*THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN V1 & V2 - Thanks to yumeN0dengon* V1 has an 8-layer PCB and a 2x7(70A)+2+1 VRM. V2 has a 6-layer PCB and a 2x6(60A)+2+2 VRM. V1 Rev1.0 and 1.1 only have BT 5.2, while rev1.2 and V2 have BT 5.3. Every V1 rev uses a different WiFi controller - rev1.2 uses RTL8852CE, like V2. Aside from that, and except for RGB connectors, they share the same specs. Audio Codec is ALC897 on V1 & V2. V1 gets slightly better thermals, but they're so overkill that there shouldn't be any practical difference with V2 (which only runs a few °C hotter). V1's 8-layer PCB may give better stability though (DDR5, Gen5 drives and possibly CPU).
*Some Clarification!* A lot of the USB ports on this board really confused me, as the box wording included the internal headers, so then it made the notes for the rear I/O sound wrong. The rear has 5 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A - (blue ports) & 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A - (red ports), the USB Type C is USB 3.2 Gen 2. (It would help if they didn't have *STUPID* naming) The PCIe slot is *Gen 4,* and the audio chip is the Realtek ALC897
I'm about 1 week away from ordering everything for my first build and choosing the motherboard has been the most difficult part. I'm learning a lot lol. I can't find anything that I'm truly happy with. I need it for around £250 and so far the best I can see in that range is the x670E Tomahawk. Anyone in here have any experience with this board. It's got plenty of bad reviews, as do they all!
I've not used that personally, one of my tech friends has though, I can ask him to reply. I do like the NZXT B650 (have video on it), I've used that a few times now and it's been great, little bit more expensive but has Gen 5 storage and GPU support. It's made by ASRock. Also matches the H6 😉
I’ve been running this board for about 7 months. Very happy with my choice. Plenty of usb in the back, then 5 storage, plenty of fan headers, I prefer the layout of the rest of the connections, great vram power
@@joantonio6331 hmmmm probably a good solution it would be a dedicated audio card? I didnt received mine yet and Ill evaluate it às soon as I install it! Thanks for the headsup 😁
These Aorus Elite AX b650 and x670 make up all but 2 builds in my house. Simply the best value open box boards. The three B650 Aorus Elite AX were all $80 plus tax. The x670 version just cost me $100 plus tax. 4x x670 and 3x b650 in the house. With another b650e-e Strix ($120) and b550 for the shop. These AE Ax boards have top of class VRM temps and 3 or 4 m2 slots all heatsink covered. Audio isn’t a concern because some output digital to receivers and the others already have dedicated sound cards for headphones or speakers. All my perfectly good x570s with 5700x/5800x will soon be sold off for about the same price going to these with 7600x & good CL30 6000mt ram. Sell AM4 hardware now, not because it isn’t good but if you find dirt cheap deals on AM5 then sell off AM4 while you can.
@@natedagreat6704 Open Box Amazon. They had Prime Day deals with additional 20% off. They were $98 open box with 20% off that. So I ordered them in advance of upgrades as I just needed to wait on used 7000 series CPU's to show up. I ended up buying a new 7700X for $220 and found a local ad 7600 new for $150. I did at the same time buy one 7600X new on prime day for $175 to test these 4 boards I ordered. Two are working great and the third one might end up getting replaced down the road as the LAN doesn't work, caps behind the CPU look slightly like they might have leaked and the board is warped as my Noctua cooler has a lean to it. So if you don't mind rolling the dice on open box you can get great deals. You have 30days to return it but obviously your time will be wasted if you get a hassle board. With owning 9 modern PC's in the house from family builds to media PC's I try to wait for deals to make it more worthwhile. I don't just do brand new retail priced components and usually wait to find local deals on used parts. Like a RM850X for $40, new SN850X 2tb for $80, 6800XT's for $300. I upgrade when I find a very good deal and sell off what I have to recoup as much as possible.
very much considering buying this motherboard with a ryzen 7 7800x3d for my new pc, dumb 14 year old me really overspent on my current motherboard for my current pc for a now dead cpu socket and so i can't wait to actually build a new pc as compared to my current kinda crappy one
Not really, Gen 5 GPUs will be double the bandwidth of Gen 4, but the thing is they don't use the full throughput of Gen 4 yet. I think for most people Gen 5 storage will be more useful.
Does anyone know the height of the vrm's heatsink? I have a h6 flow case rn and idk if an arctic liquid freezer III would be able to fit in H6 Flow and an Aorus Elite Ax V2 motherboard.
I can't really tell you as I've not used that one. I'd just google one vs the other and see what best fits your needs. That's all I could do to help so you just as well do that yourself.
