Gigabyte X670E Aorus Master AM5 Motherboard Review

How Much Does It Cost?

The Gigabyte X670E AORUS MASTER ATX Motherboard is available on Amazon now for the bottom-clenching price of £489.98, which is a lot, but overall, this isn’t your typical motherboard. It features extensive cooling and power delivery enhancements, and a robust I/O that most gaming builds won’t need, but if you care about those things, you get what you pay for. Still, it’s a bargain compared to the (rather fantastic) Aorus XTREME, which is £749.99.

Overview

When it comes to high-end motherboards, I’m a big fan and long-time user of Gigabyte. Admittedly, Aorus ones are often a bit rich for my blood personally, but overall, I really like what they do as a brand. The build quality, the performance and the overall aesthetics tick all the right boxes, and I’m certain I’m not alone in that regard.

However, given the performance is largely on par with models that cost half as much, why would anyone spend the best part of £500 on something like the Aorus X670 Master? Well, it depends on what you’re doing with your PC! If you want to have your CPU sitting at max boost for significant amounts of time, or push it further with high overclocks, then the Master’s bigger VRM setup is going to help you achieve that. You can push your CPU, memory, storage and GPU harder for longer on a high-end motherboard while still maintaining stability and reliability.

Furthermore, with the latest DDR5, PCIe 5.0 and AM5 support, all the latest and greatest hardware is supported too, including those two PCIe gen 5 M.2 connectors, so you’ll have no shortage of fast storage, and they all come with huge heatsinks too.

There’s high-end audio too, thanks to the fantastic ALC1220 Codec, as well as DTS:X Ultra processing for HiFi Audio. Networking speeds will be fast, thanks to the Intel 2.5GbE LAN & Intel Wi-Fi 6E, and then there’s a plethora of ports thanks to USB-C 20Gbps with USB4 AIC support too.

Should I Buy One?

This is likely more motherboard than most people need, and the additional cooling and power delivery hardware will only really benefit flagship CPUs that are being run hard for rendering, gaming and other CPU-intensive tasks for longer periods, or being manually overclocked too. Additionally, unless you really need that many PCIe lanes, M.2 mounts, and the 20Gbps USB-C it’s an over-investment, as they add up to a significant lump of the overall cost. That being said, if you do need to build yourself a gaming PC/rendering rig worthy of a demi-god, I really can’t fault it. It’s well-made, looks fantastic, and is packed full of great features.