Gigabyte AORUS AM4 info breakdown

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Quick break down of the models for you


X370 Chipset :

GA-AX370-Gaming K7 :
10 Phase - 6+4
Turbo B-Clock ** spotted Ubersonic (- with the rush i missed seeing it )
PCIe 3x 3.0x16 - One running at 16x /8x & 4x :
I/O 4x USB 3.1 A type, 1 USB 3.1 C type, 6 USB 3.0 Rear Ports:
USB Via Headers 4x USB 2.0 & 4 USB 3.1; M.2 x 1/ U.2 x 1; SATA 3 =8 Ports & 2 Express.
Audio features 2x Realtek ALC 1220 for front and rear:
Network is via Killer E2500 and Intel i211AT

http://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-AX370-Gaming-K7-rev-10#kf

GA-AX370-Gaming 5 :
10 Phase - 6+4 :
3x 3.0x16 - One running at 16x /8x & 4x :
I/O 4x USB 3.1 A type, 1x USB 3.1 C type, 6x USB 3.0 Rear Ports:
USB Via Headers 4x USB 2.0 & 4x USB 3.1; M.2 x 1/ U.2 x 1; SATA 3 =8 Ports & 2 Express.
Audio features 2x Realtek ALC 1220 for front and rear:
Network is via Killer E2500 and Intel i211AT

http://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-AX370-GAMING-5-rev-10#kf

GA-AX370-Gaming k5 :
7 Phase - 4+3 :
PCIe 3x 3.0x16 - One running at 16x /8x & 4x :
I/O 4x USB 3.1 A type, 1x USB 3.1 C type, 6x USB 3.0 Rear Ports:
USB Via Headers 4x USB 2.0 & 4x USB 3.1; M.2 x 1; SATA 3 =8 Ports & 2 Express.
Audio features 1x Realtek ALC 1220:
Network is via Intel i211AT

ALL ATX format!

B350 Chipset:

GA-AX370-Gaming K3 :
7 Phase - 4+3 :
PCIe 2x 3.0x16 - One running at 16x & 4x :
I/O 2x USB 3.1 A type, 6x USB 3.0 Rear Ports:
USB Via Headers 4x USB 2.0 & 2x USB 3.1; M.2 x 1; SATA 3 =6 Ports & 2 Express.
Audio features Realtek ALC 1220:
Network is via Realtek 811G

(Sure i've spotted Type-o's but just going whats infront of me

GA-AB350-Gaming 3 :
7 Phase - 4+3 :
PCIe 2x 3.0x16 - One running at 16x & 4x :
I/O 2x USB 3.1 A type, 4x USB 3.0 Rear Ports:
USB Via Headers 4x USB 2.0 & 2x USB 3.1; M.2 x 1; SATA 3 =6 Ports & 2 Express.
Audio features Realtek ALC 887 :
Network is via Realtek 811G

http://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-AB350-GAMING-3-rev-10#kf

GA-AB350-Gaming :
?? Phase :
PCIe 2x 3.0x16 - One running at 16x & 4x :
I/O 2x USB 3.1 A type, 3x USB 3.0, 2x USB 2.0 Rear Ports:
USB Via Headers 4x USB 2.0 & 2x USB 3.1; M.2 x 1; SATA 3 =6 Ports & 2 Express.
Audio features Realtek ALC 887 :
Network is via Realtek 811G

ALL ATX format

mATX format is hear you scream

B350 Chipset

GA-AB350M-Gaming 3 :
7 Phase - 4+3 :
PCIe 2x 3.0x16 - One running at 16x & 4x :
I/O 2x USB 3.1 A type, 3x USB 3.0, 2x USB 2.0 Rear Ports:
USB Via Headers 4x USB 2.0 & 2x USB 3.1; M.2 x 1; SATA 3 =6 Ports & 2 Express.
Audio features Realtek ALC 887:
Network is via Realtek 811G

http://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-AB350M-Gaming-3-rev-10#kf

ALL SUPPORT DD4 DUAL CHANNEL 2667 Upwards

Press Snaps of the Gaming 7

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Details of the Gaming 5

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BIOS

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b]My basket at Overclockers UK:[/b]

Total: £848.46
(includes shipping: £12.60)



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Nutella33 said:
So what's the actual difference of the K7 and K5? Doesn't seem clear.
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NDA is tight, how the board is wired up, DDR OC speeds and how it overclocks is under key by AMD. Those are my big 3 guesses.
Can use an NVMe in 3 PCIe and not lose data ports , faster ram and higher overclock ...

You can see the difference between Intel and AMD. You had vendors going head to head to break records, currently AMD is doing that
 

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Having trawled through AMD's never ending blurb for the K7 and the 5 as far as I can tell there are three main differences on the K7 over the 5:
  1. It has an unlocked BCLK for overclocking (even though all Ryzen CPUs are multiplier unlocked).
  2. It has black plastic shroud and heatsink highlights instead of white.
  3. It costs £25 more.
Apart from that they appear to be the same board.
 

