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The motherboard was easy to set up and all pins were clearly labeled and easy to locate.







Plenty of ports and options for any build. Alot of fan plugs and rbg plugs. I love how the pci express is reinforced for the heavy video cards. and the heatsinks are tool less with their own thermal pads. This board is made for cool temps. The led's are nice to. GCC software is excellent with the bios updates and the rgb. Very impressive that they now have GCC. Their software has come a long way from the older style control center.

ALERT! It's 2025 already, and this motherboard will not recognize a GPT-partitioned device as bootable! Once I figured out why I didn't seem to have any bootable drives, I formatted and partitioned my M2 SSD with a MS-DOS partition table, and it was good to go. I bought a pair of 24 GB G.Skill Trident DDR5 DIMMs that are listed on the ASROCK QVL. The CPU is an Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF. I learned that my nice legacy heatsink was incompatible with the heatsink footprint (the 4 holes) on a LGA 1851, so I bought a Noctua NH-D9L and it works great. CPU temp with air cooling is 32-35C. I;ve been a pretty reliable Asus MB user over the years, but this ASROCK unit is getting the job done for me and I have zero regrets for this decision.



Install was a breeze, I like that the USB 3 front panel is located in the bottom, people with Thermaltake Core P5 would know why! The RGB is a nice touch, vibrant colors, it doesn’t get hot after long sessions of gaming, the Q connector is much better than the Gigabyte’s.

Bracket LGA 1200 fit without issues

Motherboard has excellent build quality and a lot of premium features



After coming back to PC building from a 12 year hiatus (stopped in 2012, picking back up in 2024) I was in the market for a motherboard capable of handling my i9-9900K, and GTX 980 Ti Hybrid's in SLI. Dug around for a couple weeks researching and this was the solution. What I like about this board is: - One of the few SLI capable boards on the market, which was a requirement for me - Quality VRM, and phase system(s) - Has capability for Corsair iCue RGB management thru the motherboard RGB headers itself, which is useful for my SP120 / RX120 fans - I/O shield built into the VRM cooler, so one-piece install. No more pesky IO shields to remove. - 4-pin ATX-12V connector for CPU isn't required unlike some other cheaper motherboards that force running both power cables to operate the system - Just useful for overclockers pushing 150+ watts on CPU and need more power. - The nifty little front I/O Panel connector clip to "quick disconnect" your power switches is BALLER - No clue why other motherboard manufacturers haven't done this for their customers... made it super easy getting that right 1st try without cracking open the manual for help. - Overclocking features are far more detailed and accessible compared to my previous Asus Prime Z390-P. - Small things like the positioning of the SATA ports, locations of fan headers, etc show Gigabyte has thought about people and the complex systems we like to assemble.

Fan curves are great, can do 0 RPM idles for silent idle.