INTRODUCTION

   The latest Ryzen 7000 series of CPUs by AMD may not have taken the market by storm as intended (just a tad weird considering performance levels have been very good across all models - too soon to tell about the 3D models) but the "red" camp still owns a considerable chunk of the global market. Now as I’ve said in past reviews one of the things that never liked about AMD was the lack of high-end motherboards something which started to change with the appearance of the first X570 motherboards back in late 2019. Intel partners still had better offers in the market sure but that's when the gap finally started to shrink and the appearance of the first X670E models last year made it clear that AMD could finally compete in that area as well. Still since motherboards based on the X670E chipsets are aimed towards enthusiasts and professionals alike they are not exactly affordable which is why AMD also launched their B650E chipsets which were clearly meant for casual users and gamers. The AORUS TACHYON motherboard by GIGABYTE sits at the top of their B650E line and after spending almost 3 weeks with it i can finally share my review with all of you.

   GIGABYTE offers a comprehensive product lineup that aims to “Upgrade Your Life.” With expertise encompassing consumer, business, gaming, and cloud systems, GIGABYTE established its reputation as a leader in the industry with award-winning products including motherboards, graphics cards, laptops, mini PCs, monitors, and other PC components and accessories. As a perennial developer in PC and server hardware and solutions, GIGABYTE is dedicated to foster marvelous user experiences for content creators and gamers, allowing their imagination to manifest a better life; as a server hardware and solution provider, GIGABYTE is poised to extend our scope in business servers and cloud systems with hardware and software solutions that integrate AI and AloT applications to allow customers to capture, analyze, and transform digital information into economic data, accelerating businesses' success from edge to cloud.

   Many consumers have been waiting for the B650E AORUS TACHYON to make its appearance in the market and up until the moment i got my hands on it almost a month back i hadn't done my research. So, this model sports an 16+4 phase digital VRM (16xVcore, 2xSOC, 2xMISC - 100% tantalum polymer capacitors), two EMI shielded reinforced PCIe slots (1xGen5 x16 and 1xGen4 x4), two reinforced DIMM slots for RAM kits up to 6666MHz+ (with support for both EXPO and XMP 3.0 profiles), three M.2 PCIe SSD connectors (2xGen5 and 1xGen4) and a 10 layer PCB for superior reliability. The list of features obviously doesn't end here so the B650E AORUS TACHYON also features 2.5GbE Ethernet connectivity (Intel i225), Bluetooth v5.2 and Wi-Fi 6E RZ616 wireless connectivity (MediaTek MT7922A22M), Realtek ALC1220-VB High Definition Audio onboard audio card with high-quality capacitors, four SATA 6Gb/s ports (support RAID 0/1/10) and a debug LED complete with power on/off, reset, LIMP mode, cold reset and clear CMOS buttons and reserved switch, BIOS switch, CPU ratio and OC trigger switches. Moving to the rear I/O of the B650E AORUS TACHYON here GIGABYTE has placed QFlash Plus and OC ignition buttons, PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports, two SMA antenna ports, HDMI v2.1 port (up to 4096x2160p 60Hz), Intel 2.5G LAN port, 3 USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports, 4 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports, 1 USB 3.2 Gen2x2 type-C port and the optical out and analog audio ports. So, let's see if all this hype about the B650E AORUS TACHYON by GIGABYTE is well justified or not.