GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS PRO (rev. 1.0)

Advantages: Unambiguously availability, price, cooling system, backlight, disk with all drivers (saved life), radiators for m2.

Disadvantages: The absence of a screen for post-codes, modest backlighting, the location of the socket for the power supply of the processor and cooler, which are located almost end-to-end, is not very convenient. Killed enough time to attach them.

Comment: The pay for your money is excellent. Not modest, but not particularly rich either. There is cooling, there is at least some kind of backlighting. As a layman I will say that I am satisfied with the payment. I put I7-9700k on it - it started out of the box without BIOS firmware (without dancing with a tambourine). Separate respect for the disc with all the firewood. Really helped out when the Windows refused to see the network cable. In other words - 10/10.

Advantages: The main reason for choosing this motherboard for me was the filling. Top power system, no worse than the last generation maximum, for 9900k 5GHz for the eyes. Headphone amplifier and good DAC. In contrast to the elite, the cooling of BPM and black Japanese condensers.

Disadvantages: It is not entirely clear why thermistors are needed.

Comment: The overall impression is top for its price.

Advantages: everything that is described on the manufacturer's off-page - for me there are a lot of 5/12 connectors for rgb, connectors for fans and temperature sensors - in fact, that's why I took it and not the elite. I liked the BIOS more than the Asus one I liked the mode in Fusion of light music - the settings are more asus analog, it plays more fun :) It's bad that this mode cannot be applied to individual elements, and not to the entire rgb system closed to the motherboard only: / (solved by a separate controller from Uncle Liao)

Disadvantages: 1.po leaves much to be desired, apparently for all the manufacturer's products - with vidyuha (AORUS ENGINE program) not without problems too - the passive / active cooler mode is thrown off when it wants, like the rgb settings from Fusion. 2. Problems with the operation of the RAM (more in the comments), probably her legs grow from point 1 - software. 3.In the presence of a gigabyte video card, the SIV program (native gigs) - where the coolers are configured, including - does not give information about the temperature on the video. This is not what I expected from one manufacturer. The pisay x16 sensor gives other temperatures (well, it's not on vidyuhi). Exit to shove another thermal sensor - but somehow it's a crutch

Comment: my main complaint is RAM support. I changed the motherboard while putting firewood on the gig, demolishing the asus, the RAM worked properly, the GPU-z only did not display it (it only showed the frequencies). after rearranging the firewood, the RAM stopped working. I watch a lot of people write about such jokes. Yes, my RAM is not included in the list of compatibility with the gig site, it was not included in the asus either, but it worked on 2 mothers with z390. Despite the fact that she also worked with the mother before updating the firewood, it indicates that she does not work because of software gigs, and not because of mephic incompatibility. For myself, I concluded that Tfors with asus norms works, and under a gigabyte most likely Gskill should be taken (I have not checked it yet, I urgently took a gigabyte operative for a while). Of course, it is better to check the compatibility table of the motherboard so as not to throw money away, and then still run to return to the operative shop if that (judging by the law, it does not fall under technically complex products, but you do not want to waste time either, and then if formally - ripping off the tape to open the box, you break the packaging, and may refuse to return - so it's better to find out in the store how they are doing with this kind of returns) Everyone writes that the connectors for the propellers are not well made - well, on the other hand, they are not can be seen and do not dangle, and slipping tweezers into sisfan1 is not a problem - yesterday I just replaced and poked the cooler.

Advantages: Appearance, built-in back plate, complete set

Disadvantages: A mowing implementation of Dual Bios, the processor power connector is in an awkward place, massive plastic body kits.

Comment: I bought this motherboard and immediately ran into problems: the XMP profile did not work, the system did not always boot the first time, and if you unplug the power cord, it did not start at all. After a long investigation, it turned out that the backup bios chip was broken. It was not detected by the programmer, it was recorded with errors. After its replacement, the working capacity was restored and, what is most interesting, XMP profiles started working. It's very sad that you have to finish a completely new product out of the box.

Advantages: 1. Power circuits and cooling are suitable for 9th generation Intel processors. 2. Pleasant "non-twisted" backlight. 3. A bunch of usb connectors for every taste. 4. Full-size ATX (uncut).

Disadvantages: 1. I had to tinker with the drivers for the network adapter after replacing the motherboard and the first launch. 2. The mic input (and sound processing) is far from ideal, as a high-frequency squeak is heard in the recording in the headphones. This is not a problem with the microphone itself.

Comment: A good solution for the new line of intel processors. The VRM temperature in stress tests in AIDA and in heavy tasks did not exceed 45 ° C (i7-9700K with turbo boost, NZXT S340 case with 4 fans at maximum speed). In my case, it is possible to warm up to 50 ° C. I think with an insane load, you can heat up even more, but such conditions are unlikely to be achieved in reality. With the old Deshman z370 motherboard, vrm calmly went to processor temperatures and higher.

Advantages: Sound, design, etc.

Disadvantages: it is not very convenient to connect the CPU power and 1 channel sys_fan. The rest have not yet been revealed

Comment: I recommended this board to all my friends, and I got two of them to buy, until they regret it. And now he himself has updated the old Gigabyte ga-ph67a-ud3-b3, which has been in use for the 8th year. I hope this one will last no less. It is worth noting that there is a noticeable improvement in sound (compared to the old board), the sound card is on fire here, and a great design that pleases the eye. But since I've been using it for less than a week, I can't say more. Later, perhaps, I will add!

