GIGABYTEX870 AORUS Elite WIFI7 ICE AMD AM5 LGA 1718 Motherboard, ATX, DDR5, 4X M.2, PCIe 5.0, USB4, WIFI7, 2.5GbE LAN, EZ-Latch, 5-Year Warranty

I’ve been building PCs for a while now, and the X870 AORUS Elite ICE has quickly become one of my favorite motherboards to work with. First off, this thing looks amazing—the white/silver finish paired perfectly with the theme of my build in the Lian Li 011 Dynamic. Fitment was no issue at all, and it complements the clean layout of the case beautifully.Performance-wise, it's been flawless. Running it with a Ryzen 9 9800X3D, 32GB of DDR5, and a 7900 XTX—no hiccups whatsoever. BIOS was easy to navigate (honestly one of the smoother UIs I’ve used), and everything posted right out of the box. PCIe 5.0 support is a nice future-proofing touch, and the VRMs stay cool even under load.Plenty of USB ports, smart fan headers, and the built-in Q-Flash Plus saved me some time during the setup. It also has just enough RGB to keep things interesting without going overboard, which is perfect for my build.Overall, if you’re aiming for a white-themed build or just want a reliable, feature-rich board that looks as good as it performs, this is a fantastic choice. Gigabyte nailed it with this one.

I recently built a new system using the GIGABYTE AORUS X870 ELITE ICE WIFI 7, and I’m thoroughly impressed. This board combines cutting-edge features with a sleek, icy-white aesthetic that really stands out in a build. Everything is working good so far.I switched from Intel to AMD for this build, so I wanted a motherboard that not only performs well but also looks great—especially for a full ATX case. After some research, I found this board, and it checked all the boxes.WiFi 7, PCIe 5.0, strong power delivery, and great connectivity make it a solid choice for gaming, productivity, and future upgrades. The BIOS is easy to use, and the overall setup was smooth. No issues so far, and I’m really happy with how clean and premium the board looks in my build.

This was very easy to set up: everything was very clearly labelled. And the ice white color is a nice contrast inside my very black case.The little plastic holder for connecting case wires was very thoughtful, since that can be one of the most difficult, tedious steps in building a system.The main NVME connection has a very thick, well-finned heat sink. The other three NVME slots have heat sinks, although they share a hinged aluminum cover to dissipate the heat. Since I had originally bought an NVME WITH a heat sink, I couldn't fit the drive under the heat sink; I had to exchange the drive for one without a heat sink. The drive runs at about 110F under my usage loads.It has a PCIE slot aimed at seating modern two-slot GPUs. Note: The catch release button for pulling the GPU out can be difficult to reach with a card installed *and* an NVME under the primary heat sink.It has a lot of USB and Thunderbolt connections.It has Wifi-7 and a nicely-designed external antenna with a magnetic base that sticks happily to my steel case, but I've been unable to get it to make a Wifi connection. I use Linux, so maybe support for that chip simply isn't available yet.The 2.5GBit Ethernet port worked after I compiled a kernel module for it. Before that, a USB-C-to-Ethernet adapter worked out of the box. My router only does 1GB Ethernet, so I don't expect to be getting the full speed out of it until a router upgrade.There was a collision between this motherboard's RAM slot placement, the Patriot Viper RAM I got, my case, and the water cooler I'm using. The radiator stuck out far enough into the space above the RAM slots that I couldn't fit the RAM and the radiator at the same time. I was able to finagle fitting the radiator in at an angle that kept it out of the way. Something to think about if you intend to water cool this board.I ran CPUMark on this and my old i9 laptop. With a Ryzen 9 9950X in it, this is 4-5 times faster, so well worth it.

With the exception of one thing, this board is great. The pricing is frequently excellent, compared to many x870 boards, while generally providing a feature set well above that of other x870 boards. The board is very heavy, which may be an issue for some, but it does make the board feel like significantly more premium. A lot of that weight comes from the various heatsinks and m.2 covers, and they do an excellent job, so much so that the vrm fan on my AIO basically hasn't ever come on. The board design in white is fantastic, and I must point out how many things have been colored matched to make the board almost entirely silver or white. It really does look excellent. Ports are for the most part placed in very good locations, although I would have perhaps appreciated an additional fan header on the top of the board for rear exhaust fans. One small quibble is that the sata ports are unfortunately directly beneath where a gpu would sit, making it very difficult to mess around with. Ideally, these would just be moved down into the space between the top pcie slot and the bottom two.My one real gripe with this board is the pcie lane sharing. To put it frankly, I really don't like how it's done. On this board, you have three gen5 nvme slots and one gen4 slot. However, to support those extra two gen5 nvme slots, the use of either results in the *gpu* pcie lanes being cut to x8. I frankly do not understand why this board chose to priotize gen5 ssd slots when they have little purpose for the vast majority of users. These being gen4 would have been much better, because as it is, I cannot really use those two slots unless I am willing to potentially give up performance (granted, gen4 x8 is far far faster than most gpus/workloads need, but it can impact others).Provided you can live with the lane sharing arrangement, this board is excellent. The bios 8-segment display, easy release button (a huge QoL feature, something I sorely needed on my last motherboard), and almost entirely toolless design makes it just a breeze to use. Oh, and it supports windows dynamic lighting! No need for external RGB software... unless you want your RAM to match lol