Hi there! Love the videos! I’m planning to build a pc that will last 5 years without any upgrades. Is this motherboard good for 7800x3d, cl30 6000mhz ram, and 1 2tb SSD? Thank you so much!! Also does it need bios update out of the box? 😅
I combined this board with a fractal design meshify 2 compact. The usb 3.2 header cable from the case was so stiff that i couldn’t propert connect it to the right-angled header on the board, and I think I’ve snapped the pins on it now. Using a 3.0 to 2.0 converter cable now to connect my front case ports.. just a heads up
I've checked my area and recently the MSI B650 Tomahawk is out of stock everywhere. Is this board an adequate substitute, since many says that it's as good as the MSI board?
Nice overview 👍 At 4:32 though, you recommend using the chipset M.2 slot when using two drives but, if I'm not mistaken, that's exactly what you _shouldn't_ do - at least with a 7000 series CPU. AFAIK there are exactly as many PCIe lanes running from the CPU as it can handle simultaneously so there shouldn't be any bottleneck there. On the other hand, putting the drive on the chipset increases latency compared to a direct PCIe link to the CPU and forces an x4 device to share the chipset's x4 uplink to the CPU with everything else on the chipset, i.e. bottleneck.
@@jordanash Yes it does vary with the board, but the few that have lane switching on their CPU M.2 slots are actually taking lanes from the first PCIe x16 slot to run them, so using them is only degrading the GPU's performance (assuming it's not already a x8 GPU anyway). Most of the lane switching that degrades M.2 performance is actually done on the chipset slots (typically an M.2 slot from the chipset will either get disabled or go from x4 to x2 when using some PCIe slots that are also from the chipset). The B650 Aorus Elite AX V2 has no lane switching on any of its M.2 slots, so it really comes down to the CPU's PCIe lanes count. Running this board with a Phoenix 2 CPU is when you want to use the chipset M.2 slot rather than the second CPU slot, as the latter will be limited to x2 by Phoenix 2 CPUs while the former will always run at x4 regardless of the installed CPU (though it may still occasionally get bottlenecked by other concurrent I/O from the chipset).
One thing to add is I mentioned using a Gen 5 NVME, so a GPU, Gen 4 NVME and Gen 5 NVME would exceed the available PCI lanes driopping the GPU to x8? That's why I mentioned using the chipset so then you don't have to have a GPU running at x8. It's not a noticeable performance drop with the GPU, but trust me people FREAK out and think it's going to half their fps.
@@jordanash Well, between the PCIe x16, the Gen5 x4 and the Gen4 x4, that's 24 lanes out of the 28 that Ryzen 7000 CPUs have. The remaining 4 are for the chipset uplink, so the count is right 😉I just checked and it turns out all B650 boards distribute the CPU lanes this way, except for the Asus ProArt (which has an extra PCIe x16 slot from the CPU and does x8/x8 bifurcation) and MSI's Carbon WiFi (which has lane switching between its only CPU PCIe x16 and two x4 M.2 slots - which seems to make it the only B650 board with 4 M.2 slots, including 3 from the CPU).
Again the unfortunate outdated audio codec ruins it for me. Please, check out the Asrock B650 Steel Legend with the terrific Realtek ALC4082 Audio Codec. Or just for fun the Biostar B650M-Silver with the great Realtek ALC1220 Audio Codec.
I was waiting for your comment 😝 I can see about the Asrock, but certain ones are hard to get, I don't have any contact with Biostar (I've tried). Both of those boards are quite a bit more expensive here though, so that'll be why this one doesn't have the latest codec. Like I said before though, if you're serious about sound you should get a soundcard.
@@jordanash It is such a pity that Biostar boards are as rare as hen's teeth even though they receive good reviews. However, the Aorus Elite AX V2 is quite a good value board under a 7600 or even a 7800X3D. Would be my choice you know when. Will you review soundcars?
I'll email them again. Yeah the Gen 5 storage would be handy for a lot of people. To be honest, I don't know if the videos would be popular enough to warrant doing them, it sucks when a video flops especially with a higher priced product (let alone flopping after spending multiple hours and days making it)
Thanks for the video. How would this board compare to the MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WiFi? I know the MSI one does not have PCIe 5 but besides that I have heard it is a more solid choice. Is that (still) true given that this is a newer version (v2)?
You're welcome. I have a video on that which I recommend watching (ua-cam.com/video/qFEGB_T-VOA/v-deo.html). The MSI Is great, a bit more beefy than this board and I recommend scaling motherboards with the higher SKUs, so anything above the 780X3D I'd look at that instead.
