GIGABYTE X670 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard Review - Unboxing and Overview

[@StevesHardware]

Part 2 now available here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q369qoFvmtucr6M and Written version located here for both parts: steveshardware.com/2022/10/03/gigabyte-x670-aorus-elite-ax-review-overview-and-circuit-analysis/

[@yacinedz8451]

السلام عليكم هل يشتغل Ryzen 5 7500F مع رامات Corsair Vengeance Ddr5 60000 على لوحة X670 AORUS Elite AX

[@kevinmiller8191]

One of the best motherboard reviews I've ever seen. Your explanation of PCIe lanes was extremely easy to follow. I'm probably buying this board and your review is pushing me over the edge. Great write-up!

[@45eno]

Right at 14:08 I was able to pause it and zoom in on the 3x M2 heatsink single screw location. The extra board I was given someone superglued the stand-off onto it and it broke off. There is some damage around that underside header but it looks like it might just have missed the traces. Looks like it's the middle M2 drive out of the 3 so maybe if damaged it will only be on that slot. No biggy I can always add a 4th to the PCIe 4.0 4x slot if needed. Thanks for the 4k footage! A open box 7700X $265 & Gskill Trident Z5 Neo RGB ram is showing up tomorrow. Going to test out the board and hopefully it works fine. Won't be able to use the 3x M2 heatsink but no biggy my M2 drives are for game loading and not heavy transfer usage.

[@MrMattchappy]

Great video! Thanks for all the information. Just bought this board and the 7700X. Excited to finally upgrade off my ryzen 5 2600 and utilize my pcie4 SSD and 3080ti

[@Aetherling]

Thank you for this. Im having real trouble finding the Gigbayte documentaiton which explains the header connections. This explained everything that I needed.

[@aaronbrlas7295]

I just ordered this with a Ryzen 5 7600x. I'm excited to upgrade from my ASUS A88X-PRO and AMD A10-7850K - A-Series APU Kaveri I built in 2014.

[@StevesHardware]

Wow, that is a pretty big upgrade! I think I still have a bunch of those old APUs

[@aaronbrlas7295]

Yep, and it's still running fine up to Windows 10. I don't game, it's mostly used as a workstation and Plex server. I'll occasionally make videos from my GoPro (which takes forever). Where I think I'd see the biggest performance improvement with the new hardware is with Plex. This build is overkill for what Plex actually needs, but remember this PC is also used to occasionally make GoPro videos and as a workstation doing typical web browsing and MS Office tasks. Currently I sometimes have buffering/transcoding delays withPlex. As far as the processor is concerned, it is said that a CPU can easily transcode one high quality movie for every 2,000 benchmark score. With my old CPU having a benchmark of roughly 3,300 and this new one coming being 28,500 I think I'll be very happy with the performance. I'm not a computer expert by any means so if anyone has any tips or guidance for me it'll be much appreciated. I have about 8 terabytes worth of movies on my PC that I'm scared of losing so I am going to use two 18 terabyte HDD in RAID 1 to help ease my mind. I have a 250GB SSD for the operating system and another 250GB SSD where I'll install the Plex server program, and will use 32Gb of RAM. I also happen to have a 2 terabyte HDD that I use to store my GoPro and other miscellaneous files that don't belong on the Plex server. I know RAID isn't a backup solution, but for me it's better than nothing. I do plan to back up my non-Plex data regularly and maybe one day I'll get enough external storage to backup my Plex movie files as well.

[@Antsummerfield83]

Brilliant motherboard had mine for around 4weeks now paired with 7900x and 32gb g.skill neo 5600 cl28 and nvidia 4080. Flawless performance much better than the rog strix b650e I had previously

[@Djaym0]

is it better to go with the 5600 for this board? i was debating between 56 and 6000

[@Antsummerfield83]

@@Djaym0 5600 won’t fit on this new chipset that’s the previous gen cpu, 7600 is the upgrade from 5600 that will fit this board

[@Djaym0]

@@Antsummerfield83 im sorry i should of clarified i was talking about the ram. wondering if 5600 was the way to go over 6000mhz instead.

[@Antsummerfield83]

@@Djaym0 ahh it’s ok, hmm well I see most people go for 6000 but I don’t think the gains are that much different, I’ve gone for lower latency cl28 and 5600 seems to be a great combo

[@Djaym0]

@@Antsummerfield83 yeah ive seen alot of the b650.x670 boards having issues with the 6000 ram. im probably gonna end up going 5600 as well. thanks for the reply. appreciate it.

