GIGABYTE presenta la placa base X870 AORUS Elite WIFI7

GIGABYTE just released its second AMD 800-series chipset motherboard following last week’s debut of the X870E AORUS Master, the more affordable X870 AORUS Elite WIFI7. This board is based on the slightly more affordable AMD X870 (non-E) conjunto de chips, which offers connectivity nearly identical to that of the previous-generation AMD B650E, but with the addition of USB4. The board is built in the ATX form-factor, and features a 6-layer PCB. It draws power from a combination of 24-pin ATX and two 8-pin EPS power connectors. The CPU VRM solution consists of a 16+2+2 phase setup, with the vCore side of it being 8-phase with phase doubling. The Socket AM5 is wired to four DDR5 DIMM slots for up to 256 GB de memoria.

Expansion slots include a PCI-Express 5.0 x16 wired to the CPU, un PCI-Express 4.0 x16 (generación eléctrica 4 x4), and a third PCI-Express 3.0 x16 (generación eléctrica 3 x2). The main Gen 5 x16 PEG slot gets a quick-release lever. You press a button, and it ejects the graphics card. Storage connectivity includes three M.2 Gen 5 ranuras x4, two of these are wired to the CPU’s dedicated Gen 5 x4 NVMe lanes, while the third slot subtracts 8 lanes from the Gen 5 Ranura de clavija x16. There is a fourth M.2 slot, which is Gen 4 x4, and wired to the X870 FCH. All four slots get heatsinks. Four SATA 6 Gbps ports make for the rest of the storage connectivity.

Networking options, as the name of this board suggests, includes a Wi-Fi 7 WLAN card that’s either a MediaTek MT7925, or a Realtek RTL8922AE, depending on the PCB revision. Besides Wi-Fi 7, both WLAN solutions put out Bluetooth 5.4. The wired networking side of things see a 2.5 GbE interface driven by a Realtek controller. USB connectivity includes two 40 Gbps USB4 ports that each include DisplayPort passthrough, un 20 USB de Gbps 3.2 Gen 2×2 via a header, dos 10 USB de Gbps 3.2 Gen 2 escribe un, de cuatro 5 USB de Gbps 3.2 Gen 1, and two additional 5 USB de Gbps 3.2 Gen 1 ports by header.

The onboard audio solution features a premium Realtek ALC1220 HD audio CODEC with 120 dB SNR, with ground-layer isolation, and audio-grade capacitors. There are no additional AMPs over the CODEC, but GIGABYTE tuned the solution to automatically support high-impedance headphones. There are many DIY-friendly features on offer, including a POST code read-out, LEDs that indicate a point of failure, SMD power and reset buttons, USB BIOS Flashback, PCIe x16 ejection mechanism, a quick-connect Wi-Fi antenna module, a tool-free M.2 SSD mounting mechanism, and three addressable RGB 2.0 Los expertos en automóviles analizan cómo Gran Turismo. La empresa no reveló los precios.