Aorus B450 review

[orbitalwalsh]

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]

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)


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[orbitalwalsh]

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]

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]

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

GBT_Matthew
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Aug 17, 2018, 12:03 PM
Digital - IR 35201, IR 3556x4 Vcore, IR 3556x2 MOS, 1H1L

 

[orbitalwalsh]

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

 

[orbitalwalsh]

what do you mean by 1H1L?

High and Low mosfet i believe

 

[orbitalwalsh]

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 .

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

 

[orbitalwalsh]

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

 

[orbitalwalsh]

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

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

 

[orbitalwalsh]

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