Gen 5 nvme with a big heatsink interferes with cpu cooler if using large air cooler like Noctua NH-U14S and may clonk against some gpu. You mentioned 9000 series for future proofing, gen 5 works on 7000 series ?
Someone else asked in the comments if you want more info, or Google one vs the other. As far as I know the main one was that this supports 8000 series. I don't know why a bios update couldn't sort that though
Hey man, not related to the video, but I want to ask your opinion. The difference between the PSU TUF Gaming 850w gold and PSU TUF Gaming 1000w gold is about 30 dollars in my country, which PSU should I choose, because both are more than enough for my needs, but because I like the design so I want to buy it. What do you think about this power supply?😄
No problem, happy to help anyway. I've found it to be a very good unit (1000w), the cables that come included are some of the best I've seen too. Some people have said they find it noisy, but from the few times I've used it I've not noticed that personally. I'm not sure if it's just a few units affected, a batch or what.
I just bought version 1 on Amazon for $200 although I haven't received it yet. Do you recommend that you return version 1 and purchase version 2? Literally version 2 is 10 dollars cheaper and the bad thing is that doing the whole process of returning and buying again would take about 20 days. Another problem is that I am not from the United States and there is a possibility that in the return time the offer will run out and I would also be losing the 30-day warranty they give me on the other components I bought at the same time (processor, ram, CPU cooling,)
Apparently the main difference was that the V2 supports 8000 series, but I'm sure that could be added with BIOS update, so I don;t think it#'ll be worth it. 30 days? That sounds super shady, everything should have at *least* a year if they're new components.
@@jordanash I know. I think it is best to use the motherboard that will arrive to me to be able to verify that all the components work. My best option was to buy everything on Amazon because in my country it would be about an additional 180 dollars for all the components
V1 has an 8-layer PCB and a 2x7(70A)+2+1 VRM. V2 has a 6-layer PCB and a 2x6(60A)+2+2 VRM. V1 Rev1.0 and 1.1 only have BT 5.2, while rev1.2 and V2 have BT 5.3. Every V1 rev uses a different WiFi controller - rev1.2 uses RTL8852CE, like V2. Aside from that, and except for RGB connectors, they share the same specs (contrary to what juanchan29 said, V2 uses ALC897 like V1, as per Gigabyte's website). V1 gets slightly better thermals, but they're so overkill that there shouldn't be any practical difference with V2 (which only runs a few °C hotter). V1's 8-layer PCB may give better stability though (DDR5, Gen5 drives and possibly CPU). Unless V1 is crippled by bugs that V2 doesn't have, on paper it looks like the better board (especially rev1.2 since it also has BT 5.3).
I'm switching from my i7 9700k to the Ryzen 7 7800x3d, do you think this board would be good for that? also should I update the bios? I'm worried about the burning problems with the Ryzen CPUs. Thank you!
Yeah, for sure. The burning problem 🤔 If I'm thinking about the right thing, that one effected the CPU on one specific motherboard from Asus, and has since been fixed anyway.
@@jordanash I'm talking about the one where it burned in one of the corners supposedly? I just learned about it sorry so don't know much, but if that's the one you mean then nice thanks! should I still update the bios or is it fine out the box?
@@jordanash as I read many reviews about this mobo, issues were with it not booting up, or the sound wasn’t good. Was this true for your case? This mobo is arriving tomorrow for me, I’m already thinking about returning it, but idk
3200 will be the highest default speed unless you set the memory to its rated speed. I'd also recommend checking the actual companies product page for details, as a lot of Amazon listings have missing or incorrect information, as you can see.
@@jordanash thank you I appreciate the help. I was confused as the v2 says 8000mhz on the title of product but description said 3200mhz so that clears it up for me if it’s the default. Right now the v2 is £20 cheaper so I’ll definitely go with that over v1 then. Thanks again.
I bought this board for my first build. Works very well, looks very good in an all black build, and has a very nice bios! Something to note… I had an issue with the later bios versions where my graphics card would only run at pcie gen 4 x1 after a cold boot. After a restart the graphics card would run with all available lanes. I had to revert the very first bios version to fix this issue! Other than that, has been a great board! I think you should use it in a build and make a review on its usability!
@jordanash I really like the tomahawk, but I keep hearing abt the bad boot times which def concerns me. I do like PCIE gen 5 but I don't know when pcie gen 5 will even become mainstream...
V1 only supports 7000 series CPU while V2 supports the 7000 as well as 8000 series, and there are 6 layers on this where as the V1 has eight, doesn't make that much difference though.
Hi man, can you tell me what are the size for the watercooling because u think you didnt say it in the video and i dont find it on the internet thank you. (Sorry for my English, i don't speak English fluently).