[@45eno]

Own three of these now. Paid total for all 3 $286 so for $95 avg each that can’t be beat. They all were open box though. This is simply the best value board for the dollar minus pcie 16x 5.0 support. Comes with 4 full speed m2 slots and the 2nd 16x slot can also run full speed at 4x. So easily with a cheap adapter you can run 5 gen4 NVMe drives on this. I originally ordered the b650 elite ax but the x670 was $20 more so I would much more prefer more connectivity options for down the road. A little stronger vrm and 1 extra usb. The extra full speed options is what makes the x670 more valuable to me.

[@resistivity08]

Nice easy to understand video mate. Thanks

[@tanthokg]

I love the 2 phases for the mystics

[@choppergirl]

Can you make the Eagle ont he VRM heatsink on this light up? i see it in the Gigabyte control center do a rainbow effect over the eagle and settings to do this, but nothing happens on my motherboard. Unless there's some Apply or Enable button I'm missing... (?)

[@Thebossreserve]

Hey guys, I need some information about this motherboard, I see a lot of reports that this board in rev 1.0 is causing a lot of problems, has anyone purchased it willingly to let me know which revision is coming? the latest revision is 1.3 if I'm not mistaken. I thank everyone.

[@thegreatdabdos]

Hello Steve, I'm planning on getting an AMD Ryzen 7900x next year when I get a money, and I just wanna know if you'd think it would be good with that card (I also have a 4090 if that adds anything)

[@TheFrXion]

I think you are almost better off with the 7950x. The 7900x is really too expensive.

[@strobelightstrobelight]

Hi! I’ve read some of comments this motherboard has some problems paired with 7800x3D and DDR5-6000. Any user having this combo?

[@RandomYooser]

Yes. I have the 78x3d paired with 6400mhz rams. I've watched another guy's overview saying that the max capacity of speed for the ram slots is 6400. Xmp was doing over 6400. My pc restarted on it's own and dram lights would light up. Happened for 1 month and a half straight. I almost gave up. I cmos the motherboard and didnt overclock the rams and left it at default. Been running normal since.

[@AntAskew]

Just want to confirm, regarding the m.2 slots and PCI slots I have no restrictions and could essentially fill the entire thing up and not be concerned about any sharing of bandwidth? thanks in advance

[@ayceman21]

all x670 mobo should have 10gig ethernet by default the amount of price they asking. Still can't believe for $400,$500, $600, $700 and $1k for just barely minimal addition on mobos ROFL.

[@LarsH0NEYtoast]

Hey I'm looking at this board on Amazon and it does say the PCIe slot is a 5.0 slot. I made sure I was looking at the none extreme version as well and it says 5.0 ready on one of the pics and the description of it. I just want to make sure I buy a motherboard that's a little future proof is all

[@radioking-car-radio-carplay]

Will it be fine for 7950x ? How future proof is that?

[@CLARENCErr]

Somewhat overpriced but decent motherboard for the 7000x series. No PCI 5 gen slot for gpus but we're barely taking full advantage of pcie 3 gen so it doesn't really matter. No display port for integrated graphics, just 3 audio jacks, 1 HDMI 2.0 port, 4 m. 2 slots (only 1 gen 5). 16vcore phases is also pretty good. The best motherboard for you will be the one that suits your needs & checks out in terms of reliability.

[@lummoxicide1502]

Apparently there's a REV 1.1 now that looks different...all the heatsinks are different and the top M.2 cover is bigger

[@K1M01]

How about msi mag x670e ?

[@scupking]

What's the difference between the 650 version of this board?

[@carlosclara4759]

This board and Steve revie is tempting me to build a new rig, my idea: 7 7800x3d, GSkill 28cl 5600hrz. And two solidigm ssd m2 ( 1tb for windows and 2tb for games ) My Christmas present. Thanks Steve, live your knowledge in reviews.

[@deltasixgaming]

I have to Power Cycle my X670 Elite like 100 Times before it will boot and I've been updating the BIOS through the Q Flash hoping it would fix the Issue but I think there's something else going on so I just bought another one

[@choppergirl]

In the end I pretty much liked this motherboard. Like Han Solo says, it's got it where it counts. Not everything is perfect, though. Where it's very weak,however, is in audio out jacks, and SATA 3.0 jacks. It has only 3 audio out jacks, not 5, and no SPDIF out. If there is a way to get it to do 5.1 / 7.1 surround sound, I have not figured it out. Jack sense don't seem to work. It has only 4 SATA jacks, not 6, and they are in a terrible place right under the monster GPU you installed. Be sure to plug in ALL your SATA cables cables before you install your GPU. I bent the USB-C pin on the right F_USB320G motherboard header cable and port, which is the worst connector imaginable. FOrtunately there was a second one at the bottom I could plug into. But my pin is still bent, so the USB-C don't work on it. This is onboard USB32 combo motherboard connector absolutely the worst connector the industry has ever made. The motherboard manual was acutally pretty good. It is very sad there were not WIndows 7 drivers for the motherboard. Upgrading the UEFI BIOS at first gave me fits, until I realized I could not install mismatched pairs of DIMMs.

