GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS PRO Wi-Fi (Intel LGA1151/Z390/ATX/2xM.2 Thermal Guard/Onboard AC Wi-Fi/RGB Fusion/Gaming Motherboard)

After researching the top 3 brands of motherboards (Asus, MSI, Gigabyte), I decided to go with the Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro WiFi board for my Intel i7-8700K. I was looking for certain features including a board with WiFi and the latest M.2 NVMe Technology, and not too much bling with lightsSo far, I am very pleased and happy with this board because I wanted to use Samsung's 970 EVO 500 Gb M.2 NVMe SSD. And so far, the stick is working smoothly with Windows 10 installed. The board instantly recognized the stick without doing any setting in the BIOS. Just make sure you only have this SSD installe

It was just under $200 when I purchased it. It's a great motherboard, but it is NOT for beginners. I have been using this motherboard since October 2020 and it has been smooth sailing.A few notes I had to learn the hard way since it isn't well documented...- The board IS Windows 11 compatible. You have to go into the BIOS settings, activate TPM, and then Windows 11 can be installed without issue- It is ARGB compatible, but the instructions are... confusing to say the least, in the instruction manual.- Gigabyte is not known for having robust or stable firmware, but it can still be a worthwhile

Built another system for myself-my ASUS mobo arrived DOA, and after months of fighting I gave up on them. Found this board-was a little apprehensive, as this was the first time I used something other than ASUS in over a decade. I'm pleasantly surprised. This board has delivered well in every area. Designed well, plenty of extra connectors, all the USB support I like, even wifi support built in as an added plus. The bios isn't as intuitive as the ASUS boards, but I had no trouble with it as I'm used to tweaking settings-a novice user might have some difficulty.The only thing that I would consid

I've got nothing bad to say about this one. I'm not a Gigabyte fan in general, but they got this one right. I put a lot of effort into building it as a gamer for a specific client, and it did everything well when I tested it and shipped it out. Just recently had contact with the buyer, he absolutely loves it still, won't even consider "upgrading" to the Intel 10 series because he doesn't want to switch boards. This has all the bells and whistles (ARGB headers being his favorite), but it's still as rock solid performance-wise as they come. The lighting is cool, even I admit it. The software to

Background: I have worked in IT for 24 years; my first several years were in the 90s in a small shop that built PCs.I upgrade about every five years at this point, and for the first time in awhile, competition in the market has produced worthwhile advancements, so I went shopping to upgrade my Core i7-4790K system, choosing the Intel i9-9900K because I found a good deal on pricing. I have used most major brands of mainboards available (Gigabyte, MSI, ASUS, Asrock); I looked at all major brands for a solid Z390 board of quality construction, especially in voltage regulation, but with a measure

I will start this review at 5 stars simply for the fact that I plugged everything in and booted up. It booted up no problem and windows adjusted to the new motherboard (been waiting for that for like 15-20 years and was promised before now and it never worked). Then I reset it and set my XMP profile to on and it has run my RAM at speeds without any issue at all. I am actually kind of amazed.So I've never had an easier install. First boot up the CPU was at 28c with a Deepmax 400 HSF. Last I saw it was 30-32c, which is still acceptable, and it's brand new so needs time to adjust to the paste. So

I bought this motherboard for my new PC, and got to installing Windows 10 right away. After about 15 minutes, the PC shut off and the motherboard stopped posting. After some research I found that certain versions of the BIOS in this motherboard aren't compatible with i9 gen CPUs. I ordered a replacement and the first thing I did before booting into Windows was install the latest BIOS version (F10 in my case) and everything worked like a charm.As others mentioned, this is a great motherboard for the price. The WiFi is particularly great, and since that was the main reason I chose to get this mo

I got this for $189, which I think was a great deal. The board is fast, has lots of good bells and whistles, and even a little bling with LED lights that can be controlled via software through Windows. The built-in WiFi is a huge plus, and it has a jillion USB ports.One thing that's often overlooked is the layout of the board. I have a big Noctua CPU air cooler, and the RAM doesn't get in the way on this board. The 16x PCI slot is also far enough away from the CPU that the graphics card doesn't cram up against the CPU cooler either, which is an improvement over other mobos I've had in the past