GIGABYTEZ790 AORUS PRO X (LGA 1700/ Intel/ Z790 X/ATX/ DDR5/ 5* M.2/ PCIe 5.0/ USB 3.2 Type-C/Wi-Fi 7/ 5GbE LAN/Q-Flash Plus/EZ-Latch Plus/Motherboard)

Putting together a computer can involve accidental abuse of components. You slide around the motherboard trying to get it lined up, you press a little too hard in some areas, you exert too much pressure trying to get the CPU cooler on. You screw things in too tight. Stuff happens. Installing this thing, I was a bit rough, but this thing didn't even care. It took the punishment and worked great first try.I wanted to do a q-flash plus on it before first boot because I'm running an i9-14900kf. So it was only barely half assembled when I pushed the q-flash button. I half expected it to not work at all, but it worked first try! Aaaand then after the flash it tried to boot, which was only bad because I hadn't installed the CPU cooler yet, but hey, the bigger take away is that technically it booted first try. So then I assembled everything else, again I was a bit rough in the process. Again it worked first try when it was all finished.Build quality is really good, this is clearly a premium board. It auto detected and set up all my fans and my pump, which was nice. I wasn't sure how the pump thing was going to work. I plugged my AIO pump into the system fan/pump connector, and it just worked first try, no setup required. That's what you get when you pay for a board like this, it actually works first try with no setup.Aesthetically it looks nice in person, but maybe not as nice as the back mount boards, but still nice. The connectors for fans and power and all that run along the bottom which is okay I guess, although it made cable management a little weird.In terms of value for money, this thing does cost a lot of money, so I wouldn't call it a value, but I will say you are getting what you paid for. You're paying for a $300 motherboard, and you're getting a $300 motherboard, it is exactly what you're paying for, it is quality, and you're paying for that quality.It is very nice, and I have no regrets.

So far so good and setup was pretty easy. Gigabyte bios has come a long way in the last few years and it needed to badly. The looks are uper clean in all white. 4 NVME M.2 Gen 4 slots and one Gen 5 is great for add storage down the line. It is a pricey but you get what you pay for and I think this board is worth it! Good work Gigabyte

Looks wise, this is a nice MB and would have looked great in the new system. However, there were no WiFi drives available for Windows 10 and I could not get the Ethernet to show the cable was connected. Had to return the device and go with another brand that has been working flawlessly.

I highly recommend some motherboards if you're using higher end Intel processors tell core 13700ks and above that all work extremely well in these motherboards bios it's easy to flash the BIOS itself is readable and simple it runs everything I've put on them all the way up to a 14900KF with minimal overclock Ford has overclocked settings depending on different coolers you're using for the processor it's a well thought out design it's a good board I've had no problems with two out of the three I bought the third one was used open box and that's been hit or miss.I don't think they checked these motherboards when they come back and they resell them as used and I'm at like 50% with used or open box boards that come from Amazon.Either way new it's still a really good deal I think mine was 279 the one I bought used was 203.Both work really well

The media could not be loaded. Thought I would chime in here since GIGABYTE boards seem to have fewer reviews and generally the GIGABYTE brand gets a bad rep.I built my PC with this board, and I am glad I did. I haven't had any issues with overclocking/undervolting or making any system adjustments in BIOS. The board came ready with the (2nd to most) recent BIOS that allowed my 14th gen i9 14900k to work as well, without needing any sort of update.One minor hiccup was with the WiFi and Bluetooth drivers. It's not really on them, kind of just on me - you need Windows 11 to use the Bluetooth and WiFi features, as the drivers are only available for Win11 setup. I can confirm that I tried to install them on Windows 10, and while it seemed to run the install file, it didn't work and ended up aborting the install. Ironically, upgrading to Windows 11 also seemed to improve my performance in games? I used to have a stuttering issue that is much less noticeable now. Either way, not on them, mostly on me. The only other issue is that the BIOS UI is a bit ugly and less intuitive than my experience with ASUS in the past, but it's navigable and once you look things up, not hard to manage.The motherboard is also gorgeous in person, the pictures do not do it justice. I built it in a b/w case, doing white parts on a black interior and white exterior. This looks perfect in my case, having the bare minimum black in its design and being a large white space in my case to help balance the colors. I think that the only other real option (that you can still buy, since ASUS won't restock those Z790s) is the NZXT white mobo. Otherwise, if you really want an all-white board, not one with white highlights, this is your option.The main reason I give this 4 instead of 5 stars is that, while I personally have only had a good experience with it, it's kind of overpriced. There is a very similar model as others have pointed out, and it's like $100 less, the BIGGEST feature being that this motherboard is white. I also wish it had more USB ports but I just use a million devices, so probably not applicable to most users. I'm personally fine with what I paid for it, but it's definitely not the most cost-to-feature effective mobo.

This board is a little pricey, but it has a lot of BIOS features and looks fantastic.The DDR5 will not run at it's XMP of 8200MHz - Had to Underclock it to 7600MHzSystem InfoGIGABYTE Z790 AORUS PRO XIntel i9 - 14900KTEAMGROUP T-Force Delta RGB DDR5 Ram 48GB (2x24GB) 8200MHz (@ 7600MHz)EVGA 3080tiSamsung 990 Pro 1TB Boot DriveTEAMGROUP MP44 4TB Game Drive