A lot of coolers are compatible with AM5, it depends what you're looking at if it will fit. Also, I can use your language and Google translate if it's easier
@@jordanash The V2 version is 6 layer PCB, The non V2 rev1.2 is best to get, For most it probably doesnt matter but I like the extra security and 8 layers are known to fail less often and have higher life
No worries. This is the first Gen 5 storage board I've seen at this price. I think it could be more helpful to some people, as Gen 4 to Gen 5 storage speeds are very noticeable, especially as we don't have Gen 5 GPUs yet anyway
*THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN V1 & V2 - Thanks to yumeN0dengon*
V1 has an 8-layer PCB and a 2x7(70A)+2+1 VRM.
V2 has a 6-layer PCB and a 2x6(60A)+2+2 VRM.
V1 Rev1.0 and 1.1 only have BT 5.2, while rev1.2 and V2 have BT 5.3.
Every V1 rev uses a different WiFi controller - rev1.2 uses RTL8852CE, like V2.
Aside from that, and except for RGB connectors, they share the same specs. Audio Codec is ALC897 on V1 & V2.
V1 gets slightly better thermals, but they're so overkill that there shouldn't be any practical difference with V2 (which only runs a few °C hotter).
V1's 8-layer PCB may give better stability though (DDR5, Gen5 drives and possibly CPU).
So V1 rev1.2 is overall better than V2 then?
@@scott_41 Yes, but V1 is now discontinued it's basically out of stock everywhere.
@@kerotomas1 Ended up getting the ASRock X670E Steel Legend anyway
*Some Clarification!*
A lot of the USB ports on this board really confused me, as the box wording included the internal headers, so then it made the notes for the rear I/O sound wrong.
The rear has 5 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A - (blue ports) & 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A - (red ports), the USB Type C is USB 3.2 Gen 2. (It would help if they didn't have *STUPID* naming)
The PCIe slot is *Gen 4,* and the audio chip is the Realtek ALC897
@@jordanash The PCIe x16 is 4.0 but the M.2 slot is of gen 5, right?
Yep.
I'm about 1 week away from ordering everything for my first build and choosing the motherboard has been the most difficult part. I'm learning a lot lol. I can't find anything that I'm truly happy with.
I need it for around £250 and so far the best I can see in that range is the x670E Tomahawk.
Anyone in here have any experience with this board. It's got plenty of bad reviews, as do they all!
I've not used that personally, one of my tech friends has though, I can ask him to reply. I do like the NZXT B650 (have video on it), I've used that a few times now and it's been great, little bit more expensive but has Gen 5 storage and GPU support. It's made by ASRock. Also matches the H6 😉
Thanks I’ll have a look at that one also. Tomahawk also has the Gen 5 options I’m looking for.
No worries. That's just one I've actually used so thought I'd mention it.
This board sucks! The x670E sucks! I can't get a good board
I’ve been running this board for about 7 months. Very happy with my choice. Plenty of usb in the back, then 5 storage, plenty of fan headers, I prefer the layout of the rest of the connections, great vram power
Looking at the reviews... After buying it
Haha, so many people do that
just bought one... and... I'm right here... xD It's kinda remorse buy... "Did I do a good buy?" "but I saw so many reviews" "lets see another one" :D
@@counterplay3852 There is only 1 thing I dislike but appart of that, all good. (the audio jack makes some weird sound when plugged )
@@joantonio6331 hmmmm probably a good solution it would be a dedicated audio card? I didnt received mine yet and Ill evaluate it às soon as I install it! Thanks for the headsup 😁
These Aorus Elite AX b650 and x670 make up all but 2 builds in my house. Simply the best value open box boards. The three B650 Aorus Elite AX were all $80 plus tax. The x670 version just cost me $100 plus tax. 4x x670 and 3x b650 in the house. With another b650e-e Strix ($120) and b550 for the shop.
These AE Ax boards have top of class VRM temps and 3 or 4 m2 slots all heatsink covered. Audio isn’t a concern because some output digital to receivers and the others already have dedicated sound cards for headphones or speakers.
All my perfectly good x570s with 5700x/5800x will soon be sold off for about the same price going to these with 7600x & good CL30 6000mt ram.
Sell AM4 hardware now, not because it isn’t good but if you find dirt cheap deals on AM5 then sell off AM4 while you can.
Glad to hear they're working well for you!
Where did you find the b650 aorus Elite for 80bucks?
