I really like how this channel looks & covers motherboards. I feel a lot of channels don’t cover them enough and they are one of my fav parts lmao . The z790 master & master x look tremendous.

What I absolutely love about the Pro X is the USB-C with DP Alt-Mode. It means I can have a graphics tablet attached with ONLY a single USB-C cable instead of the previous need for 3 cables... The only other MB that can do this (Z690/Z790) is the proart creator. I went with Dominator Titanium 96GB 6400 kit and it works flawlessly with XMP, it's not on their QVL - but as the manufacturers say, they just don't get to test every single RAM kit. Amazingly, I scored 37 000 multicore in R23, MCE off.

Hi Leo, very informative and good focus on Gigabyte boards, I have had good success with gigabyte in recent years, I like that Master X but its very expensive, the Pro X looks like a more sensible solution and would be ideal for a new white themed build.

Mr Leo, i admire the restraint with refraining from doing a review of 14th gen instead of what many other reviewers did which were basically just brand slander video's. The vast majority of people don't really care about all the bias driven brand mudslinging that often happens in the PC enthusiasm space. We all have our preferences and opinions which is absolutely fine. However, when producing video's, it would appear most professional to not allow opinions to trickle in these videos. In my opinion, personal preference of the reviewer matters not to me and when reviewers use that opinion to influence their audience is when their content looses it honesty and reliability. So it is on these points that i say that this video is a shining example of how reviews should be made and the content on display in this presentation is made in the manner which it should be. I couldn't ask for a better tech video. Intel nor AMD needs to be the best all around all the time and i personally don't want to see content where one brand is placed on a pedestal over another. Double thumbs up from me.

That USB-C for a case display is a really good idea. All PCs should have a display built into the case cant believe it’s taken so long to do.

I like how you guys cover products instead of setting things on fire for drama

Not that it particularly matters for this video.. but when you have an M.2 drive in the top slot you're giving up 8 PCI lanes shared with the top PCI-E slot. So the 4080 in this demo was running in X8 mode. This seems quite ridiculous since the top M.2 slot has the 'best' cooling solution attached.

Another cracking focus Leo, Ok surely im not the only one who thinks that matching WHITE BIOS IS KILLER!? 🤯

These numbers are going off the charts. DDR5 8266... Wifi 7... Cant keep up!

The completely white motherboards look really beautiful! I have a slight hope that this will become a trend of some sort

Leo, thanks for your great reviews. It's a solid channel for builders that need verification and insights to specifications prior to committing to builds. I have been using GIGABYTE exclusively for motherboards and GPUs and CORSAIR for everything related to cases, PSUs, cooling etc., and a, switching between G.SKILL and CORSAIR for memory. It's always been solid components for reliable builds, suitable for a great many years of service and I highly recommend these hardware vendors.

The heatsinks on the VRMs and primery m.2 are massive!

Iv recently switched to a Gigabyte motherboard and really liked it so far. I miss the Asus BIOS tho

Great article, that gigabyte board in white is lovely, glad you focused on it Leo, might factor it into my new white build after new year.

About time they included vents in the backplate as it was always an airflow bottleneck. Going to be another dust magnet though!

Amazing watching it burn through that cinebench rendering.

Awesome channel by the way. I'm in the process of planning a new build with an I9 14900K and was interested in the AORUS PROX or MASTERX. You mentioned about undervolting the processor. Saw one of your videos where you did this on an MSI board showing the BIOS screens. Would you be kind enough either to show how you do this on the GIGABYTE BIOS for these boards (maybe in your next PC build you mentioned at the end of the video), or could you point me to what settings you need to change and values to put in and I can work it out from there. Thanks in advance,

Motherboards are becoming so fully featured you hardly need the expansion slots anymore.

I just finished a new build using the Aorus Master X, but I chose the 19-13900k to pair with it. I just was not going to spend and additional 100 bucks on the very underwhelming 14900k.

I'm going to do the opposite of what Leo advises and throw my 13th Gen in the bin so I can get an incrementally quicker 14th Gen. Take THAT Leo!

Nice they made the bios white to match the PCB colour.

