GIGABYTE Z790 AORUS PRO X (LGA 1700/ Intel/ Z790 X/ATX/ DDR5/ 5* M.2/ PCIe 5.0/ USB 3.2 Type-C/Wi-Fi 7/ 5GbE LAN/Q-Flash Plus/EZ-Latch Plus/Motherboard)

I highly recommend some motherboards if you're using higher end Intel processors tell core 13700ks and above that all work extremely well in these motherboards bios it's easy to flash the BIOS itself is readable and simple it runs everything I've put on them all the way up to a 14900KF with minimal overclock Ford has overclocked settings depending on different coolers you're using for the processor it's a well thought out design it's a good board I've had no problems with two out of the three I bought the third one was used open box and that's been hit or miss.I don't think they checked these motherboards when they come back and they resell them as used and I'm at like 50% with used or open box boards that come from Amazon.Either way new it's still a really good deal I think mine was 279 the one I bought used was 203.Both work really well

Putting together a computer can involve accidental abuse of components. You slide around the motherboard trying to get it lined up, you press a little too hard in some areas, you exert too much pressure trying to get the CPU cooler on. You screw things in too tight. Stuff happens. Installing this thing, I was a bit rough, but this thing didn't even care. It took the punishment and worked great first try.I wanted to do a q-flash plus on it before first boot because I'm running an i9-14900kf. So it was only barely half assembled when I pushed the q-flash button. I half expected it to not work at all, but it worked first try! Aaaand then after the flash it tried to boot, which was only bad because I hadn't installed the CPU cooler yet, but hey, the bigger take away is that technically it booted first try. So then I assembled everything else, again I was a bit rough in the process. Again it worked first try when it was all finished.Build quality is really good, this is clearly a premium board. It auto detected and set up all my fans and my pump, which was nice. I wasn't sure how the pump thing was going to work. I plugged my AIO pump into the system fan/pump connector, and it just worked first try, no setup required. That's what you get when you pay for a board like this, it actually works first try with no setup.Aesthetically it looks nice in person, but maybe not as nice as the back mount boards, but still nice. The connectors for fans and power and all that run along the bottom which is okay I guess, although it made cable management a little weird.In terms of value for money, this thing does cost a lot of money, so I wouldn't call it a value, but I will say you are getting what you paid for. You're paying for a $300 motherboard, and you're getting a $300 motherboard, it is exactly what you're paying for, it is quality, and you're paying for that quality.It is very nice, and I have no regrets.

I was concerned about buying this motherboard after seen the reviews but I specs look good to what I need so I bought it! Any so far had no issues at all. It posted from the first time and run some Cinebench23, 3D mark and seems perfectly stable. I am running i7 13700k with nzxt 280mm aio, Evga 3080ti, Corsair 6000 cl36 ram with xmp on and all the other settings stock. Just adjusted fan curves and updated the bios. In Cinebench23 for 10 minutes it gave me a score of 29845 multi core with temperatures no higher then 83 which I am very happy with it but I will try to OC it to see if I can get 30k score. 230watts max I saw without me undervolting or changing any setting in bios. Love the board so far!

For years used Gigabyte for all my Intel based builds, never had an issue. So went with them for my first AMD build. Returned/Exchanged the first board after the online support engineers said the board was bad. This second board is on it's way to the Gigabyte repair facility, for the second time. The memory will (still) not work in slots A1 B1. And the bios will not update, in fact the bios version on the board is not even listed on the support site for the board. Now have serious doubts about the continued use of Gigabyte for future Intel based builds.