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)

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.

Great motherboard. There's tons of features on this board. I do with it came with thunderbolt but it support an addon card for that so that makes it super easy. It's a bit on the pricey side but that's because of the features. If you don't need all the functionality it comes with, then look for a cheaper board. It is a heavy board but damn, does it look good.This board has tons of fan connections and three ARGB connections so that's nice for those loading up on fans and RGB components. Love all the NVME m.2 slots as well (x5) and the PCIe 5.0 M.2 and Graphic Card support.

Everything you need at high quality for a mid level unit. Always can use more SATA. The versions, 1.2 is waiting on BIOS update, but mine works great. Slightly different UI

Looks wise, this is a nice MB and would have looked great in the new system. However, there were no WiFi drives available for Windows 10 and I could not get the Ethernet to show the cable was connected. Had to return the device and go with another brand that has been working flawlessly.

So far so good and setup was pretty easy. Gigabyte bios has come a long way in the last few years and it needed to badly. The looks are uper clean in all white. 4 NVME M.2 Gen 4 slots and one Gen 5 is great for add storage down the line. It is a pricey but you get what you pay for and I think this board is worth it! Good work Gigabyte

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