GIGABYTE X870E AORUS Elite WIFI7 AMD AM5 LGA 1718 Motherboard, ATX, DDR5, 4X M.2, PCIe 5.0, USB4, WIFI7, 2.5GbE LAN, EZ-Latch, 5-Year Warranty

I know, I know—reading this review, you might think Gigabyte slipped me a fat check to hype up the X870E AORUS PRO… but nope! This is just what happens when you spend way too many hours researching motherboards and actually find one that lives up to the hype.Performance & Compatibility:AM5 & DDR5 Support – This board takes full advantage of AMD's latest AM5 socket and DDR5 RAM, providing blazing-fast speeds and improved efficiency. I paired it with a Ryzen 9 7950X and everything runs flawlessly.PCIe 5.0 – Both the GPU and M.2 slots support PCIe 5.0, ensuring lightning-fast data transfer speeds and future GPU compatibility. My Gen 5 NVMe SSD loads faster than my brain in the morning!4x M.2 Slots – Plenty of storage expansion options, and each slot has a heatsink to keep temps low.Connectivity & Features:USB4 & WiFi 7 – Cutting-edge connectivity! USB4 is fantastic for ultra-fast peripherals, and WiFi 7 delivers crazy fast and stable wireless speeds.2.5GbE LAN – Wired networking is fast and reliable, perfect for gaming and streaming.EZ-Latch for GPUs & SSDs – Makes installing and upgrading hardware much easier—feels like cheating!Build Quality & Warranty:Solid Construction – Premium materials, well-reinforced PCIe slots, and excellent cooling solutions.5-Year Warranty – One of the best in the industry! Gigabyte backs up their quality, which gives me peace of mind.Final Thoughts:Honestly, if Gigabyte wants to pay me at this point, I wouldn’t complain—but until then, this glowing review is just the result of a borderline obsessive amount of research and a fantastic motherboard.Whether you're gaming, streaming, or doing high-performance computing, the X870E AORUS PRO is a top-tier choice. 10/10 would buy again (if I ever needed another one, with a 5 year warranty I shouldn't!).

I can't say how long it will last, some people complain it didn't last for them. But for first time build, it went perfect. Just installed today and had no issues.It has great expansion capabilities. Three full sized PCIE slots. Four M.2 slots. The primary M.2 slot has a heatsink UNDER the M.2 slot, which is nice. It has four SATA ports, which sounds on the low side, but that's all the chipset supports. I had an ASUS motherboard with only two SATA ports and I returned it.It has Wi-Fi 7, which is great. It has a nice snap-in antenna rather than the screw on antenna.One thing that was nice about the ASUS was that it had a large lever for the main video card slot eject, rather than the little tab that most motherboards have, such as this one. But that is about the only feature that I've seen on other motherboards that this is missing and it's not a deal breaker. Other than that, this has about everything you could need.There were reports that another Gigabyte model motherboard has issues that some were built with the chipset heatsink installed improperly and chipsets overheating. I went ahead and removed the chipset heatsink and it was fine. Of course, I had to replace the heatsink compound since I took it apart. And I think it was for the best, as the original compound seemed dry and crumbly. So, I put higher quality heatsink compound. But it probably wasn't necessary, the original probably would have sufficed.AMD said that the Zen6 will still use the AM5 socket, so this motherboard should be good for the next generation CPU, assuming it lasts long.

I built a new PC using this motherboard. As soon as I fired up I noticed a popping / crackling noise every few seconds coming through the speakers.I contacted gigabyte for support about the issue and without any troubleshooting, they blamed the issue on the speakers. I let them know that I have used these speakers for several years with no issues (with another gigabyte motherboard) and the response was to plug in some headphones and see if the problem still occurs.. I did try using headphones as well as another set of speakers and had the same problem.There was a two-day delay in responses to my messages. They pretty much they kept circling back to the problem was my speakers even though I've had these speakers for a long time and use them with no issues and I let them know that the problem was still occurring with headphones and another set of speakers.After a month if messaging back and forth, and continuing to say that the problem has to be my speakers, they suggested sending it back to the place of purchase for a replacement. Being over a month, it was past the Amazon return window. So the only option they have me was to send the board back to them for inspection.After googling the problem, I see that others have also experienced the same issue with this motherboardI did like gigabyte (my last motherboard lasted me 18 years with no issues, I only bought this one because the old one would not support windows 11. My experience with their "support" was horrible, so this will be the last gigabyte product I purchase.