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Review on Gigabyte Digital PCIe4 0 Realtek Motherboard by Bill Garczynski

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Does everything I expected with 2 small gripes

This was my first gaming mobo since 2013 and I already had some knowledge of how to build a PC so I didn't get too carried away exit the manual/resources. I found the mobo easy to use and everything caught fire after my first try. My only comment is that I happen to find the FAN2 and FAN3 positions on the mobo for clean wiring, but I got them to work with some cables. The BIOS date was August 2020 which means I had to use Q-Flash to update the BIOS. Many might be interested to know that they didn't expect to buy a phone with such an old BIOS, especially since the pre-installed BIOS was not compatible with the Ryzen 5000 despite the stickers saying otherwise. Q-Flash made updating the BIOS easier, but I want to point this out to help others who may be having issues because if you are using a Ryzen 5000 series processor YOUR PC WILL NOT BOOT until you update the BIOS. Hope that helps! Also the sound drivers didn't work at all. Googling I saw that many others had the same problem. I had to manually uninstall the drivers that came with Mobo and install the default Windows 10 audio driver. Everything works fine now, but I didn't expect this to be an issue. I wasn't sure which brand to go back to after retiring from the gaming PC world for a bit, but given the good experience I'll be using AORUS in the future.

Pros
  • good,
Cons
  • has issues