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Hello

I have been searching for any reviews on these two Aorus motherboards but had no luck in finding any gamer reviews online, only two YouTube videos, do anyone know these motherboards! I can't believe a motherboard was released in 2024 but have no reviews:eek:

1. Gigabyte Z890 AORUS MASTER AI TOP
2. Gigabyte Z890 AORUS XTREME AI

All I can find is the Gigabyte Z890 AORUS MASTER reviews only
 
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Name checks out.

There's little interest in Z890 I'm afraid and motherboard reviews are just really sparse nowadays (in general). I guess it doesn't generate the clicks that CPUs and GPUs do.
 
I have been hunting down for premium motherboard for arrow lake after waiting months for the RTX5090, what would you recommend in motherboard?
 
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I have been hunting down for premium motherboard for arrow lake after waiting months for the RTX5090, what would you recommend in motherboard?
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honestly, if you haven't bought the motherboard yet, and if you don't need the multicore performance...
...you'd be just better off returning that cpu and getting a 7800x3d if you're just gaming
 
Yes the 285k, no I'm not looking for a budget motherboard only high end and no OC
 
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Gaming and photo editing

Here is what I want in a build
Gigabyte Z890 AORUS XTREME AI TOP
or
Gigabyte Z890 Aorus Master AI Top
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K (Arrow Lake) Socket LGA 1851
Gigabyte Aorus Master RTX 5090
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5 CUDIMM 96GB
HX1500i PC Power Supply
Corsair iCUE LINK TITAN 360 RX LCD RGB Black
Samsung 9100 pro PCIE gen 5, 4TB
Samsung 9100 pro PCIE gen 4, 4TB
Samsung 9100 pro PCIE gen 4, 1TB
CORSAIR iCUE LINK RX120 RGB 120mm kits 2x
Corsair 6500x case or lian li o11 dynamic evo xl
 
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AORUS said:
Yes the 285k, no I'm not looking for a budget motherboard only high end and no OC
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Since the 285K is pretty mild on power, there's not much benefit in premium boards unless you need the features.

The Master AI Top is hilariously overbuilt for a 285K and much of the cost is stuff like:
- 2x Thunderbolt ports on rear I/O
- 2x 10Gb LAN
- High-end audio
- RGB lighting "zone"
 
Then I might get the Gigabyte Z890 AORUS MASTER, or ASUS ROG Maximus Z890 Hero than
 
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Gray2233 said:

Never even heard about Affinity Photo until just now, but this might shed some light.

There's honestly not a lot between the 9950X and 285K, depending on how invested you are into photo editing you might be better off going the AMD route for the gaming performance.
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I don't like AMD, I just keep to the intel thanks, I'm sure there is a lot of good photo edit software out there Affinity ok for me still learning
 
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Then I might get the Gigabyte Z890 AORUS MASTER, or ASUS ROG Maximus Z890 Hero than
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Zero need to be ripped off on £500 motherboards.

As for AMD versus Intel not sure what's better for photoshop. Either way they're both multi core and fast. Although personally I wouldn't touch Intel with a barge pole with what they done with 13/14 gen
 
I've got a new build planned and was in the same boat as you, as am building a 285K setup and its even hard to find ram now that is XMP, let alone reviews of intel hardware. Its a shame really that all the youtubers state they do things so people know what to buy but its all about clicks and money really. I think the PC media (on youtube) is really focused on gaming and thats it all I see is "get AMD X3D more FPS and cheaper" oh well. But I think im an exception from the norm as I dont ever "upgrade" my builds bar maybe moving a psu over to a new build but get 90% new parts everytime I upgrade my builds, so buying into a dying platform or a 9800x3d will not be cpu limited in 4K in another 2 GPU generations is a mute point for me. Sorry dont think I helped much as to your question.
 
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Then I might get the Gigabyte Z890 AORUS MASTER, or ASUS ROG Maximus Z890 Hero than
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If you prefer Gigabyte and don't mind white, I'd go for the Z890 Aorus Elite X ICE or the (black-themed) TUF Z890-Plus.

They're both available under £300.

16 phases, rated to 80A, 8-layer PCBs, 1x Thunderbolt on the rear, they use the conventional ALC1220x rather than USB-connected sound.

2.5 Gb LAN (the TUF has Intel unfortunately, Aorus Elite X is Realtek), 4x M.2 slots on the TUF and 5x M.2 slots on the Aorus Elite X.
 
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I've got a new build planned and was in the same boat as you, as am building a 285K setup and its even hard to find ram now that is XMP, let alone reviews of intel hardware. Its a shame really that all the youtubers state they do things so people know what to buy but its all about clicks and money really. I think the PC media (on youtube) is really focused on gaming and thats it all I see is "get AMD X3D more FPS and cheaper" oh well. But I think im an exception from the norm as I dont ever "upgrade" my builds bar maybe moving a psu over to a new build but get 90% new parts everytime I upgrade my builds, so buying into a dying platform or a 9800x3d will not be cpu limited in 4K in another 2 GPU generations is a mute point for me. Sorry dont think I helped much as to your question.
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XMP DDR5 is everywhere.

There are 285K reviews, they include production benchmarks too, it just mostly wasn't that great so the demand from consumers for content about it is probably pretty poor.
Not quite sure what your dying platform comment meant, only AMD have any sort of guarantee of longevity AFAIK.
 
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