Review on 🎮 GIGABYTE Z490 AORUS Xtreme WF Gaming Motherboard - Intel LGA1200, Z490, E-ATX, All-In-One Monoblock, 3xM.2 Thermal Guard, SATA 6Gb/s, USB 3.2 Gen 2, Intel WiFi 6, Dual Thunderbolt 3, ESS9218 DAC, Aquantia 10GbE by Kenji Townsend

I bought the product abroad and sent it to my location. I had to wait before I could start building as some components were still missing. By the time I was finally ready to build a PC, I was already out of the return window that Revain is offering. The motherboard was faulty as it would not boot (no POST) after completing a build with a custom water cooling cycle. I have found other people with the same symptoms on several forums on the internet. I contacted GIGABYTE Global Customer Service and found their response unsatisfactory: slow, perfunctory, and GIGABYTE does not offer a global warranty on their products, not even on their flagship motherboard. . I would need to contact US customer service, pay for round-trip shipping, and pay any customs fees that may apply. In any case, not sure if this is covered under warranty. With a certain level of technical knowledge I was able to figure out where the problem was and found a solution that at least allowed the build to complete and get it working (it took me about 3 weeks to fix the error step by step) . I had to settle for a non-functioning RGB water block and possibly a leak guard as well, the functionality that made me choose this MB. The FUSION 2.0 RGB control software is nothing short of terrible, very limited functionality. GIGABYTE, and while I'm very happy with the RTX 3090 WATERFORCE WB, the overall experience with the company was disappointing. I do not recommend buying this MB and from this company at all as the support is not very good if you are outside of North America.