Gigabyte Announces the B650E AORUS PRO X with USB4 (2024)

pat-ronerIs that antenna connector a new standard? Seems really nice! I the current ones

It's been around for a while, but yes, it's a kind of push-on connector, so no need to screw the connectors on any more.

ChaitanyaIf it still uses Intel NIC then a hard pass.

A nice looking board, but no backside connectors...and of course, NO FRIGGIN PRICE !

2x f/A/i/L :(

TheLostSwede

Thats good to see, when I posted the comment product page was returning 404 error. Otherwise in terms of connectivity(on USB side of things) this board is a massive upgrade over anything from Gigabyte themselves or competition(hopefully its a sub $300 board in which case even X670 boards dont offer similar connectivity).

Edit: Here is screenshot of product page linked below the article:

Let's see what else is released for Computex, looks like the next chipset may not come until the next X3D chips launch. This board has some serious features but I bet there is some serious lane sharing going on. This has 2 internal Type C headers and 2 x16 lanes. We will have to get a MB manual to see how this is wired. LED codes are for me a must on any MB. I expect this to be a pretty penny though with the Aorus tax.

ChaitanyaThats good to see, when I posted the comment product page was returning 404 error. Otherwise in terms of connectivity(on USB side of things) this board is a massive upgrade over anything from Gigabyte themselves or competition(hopefully its a sub $300 board in which case even X670 boards dont offer similar connectivity).

Edit: Here is screenshot of product page linked below the article:

This board has features but not as many features as better X670E boards. We will see how much it costs though.

ChaitanyaIf it still uses Intel NIC then a hard pass.

But doesn't USB4 mitigate this shortcoming so you can get a non-Intel USB NIC if you wanted to?

A Computer GuyBut doesn't USB4 mitigate this shortcoming so you can get a non-Intel USB NIC if you wanted to?

For me USB 4 will be used for CFx Type B card reader, also right now only boards that offer native USB 4 are overpriced sh*tsus boards and they come with Intel 2.5Gbps NICs(with atleast larger boards having option of 10Gbps NICs to go along with slower NIC and depending on heatsink even those 10Gbps NICs can throttle) with no solution to their issues so far.

pat-ronerIs that antenna connector a new standard? Seems really nice! I the current ones

This type of wifi connector is on my apex, and my god is it one of the best changes/implementations. I hope this connector type is the new standard across the board.

Side note, weird to see them release a new X6/B6 mobo with ryzen 9000 and 800 chipset due soon.

A Computer GuyBut doesn't USB4 mitigate this shortcoming so you can get a non-Intel USB NIC if you wanted to?

One can get any x1 or x2 NIC and stick it into PCIe slot.

ChaitanyaThats good to see, when I posted the comment product page was returning 404 error. Otherwise in terms of connectivity(on USB side of things) this board is a massive upgrade over anything from Gigabyte themselves or competition(hopefully its a sub $300 board in which case even X670 boards dont offer similar connectivity).

Edit: Here is screenshot of product page linked below the article:

They have a hidden "test" site that I have access to, hence why I could see it. Apparently they have a really slow rollout of new pages from what I was told, as it can take up to 24 hours for a new page to appear on their main site... :kookoo:
However, it seems to be live now.

kapone32Let's see what else is released for Computex, looks like the next chipset may not come until the next X3D chips launch. This board has some serious features but I bet there is some serious lane sharing going on. This has 2 internal Type C headers and 2 x16 lanes. We will have to get a MB manual to see how this is wired. LED codes are for me a must on any MB. I expect this to be a pretty penny though with the Aorus tax.

Yeah, the x16 slot is shared with two M.2 slots. The other two x16 slots are PCIe 4.0 x4 and PCIe 3.0 x2.

kapone32This board has features but not as many features as better X670E boards. We will see how much it costs though.

Except USB4 of course, but yeah.

natr0nantenna port looks like a plug socket

It is, as pointed out above, it's the way all of the motherboard makers seem to be going.

rv8000Side note, weird to see them release a new X6/B6 mobo with ryzen 9000 and 800 chipset due soon.

Don't expect any big changes with the new chipsets.

Dave65I know people complain about Gigabyte stuff but I have had good luck with motherboards, a couple I had trouble with but was fixed under warranty.. Their thin PCB on GPUs a different story tho... This board looks quite nice.

Never had any real issues with their motherboards either. Had to take a graphics card to their service centre though, as the TIM and thermal pads they used seems to have really short life span and it was running the fans att full speed no matter what. At least they replaced the TIM and thermal pads for free under warranty.

apoklyps3only mic and line out?
is this a low end a620 board?

In case you've missed it, Gigabyte has been doing this across most of their boards for a while now.

TheLostSwedeThey have a hidden "test" site that I have access to, hence why I could see it. Apparently they have a really slow rollout of new pages from what I was told, as it can take up to 24 hours for a new page to appear on their main site... :kookoo:
However, it seems to be live now.

Yeah, the x16 slot is shared with two M.2 slots. The other two x16 slots are PCIe 4.0 x4 and PCIe 3.0 x2.

Except USB4 of course, but yeah.

It is, as pointed out above, it's the way all of the motherboard makers seem to be going.

Don't expect any big changes with the new chipsets.

Never had any real issues with their motherboards either. Had to take a graphics card to their service centre though, as the TIM and thermal pads they used seems to have really short life span and it was running the fans att full speed no matter what. At least they replaced the TIM and thermal pads for free under warranty.

In case you've missed it, Gigabyte has been doing this across most of their boards for a while now.