@@natedagreat6704 Open Box Amazon. They had Prime Day deals with additional 20% off. They were $98 open box with 20% off that. So I ordered them in advance of upgrades as I just needed to wait on used 7000 series CPU's to show up. I ended up buying a new 7700X for $220 and found a local ad 7600 new for $150. I did at the same time buy one 7600X new on prime day for $175 to test these 4 boards I ordered. Two are working great and the third one might end up getting replaced down the road as the LAN doesn't work, caps behind the CPU look slightly like they might have leaked and the board is warped as my Noctua cooler has a lean to it. So if you don't mind rolling the dice on open box you can get great deals. You have 30days to return it but obviously your time will be wasted if you get a hassle board. With owning 9 modern PC's in the house from family builds to media PC's I try to wait for deals to make it more worthwhile. I don't just do brand new retail priced components and usually wait to find local deals on used parts. Like a RM850X for $40, new SN850X 2tb for $80, 6800XT's for $300. I upgrade when I find a very good deal and sell off what I have to recoup as much as possible.
Just found your channel, currently building right now with this very board.
Excellent video, thank you. Liked and subbed.
I hope it goes well. Many thanks, I appreciate that!
very much considering buying this motherboard with a ryzen 7 7800x3d for my new pc, dumb 14 year old me really overspent on my current motherboard for my current pc for a now dead cpu socket and so i can't wait to actually build a new pc as compared to my current kinda crappy one
This'll be great for a 7800X3D
Kinda late, but would you recommend this over MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WiFi? Love your videos btw!
I'd go for the Tomahawk personally, it's a bit more beefy for future upgrades. Thank you, I appreciate it!
Is it bad that it's not pcie5x16? I don't know whether to buy this v2 board or its micro ATX version. help!!!
Not really, Gen 5 GPUs will be double the bandwidth of Gen 4, but the thing is they don't use the full throughput of Gen 4 yet. I think for most people Gen 5 storage will be more useful.
Does anyone know the height of the vrm's heatsink? I have a h6 flow case rn and idk if an arctic liquid freezer III would be able to fit in H6 Flow and an Aorus Elite Ax V2 motherboard.
Lovely looking board, black and silver 😍I need a couple more SATA ports though
Sounds like you need a NAS
Currently torn between b650 livemixer and b650 Aorus Elite Ax v2 rn since the v2 is on sale in amazon. Which board would be the best option?
I can't really tell you as I've not used that one. I'd just google one vs the other and see what best fits your needs. That's all I could do to help so you just as well do that yourself.
Another great video dude,
Thanks man!
Hi there! Love the videos! I’m planning to build a pc that will last 5 years without any upgrades. Is this motherboard good for 7800x3d, cl30 6000mhz ram, and 1 2tb SSD? Thank you so much!! Also does it need bios update out of the box? 😅
Hey, thank you! Yeah it'll be fine with that. It should need an update, but it wouldn't hurt to do, especially if the one on it is really old.
I combined this board with a fractal design meshify 2 compact. The usb 3.2 header cable from the case was so stiff that i couldn’t propert connect it to the right-angled header on the board, and I think I’ve snapped the pins on it now. Using a 3.0 to 2.0 converter cable now to connect my front case ports.. just a heads up
Yeah, some of the Front I/O USB cables can be a right PITA to get in/how you want.
I've checked my area and recently the MSI B650 Tomahawk is out of stock everywhere. Is this board an adequate substitute, since many says that it's as good as the MSI board?
Yeah, this will be okay instead.
Nice overview 👍 At 4:32 though, you recommend using the chipset M.2 slot when using two drives but, if I'm not mistaken, that's exactly what you _shouldn't_ do - at least with a 7000 series CPU. AFAIK there are exactly as many PCIe lanes running from the CPU as it can handle simultaneously so there shouldn't be any bottleneck there. On the other hand, putting the drive on the chipset increases latency compared to a direct PCIe link to the CPU and forces an x4 device to share the chipset's x4 uplink to the CPU with everything else on the chipset, i.e. bottleneck.
Thanks for the info, I think it varies with the board as of course using the 24 lanes makes sense, but certain slots are chipset only.
@@jordanash Yes it does vary with the board, but the few that have lane switching on their CPU M.2 slots are actually taking lanes from the first PCIe x16 slot to run them, so using them is only degrading the GPU's performance (assuming it's not already a x8 GPU anyway). Most of the lane switching that degrades M.2 performance is actually done on the chipset slots (typically an M.2 slot from the chipset will either get disabled or go from x4 to x2 when using some PCIe slots that are also from the chipset). The B650 Aorus Elite AX V2 has no lane switching on any of its M.2 slots, so it really comes down to the CPU's PCIe lanes count. Running this board with a Phoenix 2 CPU is when you want to use the chipset M.2 slot rather than the second CPU slot, as the latter will be limited to x2 by Phoenix 2 CPUs while the former will always run at x4 regardless of the installed CPU (though it may still occasionally get bottlenecked by other concurrent I/O from the chipset).
