As a charter member of the File Copying Enthusiasts Guild, I approve.

"file copying enthusiasts" never ceases to make me laugh lol

This is perfect, since there is no difference for new GPUs, PCI-E4 x8 is enough and PCI-E 5 x8 will be enough for the next gen.

Nice video as always. Would love to see your video on b650E Tachyon too

It's nice to see your videos again!

Fantastic video BZ! Takes lots of explaining to get your point across but you manage to accomplish it!

I've been waiting for you to post the video thank you so much

Love to see you back in the game man :) Love to get a z790 tachyon review from you

Cheers for this one BZ. Much appreciated.

Really solid board, amazing what you can get in the mid-range with these!

Thank you for the great PCB breakdown BZ :), In germany, the price difference between the x670e-aorus master and the b650e aorus-master is only around 70€ to 90€. Personally, I prefer the m.2 setup on the chipset of the x670e because If I decide to use more than two m.2 drives I can still use them without going down to x8 on the pcie 5.0 x16 slot (which is typically used by the graphic card). Unfortunately, current GPU gen only supports pcie 4.0 so there may be a small disadvantage (I think someone measured around 1%-3%?) to go down to x8.

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As a file copy enthusiast, I approve. 🤪 Keep up the good work!

I was actually looking for more details on my board especially the pcie 5 ports. I was surprised I stayed throughout the video. Loving my board even more. I know its overkill for regular use, but Im gonna keep this for a few more years, till PCIE5 ssd's and Gpu's come out

Honestly i was more interested about sacrificing x16 slot when putting more than 1 ssd in and you answered my question well now i can get this board without having to be worried about gettin 2 ssds and losing that x16

I am not sure why but I am just getting caught up by the VRM. 8 phase each with 2x ~~100AMP stages at 1.2 Watts, able to survive short burst of ~~1600AMPS or 1.8KW. Like ... Why? (and this concerns all motherboard vendors. Which CPUS can be pushed even to 50% of that?) “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.”

I wonder if converting them to PCIe slots will work. They have M.2 to PCIe adapter boards. I still don't understand this M.2 obsession. There's plenty of PCIe lanes to fit 7 PCIe slots and a few M.2 slots. I'd be fine with a single x16 slot and 6 x1 to x4 slots.

1st and 4th pci 5 slot is directly connected to cpu 2nd and 3rd slot connected through switch which will reduce gpu bandwidth

Blows my mind that there’s no clear cmos button on the x670 master

I love the fact that Gigabyte makes "overkill" motherboards. It is safer this way, and it's the very reason why I chose this brand for my last 2 PC builds.

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@buildzoid do you think they put 2 phases on the misc rail for better transient response or is that rail super stable and the capacitors would fill in the gaps of a single rail's on/off cycle?

selfishly as a new Auros Ultra (z690 intel) owner, I would love a breakdown of that - given you have done several other Auros's. * throws dollars at screen *

Smug CrystalDiskMark Shizuku grins The pci m.2 config on the board is my jam, but I'm on a ~2025+ horizon for next upgrade Maybe we'll actually have Gen5 SSDs available by then Granted we may have 7xx series boards with Gen5 chipset/lanes by then x8/x8 with a riser can be physically a pain due to the chonkers size of GPUs and blocking airflow Apparently HUB found that Gigabyte is doing a relatively better job of out of box secondary memory timings, which is nice

Nice job! You mentioned the ASRock Livemixer and an ASUS board... Could you do a PCB Breakdown for them too please?

do you know when the B650E AORUS TACHYON will come out?

Hey, I am wondering about PCB breakdown of some really of the cheapest AM5 mobos. I am also wondering abut PCB breakdown of new GB AM4 B450-POOR mobo, that actually is rescuing all the AM4 socket sensibility, because of massive price hike of all the rest of mobos (at least in my region). It is totally cheaped out, but I think it's good enough for Ryzen 5500, 5600, and even X3D that is using really little power.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if an EPS12v connector is 18guage and is ~28 inches long isn't it capable of 40A, 480watts (10A per wire)? Do the connectors in the plastic housing affect power that can be drawn?

WARNING If you buy this model then make sure it's from a reputable retailer with a very good RMA customer service, there's a little QC issue with this model and Gigabyte being Gigabyte wont help you at all. buildzoid you're awesome, please make AM5 memory overclock video.

what happened to Dual Bios stuff from gigabyte?... -is that still a thing, or is Q-flash the technoclogical advancement past Dual Bios?... xD

BZ if i sent you a pcb picture of my x670E MPG Carbon, would you (it's the EK model so no colling on it), would you make a video of it?

Is there a way to differ between b650e aorus master with the vrm bug and the fixed ones before buying? Like a version or serial number or anything???

Are there any dual rank 16gb d5 sticks in the market? I can find ddr4 16gb dual rank sticks but not ddr5.

Any update on the way ref AVX workload issues?

btw this Motherboard didn't even post over 6200mhz but on the asus strix x670e-e runs perfect with 6400mhz and tight timings, hopefully you will review this board

Hi Buildzoid, guys here.

: How does heat scale with switching freq.? Does anyone know? Like it doubles from 500 kHz to 1000 kHz so 30W in this case?

Hah! I Just bought this mobo yesterday 😄

Buildzoid, do you think that this board could run DDR5-7200(OC) in the future if Ryzen 8000 gonna support it? In the other worlds, what RAM limits in case of data rate and latency this board has? Is just a question of software and firmware or hardware has some limits in this as well? I realized it has THB_U4 add-in card connector. Can you anybody say what is this used for? Does anybody has usefull use for this port? Would you make some DDR5 2x32GB SK Hynix with dual rank 16Gb mem chips tests in the future? For example is it possible to overclock Kingston 5200MT/s or 5600MT/s rated dimms to 6200+ MT/s?

