X570 Aorus and £30 steam voucher for review

orbitalwalsh · 12 Jul 2019 at 09:51

https://promotion.gigabyte.de/AORUS-Promotion-X570-EN

adds a little more value to expensive PCIe 4.0 adaption

@Plec

orbitalwalsh · 12 Jul 2019 at 19:26

tamzzy said:
trololol

tbh...with all these giveaways (MSI included) probably only means one thing...
board vendors are taking the early adopters for a ride with respect to prices...and are probably at least £50 overpriced if not more...

Most likely until B550. Have a feeling that will be £160 to £110 .. need to clear B450 and x470 stock and await Intel's new Chipset

orbitalwalsh · 12 Jul 2019 at 20:32

Plec said:
@orbitalwalsh - imagine an emoticon with a grinny face but with a middle finger in the assumed position (mind you it didn't didn't include the words Xtreme - you're slipping)

I'll start @'ing Esat on your 9700K specs in retaliation - he'll buckle sooner or later

Haha, to be honest if your rocking high Hz monitor and £600 GPU 9700k edges it by 20fps average . 9900k just isn't a point and ryzen 3900x just is a demon

orbitalwalsh · 12 Jul 2019 at 23:03

@Plec CCX needs to go 10 cores, and IO chiplet to 7nm

orbitalwalsh · 13 Jul 2019 at 06:37

Plec said:
What are you still doing awake?

You realise your kids will be using your eyelids as 'silly putty' at 5am tomorrow?

6am dead sharp !

orbitalwalsh · 13 Jul 2019 at 20:21

Troezar said:
Just posted a review, just waiting for it to go live. Really impressed with the build quality of my Aorus Master.

Pics !

Been told it's heavy !

orbitalwalsh · 13 Jul 2019 at 20:42

Troezar said:
It is very heavy, I think the backplate adds to it. Very nice looking board in the flesh, quite understated. Too tired to build it right now, been laying slabs and can't move now!

@Plec will build it.. thought might take it with him !

Enjoy the build !

orbitalwalsh · 14 Jul 2019 at 07:12

ltron said:
MSI are at it too, a $25 Steam voucher for a review with a chance to win a 1TB Western Digital Black NVME SSD. I am not sure those reviews are going to be very impartial.

Ah, £19.90 converted unless steam conversion robs a bit off you .

Also easy to do reverse negative review and then send board back etc I guess

orbitalwalsh · 14 Jul 2019 at 20:25

Meridiusuk said:
HI there i am looking a the ultra version asi have always bought Asus boards but they seem very expensive other other boards so going to give this one a try but would like to know what is the fan sounds like on the motherboard, can you hear it at all and does it spin much ?

Whats the difference between this board and the Ultra apart form the 2.5gb efernet conection as its £90 more than the ultra?

thanks

Which board against the ultra ?

orbitalwalsh · 15 Jul 2019 at 08:31

Meridiusuk said:
Master vs Ultra

VRM set up .

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/posts/32624823/

both have 12 phases, but Master is direct direct 12 phase set up - meaning no doublers like 99% of other boards do on the market . Master and Xtreme are the first !

also mosfets used are better units and up 10 amps from 40A to 50A . Its SoC phases are also upgraded . Ultra and Master both have 6 layer PCB , last x470 master had 8 - slightly better in theory for faster ram .

if your not running 16 core and aiming to hold max possible overclock with big water set up - go Ultra if cash can be used else where to improve set up .

orbitalwalsh · 15 Jul 2019 at 09:15

Meridiusuk said:
i am going for a 3900 chip so it should be ok on the ultra as the Extra £90 does not seem worth it for the master, funny think is i read a review somwhere said it was onnly $30 more for the master over the Ultra and was worth it but i can not find it anywhere where its only £30 more. I am not to botherd about overclocking as i will let the chip do what it needs to do with its own boost.

Ultra is £30 more the Pro- and for AX wifi or wifi in general its not to bad as AC wifi card is £35+

ultra is a good board. along with Gigabytes Customer service and cheeky £30 steam voucher if you get a review in time

mast does also have a fancy huge backplate ! but Ultra shares the finned heatsink design as the master ! the Pro only has the main bank with the fancy finned heatsink

orbitalwalsh · 15 Jul 2019 at 13:19

tonyt3rry said:
im just gutted the ultra hasnt come back in stock . im also worried with rgb fusion setting off anti cheats, I really want a board for this week to use my 3700x

seems in May ASUS still had the problem, not sure if its sorted now though ?

checked their latest light patch and errors still occuring, not sure if @GIGA-Man knows if Gigabyte has a solution . Only problem is this will always be a route for cheating, if Board vendors update - i'll just take an update for Anti Cheat Software and they'll need to repeat process all over again

orbitalwalsh · 15 Jul 2019 at 14:24

Meridiusuk said:
what do you mean by cheats ?

anti cheat software . seems cheating scripts can use RGB programs to cheat or along those lines , or anti cheat software goes overboard

orbitalwalsh · 15 Jul 2019 at 20:47

tonyt3rry said:
My head is cabbaged I'm trying to find the best board all rounder looks , bios , features (Io etc) I don't think I've ever been so stressed out. I don't want to make the wrong purchase and regret it. I seem to find the board I want then it's either out of stock or a post comes up and puts me off it. The anti cheat is a big thing for me as gaming is first and multitasking and workloads second.

I don't think they'll be a full answer to it, all board vendors need to work with anti cheat software, specially if they think RGB programs can be exploited etc . I just turn mine off, I only have £200 worth of RGB lighting for the kids, when I'm on it all that goes off . Black on black !

Don't forget, you can go to go gigabyte direct for issues. GIGA MAN needs to earn their pennies !

Troezar said:
Sort of went I settled on the Aorus Master. Expensive but did everything I could want with lots of room for growth over the next few years. Really impressed with the quality so far. All up and running now no issues so far.

Waitinf for BT to roll out AX routers ! Will be all over that

orbitalwalsh · 16 Jul 2019 at 07:35

tonyt3rry said:
I would just be scared of forgetting to turn it off then get hit with a ban

I think most games it stop you from actually.launching it, so exe. Doesn't actually get anywhere. Don't think people actually get into the game most of the time then kicked

orbitalwalsh · 16 Jul 2019 at 17:06

brightside229 said:
Just received my aorus pro and filled out the form. Did not receive any sort of email confirmation. Any one else done it and not received a confirmation? dont want to wait 6 weeks for them to say they never received my application!

I think rep on here @GIGA-Man was actually responsible for doing it all , could be wrong but shouldn't go a miss

orbitalwalsh · 22 Jul 2019 at 10:58

Alan1969 said:
many thanks.

I was considering the ITX mobo (to avoid the hassle of flashing a B450/X470 bios) and the £30 makes the deal sweet enough for me to pull the trigger now.

orbitalwalsh · 23 Jul 2019 at 11:04

@GIGA-Man might be able to shed some light on the process

orbitalwalsh · 14 Aug 2019 at 09:51

robfosters said:
Finally got round to registering for the promotion. Now just to wait for the codes. I think I'll use mine to buy the new Planet Zoo game when it's released.

hopefully isnt too long.

Planet zoo does look awesome!

orbitalwalsh · 14 Aug 2019 at 14:35

VincentHanna said:
I registered mine today.

They are essentially buying reviews though, which is a bit tasteless.

Not massively different from those Amazon sellers who send you free stuff for a good review.

Of course I took a stand by taking their £30 steam vouchers

just be honest - bad point countered by two good ones . straight off Gigabyte Bios isn't as slick as ASRock- BUT has improved with RMA being far superior and not needing to send £21 for VAT for an RMA