Purchased early.
I had planned to wait until purchasing a Ryzen 5000 Series CPU in this board, but bought two boards.
I've installed only one with a 3700x that is stable at stock, but overall and under performer in terms of Silicon.
Despite getting poor quality CPU, it uses slightly less voltage on this board than it did on my x470 gaming wifi 7.
Both boards have Great VRMS
The Aorus Master, is designed more for the 12 and 16 core parts, so I am wasting a bit of power. I'll be upgrading the power supply, CPU and GPU a bit later. The Board has all of the features I was looking for.
1) Dual Bios
2) 50 amp power stages
3) Finned Heatsink
4) Clear CMOS and Power Reset
5) Plenty of USB
6) Bios is moving up in the world
7) IOMMU Groups,
8) more voltage control
9) so many features in the BIOS.
This was spendy, but worth the money.
Under ideal conditions, I would water cool the CPU and chipset and use for a server or high end work station.
It could also be used for Gaming,but keep in mind that with a 6 core cpu, you're wasting power.
the 5000 series 12 and 16 core should handle gaming OK when watercooled if the rumors are true, but lower core parts usually due better in gaming as they handle the heat a bit better.
Memory Support on this board is off the chain. Ok maybe that's exaggerating, but it's pretty good and especially for the 5000 series parts.
I swapped my NVME from the x470 gaming wifi 7 into the Aorus Master, and it was seemless to move over.
Keep in mind that I didn't use secure boot, stuck with the same manufacturer, and uninstalled drivers first.
Saw some critical review of the early board models. Likely folks messing with bios settings they don't understand or using RAM that hasn't been validated. Also, I have version 1.2. Kind of thinking the Super IO Chip was updated or the x570 chip was redone, but nothing major.
Update: this board (mine is v1.2) is running strong. I've have my G.Skill 3200 cl14 up to 3600mhz cl 16. Using Samsung Bdie. I have 32gb. 4x8gb single rank running at default xmp 3200 cl14. Haven't tested 3600 cl16 for stability.
Crucial Ballistix 3600mhz 64gb installed and works with XMP and no issues.
I'm experiencing issues with Onboard Audio. No rear audio in 5.1 surround. The audio driver recognizes that all speakers are plugged in, but no dice. I've tried to pairs of speakers with the same results and have to reinstall the Audio Drivers after windows updates, and the surround may or may not work. Reaching out to gigabyte to troubleshoot.
| RAM | DDR4 |
|---|---|
| Memory Speed | 4400 MHz |
| Wireless Type | Bluetooth, 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, 802.11a, 2.4 GHz Radio Frequency, 801.11ac |
| Number of USB 2.0 Ports | 8 |