The general consensus seems to be that the 14700K is the best deal from Intel 14th gen. It trails near the 14900K and often beats the 13900K in gaming, offers up to a 14% uplift in multi-thread relative to the 13700K and consistently has much better 1% lows than X3D CPUs while pricing near the 7800X3D. The only drawback is likely power draw and cooling, though it should be possible to ameliorate it a bit with an undervolt.

8266 on 4-DIMM boards is laughable. 8000 XMP kits can't often run stably unless you have a chip with a godlike IMC even on 2-DIMM boards like the Tachyon.

TY. BIOS updated my Z690s but am thinking I'll just not upgrade them, will think about it again down the road.

I tend to only buy MBs with debug LED displays, with Evga leaving that narrows the field. I think that the Master X just costs too much. I ended up getting an Asrock Nova, and it cost me $279usd. It might be missing some of the super highend features but it's really solid performance wise.

Prefer the white one although they need to source white dimm and pci-e slots. I seem to recall back in the olden days most Simm slots where white so it shouldn't be that hard!

That Pro X is fabulous !

DDR2 8266 - holy crap, my system suddenly feels very old. Is there any memory company selling memory at those speeds? are the latencies terrible? they must be, surely.

On MSI boards I too noticed the same for my less expensive 5600X, but the undervolting of these was already a recommendation, however, I do find it weird, that it wants to run it with a lot more voltage than it actually requires. Undervolting lowers the temperature by 5 C° or less, depending on the values, case etc. Anyway, these look fantastic, with a board like that it would be nice to try Intel, especially with the LCD case.

I really want Intel to make the chipset/CPU allow for TWO USB C front panel connections and increase the # of PCIe lanes to allow for PCIe 5.0 SSD and GPU without sharing lanes.

Nice review Leo. Some good looking boards those

Love how Leo puts it all together on the desk without bothering with a case.

Thank you for the review. Could you please share more info how MSI z790 carbon wifi managed to be at the top while using less watts. Thought it was a pretty huge deal, did you undervolt the cpu for that particular test ? I know the review is about different boards but carbon stood out in that instance, thank you

Interesting bios issue that needs addressing. Why is it running so much power through the CPU? Is it a stability thing?

Can't believe we're already at 14th Gen

So what youre saying is that 14th gen isnt really a thing just an overclocked 13th gen unless you plump for an i7.

What Bios Configs did you use for the tests? You changed any setups in Bios? Or did you left all at the default? Or did you just use the "Instant 6ghz" settings in Bios?

Do you think running a larger cooler would tame the heat and keep the cpu's from throttling as soon?

Quite like that pro X over the master X.

It's like when 10th gen came out and then the 11th sorry gen dropped

My chipsets temps are 80-90 on the msi carbon wifi with 14900k.. yours are 25/30... what's going on

Great video as always. Can anyone tell me if the 14th gen CPUs just slot into older mainboards that support 13th gen, though? So far the BIOSes I've looked at don't mention any support for new CPUs and I am still stuck at thinking about making a Sonic build with the ASRock Z790 PG Sonic and with 13th and 14th gen CPUs being virtually identical in price, I'd kinda feel bad about using 13th just to be on the safe side.

I would like to see those memory claims verified by people. Almost no one ever truly tried that DDR 8266+ claim. I seen some people get 7200 with the Pro X, but I want more reviewers to verify these claims. DDR 7200 is easy to buy and is still quite affordable, but almost no reviewer online or on KZfaq tests this with reviews. I may see DDR 6000 and the rare occasional DDR 6400 though. I normally don't assume DDR 8000+ is doable outside of an Asus Apex or Gigabyte Tachyon, but I'd like to see more in depth memory reviews and tinkering.

you guys do the best reviews

These are some nice 13th generation cpus…

Love your content, however i aint buying Gigabyte ever again after 2 failed RMAs, an exploding PSU scandal and my aorus waterforce x280 breaking apart after 6 months of purchase, i have never encountered such outrageous company

Getting really annoyed with the overuse of the term AI.- AI assist overclocking really does sound like marketing BS.

How does 8 layer PCB makes things better?

Hello, Is this the motherboard you would recommend for a new build with 14900k? What kind of cooler for it?