The page is fully up though only shows up using the link in article and website is still not listing board. Also checked the manual and found out 2 out 3 M.2 slots from CPU share bandwidth with PCI-e 16x slot so by default bifurcation is enabled. Also some engineer messed up placement of 3 thermal sensors on this board and they could have been better moved to under m.2 slots. Also placement of that Bios chip right under the M.2 is dicey at best(might be soldered and not socketed so its going to be an expensive repair for the users who install a SSD there).

ChaitanyaThe page is fully up though only shows up using the link in article and website is still not listing board. Also checked the manual and found out 2 out 3 M.2 slots from CPU share bandwidth with PCI-e 16x slot so by default bifurcation is enabled. Also some engineer messed up placement of 3 thermal sensors on this board and they could have been better moved to under m.2 slots. Also placement of that Bios chip right under the M.2 is dicey at best(might be soldered and not socketed so its going to be an expensive repair for the users who install a SSD there).

The board has four M.2 slots, one is above the top-most x16 slot. So two out of four slots share bandwidth with the x16 slot.
No need for socketed BIOS chips any more on the high-end boards, as they can always be flashed over USB thanks to an MCU that handles the flashing even without a CPU. You'd have to physically damage the chip before you'd run into issues flashing it.

TheLostSwedeThe board has four M.2 slots, one is above the top-most x16 slot. So two out of four slots share bandwidth with the x16 slot.
No need for socketed BIOS chips any more on the high-end boards, as they can always be flashed over USB thanks to an MCU that handles the flashing even without a CPU. You'd have to physically damage the chip before you'd run into issues flashing it.

Ok I see that what I thought was the 2nd USB C internal port was actually a HDMI port for those panels. I assume that USB4 controller is wired directly to the CPU, thus making the x16 slot 4.0. the E designation on this board is reserved to the top M2 slot.

kapone32Ok I see that what I thought was the 2nd USB C internal port was actually a HDMI port for those panels. I assume that USB4 controller is wired directly to the CPU, thus making the x16 slot 4.0. the E designation on this board is reserved to the top M2 slot.

The x16 slot is PCIe 5.0 on B650E boards, just like it is on X670E (as well as the other CPU lanes), it's X670 that gets PCIe 4.0 on the x16 slot, but PCIe 5.0 for the SSD and B650 is PCIe 4.0 across everything. This is as long as you're using a Ryzen 7000-series CPU. Gigabyte has apparently only allowed for that single CPU connected M.2 slot to be used in any scenario, whereas the chipset connected one shares lanes with the PCIe 4.0 x4/x16 slot. And yes, the USB4 host controller is connected directly to the CPU PCIe lanes.

TheLostSwedeThey have a hidden "test" site that I have access to, hence why I could see it. Apparently they have a really slow rollout of new pages from what I was told, as it can take up to 24 hours for a new page to appear on their main site... :kookoo:
However, it seems to be live now.

Yeah, the x16 slot is shared with two M.2 slots. The other two x16 slots are PCIe 4.0 x4 and PCIe 3.0 x2.

Except USB4 of course, but yeah.

It is, as pointed out above, it's the way all of the motherboard makers seem to be going.

Don't expect any big changes with the new chipsets.

Never had any real issues with their motherboards either. Had to take a graphics card to their service centre though, as the TIM and thermal pads they used seems to have really short life span and it was running the fans att full speed no matter what. At least they replaced the TIM and thermal pads for free under warranty.

In case you've missed it, Gigabyte has been doing this across most of their boards for a while now.

The 600 series had pretty solid i/o and connectivity in my book, there wasn’t too much to improve compared to intel. I’m just hoping 800 series based boards and the 9000 series have some improvements to memory clocking and the IMC. We’ll see soon though.

trsttteEvery AM5 seemingly does this same bullsh*t, they include bifurcation support and waste it on M.2 connections. I don't get it, m.2 cards are cheap and available, adapters to convert the m.2 back into a slot no so much.

By any chance do you know if the bifurcation for AM5 APU's (8000 series) do x8x4x4 (similar to AM4) or finally allow x4x4x4x4 ?

rv8000The 600 series had pretty solid i/o and connectivity in my book, there wasn’t too much to improve compared to intel. I’m just hoping 800 series based boards and the 9000 series have some improvements to memory clocking and the IMC. We’ll see soon though.

That's the rumour at least, but the chipset is likely to stay pretty much the same. However, due to Intel pushing out new chipsets all the time, AMD has to do the same, not to upset the motherboard makers.

TheLostSwedeThe board has four M.2 slots, one is above the top-most x16 slot. So two out of four slots share bandwidth with the x16 slot.
No need for socketed BIOS chips any more on the high-end boards, as they can always be flashed over USB thanks to an MCU that handles the flashing even without a CPU. You'd have to physically damage the chip before you'd run into issues flashing it.

Bios chips sits right under the M2C slot and where SSD controller will be. Depending on the SSD it can cause heat damage to the BIOS chip in long run.

pat-ronerIs that antenna connector a new standard? Seems really nice! I the current ones

rv8000This type of wifi connector is on my apex, and my god is it one of the best changes/implementations. I hope this connector type is the new standard across the board.

Side note, weird to see them release a new X6/B6 mobo with ryzen 9000 and 800 chipset due soon.

Why? Since when has proprietary connector become a good thing? Though I guess it would work, if the stock antenna is sufficient.

I suppose it does work better than SMA connectors merely provisioned with a pair of walkie-talkie antennae that either stick out at weird angles, or get in the way of every other port on the I/O panel, and either way blocked by the case if your WiFi router is located somewhere outside the rear 180 degrees of it.