Gigabyte B650 Aorus Elite AX WiFi Weird Mid Range AM5 ATX Motherboard
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This is a decent motherboard and lives up to the price tag, but there are some odd decisions here and there that i just can't really explain. Also it has some excellent design choices. Maybe this is the AM5 board for you? Our Son chose it for his new build, so lets hope it serves its purpose well.
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This or the Tuf gaming ?? :)
Very enjoyable review/overview of this board. I think your presentation has finally settled which board I’m going to buy.
Glad it was helpful!
I have this mobo and its very solid, zero issues. My advice is don't buy 4 sticks of ram for any AM5, only buy two. I decided to go 64GB (2x32) for futureproofing so I would never have to deal with potential future ram upgrade issues. Grab DDR5-6000 AMD CL30 EXPO for near guaranteed zero issues.
seems to the same thing with all motherboards on AM5 4 sticks is basically impossible to get working at anything close to XMP speeds
Yeh mine is great and it is running a very busy flight simulator set up with both PCIe slots working fine (sound card, 10gbps ethernet adaptor). I’ve got two x 10 port powered usb hubs with all my peripherals and everything runs super smooth. The only thing I’ve had a problem with just recently is some fans struggling to hold their level of rpm sometimes. I may just have reached the limit of what it can do. Mind you, each header is 2A and has 3x .55A fans plugged in. That has got me thinking that maybe I need a higher end mobo. I don’t really know anything about it though.
Also - mine is comfortably supporting 2x32 GB 6400mhz without any issues.
@@mikesunboxing I bought 2x 8gb ddr5 6000 I planned on buying 2 more later is this no good?
Great review Mike.Nice looking mobo.Hope George gets good use out of it.Thank you for sharing the video Mike and Kath 👏👏⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I hope so too
Nice motherboard. I like that it has 3 full PCI-e slots. Not all cards need 16x lanes, but some do need the physical size to fit. It would be my 2nd choice after a MSI carbon wifi b650
Totally agree MSI boards are the better choice i think this generation
Thanx for the video, i prefer the full size slots as there's no limitation to what you can install in them, they could have increased the bandwidth, but will be fine for wifi cards and so on.
yeah a wifi card or extra usbs maybe
Those black slots 🎰 Mike are useful for sound cards and sata/m.2 hard drives even to give you more hard drives when your motherboard only has 4 or 6 on the board. Plus capture cards. Etc!
Sata and m.2 adapter cards
Very nice board Mike. Lots of goodies to choose from and use. I still love my MSI motherboards. Thanks for sharing Mike and Lady Kath. Take care all. Cheers
i am running out of msi boards to review so have to throw in a few other brands to fill the gaps :-)
@@mikesunboxing No worries bud. I understand. Times is lean in the world right now. I have two Gigabyte boards that I really am not fond of. One is a H610, the other is a B560. Not a huge fan of their BIOS. If I had the money... I'd ship them to you for free.
@@rickh8380 That's a very kind thought 🙂
Strange mix of good points & some odd ones. Love the idea of 3x M.2s, the front connector such a boon imo, beefy heat sinks both vrms & M.2s👍Yet odd choice of pcie lanes when like you said a x4 lane be so much beneficial. Plus low end sound on this model. Is defn of Elite now "basic" rather than top end? Thanks for reviewing Mike and Kath 🐈👍
yeah the elite branding is a little misleading i think these days
Those black slots 🎰 Mike are useful for many cards namely as it so happens for usb cards and sound cards just to name a few! Especially if you don’t like the fact that motherboards don’t have many USB ports or you don’t like the onboard sound from Realtek!
Today I ordered this mobo, to upgrade into a new custom build from the previous ga-870a-ud3. The new styling will be a treat to learn from, as far as the latest in ssd tech from the old sata drives. The old mobo lasted 14 years.
hope the new one lasts as long
Nice review , seems a nice board not that i would ever buy a board with built in wifi myself , but i am curious as to why people dont like spinny disks lol ? personally i do have an nvme drive but for my back ups i have 2 1tb seagate drives , purely becuase (as i beieve) the spinny disks use a LOT less power than nvme drives do and as i use the back ups every week or so i figured that the less electric they use the better , love your channel btw
thanks for the kind words!
I think the stigma with HDD is that there is a latency when they spin up and seeking and transferring data is somewhat slower. For gamers the latency loading a texture or map can be annoying and in some cases lead to losing the game.
