Gigabyte X870 Aorus Elite WIFI7 ICE Motherboard Review

How Much Does It Cost?

Keep in mind that the X870 chipset is the flagship chipset for the new motherboards, so all of these are regarded as high-end motherboards. However, there are of course more affordable X870 and more premium X870 motherboards in this launch, with the largest variance being increased VRM, which is paired with larger VRM cooling solutions, which increases the price. The number of M.2 mounts, USB ports, and networking, for example, will all increase the price too. Unfortunately, we don’t have UK pricing for these boards at the time of writing but will update that with retail links as soon as they’re available sometime after we publish these reviews.

If these are too expensive for you, there will be more affordable B-series motherboards coming, but we suspect these will be revealed at CES 2025 and launch in Q1 2025, if you can wait that long, if not, then the X-series boards are clearly some of the best options right now for those building an AMD focused build.

More X870 Motherboards

This is a major chipset launch for AMD, so there are dozens of new X870 motherboards hitting the market today. Of course, we’ve been very busy testing 9 of them for you, and they’re all linked below, so if the one in this review isn’t quite meeting your needs, there’s plenty more to choose from! Largely, all being the same chipset, with the same AMD 9950X CPU being used for our testing, we expect the majority of the benchmarks to be broadly the same, with perhaps small differences in some of them. Largely, the price and performance of each motherboard are dictated by the additional features. Such as more PCIe slots, more M.2 mounts in Gen3, Gen4, or Gen5, more high-speed USB ports, more cooling hardware, etc. Largely, we recommend buying a motherboard that meets your current component requirements, with a little overhead for future upgrades; a spare M.2 slot for example.

• ASUS Prime X870-P WIFI Motherboard [Review]
• ASUS ProArt X870E-Creator WIFI Motherboard [Review]
• ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Hero Motherboard [Review]
• ASUS ROG Strix X870-A Gaming WIFI Motherboard [Review]
• ASUS ROG Strix X870-I Gaming WIFI Motherboard [Review]
• ASUS ROG STRIX X870E Gaming WIFI Motherboard [Review]
• ASUS TUF Gaming X870-Plus WIFI Motherboard [Review]
• Gigabyte X870 Aorus Elite WIFI7 ICE Motherboard [Review]
• MSI MPG X870E Carbon WIFI Motherboard [Review]

Conclusion

The latest motherboard from Gigabyte certainly stands out from the crowd with its ICE design, but while many games will undoubtedly be drawn to the aesthetics of it, there’s some serious hardware here that’s sure to please any PC enthusiast. From content creators to gamers, there’s something here for everyone.

The power 16+2+2 Twin Digital VRM design, the premium chokes and capacitors, the massive heatsinks flanking the CPU, and on all of the M.2 mounts, will all ensure you’re getting the best performance from your hardware.

Gigabyte X870 Aorus Elite WIFI7 ICE Motherboard

There are lots of storage options too, with three Gen5 M.2 mounts, as well as a Gen4 mount, ensuring you can use the latest and greatest SSDs, and even configure them in various RAID configurations. Furthermore, there’s a lot of fast connectivity on the back too, with dual USB4 Type-C which supports DP-Alt and HDMI, plenty of extra USB ports for peripherals, and the latest ALC1220 HD audio.

Overall, this is a complete package for the enthusiasts out there, and while there may be more extreme versions above this model, I can’t imagine this not being more than enough for the vast majority of high-end gaming PC builds.