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1.0 out of 5 starsNice, but unfortunately disappointing.
Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2019
I purchased this motherboard after I originally purchased the Aorus Ultra, which I returned. Starting off, I really liked the Ultra. Solid build and features in the price range. I tested the board for a few days, and everything seemed fine, until I was hit with the USB bug. With no OS installed, and in BIOS, the rear USB ports suddenly stopped working after about ten seconds. The keyboard would become unresponsive and scroll through menus non stop, as if I was holding down an arrow key. The mouse would not work at all. I tried different USB ports while also trying different keyboards and mice, and different combinations with no luck. Since this was a new purchase for my 3900X, I decided it was not worth wasting time troubleshooting the issues, and returned the board.
I figured this was an unlucky fluke, and I wanted to give Gigabyte another try, so I purchased the Aorus Master. It is a very nice board. Great build quality, solid VRM and components, and a very good amount of features compared to other boards in the same price range. It looked like a winner to me. Then the headache and disappointment set in. I had previously tested a new G.Skill 32 GB RAM kit extensively, with no errors. Using the X.M.P profile (3600MHz) as the only change in the BIOS, I tested the set up. Everything has been done after the latest BIOS was installed, which was the first thing I did.
Sometimes it will stick with the 3600 speed with no issues. Other times it will show the profile is active, but the actual speed is the stock 2133. Other times it will not post, and then the BIOS will reset itself and all settings are lost. So I decided to skip the X.M.P. profile and I would set all of the timings and everything manually. (This happens to be on Samsung B-Die memory). Well.... I have not arrived at that point, because I accidentally discovered a new problem, and the headache keeps growing.
I have five new Noctua case fans and a new dual fan Noctua CPU cooler. All of them plugged into separate headers on the board. I accidentally noticed that one of the CPU cooler fans was not spinning. Turn the system off and check everything. Nothing out of place. Turn it on, everything is working. A lot of head scratching going on. Check the new Corsair 1000 watt HX power supply. All outputs seem stable and accurate. OK... Turn system on another time... The other CPU fan is not spinning. Turn it on another time, both work fine, but I swap fans out and purchase a motherboard speaker so that I can hear any tones, just because.
So I happen to turn on the computer and I am getting a continuous annoying tone. I rack my brain as to what this signifies. Finally, I realize that I had turned on warnings for fans failing, and sure enough, neither of the CPU cooler fans are running. Of course, why would they be? Fan stop is disabled in the BIOS. I have tried changing the auto setting to PWM, and back again. Switched between normal and performance mode, but have never used the silent mode setting. Today it has been running for hours with no problems, tomorrow... Well... I have come to the conclusion that it really depends on the weather conditions outside, and whatever mood the motherboard happens to be in at that time.
I have since found some reviews on other retail sites, such as N@#egg, with other users who have experienced similar strange issues with the Gigabyte boards. To be fair, they are also not the only brand with issues. It is a shame because I like them, I just can't trust them. So this looks like it will end up with another call to Microsoft, explaining why I am activating this particular Win 10 license, again. All of this is of course no fault by Amazon, who hopefully understands my frustration. The truth is, a lot of these X570 motherboards are not ready for prime time.