@actually hardcore overclocking does this board have eclk control?

A great explanation. Is it stable with 6000/30 RAMs?

does this board have any ECLK overclocking options ?

Buildzoid a question on this board since you are a trusted genius for me why does Gigabyte boards have issues with DACs on USB ports it has a POP to it that is so noticeable like a switch on and off when there is sound vs no sound does this issue come with some boards and not others? and does it also happen with this board since it is the cheapest in my country and i don't want to get another gigabyte for this issue? i have a z790 Aorus Elite AX DDR4 and i want to get an AMD build with this board. on asus boards this issue is non existent is there an explanation to this or is it a gigabyte thing any insight will be helpful for me thanks in advance

Does this board have ECLK Generator just like the X670e Master and the normal b650 elite?

Only problem is Gigabytes Bios they sit on many Betas with remove and replace for a long time like they are confused or unsure.

tachyon next?

They have the b650e tachyon on the website, but I can't see it for sale anywhere

u forgot the tb4 header.

My X670E Master only has an internal clear cmos JUMPER. Much to my disappointment.

hAVE YOU ENCOUNTERED THE bios battery issue on our master boards? I had to strip my entire setup in order to change out the battery on my Aourus 670E master. I ouldn't believe what a poor design this is and Gigabyte had a bad batch of CRq2032 batteries. Otherwise a goood board.

Pls do x670 taichi

Wouldn't it make more sense to just buy a standard board and use PCIE to m.2 adapters?

in norway ASUS ROG STRIX B650E-E GAMING is about 100 $ cheaper and it has a post code boot screen on the MB

> "Mega-Heatpipe & M.2 Thermal Guard III：To Ensure VRM Power Stability & 25110 PCIe 5.0 M.2 SSD Performance" Ah, so the massive heatsink isn't just for the VRMs that you say don't need it, but its connected via Heatpipe top to bottom, so the four M.2 SSD are cooled by it as well, that makes a little bit more sense maybe?

This board is far too expensive. I'd prefer the B650E-E at this point with 2 PCIe5 x16, or even a X670E-A. We used to argue about the Asus tax back then, with reason, but today they must be the best quality/price boards.

I would buy this board over the Master if it had 2 3.2 usb headers for the front case. But no only. I need 2

Im having a hard time getting either this board B650E or the B650 Aorus Elite AX.

Raise the middle finger to Bios code inflation with something like P80DB2 LPC Debug Card provided LPC/TPM is available which is also not a given :/

If the M.2's aren't run as Gen 5.0, will they still cut the x16 down to an x8? Im eyeing up this board Vs. The ASUS Strix B650e-e and that's just one of my concerns between the two.

Bro where is your accent from? You live in the UK but sound 👽…

Second!

Are they insane with the 16 Vcore VRM phases at 105A each? (so for a total almost 1700A for the CPU alone!) That's how much the high-end HEDT boards used to have when they were sold. If this were a X670E I wouldn't be bickering too much about it, but this is B650E! Damn.

How about Gen4 16x+Gen4 8x+Gen3 16x?! Redrive that Gen5 shit already!

when will you do the x670e extreme??

I have PC black screen freezes with this motherboard and had no comment from Gigabyte support about this asking them if they have new BIOS version that fixes my problem I am probably return this to Amazon and get other manufacture zen 4 motherboard. I wouldn't recommend this motherboard even if the hardware is solid the software is just bad.

For regular gamers that are neither file-copying enthusiasts nor overclockers, it seems to me that the ASUS ROG STRIX B650E-F GAMING WIFI offers a more sensible feature-set for 25% less money. I'd be really interested in seeing a mobo breakdown of that one.

"better than to be stuck with troublshooting LEDs" ...bruh, most B650 boards don't even have troubleshooting LEDs either! that is now a premium feature as well, every Tech Support person better get ready to go back to decoding beep morse codes for trouble shooting and have one of them little speakers in their backpack again (because PC cases sure don't come with those obsolete things anymore). Back to 1995 bitches!

The big disappointment is DDR5.. when you populate all 4 slots, the speed drops down to 3600. So, yeah, what's the point of DDR5 then. There is no point. My DDR3 ran at 3600...

First!

This is the board i would've really wanted for my AM5 rig but it's about twice the price of my B650 TUF and so gigabyte can go ram skittles up their noses. It's closing in on the cost of a PS5 without the disc drive.

I do not recommend this motherboard. There's a reason it's this cheap for the features it offers - some of these mobos are factory defective (AKA poor quality control). They will cause black screens when paired with Ryzen 7950x. Mine was one of those factory defective ones and I've been waiting for weeks for replacement. Check my channel for a video I shot of mine. There are also Reddit threads about this (search B650E Aorus Master black screen). What's worse is some people won't even know this since the problem doesn't happen in every software or game and will think it's their video card, PSU or monitor that's at fault, wasting hours or days of their time when it's the Gigabyte motherboard. For example, I can run hours of Cinebench R23 without any issues, but as soon as I run Corona benchmark, OCCT large dataset or Prime95, I get black screens. Typical for Gigabyte, they are playing dumb and still haven't even officially acknowledged the problem. I wrote to their support and they also "don't know" about this issue. I'm very disappointed with Gigabyte as a company. Just don't buy it. It's not worth the time, money and hassle RMA'ing, believe me.

I don’t know how you can keep saying that various vrm components are overkill. Do you know what AMD will produce next year and the year after? These boards are supposed to last until 2025 and beyond.

Hi, I appreciate your content, but you are wrong. X670E master PCIE 5.0 connectivity is not the same like B650E. There is no PCIe sharing with M.2. Although X670E Aorus Extreme has same sharing..... I am confused at this point.... Please make Breakdown of X670E aorus Master board!!!

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