Review on GIGABYTE X570 AORUS Ultra Gaming Motherboard (AMD Ryzen 5000/X570/ATX/PCIe 4.0/DDR4/USB 3.1/Realtek ALC1220-Vb/Fins-Array Heatsink/RGB Fusion 2.0/3xM.2 Thermal Guard) by Johnathan Sherman

03/17/21 - fitted 02/20/21. I've reviewed MANY x570 boards and read MANY reviews. This MB has appeared in at least the top five averages on most review sites. GB was my last personal MB for my setup replacing it in 2012. I wanted another brand, but availability, price, and features eventually led me to it (I wanted a master but can't find it). And since my previous Intel build was from 2012 GB and it still works fine, I went with it. I have no regrets and am very happy. I received Rev 1.1. I had no systemic issues with almost constant benchmarking and stress testing. I haven't changed any settings (yet) other than the fans and enabling XMP for the memory. There seems to be a lot to play with :) See my 5800x review for the CPU info I posted. Gigabyte Notice: Version 1.0 does not support adding Thunderbolt™3 AIC. Versions 1.1 and 1.2 support this. The difference between version 1.1 and 1.2 is upgraded to 2.5G Realteck LAN from 8125AG to 8125BG and VRM changed from IR3553(40A) to TDA21472(70A). More details: Ryzen 7 5800xCooler Master Hyper 212 RGB Black with dual fans and Artic Paste MX-4Seasonic FOCUS PX-75064GB (16x4) QVL 2666 Crucial BL2K16G26C16U4R (initially and the system was stable with decent reviews) 64GB (16x4) QVL 4000 Crucial BLM2K16G (16x4) still tested on March 17th and so far so good) 970 EVO Plus 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD (wow fast - it only had SSD on the previous MBs) Replacement Samsung 256GB SSD Replacement 4TB (ST4000DM005-2DP166) Phantek PH -ES614P_BK with stock fans (wow, great case for $99 - see my review) eVGA 2060 6GBLG Blu-ray Disc Writer w.disc (WH16NS40) Windows 10 Pro