Aorus & Gigabyte B550 range...

orbitalwalsh · 22 May 2020 at 08:55

New the MASTER was a beast but believed it to feature 60amps max not 16x 70amps direct! No doublers in sight

14+2 config , 6 layer PCB and one of two boards featuring 3x PCIe 4.0 m.2 slots

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B550-AORUS-MASTER-rev-10#kf

Pro (with or without WiFi)

ing a 12+2 Intersil Digital PWM with 50A DrMOS stages

Again believe this is Direct but only dual m.2 slots

ITX Aorus Pro :

Absolute monster with 6 phases at 90 amps !!!
Dual m.2 slots PCIe 4.0
8 layer PCB !

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B550I-AORUS-PRO-AX-rev-10#kf

Elite - pretty much same as Pro from the looks of it

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B550-AORUS-ELITE-rev-10#kf

And then the budget board. 5+3 phases

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B550M-DS3H-rev-10#kf

pandem0nium · 22 May 2020 at 20:47

orbitalwalsh said:
ITX Aorus Pro :

Absolute monster with 6 phases at 90 amps !!!
Dual m.2 slots PCIe 4.0
8 layer PCB !

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B550I-AORUS-PRO-AX-rev-10#kf

Now that is impressive about the m.2 slots. There's no note to say it knocks the main x16 slot down to x8 either. 2 HDMI 2.1 ports as well.

orbitalwalsh · 25 May 2020 at 16:02

pandem0nium said:
Now that is impressive about the m.2 slots. There's no note to say it knocks the main x16 slot down to x8 either. 2 HDMI 2.1 ports as well.

updated. they use switches and redrivers to break down the x16 to x8, then allow dual m.2 PCIe 0.4 x4

CIe 4.0 Switches & Redrivers
Switch PCIe 4.0 x16 bandwidth from CPU into PCIe 4.0 x8 for dGPU and 2*NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 for M.2 SSD usage.

top slot is primary

3X M.2 PCIe 4.0 Slot
M.2 PCIe 4.0 x4 slot with Lower impedance.

good to see Aorus and Taichi pushing the design limits.

and again PCIe 4.0 x8 = PCIe 3.0 x16 . since dual cards is almost dead end bar flagship builds, makes sense

orbitalwalsh · 16 Jun 2020 at 16:22

https://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/cpu_mainboard/gigabyte_b550_aorus_master_review/1

https://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/cpu_mainboard/gigabyte_b550i_aorus_pro_ax_itx_review/1

https://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/cpu_mainboard/gigabyte_b550_aorus_pro_review/1

Cenuij · 16 Jun 2020 at 18:37

"Certainly the Aorus Master has no problems with our 3900X, pushing 4.4 GHz across all the cores. As you'll see in a moment, this has a profound effect upon the performance."

B@Th*nG · 17 Jun 2020 at 22:27

Cenuij said:
"Certainly the Aorus Master has no problems with our 3900X, pushing 4.4 GHz across all the cores. As you'll see in a moment, this has a profound effect upon the performance."

Looks like all b550 do 4.4 / 4.35 so far tbf, on overclock3d anyway

CuriousTomCat · 17 Jun 2020 at 23:06

Here's a review

https://youtu.be/h3g6VGRHrcc?t=44

Paul_RD · 20 Jun 2020 at 20:48

I was about to get a Micro-ATX B450 for a Media-PC a few months ago, it got delayed for other reasons. I'm glad it did because I'm now considering a B550

orbitalwalsh · 28 Jun 2020 at 21:52

Aorus master breakdown

orbitalwalsh · 17 Jul 2020 at 09:54

https://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-7-47...ghz-overclock-ddr4-4400-if-2200-mhz-achieved/

Why I'll push b550 over b450, handle the faster ram speed through design with APU/ next gen Zen

C64 · 17 Jul 2020 at 18:49

I think it would be better to avoid b550 for about a year til they iron out the bugs and crashes
Just get a cheapo b450 and if it benefits a swap no biggy sell it in a year for half your money back towards a new more stable cards have fallen b550 choice

Joxeon · 19 Jul 2020 at 08:40

orbitalwalsh said:
https://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-7-47...ghz-overclock-ddr4-4400-if-2200-mhz-achieved/

Why I'll push b550 over b450, handle the faster ram speed through design with APU/ next gen Zen

My B450 tomahawk max works just fine at 4400mhz.

The price difference to a half decent B550 will probably get you some good ram that will actually do 4400!.