![]() We love to see 10G and hope it trickles down to cheaper boards in the future. The Master includes 10G Lan and Killer Wi-Fi 6E. Of course it might be called USB 4.7 Gen 4x4 or some other ridiculous name, but I digress. USB 4 will eventually be as ubiquitous as USB 3.0 is today. They certainly would have been welcome but in fairness to Gigabyte, they're one of the few features that makers use to justify the cost of the halo tier motherboards. That's a strong complement, but note that you aren't getting Thunderbolt 4 or USB 4. Joining these are seven Gen 2 and four Gen 1 ports. These include two 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type-C and a Gen 1 Type-C. If you want lots of USB ports, the Master is probably the board for you. Apart from the out and out overclocking boards like the Aorus Tachyon or Asus Apex, it'll be hard to find something that beats the VRM of the Z790 Aorus Master. A 20+1+2 phase VRM with 105A stages will happily provide juice for ln2 overclockers. The VRM of the board is a real highlight, as you'd expect from a board that’s expected to power overclocked 13900K’s. Plus, there are no less than ten fan and pump headers, a USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 front panel header and power and reset buttons. Other interesting features include a so-called Multi-key button which can be programmed by the user to toggle the RGB on or off, boot to BIOS or enter a BIOS safe mode without losing your settings.ĭespite not being awash with blazing RGB, the Z790 Aorus Master includes two ARGB headers and two RGB headers. They're becoming less and less important but still, six would be nice at this level, if not eight. Other than the primary slot, they support up to PCIe 4.0. The board will accept up to five M.2 drives. Heatsinks can and do absorb heat from adjacent graphics cards so you'll still need to ensure you have good case airflow. With PCIe 5.0 drives expected to generate a lot of heat, this kind of cooling ability is very welcome. The other heatsink worthy of focus is the massive primary M.2 heatsink. ![]() Our simple test with an unlimited power 13900K resulted in a peak VRM temperature of just 57 degrees. While other manufacturers have tended towards blocky metal heat sinks that lack surface area, Gigabyte continues to use old school traditional finned heatsinks. ![]() The Z790 Aorus Master is yet another Gigabyte offering with a well engineered cooling assembly. As the regular PCIe latch can be difficult to access with GPUs that have a backplate, this feature is a godsend, even if only for the few that switch GPUs a lot (like us reviewers!). The Aorus Master is one of a growing number of boards that have a PCIe release switch or latch.
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