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ubersonic said:
Having trawled through AMD's never ending blurb for the K7 and the 5 as far as I can tell there are three main differences on the K7 over the 5:
  1. It has an unlocked BCLK for overclocking (even though all Ryzen CPUs are multiplier unlocked).
  2. It has black plastic shroud and heatsink highlights instead of white.
  3. It costs £25 more.
Apart from that they appear to be the same board.
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No one knows how Ryzen overclocks. Yes you can Raise the Multiplayer but can you do BCLK speed as default as well, or is it left to the mother board ???? Until NDA lifts bit of a pain.
Overclocking by BCLK might mean getting 1700 to 1800x overclock levels
BCLK may help with achieving higher DD4 speeds aswell....
 
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I've jumped in with both feet at a K7. I was choosing between a MSI Carbon and the K7 mainly due to features and colour scheme. Figure the K7 has a bit more life in it for the future (U2 slot, audio and fan layout etc). And since I'm getting a 1700x, hoping to see something come out of the BCLK capabilities and whatever the X is standing for :p

May have a quick reversal on the 28th however! :)
 

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Nutella33 said:
I've jumped in with both feet at a K7. I was choosing between a MSI Carbon and the K7 mainly due to features and colour scheme. Figure the K7 has a bit more life in it for the future (U2 slot, audio and fan layout etc). And since I'm getting a 1700x, hoping to see something come out of the BCLK capabilities and whatever the X is standing for :p

May have a quick reversal on the 28th however! :)
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You'll have to wait till the 2nd im afraid
 
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Nutella33 said:
Theres a rumour out and about the NDA is on the 28th. I know anandtech have stuck to the 2nd though. We shall see, it was partially tongue in cheek though, I don't think I'll regret it.
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Hopefully not:D
was personally hoping for a Gaming 8. Actually was hoping better from all, a Formula, at least a ASrock with a PLX chip for extra sata and true m.2

Wonder if some Dual Chips boards will be on the horizon ! haha
 

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PWM implementation is poor on the Gigabyte AX370-GAMING 5 it seems - having to use a fan over them to reduce the risk of fire while overclocking lol, also no BCLK overclocking, only on the K7.

Does the AX370-Gaming K7 use the exact same PWM's? :o
chew* at xtremesystems.org | Posted: 2 March 2017 said:
Motherboard im using and motherboard vendor rants in general.

This board is underpowered first off. Its also a gaming 5. theres already a 7 on the site. I hope it does not share the same pwm as this one.

This board has no clock gen chip therefore bclock is locked. Who cares right? wrong. In order to extract the most performance from Ryzen you will need to clock bclok up past 100. Max memory multipler is 32 and I can not confirm but in cpu-z NB is always equal to ram. If indeed that is NB frequency to extract even more performance will require us to push the memory to beyond 3200 to get the northbridge frequency up.

Boards in general. I was benching 3d game tests at 4.2 gig. I could not pass cpu tests at 4.2. Had the board had a simple tweak it or msi oc knob or any type of button to dial the bclock frequency up during game tests and down during cpu tests I could have gotten a better result.

Unfortunately vendors have decided to screen print boards add lights and install heat trapping devices over PWM sinks that don't even adhere to the simple law of HEAT RISES.

Im very dissapointed and when i was working with vendors i would reccomend at least a little common sense and funtional features that helped overclockers.

To be continued. I need some sleep. I will rattle off whatever bugs i forgot this board has when i get up and workarounds i have found to get around them.

Gigabyte G5

bclock not 100. no workaround up to bios team.

SMT disabling bug. When enabling SMT again posting and going to windows don't go Oh @#$% I think i killed my chip when threads do not come back in windows. simply shut down, power off psu till power light goes out. switch back on and boot.

SMT disabling bug 1700 model. when disabling SMT and posting you lose overclock. Don't panic click the cores tab and you will see all cores but 0 are still at there overclocked speed. Open ryzen master. clock core 0 up. Problem reported and pending bios update.

General gigabyte post cycles. Try not to change to many settings at once. example c and q off smt off set ram speed and tune timings. Do one at a time save reboot change next. for as long as i have used gigabyte board they still do a funky reboot cycle dance. This gets around that unless you have a serious problem. I have gotten block up on boards that have hated bclock changes by doing this ( p67 ) all the way up to 110. 1 step up reboot. another step reboot.

Aorus cpu-z bug. SMT disabled shows only 4c/4t tabbing the cores shows two logical. workaround = dont use aorus cpu-z. the normal cpu-z reports it properly.

More info to come but i need sleep
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Good review here >> http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?293130-Ryzen-Return-of-the-Jedi
 
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