPU in each channel. As @marculetzc1366 said. Populate A2 and B2

[@nomful]

i have gen4 ssd. where do i put it? the top one is gen5 right?

[@Sacred_Silence]

Gen 5 will still support Gen 4.

[@Sacred_Silence]

Just make sure that you ever do get a Gen 5, that it goes in the Gen 5 slot or else you'll bottleneck it.

[@nomful]

@@Sacred_Silence noted! that might take awhile haha but yeah

[@TheOverclockerMagazine]

Think you have your answer by now from others yes. 😊

[@ctznx9039]

Would you know if the assassin 4s cooler is compatible with this board?

[@TheOverclockerMagazine]

No idea, I believe if there's to be an issue, it's likely going to be with Tall DIMMs

[@ctznx9039]

@@TheOverclockerMagazine well I’ve measured the Simms there fine I was just clarifying with the vrm sinks that sit around the side but I’ll Just yolo it I guess thanks for the reply

[@johan435]

what Realtek version is it on the MB ? plz? =D

[@TheOverclockerMagazine]

ALC897

[@AphillyatedYT]

doesnt really matter anymore tbh because no one really uses 3.5 mm headphone jack anymore anyway

[@johan435]

@@AphillyatedYT how do you plug in your headphones?

[@antoniodisomma3791]

Hi, what ram do you recommend for this motherboard for maximum performance? that do not give errors. Could I have the complete code? Thank you

[@TheOverclockerMagazine]

XPG Lancer DDR5 6400 2*16GB CL33 or G.Skill Trident Z5 DDR5 6400 2*48GB CL32 or Kingston Fury Renegade 2*16GB DDR5 6400 CL32. Honestly any 6400 kit will do

[@antoniodisomma3791]

@@TheOverclockerMagazine Are these any good? KF564C32BBEK2-32 32GB (16GB 2G x 64-Bit x 2 pcs.) DDR5-6400 CL32 288-Pin DIMM Kit FACTORY TIMING PARAMETERS • Default (JEDEC): DDR5-4800 CL40-39-39 @1.1V • EXPO Profile #0: DDR5-6400 CL32-39-39 @1.4V • EXPO Profile #1: DDR5-6000 CL30-36-36 @1.4V • XMP Profile #1: DDR5-6400 CL32-39-39 @1.4V • XMP Profile #2: DDR5-6000 CL30-36-36 @1.4V

[@TheOverclockerMagazine]

@@antoniodisomma3791 Yep. those will do just fine.

[@sergiomarin7632]

vrm temps on the board?

[@TheOverclockerMagazine]

No idea, outside of HWiNFO reading which was nothing that caused alarm given I was using a 105W CPU

[@sergiomarin7632]

vrm on the board?

[@TheOverclockerMagazine]

6+6 teamed, 60A for CPU I beleieve. Don't know who makes the controller

[@ILL-INtent765]

8000mhz capable ?? Did you achieve that, stable, for a 24 hr (or more) period ?? I’d love to see it real, concrete proof. My belief is it’s just more marketing lies. Just my opinion though

[@thanasisgalan8754]

i think the same, id like to see how he achives that he is stating... i only saw in the video 6400mhz in the bios...

[@TheOverclockerMagazine]

8000 is dead simple on the platform, in fact go to thew QVL of the board and you'll see they have several kits rated for 8,000. It's not as monumentally tough as it used to be, it's actually pedestrian speeds by now.

[@ignaciohayabusa8663]

24hr stress test in what? Kahru, TM5, Y-cuncher? If the system is stable for all your applications then it's stable. There's no need to run a 24 hour stress test.

[@oscillatorstorm]

Low to midrange board? Their not supposed to come with diamonds and gold!

[@TheOverclockerMagazine]

The price for this board makes it an entry level to mid-range board. Just that it looks better than most in the price range.

[@oscillatorstorm]

​@@TheOverclockerMagazine 250.- is not cheap. Midrange used to be 100.-

[@TheOverclockerMagazine]

@@oscillatorstorm Perhaps, just that here in SA we haven't had a $100 motherboard in over 10 years. All our boards start at $180~ or so even for the most basic A620 boards