GIGABYTE Z590 AORUS ULTRA LGA 1200 Intel Z590 SATA 6Gb/s ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: - Very well built and solid feel. Thick M.2 slot metal heatsinks with top and bottom thermal pads. High rent heat-pipe cooling for the VRM. Metal stiffeners on the power connections, memory slots, and PCI-E slots. - Not sure if it's a benefit or just placebo for my purpose, but the 2x 8-pin CPU power connections are a welcome addition for overclocking. - Debug LED, something that comes in handy when things go south. - Three M.2 slots that DO NOT share PCI-E bus lanes with the primary GPU x16 slot. - Worked on first boot with a 10700K, 32GB G.Skill Trident DDR4-3200, Samsung 970 EVO SSD, and a Seagate Focus GX 850W PSU. Came with F2 BIOS out of the box. - All the benefits of Z590 over Z490. PCI-E 4.0 with 11th gen Intel upgrade, DMI speed from 4x to 8x, USB 3.2 Gen2x2 - The BIOS is easy to navigate and consistent for Gigabyte. I like the Smart Fan page with graphical and tabular settings for each fans. Lots of options there.

Cons: - Had a scare with the Intel I225(3)-V Ethernet chip about six hours into the setup and testing. The device in Windows 10 Device Manager had a yellow exclamation and there was no connection to the internet. After quite a bit of debugging (BIOS reflash, Windows reinstall, etc), the issue was resolved immediately after switching off the PSU at the rear, holding the front panel power button for 30 seconds, and then repowering the system. Not sure what the deal was. So far 24 hours up and running without another issue. - The BIOS has some bugs that Gigabyte need to work out. Some settings don't have a pop up menu, you just have to use pg up or pg down, or type in the setting. One page is only accessible if you hit ESC from another sub-page, where ESC is usually the back page key. Minor nitpicks. - Weak RGB lighting for such an expensive board. One splash of color above the rear panel IO. I wasn't going for an RGB build, but something to keep in mind.

Overall Review: Originally bought the Gigabyte Z490 Pro AX together with my 10700K, then realized the Z590 was released and would be more future-proof if I decided to upgrade. I waited for this particular board to be released and then ordered it that same day. The prices aren't too far apart, Z490 to Z590, so I made the change. One caveat, if you are looking at the Z590 Pro AX, take note that it isn't equivalent to the previous Z490 Pro AX board because Gigabyte decided to go with 4 M.2s this time around on that model (3 connected to processor and 1 connected to north bridge). The implementation leaves you with no option but to run your GPU at 8x lanes if you add a third M.2 drive, since the primary PCI-E slot shares bandwidth with 2 of the 3 M.2s connected to the processor. The Z590 Elite or Z590 Ultra have more typical setups with 3 M.2s (1 connected to processor and 2 connected to north bridge). I chose the Ultra because of its sturdier construction, full set of M.2 heatsinks, and better CPU power delivery system, among other minor details. Paired with a be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 and Trident memory, everything fit perfectly together in a new Fractal Meshify C case. Note: Stress testing on the 10700K out of the box, no overclocking, resulted in some fairly high temps and power draw. The following BIOS option changes lowered max temps by ~9C and power draw by 33W. 1) Enhanced Multi-Core Performance - 'Disabled' 2) CPU Internal AC/DC Load Line - 'Power Saving' I have been using Gigabyte as the go to brand in motherboards for quite some time. So far they have not let me down.

Pros: Very simplistic design and great features

Cons: Nothing

Overall Review: If ur a fan of performance I 100% recommend this motherboard, very minimal rgb, which is a plus for me

Pros: Ton's of USB ports, beautiful design, and easy to set up. This motherboard went from in the box to setup in no time. Gigabyte has really got a solid motherboard and I couldn't be happier. I also like that the RGB use is minimal, I don't need a rainbow coming from my PC!

Cons: Nothing I have found as of yet.

Overall Review: I just upgraded to an i9-10900KF from an i7-8086, which is now going to my son. I'm very happy with the performance I'm seeing so far and in the stability! I'll be putting it through it's paces in the coming days and I'm sure it will not disappoint! I've always had great luck with Gigabyte and this is no exception!

Pros: 3 NVME slots. That gives 9 onboard drive inputs.Quick WiFi.Lots of fast USB ports. Excellent board layout.

Cons: On board video did not work with Comet Lake CPU.Easy overclocking not useful.

Overall Review: Excellent motherboard. I had 64 gb of 3600 GSkil memory that would not work on my Gigabyte 490 Ultra board, works perfectly on this board. Had some problems at first, as the on board video did not work with my Comet Lake 10 core CPU. The diagnosis was simple, as the board has a 4 LED array that indicated the fault was the video. After I robbed a video card from another PC and hit the on-board reset button the system booted right up. Came with the F2 bios, upgraded to the F4 bios, on board video still does not work. Other than that problem, which may be CPU related, I'm very happy with the board. I used the Easy Overclocking, which brings all cores up to 5.4 gh. The board reverted to standard clocking during download of 150gb of data over the WiFi from Steam in less than two hour. The system is water cooled, seems like I will have to spend more time working the overclock. .