X670 AORUS ELITE AX (rev. 1.1) rev. 1.0

[andyr]

Hello , i was looking at this motherboard with building a complete new system in mind then i just noticed that the revision1.1 came out , anyone know what the reason behind the new revision is ?

thanks Andyr

 

[Tetras]

They've changed the heatsink design, there's a white thingy on the bottom left that seems to only exist on one version and the sound line is a different colour, didn't notice anything else obvious.

 

[andyr]

Thanks for the reply , cant think that they would do another revision just for asthetics though . Thinking again at what features this has now looking at the Aorus master or the Asus Rog x670E-E as i would really missing the Q-Code display

 

[Meddling-Monk]

I wouldn't worry about the Q-Code display to be honest unless if you're tinkering many days of the week on it all throughout the year and need to know what part the boot has failed at for easier tracking down of problems (but really that only applies for existing systems, as a new system chipset, it's not always easier to track down the issue anyway).

I thought I would miss the Q-Code going from my Rampage 4 Extreme to the Proart which only had the Q-LEDs. But with the lengthy bootups on first installation for the new Zen chips for training the memory, I don't think having the Q-Code would have helped me more than the Q-LED. And depending on how it's done (if it doesn't change code whilst CPU is training hte memory), it might give you a false positive (that it's stalled) instead.

 

[andyr]

I wouldn't worry about the Q-Code display to be honest unless if you're tinkering many days of the week on it all throughout the year and need to know what part the boot has failed at for easier tracking down of problems (but really that only applies for existing systems, as a new system chipset, it's not always easier to track down the issue anyway).

I thought I would miss the Q-Code going from my Rampage 4 Extreme to the Proart which only had the Q-LEDs. But with the lengthy bootups on first installation for the new Zen chips for training the memory, I don't think having the Q-Code would have helped me more than the Q-LED. And depending on how it's done (if it doesn't change code whilst CPU is training hte memory), it might give you a false positive (that it's stalled) instead.

Cheers for that , i think i am edging back to the original choice as read a few reviews on the circa £500 boards and doesnt really warrant the extra by all accounts

 

[AssaTM]

Just to piggy back on the back of this, I'm looking at also getting an X670 Motherboard and this one jumped out at me immediately, is it widely recognised as one of the best "Value" AM5 mobos?

 

[andyr]

Just to piggy back on the back of this, I'm looking at also getting an X670 Motherboard and this one jumped out at me immediately, is it widely recognised as one of the best "Value" AM5 mobos?

I dont know if its known as one of the best but i have had gigabyte boards for the last 3 generations of builds and they are usually rock solid and the RMA process is pretty good as well , although its a few years since i used that tbh

 

[andyr]

I have taken the plunge and ordered the X670 Aorus Elite AX together with some Gskill memory and a 7900X Cpu , i will let you know how it goes when all arrives

Edit; well got all the bits over the christmas hols and put it together and pleased with the result , this will have to do me now for a few years with the odd CPU and gfx card upgrade

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