Gigabyte Z390 AORUS ELITE (Intel LGA1151/Z390/ATX/2xM.2/Realtek ALC1220/RGB Fusion/Gaming Motherboard)

Got this Aorus Elite to replace a failed Asus Z390 Prime. The Prime board failed to enter the EFI bios after a while, and I didn’t want to wait on a replacement chip even though I have equipment and qualifications to solder one on. Shouldn’t have happened. This Gigabyte board is not only prettier as far as lighting and customization, but also the EFI bios has always been accessible and it hasn’t failed. The Prime had HDMI and DP for CPU graphics output, but this board only has HDMI (I know probably very few people actually want to run their dual displays on CPU graphics, but that’s what happens when you want to GPU mine). Overall I like this board. A lot.

It does just about everything, and it does a great job. Key things to note:The motherboard's HDMI port has no integrated graphics to power it, so it's essentially useless. You'll need to plug things into whatever graphics card you purchase.It also needs quite a bit of power -- be sure you check the number of pins available on your power supply to make sure it can power the board's overall AND CPU requirements, plus whatever else you'll be connecting.Finally, the primary SSD connector is weirdly loose. You may want to use some sort of electronic-safe putty to secure the thermal plate, otherwise it jiggles for no real apparent reason.Tech support is typical of hardware manufacturers, which is to say almost nonexistent and requires making an account with Gigabyte to access at all. No surprises there.

not much to say other then its awesome. Bought a pre-built on FB and swapped this board into it, a i59600k, many more fans and RGBs and i love it. the BIOS is simple even for a 1st timer, had to switch the internal graphics so that i could run dual monitors, and it took me about 37 seconds haha. looks great, install was a breeze with some youtube clips.

This motherboard it's really good for the price, decent VRM's, bios and flash options with room for a powerful overclock, only downside is the Bios UI which straight up sucks, feels so clunky to navigate and things are listed in a weird way with no sliders for multipliers and instead you have to manually choose it ( not typing it) in ranges from 0.00 to 9.99 for ie.The RBG lighting it's decent and the software RGB Fusion it's easy to use, not the greatest but you will easily match your other RGB components.I paired it with an i7 9700K, RTX 2070 Super & EVGA 850W B3.Overall good performance for the price and features for the 8th and 9th gen Intel Platform.Recommended

Its a nice motherboard, works well. the BIOS looks clean. There is no Wifi with this board, I would reccomend getting a PCIE Wifi card or a Wifi USB stickI should see no issues with this. Its a great value for the money, if you wanted a comparable board from ASUS it would cost more.My biggest downfall with this product is installing the RGB software. There isnt as much in terms of lighting effects but it matches my ICUE profiles with a little bit of tinkering

Was replacing my motherboard case, and adding a cooler. Keeping the GPU, RAM and the rest of the stuff. Got the computer built. Booted 1 time into BIOS, then rebooted into windows to test it all out. Everything was great. put the panels on, Hooked in the rest of my USB devices and no boot. no BIOS. nothing. Odd buzzing coming from the chipset location once power was applied.Put all the parts back in my previous build and everything still works. Seems like something let go in the chipset.Also, to note, Amazon shipped it in the motherboard box only, not inside another box with shipping padding.

Thusfar, everything is working properly and I am satisfied with the performance. I hope this will remain the case and get the 4+ years service I got with the Z270. Aorus motherboards have proven to be very reliable and I depend on them to give me the most out of my gaming experiences.

The board is great, but this one was a fail. Just got a lemon this round. I've built with Gigabyte boards and I trust the quality they put into them. Even though this happened, it does not shake my confidence in the company or its products.