Thursday, April 12th 2018
GIGABYTE X470 Aorus Gaming 5 and X470 Aorus Ultra Gaming Pictured
GIGABYTE's upcoming flagship socket AM4 motherboard, the X470 Aorus Gaming 7, eclipsed two other models by the company based on the AMD X470 chipset, the X470 Aorus Gaming 5 /WiFi, and the X470 Aorus Ultra Gaming, pictured below. The X470 Aorus Gaming 5 has two variants based on the inclusion of a WLAN module. Both boards are based on the same PCB design, but the Gaming 5 is slightly better endowed than the Ultra Gaming. First, the common features. Drawing power from a 24-pin ATX and 8-pin EPS connector, the board features a 11-phase VRM to condition power for the AM4 SoC. A single-phase VRM powers the memory.
Expansion slots include three PCI-Express x16, from which the top two are gen 3.0 and wired to the SoC (x16/NC or x8/x8), while the third slot is gen 2.0 and wired to the X470 chipset. Two gen 2.0 x1 slots make for the rest of the expansion. Storage connectivity includes two M.2 slots, from which the top slot is 32 Gbps, and the bottom one 16 Gbps; and six SATA 6 Gbps ports, from which two come directly from the AM4 SoC. USB connectivity includes eight USB 3.0 ports, and two USB 3.1 ports, from which one is type-C. Gigabit Ethernet powered by Intel i219-V controller, and high-grade onboard audio with Realtek ALC1220 (120 dBA SNR) CODEC, WIMA capacitors, ground-layer isolation, and dual headphones amps, make for the rest of them.
What differentiates the Gaming 5 from the Ultra Gaming, are the following:
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Expansion slots include three PCI-Express x16, from which the top two are gen 3.0 and wired to the SoC (x16/NC or x8/x8), while the third slot is gen 2.0 and wired to the X470 chipset. Two gen 2.0 x1 slots make for the rest of the expansion. Storage connectivity includes two M.2 slots, from which the top slot is 32 Gbps, and the bottom one 16 Gbps; and six SATA 6 Gbps ports, from which two come directly from the AM4 SoC. USB connectivity includes eight USB 3.0 ports, and two USB 3.1 ports, from which one is type-C. Gigabit Ethernet powered by Intel i219-V controller, and high-grade onboard audio with Realtek ALC1220 (120 dBA SNR) CODEC, WIMA capacitors, ground-layer isolation, and dual headphones amps, make for the rest of them.
- The Gaming 5 features slightly better VRM cooling in the form of a nickel-plated copper heat pipe connecting the two VRM heatsinks. This helps offload some heat generated from the more high-current CPU phases onto the heatsink cooling lower current phases.
- The rear I/O shroud runs the entire length of the board on the Gaming 5
- The Gaming 5 features steel reinforcement for both the top two PCI-Express 3.0 x16 and the four DDR4 DIMM slots, while the Ultra Gaming lacks reinforcement for the DIMM slots.
- The Gaming 5 features LED lighting elements on even the I/O shroud, and the top two PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slots, while the Ultra Gaming lacks it.
5 Comments on GIGABYTE X470 Aorus Gaming 5 and X470 Aorus Ultra Gaming Pictured
Wifi? I have ethernet ports.
Reinforced dimm slots? Useful, but my pc rarely gets moved and always stays in the study!
Lights? Don't care if they're not on the front of the case or on my desk.
Hopefully it'll cost €150 or so!
i want one.
Last year's gear will be going down to my son...