Review on Gigabyte B450 AORUS V2 Motherboard by Sean Sitton

I usually buy gigabyte motherboards. This is a good motherboard brand and they make very stable motherboards. This is important for the motherboard, it's the heart of your computer along with the processor, you don't need a "fast" or "gaming" motherboard, you need a motherboard that works well and is stable. Gigabyte is good because their motherboards are competitively priced and offer good value for money. All features are fine, bios is fine, I didn't install the software that came with it, but Gigabyte gives you plenty of Norton software and internet security. It also has RGB lighting, my computer doesn't have a glass body but it looks cool and thin. It's not a ridiculous RGB lighting display like many computers. Supposedly motherboard manufacturers including Gigabyte are dropping PCI Express 4.0 because AMD required it for all mid and low-end chipsets, so you might not remember2. Warnings.1. Some components, such as such as the I/O panel and thermal shield are labeled. You may not notice, it is important to remove these stickers to avoid melting them. Also, the heat shield is one-time use only, it has a sticky adhesive but if you need to remove it it won't stick again. This is my first time using an SSD card and you need to make sure your SSD card is working. I thought m.2 was all I needed to know but there is M.2 pci-e and M.2 SATA. One of the M.2 slots is under the PCI-E line for graphics cards, which I don't think is a good spot. I had to return my SSD because the slot it could fit in didn't have room for a screw holder that would fit the SSD card, but there was room in the other slot but it wasn't for the right type of interface. This seems like a bad design choice. Also, depending on the m.2 slot, some of your other SATA devices will be disabled. Although this is explained in the manual, you should check before you buy. If you don't have a lot of SATA devices, it shouldn't matter much. You can read the manual online for free on their website. I give 4/5 stars and can only recommend it. This is a solid motherboard and a really good price. It has some flaws, but no motherboard is perfect.