Hi Leo did you get the other gigabyte z790 boards or just these two ?

It is sad that Gigabyte tries to hide all the features on their new X boards and charge more for their white boards and give you less. It is the same with AMD x670e/B650 boards as they sell you the same name boards and add Ice and X and lower the PCB layers to 6. Gigabyte hides their features like ALC897 Codec audio and just call it High Def. and force you to find it somewhere in all their Docs. Gigabyte has no problem showing the ALC 1220 Codec in the main description. The Pro X would have been the perfect board if done the right way Like M.2 gen 5 and PCIe Gen 5 but they didn't and they still charge way to much just to get white. If you use the Gen5 M.2 you only Get 8X on the PCIe WHY on the Z790 Pro X and charge more as it is white.

What motherboard you recommend for i9 14900k ?

Which kit would you recommend if one is wanting to get the new Corsair Dominator Titanium Ram? Have the same motherboard and never understood single or dual rank

Thanks for the video 👋

How come neither of these have project Zero?

Hi, what is that statistic software @ 10:00 ?

i cant get 4 sticks ddr5 running on the elite x, any help

No brainer, Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Pro X wins. Whether the superb aesthetic, really working the ATX form factor, or decentish cost is enough to overcome the other Gigabyte caveats is up to the buyer. I'd be tempted but leery. If motherboard mfrs were as reliable as Leo Waldcock, life would be much less fraught.

Why is the ranking for gaming performance done based on average values instead of 1% lows? Especially once you hit an acceptable framerate the 1% values are much more important and can make the difference between 100% fluid or some stutter. Intel performs much better for 1% lows in almost all games.

I don't get why anyone would invest in these, at all. 14900K is the end of the line for this socket of Intel CPUs. You're buying a complete dead end of a product. The 14 series CPU only makes sense if you already have a compatible motherboard, ready to drop one in as a final upgrade to an existing PC, before starting again.

PROX FTW !

Did you observe any coil whine in this mobo refresh?

aorus z790 pro x, vrm dual rail

Thing is 13th or 14th gen high end still has Risen beat so well done Intel either way.

Hi Leo, I bought this new Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Pro X with an i9 13900KF for my son & I am trying to replicate the undervolting settings you used on the MSI Z790 Carbon WiFi in this Gigabyte BIOS. I can set the Vcore to 1.300 and adjust the LLC, but I cannot find the 'BCLK 100MHz Lock On' option in that Bios.Can you please recommend on what I should do ? I tried forums & mailing Gigabyte but noone seems to be able to help me Pretty please ? :) Thanks !

More money than brains...

Who does gamers nexus hair? It has so much volume and bounce. Is it a wig? If so could Leo get one?

I want the Pro X please. 😊

Just 4 sata though that’s a big letdown on a 560 price point

good video Leo

Did intel feel pressured in throwing out more cpus for the same socket, with barely any generational leap? They must be receiving tips from Nvidia

You need at first try a better cooling solution.

Intel can catch AMD in gaming when using fast memory kits. The only thing that puts me off is that you'll have to outlay more cash for the higher speed RAM itself and the CPU will be using circa 3x the wattage to achieve this comparable performance. The 7800x3d only uses about 50w in gaming workloads which is impressive and you don't need to spend much to get a sufficient cooler for it.

Why would anyone buy these motherboards?. When the 15th gen requires a new motherboard socket.

14th Gen uses PER core throttling/voltage, 13th/12th gen use ALL core throttling/voltage... They are NOT the same and DO function differently. This is noted on the Intel documentation that all of 3/50+ KZfaq tech people actually read. SkatterBencher is literally the only person to put out a video actually demonstrating working knowledge of these changes. To say that 14th gen and 13th gen are the same is simply willful ignorance and a disservice to the community. We can do better.

I love these boards, but ive made the decision my next system will be AMD - just to try a new platform. I also think Intel are struggling massively as this generation seems such a waste of time. Will be interesting to see their progress in next 2 years.

Great video! I would love to dive into ram info. Im getting a i9 14th with any of these the two mobos, do you recommend 128 gb ram 6000m 4 sticks or 64 gb 4 sticks… or 2 sticks 64 gb ?