Aorus B450 review

orbitalwalsh · 31 Jul 2018 at 13:42

https://hexus.net/tech/reviews/mainboard/120188-aorus-b450-pro/

As been mentioned with Aorus AM4 boards of 'Hyrbid design' and 8+3 VRM.

board is 4 High-side MOSFETs + 8 LOW-side MOSFETs & 8 chokes - hence the Hybrid name

8+3 VRM has been dropped as it needs 8 high side to be true 8 Phase .

look forward to seeing how aorus 4 high and 8 low vs strix 4 high 4 low doubler plays out

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orbitalwalsh · 31 Jul 2018 at 14:18

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Gigabyte B450 AORUS PRO (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £109.99

Total: £120.49 (includes shipping: £10.50)

Seems it comes free with 256GB SSD for a little while

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Gigabyte UD Pro 256GB SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Toshiba 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £49.99

Total: £58.69 (includes shipping: £8.70)

orbitalwalsh · 1 Aug 2018 at 11:08

for thermals with Aorus Pro

https://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/gigabyte_b450_aorus_pro_review,18.html

more thermals and Circuit breakdown

https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/8...us-pro-wifi-amd-motherboard-review/index.html

orbitalwalsh · 18 Aug 2018 at 08:49

ITX version coming in

4+2 phase and another 2 reserved for APU/iGPU

https://www.overclock3d.net/gfx/articles/2018/08/17164829884l.jpg

https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/g...-b450-motherboard-(b450i-aorus-pro-wifi).html

https://www.overclock3d.net/news/cpu_mainboard/gigabyte_to_release_mini-itx_b450i_aorus_pro_wifi/1

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orbitalwalsh · 19 Aug 2018 at 20:16

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B450-I-AORUS-PRO-WIFI-rev-10#kf

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Digital - IR 35201, IR 3556x4 Vcore, IR 3556x2 MOS, 1H1L

LePhuronn · 20 Aug 2018 at 15:04

I like me the look of that Aorus ITX. Clean and unfussy.

orbitalwalsh · 20 Aug 2018 at 15:13

LePhuronn said:
I like me the look of that Aorus ITX. Clean and unfussy.

good to see US rep being straight forward with VRMs and the components before any break downs or reviews . Dont think they stated the 2 IR units for iGPU though

BTVA · 20 Aug 2018 at 15:18

orbitalwalsh said:
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B450-I-AORUS-PRO-WIFI-rev-10#kf

what do you mean by 1H1L?

orbitalwalsh · 20 Aug 2018 at 15:31

BTVA said:
what do you mean by 1H1L?

High and Low mosfet i believe

LePhuronn · 20 Aug 2018 at 15:31

An Australian store has the ITX board pre-listed at $229 AUS, roughly £130. Seems about right given the Asus Strix B450-I is about £160.

BTVA · 20 Aug 2018 at 15:35

orbitalwalsh said:
High and Low mosfet i believe

the IR3556 is a powerstage so gate driver + high side mosfet + low side mosfet are combined in one package. By writing 1H1L, it implies highside and lowside are separated and technically it's not true.

orbitalwalsh · 20 Aug 2018 at 15:40

BTVA said:
the IR3556 is a powerstage so gate driver + high side mosfet + low side mosfet are combined in one package. By writing 1H1L, it implies highside and lowside are separated and technically it's not true.

there was more on reddit, i just copied half the text from the rep. with everything that happened with Ultra and Pro B350 board- guessing was trying to make it as simple . might not of been the case .

LePhuronn said:
An Australian store has the ITX board pre-listed at $229 AUS, roughly £130. Seems about right given the Asus Strix B450-I is about £160.

specially with better wifi- not sure on audio side

Seems eteknix expects it to be cheaper the. b450 Pro WiFi £120 odd... If it lands at £109... Damn

scritchyrat · 25 Aug 2018 at 12:56

Any idea when the ITX is going to be released? I've read the review on Guru but it doesn't seem to give any pertinent details like price or release date. Waiting on this before I buy the rest of my new build.

LePhuronn · 25 Aug 2018 at 13:01

Gigabyte have only just put it up on their site - it wasn't there on Monday when I first read this thread, but it is there as of yesterday (Friday) - so I shouldn't think it was going to be too long.

scritchyrat · 25 Aug 2018 at 13:04

Good. Gagging to get a proper review of it so I can buy and build!

orbitalwalsh · 25 Aug 2018 at 13:15

scritchyrat said:
Any idea when the ITX is going to be released? I've read the review on Guru but it doesn't seem to give any pertinent details like price or release date. Waiting on this before I buy the rest of my new build.

@GIGA-Man gigabyte rep might be able to help ?

Thinking of one of these in new Phantels Evolv case with ATX board .
US rep was quite active about it on Reddit , so cleared up VRMs etc which seems to have gone down well

This the review you were on about ?

https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/gigabyte-aorus-b450-i-pro-wifi-review,1.html

Good to see VRMs at a nice temp

LePhuronn · 25 Aug 2018 at 14:04

You'd have to summon Giga man by way of a tag here, his account doesn't accept direct messages (I tried yesterday).

orbitalwalsh · 28 Aug 2018 at 13:13

scritchyrat said:
Good. Gagging to get a proper review of it so I can buy and build!

LePhuronn said:
You'd have to summon Giga man by way of a tag here, his account doesn't accept direct messages (I tried yesterday).

2 weeks i believe for UK/EU release

scritchyrat · 28 Aug 2018 at 14:44

Outstanding. Thanks @orbitalwalsh . Any ideas on pricing? Led to believe from various sources that it's around the £120-130 mark.

orbitalwalsh · 15 Sep 2018 at 20:12

scritchyrat said:
Outstanding. Thanks @orbitalwalsh . Any ideas on pricing? Led to believe from various sources that it's around the £120-130 mark.

Seems pricing is from £100 to £115.
Seems some places are order now and receive in 10 days time