If you've got up to $180 to spend on a motherboard the best options without a doubt are the Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Elite or the Z390 Aorus Pro. The Pro variant costs about $10 more coming in at $180. They are pretty much the same board, with the Pro adding a few extra features such as two thermal guards on both M.2 slots, PCIe armor on both slots, and USB type-C on the I/O panel. We've tested out both boards in-house and the VRM thermal performance is exceptional, beating $300+ models from Asus.
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The Gigabyte is a tad more expensive than rivals at the affordable end of the market, but it justifies its cost with better features in almost every department alongside faster, more consistent performance in applications and games. A superb option for...
We have seen a flurry of product launches over the past few months from Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA. While we get to reap the rewards of technology's ever steady march of progress, their partners have been hard at work ensuring their offerings can withstand...
The Aorus Pro looks good and aside from the optional WIFI and a 3rd M2 slot, really you get all that Z390 offers. Nice is the M2 heatsinks, which are much welcomed. The BIOS needs some work though, I mean that in regards to tweaking and overclocking as...
How do I sum up the experience with the Gigabyte Z390 AORUS Pro WiFi?I for the first time in a long time have very mixed feelings in the conclusion of a motherboard review. Normally a motherboard review its all about features and in one sense it's the...
Although we can run the processor on Gigabyte motherboard steadily at 5.1 GHz on air which is quite an achievement, a water cool system might be more suitable for prolong usage as the temperatures are readily in the 90 deg C when all cores runs at high speed.
If all you care about is some fast storage, plenty of USB ports, a bit of RGB, and high frame rates, this is the way to go. Oh, and the high-performance onboard audio is just the cherry on top. For a home gaming PC you could do a lot worse, and while it’s not as “extreme” as the Aorus Master, £100 cheaper is enough to get anyone’s attention.
At current pricing – $189.99 for the Z390 AORUS PRO and $164.99 for the Z390 I AORUS PRO WiFi – these motherboards are a good value given their features and overall quality. Intel Z390 boards currently start at around $100, but for this platform I have...
Nonetheless, the GIGABYTE Z390 Aorus Pro WIFI has a nicely styled aesthetic and combined with an EMI shielded Realtek ALC1220-VB HD audio codec, two addressable RGB LED and eight 4-pin fan headers, it solidifies itself as a solid sub-$200 ATX model in one of the most competitive price points on the whole of the Z390 chipset.
That's better.It can't have escaped your attention that us telling the truth about certain bits of hardware doesn't always go down well with the manufacturers. To this end we had to buy this board ourselves to test it despite emaling since its launch...
Aorus makes a considered play in the sub-£200 Intel Z390 market with the Pro motherboard.The power-delivery system is very good, harnessing high-quality VRMs and current-balancing doublers that combine to offer solid efficiency, and it is no...