The arrival of the new AMD Ryzen 7000 resulted in the need for entirely new plates through the use of socket AM5 and new standards such as DDR5 memory and the PCI Express 5.0. Also, gigabyte It could not be outdone in this significant change to the new AMD platform and it wanted it with its new family of motherboards based on the X670E, X670, B650E and B650 chipsets. We talk about the X670E AORUS Extreme and some Master B650 AORUS.
Last Thursday, GIGABYTE invited HardZone to its event to present its first motherboards for the new Ryzen 7000 processors under socket AM5. Specifically, they showed us two different models, one for high-end gaming and one for mid-range. It is a major overhaul compared to motherboards based on the AM4 socket in order to accommodate the new expansion and RAM technologies brought by the new generation of CPUs.
The same goes for the new GIGABYTE motherboards for the Ryzen 7000
From time to time, the evolutions of PC components are profound, not because they are radical changes in their operation, but because new memory and communication bus standards appear, and with them new challenges that are becoming a challenge for motherboard manufacturers. In the case of AMD, we are not used to such drastic changes, but the launch of the AM5 socket was a challenge for all m anufacturers and we can say that GIGABYTE passed it with flying colors.
The change of socket and the implementation of new technologies have allowed GIGABYTE to completely renew its motherboards with significant innovations compared to those of the previous generation. You already know the common details of AMD’s Ryzen 7000 platform, with things like supports PCI Express Gen 5 on graphics cards and NVMe SSDs
New graphics card eject button
One of the things that struck us the most was the inclusion of a button to be able to remove the graphics card from the motherboard without having to remove it by force, which is ideal if you are a do-it-yourselfer when it comes to switching from one model to another. This is a feature that is gradually becoming more standardized and GIGABYTE could not be outdone when it came to including it.
Overclocking capability
If we move on to much more technical things, we have to the X670 Extreme has 18 VRM phases, while its little sister, the B650 Extreme, comes with 16 phases. Which will facilitate the ability to overclock both CPU and memory with a robust power delivery system so that the most demanding and enthusiastic users can get everything they want out of their computer and run both their Ryzen 7000 CPU as the DDR5 memory at the maximum possible speed without worries of any kind.
Larger heat sinks
One element that caught our attention is the fact that the heatsinks included in the board are now taller than in previous generations, and, therefore, with a larger dissipation area. It is not in vain that the new generation NVMe SSDs and the Ryzen 7000s generate more heat than the previous ones and we appreciate having this section under control with larger integrated heatsinks.
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