Motherboard X570 ITX Motherboard Review Thread.

[Legion]

Pleased to announce we have one at least on release day
I've had my eye on this board since I first read about it.
The review is a bit shabby, but I'm sure better ones will come along.

https://www.eteknix.com/gigabyte-x570-i-aorus-pro-wifi-motherboard-review/1/

 

[Rmorrison]

Buildzoid went over this board as well. I ended up ordering this motherboard.

 

[scatterforce]

I want to know if it will run with the fan unplugged..... I'd rather drop a beefy M.2 heat spreader and use the CPU cooler for air flow.

 

[huddy]

I ordered the gigabyteboard today. Might as well future proof and ASUS wasn't ready. I liked the Asrock board too but didn't want to be stuck with only 1x m.2 slot

 

[rfarmer]

I ordered the gigabyteboard today. Might as well future proof and ASUS wasn't ready. I liked the Asrock board too but didn't want to be stuck with only 1x m.2 slot

Those were my thoughts too. I thought about going with the MSI B450 but my build won't have any SATA drives and I needed the 2nd M.2 slot.

 

[TheHig]

Local Microcenter had only a few Aorus 570 itx boards. Sold out very quickly... What about the Asus B450i and the 3700x or even 3600? Has the 2 m.2 slots at least.

 

[scatterforce]

Local Microcenter had only a few Aorus 570 itx boards. Sold out very quickly... What about the Asus B450i and the 3700x or even 3600? Has the 2 m.2 slots at least.

The limitations with the ASUS B450i and X470i boards are that if you occupy the rear m.2 slot, your GPU is limited to x8 instead of x16...... if you have a midrange GPU, it won't matter much. If you are planning to use a 2080 or higher, you will lose some fps. The new 2070 Super might also be hampered by x8, now that it's using a TU104 die.

 

[TheHig]

True. Ran the CH7 and same deal. Glad you mentioned it though as I totally forgot about it.

 

[smitty2k1]

The limitations with the ASUS B450i and X470i boards are that if you occupy the rear m.2 slot, your GPU is limited to x8 instead of x16...... if you have a midrange GPU, it won't matter much. If you are planning to use a 2080 or higher, you will lose some fps. The new 2070 Super might also be hampered by x8, now that it's using a TU104 die.

wait what? is this a ryzen 3xxx issue? My ASRock B450 is happy with a M.2, GPU, and 2xxx series CPU.

 

[TheHig]

wait what? is this a ryzen 3xxx issue? My ASRock B450 is happy with a M.2, GPU, and 2xxx series CPU.

@scatterforce is referring to B450 and X470 boards that have 2 m.2 slots. If both drive slots are populated it takes bandwidth away from your PCIE x16 (GPU) slot. This is a chipset limitation I believe. So x570 does not do that then? Also the AsRock B450 has just the one m.2 slot and full x16 to the GPU slot. ( have one myself)

 

[Kmpkt]

Looks like X570 is a real power hog

AMD Ryzen X570 Motherboards Draw So Much Power, It's Warping CPU Comparisons - ExtremeTech

AMD's X570 chipset uses so much power, it's actually making the CPU look much less efficient than it is. Some X570 boards are also using far more power than others.

www.extremetech.com

 

[scatterforce]

Looks like X570 is a real power hog

This makes me worried. I haven't made any purchases yet, but 30 extra watts of heat in a SFF system is a lot. I'll hold a little longer and see what shakes out.

 

[TheHig]

Interesting for sure. Still the 2700x on x470 still draws more power than the 3700x on x570 in those graphs. Agree that more power and heat are obv the enemy of SFF

 

[OtackKulandinglar]

Looks like X570 is a real power hog

AMD Ryzen X570 Motherboards Draw So Much Power, It's Warping CPU Comparisons - ExtremeTech

AMD's X570 chipset uses so much power, it's actually making the CPU look much less efficient than it is. Some X570 boards are also using far more power than others.

www.extremetech.com

Woof, may go for B450 after all. Still waiting on the case so I suppose I'm in no rush to decide. Save money and thermals on the board and just put it into a binned 3800X... Hodlgang!

 

[quetzacoatlx]

I want to know if it will run with the fan unplugged..... I'd rather drop a beefy M.2 heat spreader and use the CPU cooler for air flow.

De8aur tested the power consumption of the X570 chipset. It is below 10w, so a relatively large heatsink with passive cooling should be enough in theory.

 

[smitty2k1]

@scatterforce is referring to B450 and X470 boards that have 2 m.2 slots. If both drive slots are populated it takes bandwidth away from your PCIE x16 (GPU) slot. This is a chipset limitation I believe. So x570 does not do that then? Also the AsRock B450 has just the one m.2 slot and full x16 to the GPU slot. ( have one myself)

Ahhh I misread ASUS = ASRock.

Two M.2 ports makes sense.

 

[scatterforce]

As soon as someone gets the Gigabyte X570 ITX, could you please post pictures of the M.2 drive installation process? I'd like to see the board without the included heatsink/fan mounted. I've been searching but have found nothing.

 

[Bioforce]

Could anyone clarify how many fan headers are available on the Gigabyte board? The advertising says 1 CPU fan header and 2 case fan headers, but people in other threads are saying there's actually only 1 case fan header as one of the "two" is dedicated to the chipset fan.

 

[Legion]

Could anyone clarify how many fan headers are available on the Gigabyte board? The advertising says 1 CPU fan header and 2 case fan headers, but people in other threads are saying there's actually only 1 case fan header as one of the "two" is dedicated to the chipset fan.

Yep, this is it. one CPU and two case fan headers (one of which the chipset / NVME cooler uses)
I don't see that as an issue or limitation with PWM splitters or hubs easily available if you need more.

 

[Bioforce]

Yep, this is it. one CPU and two case fan headers (one of which the chipset / NVME cooler uses)
I don't see that as an issue or limitation with PWM splitters or hubs easily available if you need more.

That's honestly pretty disingenuous of them to say it has 3 headers when one is dedicated to an integral part of the board. It's not hugely problematic, but seeing as I'll have 4 fans in my next build I'd like to be able to individually control the top 2 and bottom 2 fans while also having an AIO pump plugged in. I suppose if I wanted I could just plug the AIO directly to the PSU since it only runs at one speed (12V) anyway.

Is there a general consensus as to which ITX board looks the best? Buildzoid had a lot of good things to say about the VRM on the Gigabyte board, but I haven't heard anything about the others.