Advantages: Nice budget fee.

Disadvantages: For this price, no.

Comment: Absolutely enough for 9900k, I took 5.3Hz on it, but unstable, of course. It works stably at 5.1Hz, I couldn't catch it anywhere, but throttling chuuut is barely present in stress tests. At 5.0Hz it is generally ideal, but left in the drain, tk. the processor is powerful enough for my needs. There are enough of all the connectors, for this money it is generally full stuffing. For an advanced and demanding user, this is a great option. For overclockers, professionals, enthusiasts and just majors, of course it will not be enough.

Advantages: A good motherboard for my money, I took it under 9900k on the basis that I will not drive.

Disadvantages: After all, under a serious load, VRM heats up only on the way, even if it is a stress test. The memory of hyperx 4000 19 did not take the declared frequencies, I had to leave at 3600 17 the kingston support says that wait for new firmware, let's see further.

Comment: On the photos, the tempo of the vrm and the processor and the controller at: 1 Simple 2 Games 3 Rendering 4 LinX ps. on the last photo you can see how the percentage under the molt is hammering into a hundred square meters, this does not apply to this motherboard here, rather, the wine of the cooling, the air is not enough for it. pps in the case are 3 120mm for blowing and blowing and one high-speed 60mm n rpm and memory. ppps all tests were run for a short time, therefore, you can safely add 5-10 grams. pppps. all the tests were, one can say out of the box, if you seriously tackle the setup and take a more responsible approach to the choice of cooling for the processor, I am more than sure that the temperatures can be reduced.

Advantages: power supply subsystem radiators (even on ssd) a lot of small things such as couplers, thermocouples (2 pcs.), up to bolts for housing covers an abundance of all kinds of software lotions seemingly quite durable textolite simplicity in installing the axis appearance

Disadvantages: there is no backplate (well, there is already a nagging, most likely) of the ports for monitors only hdmi (can be attributed to nagging, because such a board is unlikely to be taken for a system without a video card, but! I first assembled a system without a video card and my monitor did not work normally the desktop is open-ok, it is worth opening the start / windows-the monitor goes out for a second or two.if the computer is idle - everything is ok.otherwise - trouble.because there is only one port, then it is impossible to check if the problem is in the port or all but another problem with the MP / processor) with a discrete graph, the monitor works as it should, and there were no more problems.

Comment: I chose a motherboard for a long time. I wanted to climb on the tree and not tear my pants (functional, reliable, beautiful, cheap) I chose between this one and a tomahawk from msi, which is 2k cheaper. all the hedgehog bought aorus and has not regretted it yet. I am distrustful of msi, because my friend's msi turned out to be defective, the replaced one did not see m.2 a-data, did not start with one RAM bar in some slot (like in the first one). friend killed a couple of hours to install the axis on the ssd m.2.I killed an hour to install the cooler (but this is a cant of the cooler), and the installation of the axis took 5-7 minutes (did not detect it). I have 970 evo, someone wrote that without a tambourine, this motherboard will not see it. I inserted a flash drive and everything took off. the only thing that bothers me is that without a video card, the monitor is chopped off and cuts in when you open any windows at any resolutions (although the intel website states that the percent keeps the resolution 4096x2304, I have 2560 * 1440. so I think that this is -motherboard jamb (maybe some kind of broken track or some kind of marriage) or prots (the video core is stupid). But in general, I am satisfied with the board. Later I will add information about temperatures and overclocking. UPD: everything works fine with another monitor in 2k and a 4k TV. for 20 minutes of video in 2k / 4k no crashes.there was also a problem with connecting disks: I have win 10 on m.2, in addition to this I connected disks from laptops, one with ten (wd blue lpcx), the other with seven (bd black lplx). for some unknown reason, the computer automatically boots from the third disk (win7), although in the BIOS the boot order is evo 970-manager (evo 970) -wd lpcx-manager (lpcx) -lplx. only when you select a disk to boot by pressing F12, the computer is loaded from eva and now got around to overclocking the operatives.First, I'll say that the BIOS is not translated into Russian everywhere. I will supplement with the fact that it is a little incomprehensible (at the intuitive level it is not a fact that you will understand, you will have to google it), voltages are set, there is also a small problem with frequencies. set 3200 MHz, 16-20-20-36, 1.35-did not start (other users started everything with the same RAM). I'll add it later.

Advantages: Loads faster than MSI Z370 Gaming M5 on the same hardware. I liked the radiators on the M.2. They are installed in their grooves, touch the drive, but do not press on it more than necessary.

Disadvantages: I don't like the software. The Russian language constantly flies into the bios. MSI and ASUS are doing much better with this.

Comment: I bought the HyperX HX426C13PB3K2 / 32 RAM - it is listed on the official website. At the first start, the F8 BIOS dropped to F5, while the memory worked at a frequency of 2400, took 3200 without adjusting the voltage and timings, I did not try it again. The frequency increases when the multiplier is set to 133, in auto mode it is impossible to set more than 2666, the computer does not boot beyond the BIOS. When the multiplier was set to 100, the 3000 MHz frequency did not work.