One thing to add is I mentioned using a Gen 5 NVME, so a GPU, Gen 4 NVME and Gen 5 NVME would exceed the available PCI lanes driopping the GPU to x8? That's why I mentioned using the chipset so then you don't have to have a GPU running at x8. It's not a noticeable performance drop with the GPU, but trust me people FREAK out and think it's going to half their fps.
@@jordanash Well, between the PCIe x16, the Gen5 x4 and the Gen4 x4, that's 24 lanes out of the 28 that Ryzen 7000 CPUs have. The remaining 4 are for the chipset uplink, so the count is right 😉I just checked and it turns out all B650 boards distribute the CPU lanes this way, except for the Asus ProArt (which has an extra PCIe x16 slot from the CPU and does x8/x8 bifurcation) and MSI's Carbon WiFi (which has lane switching between its only CPU PCIe x16 and two x4 M.2 slots - which seems to make it the only B650 board with 4 M.2 slots, including 3 from the CPU).
Don't know what I was thinking then. I cut the section out of the video anyway
Thank you very much for this video!
You're very welcome! Thanks for watching.
Again the unfortunate outdated audio codec ruins it for me. Please, check out the Asrock B650 Steel Legend with the terrific Realtek ALC4082 Audio Codec. Or just for fun the Biostar B650M-Silver with the great Realtek ALC1220 Audio Codec.
I was waiting for your comment 😝 I can see about the Asrock, but certain ones are hard to get, I don't have any contact with Biostar (I've tried). Both of those boards are quite a bit more expensive here though, so that'll be why this one doesn't have the latest codec. Like I said before though, if you're serious about sound you should get a soundcard.
@@jordanash It is such a pity that Biostar boards are as rare as hen's teeth even though they receive good reviews. However, the Aorus Elite AX V2 is quite a good value board under a 7600 or even a 7800X3D. Would be my choice you know when. Will you review soundcars?
I'll email them again. Yeah the Gen 5 storage would be handy for a lot of people. To be honest, I don't know if the videos would be popular enough to warrant doing them, it sucks when a video flops especially with a higher priced product (let alone flopping after spending multiple hours and days making it)
@@jordanash Fair enough.
I'd be happy to, but it's honestly heartbreaking when you spend so long and put so much effort into something for it to not even scrape 1000 views.
Were do i plug in my AIO PUMP it dosen't have any?
Use the CPU fan, then set it to a constant curve (line) in the bios
@@jordanash is that official or just a work around ?I don’t wanna end up breaking parts I am looking at building using this board
Neither really, just a thing people do if they don't have a dedicated header.
thank's for the video
You're welcome, thanks for watching.
Thanks for the video. How would this board compare to the MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WiFi? I know the MSI one does not have PCIe 5 but besides that I have heard it is a more solid choice. Is that (still) true given that this is a newer version (v2)?
You're welcome. I have a video on that which I recommend watching (ua-cam.com/video/qFEGB_T-VOA/v-deo.html). The MSI Is great, a bit more beefy than this board and I recommend scaling motherboards with the higher SKUs, so anything above the 780X3D I'd look at that instead.
Definitely looking out for a build using this board
Gen 5 nvme with a big heatsink interferes with cpu cooler if using large air cooler like Noctua NH-U14S and may clonk against some gpu. You mentioned 9000 series for future proofing, gen 5 works on 7000 series ?
Should be fine with most GPUs unless they have some stupid size backplate. Yeah 7000 too, of course.
How is it different from v1 though??
Someone else asked in the comments if you want more info, or Google one vs the other. As far as I know the main one was that this supports 8000 series. I don't know why a bios update couldn't sort that though
V2 supports slightly higher Ram speeds, but technically has slightly weaker VRM, but still very strong.
This has a 12 phase VRM. V1 had 14 phase. They trimmed down on them to reduce cost and 14 phase was an overkill anyways for Ryzen processors.
Hey man, not related to the video, but I want to ask your opinion. The difference between the PSU TUF Gaming 850w gold and PSU TUF Gaming 1000w gold is about 30 dollars in my country, which PSU should I choose, because both are more than enough for my needs, but because I like the design so I want to buy it. What do you think about this power supply?😄
No problem, happy to help anyway. I've found it to be a very good unit (1000w), the cables that come included are some of the best I've seen too. Some people have said they find it noisy, but from the few times I've used it I've not noticed that personally. I'm not sure if it's just a few units affected, a batch or what.