[@Chrontard]

This or B650 aorus PRO ? they are for same price here cnat decide which one

[@Outmind01]

Hey. Are you sure that the CPU power stages are only 70A each? I ask because the Master's are 105A, so the drop seems massive.

[@StevesHardware]

Yes, that Infineon part is very high-end and GIGABYTE clearly states it has 70A powerstages for the CPU, 60 for the SOC, and 90 for the MISC. It's on the product overview page. I will say that before vendors found out people actually would pay extra for like 100A powestages, things were a lot more tame. The VRM powerstages here are very high-end, and possibly the most expensive part on the PCB other than the chipset. Don't let 70A get you down, those are top quality power stages. I could go into how datasheet information isn't the only thing that matters, but thats a deep rabbit hole lol

[@StevesHardware]

Also, I uploaded part 2 including the teardown and ic analysis last night, there is also an accompanying written article.

[@Outmind01]

@@StevesHardware Yeah, I did a double take the first time I saw those numbers. No CPU will fully utilize the 70A ones, let alone more. Thanks for the info.

[@grinicide]

Would this board be fitting for a 7950x that will not be overclocked?

[@CDGG36]

Yes! Even if you want oc (not hardcore OC), you'll be fine. 7950 works on a decent b650, so yes, x670 its kind of overkill for normal use

[@grinicide]

@@CDGG36 Thank you!

[@StevesHardware]

All X670 boards have to at a minimum support 170W CPUs.

[@Greenalex89]

So what is this board used for? Clearly not gaming, since the VRMs and mosfets are total overkill and even super budget boards can easily handle gaming regardless the CPU..I read audioengineering is buggy in AMD too and most editing programs are optimized for Intel. Im guessing as some niche AMD based full time video editing build then (extra m.2 ssd slots)? Or for overclocking a 7900x or something? Dont know if the x3D ones are made for decent overclocking. Just curious..

[@colognepapi]

this or b650 mag tomahawk wifi for ryzen 7 7700x? 20$ diff

[@choppergirl]

The first thing I look for is if it has a PS/2 port

[@JasonXBeats]

SUBBED! Is this mother board sorta future proof? Or would you suggest another one for the ryzen 7800x3d

[@StevenChris]

dont get the 7800x3d I had one and it exploded. Get the 7700x instead

[@JasonXBeats]

@@StevenChris what about the ryzen 9 7950x

[@JasonXBeats]

@@StevenChris were you using an Asus motherboard?

[@Fatal_Kombat]

Anyone know if the ryzen 7 7800x3d is compatible?

[@RandomYooser]

Yes. Ryzen 7000, 8000, and 9000 series is compatible. AM5.

[@chuunico]

Good video! What RAM speeds can this accommodate?

[@StevesHardware]

Thanks! There are some kits on their memory list rated to 6600MHz

[@andrejtadic3088]

Will a AMD 5800x fit on this motherboard ?

[@StevesHardware]

No, this is AM5, so only 7000 series CPUs and above

[@andrejtadic3088]

@@StevesHardware Thanks purchased a 7600x

[@Giedriusification]

Informative review

[@cloud9photography126]

i dont have to use that top pcie 5 m.2 slot for storage though right? i CAN put OS on that slot correct? id rather my windows be fast than my storage be fast

[@FJano12]

Anybody else struggling flashing bios?

[@RiAv33]

Excelente!

[@vrekman256]

thanks

[@FJano12]

Came without screws lol

[@choppergirl]

It's pronounced Gigglebyte

[@Torric25]

stay away from Gigabyte if you want RAID drives. The motherboards are a mess when it comes to setting these up... Bios sucks

[@cloud9photography126]

is this board windows 11 compatable? and does it have a built in RAID controller?

[@choppergirl]

Missing essential PS/2 Mouse and keybpard ports. You need them when installing Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows NT, etc.

[@choppergirl]

WARNING: Do not buy this motherboard it uses UEFI BIOS! instead of a traditioanl bios