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igabyte’s gaming
products are now
well established
under its premium
Aorus gaming brand. The
X570 Aorus Master we’re
reviewing here is a
reasonably priced fully
featured offering at $629
(strictly relatively!). It has
many of the Aorus traits
we’ve come to expect are
here including a lovely RGB
look and a well-engineered
audio implementation.
One of the things we really
like about the Aorus Master
is the use of proper finned
VRM heat sinks. This greatly
increases the cooling surface
area, and Gigabyte has
managed to combine
functionality with
aesthetics. Long may this
continue!
Gigabyte have included
three M.2 slots, each with
their own isolated cooling
unlike many other boards
which have a fiddly
The I/O area has a good
helping of ports with four
USB 3.2 Gen 2, 2x Gen 1 and
four USB 2.0. Additionally
there’s the Intel Gigabit and
Realtek 2.5G LAN ports,
which along with the
802.11ax Wi-Fi is standard
on all but the cheaper Asrock
board. 2.5G and higher is a
very welcome addition to
X570 boards.
The Aorus Master
performed reasonably well
in our benchmark test suite.
It was perhaps marginally
slower in single threaded
applications but nothing to
really take issue with. We’d
expect boards that are part
of a mature platform
ecosystem to perform within
one or two percent of each
other at most, but with BIOS
updates coming every other
day on a new platform, you
get the feeling there’s some
performance still to come.
The Aorus’ UEFI BIOS is
simple and easy to use, withinstallation procedure. The
heat sinks can be removed
making it suitable for use
with the increasingly
prevalent heat sink equipped
M.2 drives, particularly PCIe
4.0 ones including Aorus own
PCIe 4.0 drive with its
chunky copper design.
Gigabyte has completely
overhauled the VRM
compared to the X470
Master. A genuine 14 phase
VRM with dual 8 pin
auxiliary power connectors
is capable of delivering 700
amps according to Gigabyte.
Need 1,000W for your CPU?
No worries!
We’re usually impressed
with the attention to detail
that Gigabyte pays towards
its audio solutions and the
Aorus Master continues this
trend. The inclusion of an
ESS Sabre DAC and things
like WIMA capacitors mean
that analogue audio
performance is as good as
any motherboard.all the important features well
laid out. It’s probably not as
comprehensive as the likes of
the Asus BIOS, but it’s easier to
navigate and a touch more user
friendly.
The X570 Aorus Master can
never be called cheap at $629
and on paper it’s specification
doesn’t seem all that different
from the likes of the Asrock
Taichi or MSI Ace, but it’s the
little things and specific
implementations that make a
difference. The cooling is top
notch along with the audio, as
well as thoughtful M.2 cooling
and good helping of I/O
connectivity. Whether these
things are worth the extra
dollars over the cheaper MSI
and much cheaper Asrock is up
to you. We think the Gigabyte
is relatively good value for
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The Aorus X570 Master’s attention to
detail is noteworthy, but still, $629 is
a lot to pay for motherboard.GiggyabyteX570Aorus
Master;SocketAM4;
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2.4Gbpps Wi-Fi;1xHDMI;
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7.1ChannelHighg Definition
Audio;ATX Form Factor.“Gigabyte has completely overhauled the
VRM compared to the X470 Master. ”