On The Wings of an Eagle: GIGABYTE's X570 I Aorus Pro WIFI Motherboard Tested
by Gavin Bonshor on March 19, 2020 10:00 AM ESTGIGABYTE X570 I Aorus Pro WIFI Conclusion
The GIGABYTE X570 I Aorus Pro WIFI as it stands is the cheapest of the small form factor options on AMD's X570 chipset. Each of the competition are more expensive, such as $240 for an ASRock (but it comes with Thunderbolt, and $299 for the ASUS ROG model. The ASRock with TB3 puts it as the most unique offering, but GIGABYTE has gone a different route altogether with the X570 I Aorus Pro WIFI.
Targeting itself at the mid-range user, it has plenty to boast about, primarily dual M.2 slots which both support PCIe 4.0 x4 drives. The power delivery is also pretty good, being a scaled down version of the flagship X570 motherboard. Networking is a standard gigabit ethernet and Wi-Fi 6, but there is a variety of USB 3.1 G2 Type-A and Type-C ports available.
Interestingly GIGABYTE has overloaded the X570 I Aorus Pro WIFI with video outputs with two HDMI 2.0, and a single DisplayPort 1.2; perfect for driving up to three displays from a Ryzen APU. All of the other bases are covered with two PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2 slots present for users to maximise storage performance from Gen4 capable NVMe drives, and four SATA ports with support for RAID 0, 1 and 10 arrays also present. The full-length PCIe 4.0 x16 slot is standard for a small form factor motherboard, and the two memory slots allow support for DDR4-4400 with a maximum capacity of up to 64 GB. If I were to criticize, it would be the lack of a thermal pad for the rear mounted slot. The board also only has two 4-pin fan headers, and even though space is at a premium, we usually like to see at least three.
From a performance perspective, the GIGABYTE won a number of key benchmarks. The biggest win came in our power consumption tests as it consistently sits below the rest of the pack at both idle, and full load. We also saw some CPU throughput wins as well, and a quick POST time as well as good DPC latency numbers. The GIGABYTE X570 I Aorus Pro WIFI has everything needed from a mid-range model, more so from a mini-ITX sized offering, but without breaking the bank due to its very impressive $220 price tag.
Overall for users looking for a solid and consistent motherboard, and especially need to use the onboard graphics output options, the GIGABYTE X570 I Aorus Pro WIFI is a very capable product. With a price tag of just $220, it competes well.
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eek2121 - Friday, March 20, 2020 - link
Umm, speaking of misinformation. The B450 has 4 PCIE 3.0 lanes in addition to the 20 PCIE 3.0 lanes provided by the chipset. Yes, boards may provide a slot that is PCIE 2.0 only, but the majority of the connections, including the GPU, are 3.0.a5cent - Friday, March 20, 2020 - link
No! You are thoroughly confused and you are the one spreading misinformation.Yes, the lanes going to the GPU are PCIe 3.0 lanes, as well as four going to an M.2 slot, but those lanes come off the CPU, not the CHIPSET. The CHIPSET and the CPU are two different things. We're talking about the chipset here.
The CHIPSET is officially PCIe 2.0. It has ZERO PCIe 3.0 lanes. You can look this up in any official documentation. On B550 those lanes will be PCIe 3.0, not PCIe 2.0.
At least understand the technology before commenting on it.
InTheMidstOfTheInBeforeCrowd - Friday, March 20, 2020 - link
The 4 PCIe 3.0 lanes of the B450 are not usable for the user of the motherboard, because their only and exclusive purpose is to link the B450 hub itself to the CPU.You can't use them for anything else, because without the B450 hub being tied to the CPU through those PCIe 3.0 lanes, the B450 and the motherboard as a whole would be a dead fish in the water.
nerd1 - Thursday, March 19, 2020 - link
The fan is right on the main m.2 drive heatsink, and PCIE 4.0 drive makes A LOT of heat.evernessince - Saturday, March 21, 2020 - link
Which is really irrelevant since the fan on X570 motherboards are either inaudible or run is passive mode 99% of the time.wr3zzz - Thursday, March 19, 2020 - link
Sigh, the fan... Want to go Team Red this time but will have to wait for B550.MDD1963 - Friday, March 20, 2020 - link
Yes, by all means, compare a mainboard's gaming performance at 1440P HIgh using a 4-5 year old GPU....MDD1963 - Friday, March 20, 2020 - link
(Beginning next year, the newest 10900K and R94900 will do battle in gaming, each equipped, of course, with an Nvidia GT710InTheMidstOfTheInBeforeCrowd - Friday, March 20, 2020 - link
Nah, to really show how powerful those new-fangled, revolutionary next-gen CPU will show, reviews will forego using any GPU and employ software rendering.close - Friday, March 20, 2020 - link
Actually... https://www.pcgamesn.com/amd/threadripper-3990x-cr...