For data storage and backups a HDD still is a perfect choice for its larger £ per TB and longevity
As an owner of a B350 motherboard i was relieved to see i have a pci-e x 4 which i needed for the wifi card. Same size are also sound cards and video cards. Good question really what the long pci-e slots could be for. I guess they were cheap so they used them.
and it looks more expensive
Can have even more USB from the headers, front panel or additional slot plates... my B650S Wifi didn't expose any USB2 at the rear, so I added a plate... doesn't feel right plugging keyboard and mouse into USB3
yeah low bandwidth devices on fast ports just seems wrong
Did the board box and bag come without a seal? and the socket protector plain as on the box it has logo?
not sure sorry it was a little while back now
is this better than the b650 tomahawk? or do u think that the upgrade to the Asus ROG STRIX B650E-F GAMING is worth the extra cost?
personally i use the B650 Edge Wifi from MSI and i have to say i really am liking that board. The gigabyte is good but the software if you like to use it is awful, as is the bios
Lovely review Mike.
but you made me a MSI fanboy 😛
same here, they come and go but aren't as good as msi
Been using this board for around a month with a 7800x3d and 6400mt g skill ram cant fault it, only really gaming , this board has some of the best VRM thermals in its class, your right about the audio its not the greatest so i got a small creative soundblaster Dac, i didnt even know the bottom pci-e slots existed 😊
thanks for the comment. out of interest what settings did you use for the ram as 6400 is quite high
@@mikesunboxing If i remember rightly it was Expo 1 setting even though the G skill kit didnt advertise Expo only xmp, 2 x16g- CL 32-39-39-102 , also turned on low latency and high bandwith option, dont really know if it does anything, didnt turn on memory contex restore because it was booting fast anyway around 25 seconds. George has choosen well.
did u needed to do a bios flash to see the ram and cpu or does it work straight from the pack??
i am having the same motherboard with the 7800x3d and the rx7900xtx with 2x32 gb corsair cl30 expo ram but still need the time to build the system.
@@wikomedo when i got it i didn't use it for 6 months and i flashed the latest bios using the psu and board only usb method, when i put it all together it worked straight away and everything was in order.
Hey, there is a V2 version of this motherboard, specifically named:
Gigabyte B650 Aorus Elite AX V2 Wi-Fi
Is it any different to this one except for higher RAM speeds and a slight design change?
Also, is the sound out of the rear port that bad? If I plug in a set of stereo 160-dollar Edifier speakers, will I notice a difference in sound quality or clarity compared to a better Asus Motherboard?
This is a hard one to call the version 2 doesn't seem to add very much value that I can see in terms of sound I would say it is acceptable and unless you are a audio file there's a very good chance you will be very happy with the same quality and volume
Would this be a good board for the ryzen 7 7800x3d? Or would you choose tomahawk?
i would go msi personally
Only non-gpu card that would fit that extended pcie X1 slot be a dual 2.5 caddy-card I have.Otherwise they wasted money on pointless plastic.
A sound card fits PCIE 3.0 x1
The two long slots below really don't make much sense
yeah i agree
Between this and the MSI B650 Tomohawk, which would you rather go for?
tomahawk for me i think. maybe even the gaming plus wifi
i had the tomahawk , i had a liquid spillage now thinking of getting this one as it has much lower temps on vrm compared to the tomahawk , check hardware unboxed for temperatures , in the bellow 200£ range i dont know how this manages to keep that low temperature , keep in mind the tomahawk doesnt support gen5 ssd
The best part of the board is the "G Connector"!
yeah that is good to be honest
Reviewers always warn us about the cooler being able to clear the RAM, but I had to return the Noctua D15 because the motherboard shroud got in the way! The fact that it made the RAM slots a pain to access is a minor issue. 🙂 Because of this, my build, which has been gestating for months, is still not in production. Although I did manage to install Windows on it. When I returned the D15, I got a U12S, but it was obviously a used unit. There were slightly bent fins and when I flipped the fan the right way round it was covered in what looked like thermal paste. No wonder it was on the wrong way. As if that would catch anyone off guard. The rubber iso pads were also quite dirty. Most frustrating build ever. I'm starting to get a bad feeling about all of this. 👿
i have never been a big fan of the D15, i felt that it was way to over hyped considered the drawbacks of the design and clearance
@@mikesunboxing I fully agree with you now. Yet, almost everyone making lists of best air coolers has it at or near the top. I should have known given its humongous size that it might be a problem. And the fans are ugly. Although it doesn't look as large as the one you installed in Collin's PC? 🙂
I have nothing against ASUS MOBO's (I own one) but my next PC upgrade I'll be back to Gigabyte (AORUS Elite). Great MOBO's!
not looking at MSI?
@@mikesunboxing I had an AMD FX Gigabyte UD board (with Dolby audio). Prior to that one I had a MSI K8 MOBO (no issues). I will compare both brands to make the best choice (mid-term, of course). Thank you!
