The Ultimate AMD AM5 Motherboard Guide

Peter Donnell / 2 years ago

Gigabyte X670E AORUS XTREME (rev. 1.0)

When it comes to over-the-top flagship motherboards, AORUS always get our attention. Their new X670E AORUS XTREME is one of the best-equipped motherboards we’ve ever seen! It features an impressive Direct 18+2+2 Phases Digital VRM design, which a truly staggering amount of thermal protection and heatsinks covering virtually all of the motherboard. Plus, there are Fins-Array III and M.2 Thermal Guard III heatsinks designs in there too, along with their 8mm Mega Heatpipe, NanoCarbon Coatings, a full aluminium backplate, and Solid Pin technologies. For those wanting to push their CPUs to the absolute extreme, this is certainly going to get the job done.

Furthermore, it offers a truly staggering 4 x PCIe 5.0 x4 M.2 slots but keeps the focus to just a single PCIe 5.0 slot for your GPU, which features EZ-Latch Plus. However, there’s also a single PCIe 4.0 x4 and PCIe 3.0 x2 slot towards the bottom of the motherboard.

Features

AMD Socket AM5: Supports AMD Ryzen™ 7000 Series Processors
Unparalleled Performance : Direct 18+2+2 Phases Digital VRM Solution @ 105A
Dual Channel DDR5: 4*SMD DIMMs with EXPO & XMP Memory Module Support
Next Generation Storage : 4*PCIe 5.0 x4 M.2 Connectors
Fins-Array III & M.2 Thermal Guard III: To Ensure VRM Power Stability & 25110 PCIe 5.0 M.2 SSD Performance
EZ-Latch Plus : SMD PCIe 5.0 x16 Slot & M.2 Connectors with Quick Release & Screwless Design
Hi-Fi Audio with DTS: X^® Ultra: ALC1220 CODEC and Rear ESS SABRE Hi-Fi 9118 DAC with Front ESSential USB DAC Bundled
Fast Networks: Marvell^® AQtion 10GbE LAN & Intel^® Wi-Fi 6E 802.11ax
Extended Connectivity: DP, HDMI, USB-C^® 10Gbps, Dual USB-C^® 20Gbps and Upcoming GIGABYTE USB4 AIC Support
Q-Flash Plus: Update BIOS Without Installing the CPU, Memory and Graphics Card

I/O

Of course, XTREME means more than just big power delivery, as it comes with WIFI 6E, 10Gb LAN, rear and Front USB-C 20GB/s, ESS SABRE reference DAC (ESS 9118) sound, and plenty of USB 3.2 ports on top of that.