@@jordanash Thank you brother🙏, I really appreciate your opinion😉🤜
You're welcome, anytime
I just bought version 1 on Amazon for $200 although I haven't received it yet. Do you recommend that you return version 1 and purchase version 2? Literally version 2 is 10 dollars cheaper and the bad thing is that doing the whole process of returning and buying again would take about 20 days.
Another problem is that I am not from the United States and there is a possibility that in the return time the offer will run out and I would also be losing the 30-day warranty they give me on the other components I bought at the same time (processor, ram, CPU cooling,)
Apparently the main difference was that the V2 supports 8000 series, but I'm sure that could be added with BIOS update, so I don;t think it#'ll be worth it.
30 days? That sounds super shady, everything should have at *least* a year if they're new components.
@@jordanash I know. I think it is best to use the motherboard that will arrive to me to be able to verify that all the components work. My best option was to buy everything on Amazon because in my country it would be about an additional 180 dollars for all the components
Are they new parts though? If so they should have manufactures warranty.
Another difference is the audio codec it has, which is Realtek® ALC1200 codec and version 1 does not have it.
V1 has an 8-layer PCB and a 2x7(70A)+2+1 VRM.
V2 has a 6-layer PCB and a 2x6(60A)+2+2 VRM.
V1 Rev1.0 and 1.1 only have BT 5.2, while rev1.2 and V2 have BT 5.3.
Every V1 rev uses a different WiFi controller - rev1.2 uses RTL8852CE, like V2.
Aside from that, and except for RGB connectors, they share the same specs (contrary to what juanchan29 said, V2 uses ALC897 like V1, as per Gigabyte's website).
V1 gets slightly better thermals, but they're so overkill that there shouldn't be any practical difference with V2 (which only runs a few °C hotter).
V1's 8-layer PCB may give better stability though (DDR5, Gen5 drives and possibly CPU).
Unless V1 is crippled by bugs that V2 doesn't have, on paper it looks like the better board (especially rev1.2 since it also has BT 5.3).
If I use the 3rd NVME slot that runs on the chipset, will it disable sata ports? And if so, which ones?
I honestly can't remember, I've covered so many boards. If you Google the model you can find the manual on the Gigabyte site.
hi jordan! Will this be good with a 9800x3d and a 4080?
Hey hey. Yeah, that will be fine.
Thanks! I appreciate you!
No problem
@@jordanash do i have to flash the bios for 9800x3d?
Yeah I expect so, it'll take some time for boards with the new BIOS to roll out.
I'm switching from my i7 9700k to the Ryzen 7 7800x3d, do you think this board would be good for that? also should I update the bios? I'm worried about the burning problems with the Ryzen CPUs. Thank you!
Yeah, for sure. The burning problem 🤔 If I'm thinking about the right thing, that one effected the CPU on one specific motherboard from Asus, and has since been fixed anyway.
@@jordanash I'm talking about the one where it burned in one of the corners supposedly? I just learned about it sorry so don't know much, but if that's the one you mean then nice thanks! should I still update the bios or is it fine out the box?
Yeah that's the one, nothing to worry about ☺ I'd update it yeah, gives you more ram compatability and general stability improvements.
@@jordanash awesome! Thanks again
No problem
Is this compatible with the peerless assasin 120 se cpu cooler??
Yep
Will this board be compatible with an amd ryzen 7 9700x cpu? I will be building my first gaming pc soon
With a bios update, yes. You can use the q-flash too.
@@jordanash do you know what motherboard is ready to use with that cpu?
Any 7000 series
I have that board be aware that it doesnt like 64gb only boots with ddr in 2 and 4 slots if you poulate it with 4 dimms it wont boot
Some AMD CPUs don't like all four sluts populated sometimes, have you updated the BIOS?
Yes latest version I’ll stick with the 32gb I have was a tad overkill going to 64gb if needed I could just plump for 2 32gb sticks 😂
Ah, fair enough then :)
Hey, I’m building this with a ryzen 5 7600x what’s your opinion about it ?
Yeah that'll be a good combo!
Than you!!, With this motherboard can i enable de amd expo of the ram ?
No probs. It can, yeah
@@jordanash as I read many reviews about this mobo, issues were with it not booting up, or the sound wasn’t good. Was this true for your case? This mobo is arriving tomorrow for me, I’m already thinking about returning it, but idk
Unfortunately, this one had to go back before I could use it in build
why does the v2 have 3200mhz clock speed but the v1 has 6600mhz on amazon ? im really confused
3200 will be the highest default speed unless you set the memory to its rated speed. I'd also recommend checking the actual companies product page for details, as a lot of Amazon listings have missing or incorrect information, as you can see.
@@jordanash thank you I appreciate the help. I was confused as the v2 says 8000mhz on the title of product but description said 3200mhz so that clears it up for me if it’s the default. Right now the v2 is £20 cheaper so I’ll definitely go with that over v1 then. Thanks again.