How do I know if it is rev 1.2? Or is it just a case of updating the rev 1 to 1.2?
it says on the box barcode and slik screen printed on the motherboard
do not use bios version f24c caused vga light issues. rolled back to f23 and works perfectly.
very interesting thanks for that
@@mikesunboxing tried everything reseated gpu even bought a new psu cable in case that was the issue. still had the issue rolled back to the non beta bios works perfectly now. 4080super 78000x3d is an absolute beast of a build.
Finally picked up the 760 gaming x ax motherboard looks like they forgot the anti static bag 💼 which I got them to give me and they also forget the m.2 screws. No respect for the product or customer. Looks like no manual either. At least I can get that online and the drivers for the board. Looks like I will have to claim warranty for the m.2 screws as they are important! So much for all accessories there. Also picked up the tp link switch 16 port sg2218! At least that was all there!
i just bought a warehouse deal asus board from amazon, will be interesting to see what is missing from that
I wonder 💭 what you will receive in your box 📦
Finally got the screws for this board ….
what about coil whine? i saw many reports on this specific board
not noticed any so far, this might be because we use a high quailty power supply, coil whine is notably more common with cheaper low end power supplies
@@mikesunboxing thank you for the answer. I got corsair rm 750x 80+ gold. What u think
@@t3ngrist620You have a rather high quality PSU. You should be fine, really.
the v1 was replaced with v2 now which has 12+2+2 phases compared to the older v1 14+2+1
that seems like a downgrade?
Just built a computer with this motherboard and the cpu light is on and i’m having trouble
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What does the V2 of this board change?
not sure to be honest, maybe the sound chip and some bios settings
3 differences are:
1) those pins at 7:35 which hold the m.2s in place are different on the v2
2) the v2 has "Twin 12+2+2 Phases Digital VRM Solution" - the v1 has "Twin 14+2+1 Digital VRM Design"
3) v2 has a 6 layer pcb - v1 has a 8 layer pcb
@@SamuelRichter7 ah thanks for the info… basically its a small downgrade and side grade
@@_MintArcade seems like a small downgrade, yes. Maybe they improved some small things, too as you would expect from a newer version. I own the v2 and it works without issues so far with my AMD 8700G APU.
How does this compare to other mobos in its price range
pretty good, although it will depend a lot of where in the World you are. Some countries this is really cheap
Personally i wouldnt use gigabyte, as the one i used (b560 Aurus elite AX) had something fishy going on with the power delivery , as i would suffer from microstuttering. As soon as i swapped it out with a decent asus board all was good. Also MSI is has always been running rocksolid.
cant beat a good MSI board
so for the V2 you’re paying 70 more quid for some better audio.
depends where you are buying it, but that is the jist of it
Anyone can relate if theres any coil whine on this motherboard? im really considering buying it :/
Need a fast reply
none that i heard
@@mikesunboxing as i was around on forums, and some youtube, a lot people be complaining about coil whine noise from this motherboard for some of them its being caused by memory settings, and for some other by different bios settings. Some of them say it only appears in demanding games.
Meanwhile im upgrading my rig for full 4k experience.
I just returned b650e-e strix as the software is meh, and didn't like the board
Trying to find nice looking board with cool features and elite ax is one of them, but im too concerned about all that coil whine issue.
I would love to know if its still a thing in 2024 :/
I really like this board, would fit my build perfectly, except that, the other option is b650 tomahawk, but looks kinda bald compared to elite ax.
Im kinda lost in board game right now, been looking for a board for 2 weeks, but theres always something...
MSI ❤
yep!
I think it's not exactly accurate to describe the B650 boards as mid range. They are mid range in price only. For a gamer, they are top-of-the-line. The X670 boards are directed at an entirely different user OR at a gamer who does not understand that the X670 has nothing to make for a better gaming experience.
Yes I totally agree with that sentiment, you are absolutely right
I will pass on the am5 horror show!
don't be scared, it is okay really
Nice enough board but not something I would buy, but then again I wouldn't buy Gigabyte period! NOt to mention the Chipset Cover looks like an afterthought....???
i don't think i would choose it for myself, but our son wanted it what can you do
I wouldn't use Gigabyte or MSI, I only use Asus as I have never had any problems.. Asus have been doing the connector for front panel for years..
Whereas, Gigabyte and MSI have always been bad, for me..
i have had a few bad boards from all the brands so i don't really find any of them better or worse on that side of things, but i do like the MSI center and the MSI bios for making tweaks to the system, and armoury crate is improving but still not as good or lightweight as MSI center
Orico has a usb card that has 7 ports on the card! Which you can slot into one of those black slots 🎰 and the other to hold a ballsy sound card from creative labs 🥼 like the sounblaster z. So Mike never underestimate those useful black slots 🎰 on a motherboard!