Introduction

Gigabyte has recently picked up a good reputation for offering strong performance and looks for reasonable pricing. Due to this, the company has received a number of awards thanks to consistently solid thermals, designs and feature implementations. If you're looking for a well-rounded B850 board for around $250, the B850 Aorus Elite Wi-Fi7 is hopefully more of the same.

In fact, it costs a little less than that at $230 currently, but Gigabyte doesn't seem to have skimped in any specific area, potentially making this a well-balanced B850 board that still offers the likes of Wi-Fi 7, both PCIe Gen 5 M.2 and GPU support, along with seemingly decent cooling for both the VRMs and M.2 SSDs.



Whether it can handle a 16-core CPU and PCIe Gen 5 SSD under sustained loads, we'll have to wait and see, and then there's the competition. The B850 Aorus Elite Wi-Fi7 seems to have all the cutting edge features in addition to plenty of USB and M.2 ports, tool-free M.2 heatsinks, a GPU release button and single-piece Wi-Fi connector, while leaving you with plenty of change from $250.

Specifications

Packaging and Contents

Accessories are a little thin, but that's to be expected at this price. Still, there are some important extras here. Firstly, we have an optional M.2 thermal pad that caters for single-sided SSDs, boosting cooling to their undersides, while the stock pads cater to thicker double-sided models. There are also support pads for single-sided SSDs installed in the lower slots that lack the underside cooling. There's also a Wi-Fi EZ Plug-compatible antenna, two SATA cables, an Aorus case badge and a G-Connector, which allows you to add your case's front panel connectors to it, instead of dealing with the fiddly pins on the motherboard.



The full list of accessories includes:

• 1x Wi-Fi Antenna
• 2x SATA cables
• 1x M.2 thermal pad
• 2x M.2 rubber pads
• 1x Quick start guide
• 1x G Connector