Gigabyte X870 AORUS ELITE WIFI7 ICE
30th September, 2024Type
MotherboardPrice
$289 USConclusion - Fantastic Price For An All-White & Feature-Rich Design
Gigabyte's ICE series are some of the most spectacular looking designs on the market and the company has pushed things one step ahead with its latest X870 AORUS ELITE WIFI7 ICE design, featuring an all-pure white PCB and finish which looks as amazing as ever.
All components from the capacitors to the PCIe slots, DDR5 DIMM slots, and even the socket cover are covered in white colors and the overall minimalistic design makes it one of the best-looking motherboards out in the market.
Gigabyte's AORUS X870 ELITE ICE rocks powerful out-of-the-box performance with a 16+2+2 phase power delivery, resulting in an 8+8 design for the VCore. The motherboard had no issues running the Ryzen 9 9950X at stock and overclocked specs with PBO and CO enabled. The memory support is also strong with up to 8000 MT/s EXPO/XMP sticks supported.
In terms of storage options, you are getting four M.2 slots, three (2 Gen5 x4 & 1 Gen4 x4) of which sit under the same heatsink, and one Gen5 x4 with a dedicated and massive aluminum heatsink. This heat sink will ensure around 50-60C operating temperatures running the fastest 14 GB/s+ NVMe drives so you don't have to worry about heat accumulation.
The PCIe slot configuration includes three slots with 1 Gen5 x16, 1 Gen4 x4, and 1 Gen3 x2 options. There's enough space to run two dedicated GPUs which is good for AI setups and having metallic shielding means that you can ensure your PCIe slots don't wear away over time. Gigabyte has gone the extra mile in providing a durable mechanism for the Gen5 slot, ensuring that the PCIe slot doesn't damage itself over time due to heavy-weight graphics cards. Furthermore, each M.2 slot is labeled with Gen5 slots featuring metallic shielding.
The things we loved about the Gigabyte AORUS X870 ELITE WIFI7 ICE:
- Very Good Price
- White Design Rocks!
- Great VRM Solution
- Up To 8000 MT/s DDR5 Support
- Huge Amount of USB Ports (19 In total)
- USB4 Support
- Gen5 Compliant PCIe and M.2 Slots
- Triple Gen5 M.2 slots
- Latest WIFI7 & BT5.4 Support (160 MhzChannel)
- EZ Latch Design For M.2 & PCIe slots
- WIFI EZ-Plug is convinent
- Good BIOS Firmware
Things that we would have liked to see:
- Better VRM Temps
- More BIOS tuning options
USB support is great with a total of 19 ports available (7 front panel and 12 on the back) and a single 2.5 GbE LAN port along with ALC1220 codec for audio. There are 8 fan headers and 4 RGB headers on the motherboard. Wireless connectivity also exists with a WiFi7 and BT5.4 solution (RTL8922AE) rated at 160Mhz channels. The motherboard also features power on/off, reset switches, and a DEBUG LED port along with DEBUG LEDs for easy tuning and troubleshooting. There's a Q-Flash button too. AORUS also equips its latest motherboards with an EZ-PLUG which means you can easily connect and disconnect the WIFI antennas.
The AORUS X870 ELITE WIFI7 ICE motherboard features a price of $289.99 US which makes it one of the best high-end X870 options in our testing spree. The motherboard has a phenomenal design & strong feature set which make it a great buy for the mid-high range segment.
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About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.
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