Review on Motherboard GIGABYTE B550I AORUS PRO AX (rev. 1.0) by Adam Domaski ᠌

Name: Motherboard GIGABYTE B550I AORUS PRO AX (rev. 1.0)
Item: Motherboard GIGABYTE B550I AORUS PRO AX (rev. 1.0)
Rating: 4

June 05, 2023

Nice price, good quality.

I hope the problems will be solved by future firmware ates. In all other respects, the motherboard is very cool. Good overclocking, good software in the system, very well assembled and made.
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: I'm raising my review to 4 stars, as I managed to overcome the problem of regularly falling off Bluetooth devices. Installing the drivers from the Intel site (Intel® Driver & Support Assistant) fixed the problem in my case. Don't use Gigabyte drivers.

If you plan to configure the memory, then immediately remove the overlay covering the I / O ports to access the BIOS battery.

The motherboard has no other problems. Works for me with R7 5800x overclocked.
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Knowing all the problems and how to solve them before buying, I would still buy this motherboard. The only pity is the time spent resetting Bios and fixing Bluetooth.

Pros

The benefits have been discussed in great detail in other comments. I agree with them. For me, the advantages when choosing a motherboard: 1. passive cooling of VRM and chipset + M2 drive 2. not the most expensive motherboard 3. B550 chipset 4. M.2X2 5. Mini Itx 6. Working and ated Bios 7. Interesting and thoughtful design 8. Quality materials. After Asus z170i another league seems to be 9. Seems to be good power circuits suitable for overclocking, but I'm not strong in this

Cons

I wanted to write this review because of the serious shortcomings identified during the work: 1. Bios reset does not work in a regular way (pin closure). Reset is only possible by removing the battery. You can remove the battery only by disassembling the motherboard and removing the panel covering the I/O ports (you do not need to remove the cooling). 2. Bluetooth randomly falls off and returns only after resetting the BIOS or disconnecting the power wire for 10-15 minutes (There is a discussion on Reddit).