Friday, February 16th 2018
GIGABYTE Outs Aorus Z370 Ultra Gaming 2.0 with Improved VRM
GIGABYTE released a major revision of Aorus Z370 Ultra Gaming motherboard. This isn't just marked "Rev 2.0" in some obscure corner of the PCB, but is part of the model name - Z370 Ultra Gaming 2.0. It replaces the 7-phase CPU VRM of the original with a new 11-phase setup that uses stronger ferrite-core chokes that don't whine when stressed. The company is also including one M.2 SSD heatsink for the upper M.2-22110 slot, which the original lacks.
Besides these, the Aorus Z370 Ultra Gaming 2.0 is identical to the original, including its RGB LED diffusers, multiple RGB headers governed by GIGABYTE RGB Fusion software, two reinforced PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slots (x8/x8 when both are populated) with NVIDIA SLI support, one gigabit Ethernet interface driven by an Intel i219-V controller, and a premium onboard audio solution with a headphones amplifier and 120 dBA SNR CODEC (Realtek ALC1220); and a price ranging between $150-$170.
Besides these, the Aorus Z370 Ultra Gaming 2.0 is identical to the original, including its RGB LED diffusers, multiple RGB headers governed by GIGABYTE RGB Fusion software, two reinforced PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slots (x8/x8 when both are populated) with NVIDIA SLI support, one gigabit Ethernet interface driven by an Intel i219-V controller, and a premium onboard audio solution with a headphones amplifier and 120 dBA SNR CODEC (Realtek ALC1220); and a price ranging between $150-$170.
10 Comments on GIGABYTE Outs Aorus Z370 Ultra Gaming 2.0 with Improved VRM
Never ever again...
They put this one out so they can compete with the very popular MSI Gaming Pro Carbon and basically everything AsRock has in mid/high range - because that offering still is much, much stronger minus the overkill in RGB. Asus is too expensive overall and doesn't really turn heads in any way this time.
This board... waste of time IMO
Stick with the tried and true... if you want VRM performance buy an XPOWER.
That is why I am saying I love TechPowerUp... because no one asked if it could be fixed with a BIOS flash. I was NOT asking if it could be.
And yeah, I don't know what that means, you just didn't pick the right wording for the article ;)