The Gigabyte X870 Aorus Infinity is a stunning thoroughbred overclocking motherboard. It offers excellent SSD and VRM temperatures alongside RAM OC potential that trumps most boards. Established competition is fierce, but have obscene memory prices and the lack of an X870E chipset already hurt its chances?
Packaging & Contents »Introduction Like other motherboard manufacturers, Gigabyte has both high-end flagship and overclocking-focused models available, with the latter being represented by the beautiful X870 Aorus Tachyon Ice. Both as a reimagining of previous gen boards and tie in with Gigabyte's 40-year anniversary, the X870 Aorus Infinity is essentially an updated Tachyon, sporting a similar design and feature set. Interestingly, Gigabyte does things slightly differently from other overclocking-focused boards that only have two DIMM slots. The X870 Aorus Infinity lacks AMD's flagship X870E chipset that's included with the ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Apex and MSI X870E Unify-X Max, instead opting for X870. However, Gigabyte's board also costs more. At $800 it's $50 more than the launch price of the mighty Apex and $200 more than the price the Apex currently retails for.
The X870 Aorus Infinity has some stiff competition then, even if it does have its unique edgy top-mounted DIMM slots going for it. Let's see how it performs against the competition and whether, like all boards of this type, it can be both a weekend overclocking warrior and also sit at the heart of a mid-week gaming rig. Specifications CPU Support: AMD Socket AM5 Ryzen 7000, 9000 Power Design: CPU Power: 18-phase/Infineon PMC41430/110 A SOC Power: 2-phase/Infineon PMC41430/110 A MISC Power: 2-phase/On Semi NCP 302155/60 A Chipset: AMD X870Integrated Graphics: Supported 1× Display Port 1.4 via Type-C 1× HDMI 2.1, 1× HDMI 1.4 (PCB) Memory: 2× DIMM, Support up to 128 GB DDR5-11400 (OC) BIOS:512 Mbit (64 MB) AMI UEFI (DUAL BIOS)Expansion Slots: 1× PCIe Gen 5 x16 slot (x16, x8/x8, x8/x4/x4, x4/x4/x4/x4) 1× PCIe Gen 5 x16 slot (x8) Storage: 4× SATA 6 Gb/s 2× M.2 (PCIe Gen 5 x4) 1× M.2 (PCIe Gen 4 x4) Networking: 2× Realtek 8126 5 Gbps Ethernet 1× Qualcomm QCNCM865 Wi-Fi 7 Rear Ports: BIOS Flashback button OC Ignition button 1× 5 Gbps Ethernet 1× HDMI 2.1 1× USB4 40 Gbps (Type-C) 1× USB 3.2 Gen 2 2x2 20 Gbps (Type-C) 3× USB 3.2 Gen 2 10 Gbps (Type-A) 4× USB 3.0 (Type-A) 1× Wi-Fi antenna connectors 2× Audio jacks 1× PS/2 keyboard port 1× PS/2 mouse port 1× Optical S/PDIF Out port Audio:1× Realtek ALC1220 Codec Fan / Thermistor headers:8× 4-pin/2 Form Factor: EATX Form Factor 12.0 × 10.8 in./30.5 × 27.5 cm Exclusive Features: M.2 EZ-Flex M.2 EZ-Latch Click PCIe EZ-Latch Plus M.2 EZ-Latch Plus Sensor Panel Link WI-FI EZ-Mag
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