You're welcome! Yeah, that's definitely worth going for.
I bought this board for my first build. Works very well, looks very good in an all black build, and has a very nice bios! Something to note… I had an issue with the later bios versions where my graphics card would only run at pcie gen 4 x1 after a cold boot. After a restart the graphics card would run with all available lanes. I had to revert the very first bios version to fix this issue! Other than that, has been a great board!
I think you should use it in a build and make a review on its usability!
That's very odd, what a pain too!
I will be building with this, yes. Not sure when but eventually, I have a few in the works.
hi, i got a question: whats the difference between the gigabyte b650 aorus elite ax and gigabyte b650 aorus elite ax v2?? as i see it looks the same
Someone else commented this if you want more info, the main one is that the V2 supports 8000 series
@@jordanash thanks!
@@jordanash one last question, which one do you recommend? I just want a good mobo for my first build
No worries, appreciate you saying that
This is good, I like the Gigabyte B650 Gaming X AX V2 too
Hey this Motherboard or msi tomahawk b650 ?
The Tomahawk is a great board, this one is good if you want Gen 5 storage.
@jordanash I really like the tomahawk, but I keep hearing abt the bad boot times which def concerns me. I do like PCIE gen 5 but I don't know when pcie gen 5 will even become mainstream...
They've fixed those boot times with a newer BIOS.
Is it good pair with rx7900xtx and 7800x3d
Yeah will be fine, I expect it'll need a BIOS update though
is possible use 6400mhz memory as a g.skill 6400mhz trident z5 cl32?
my config is:
Processor: AMD 7950X3D
Memory: 2gb DDR5 G.Skill Trident Z5 cl32
Disk: SSD M.2 Sansung 990PRO 2TB
Graphic: 7900xtx
M.Board: Aorus Elite AX V2
Yes, however if you're using the top end CPU, you should really be using something that matches better. Scale the board with the CPU.
I hope I can use this safety with Ryzen 9800X3D and 7000mhz 32GB RAM +2 NVM 2
Yeah that'll be fine. It'll need a BIOS update when they launch though.
I want to build this motherboard Ryzen 9 7900x. Good or bad
I usually say to scale the motherboard as you scale the CPU. The 7900x is high end so you could go higher with the board really.
@@jordanash please; You recommend me a good Matherbrod
The Asus TUF B650 Plus has been good for me, or the Strix B650-A
Anyone know the real difference between the original and the V2 version?
V1 only supports 7000 series CPU while V2 supports the 7000 as well as 8000 series, and there are 6 layers on this where as the V1 has eight, doesn't make that much difference though.
@@jordanashI have the v1 version, would I be able to upgrade to a 9000 series in the future with this board?
This is the stupid thing, apparently only the V2 can. CPU support is something that can be done with a BIOS update so I don't see why it can't.
@@jordanash so i can? Assuming I do a bios update?
If they release one for it, yeah
Why do these mobo's and reviewers refer to 8000 series? There is no 8000 series AMD CPUs.
There is, check here mate - www.amd.com/en/partner/articles/ryzen-8000G-series-processors.html
Can i use this board for 7900x?it will be better?
Yep, no worries
@@jordanash thanks brother ❤️
@@jordanash is there have any major difference between ax v2 and ax? please help me brother
Someone else commented this if you want more info, the main one is that the V2 supports 8000 series
@@jordanash thanks brother ❤️
Hi man, can you tell me what are the size for the watercooling because u think you didnt say it in the video and i dont find it on the internet thank you. (Sorry for my English, i don't speak English fluently).
*i think
The size of what sorry? The bracket you need is AM5. Don't apologise, no need ☺
@@jordanash if the watercooling is compatible with am5, is it good?
A lot of coolers are compatible with AM5, it depends what you're looking at if it will fit. Also, I can use your language and Google translate if it's easier
Thank you!😁
6 layer PCB and no pcie5x16? no thanks for this price
It's 8 as far as I know. It might be, the specs are all over the place. I'm going to get confirmation.
@@jordanash The V2 version is 6 layer PCB, The non V2 rev1.2 is best to get, For most it probably doesnt matter but I like the extra security and 8 layers are known to fail less often and have higher life
Seems they swapped the Gen 5 to the storage on the V2. depends if you want Gen 5 storage or PCIe I guess.
@@jordanash Weird choices, thank you for that info
No worries. This is the first Gen 5 storage board I've seen at this price. I think it could be more helpful to some people, as Gen 4 to Gen 5 storage speeds are very noticeable, especially as we don't have Gen 5 GPUs yet anyway