THE X570S AORUS MASTER

Thanks to its black and grey color theme and its large heatsinks the X570S Aorus Master is a nice looking motherboard.

By using an 14+2 phase digital VRM with specially designed fins for the heatsink means that the X570S Aorus Master should do quite well with overclocking.

GIGABYTE has equipped the X570S Aorus Master with 4 reinforced DIMM slots which support speeds of up to 5400MHz and above.

The multi-function indicator is located on the top right of the motherboard right next to the power button.

Angled connectors are used for both the SATA and USB.

Just like with most motherboards out there GIGABYTE is using the Realtek ALC1220 High Definition Audio onboard audio paired however this time over with the ESS SABRE9118 DAC.

3 PCIe 4.0 slots might not be enough for many people but at least these are full sized ones (x16/x8/x4).

At the rear I/O we find the q-flash and clear CMOS buttons, Wi-Fi Antenna connectors, 4 USB 2.0 ports, 2 USB 3.2 Gen1 ports, 5 USB 3.2 Gen2 ports, single USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C port and the audio out ports.

Most of the other side of the motherboard is covered by a metal plate thus increasing durability.

Under the aluminum top heatsink GIGABYTE has also placed a total of 4 M.2 slots.

I wanted to start testing AMD motherboards with a similar CPU to the Intel i9-11900K (for a more "proper" comparison) and thanks to AMD I’ll be using an Ryzen 9 5900X.

With the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X and the Acer Predator Apollo 32GB 4GHz RAM installed (among other things) the GIGABYTE X570S Aorus Master is now up and running.