GIGABYTE B550 AORUS MASTER

February 18, 2021 by Stephen

The GIGABYTE B550 Aorus Master is based on AMD’s B550 chipset which is compatible with AMD’s socket AM4 CPU’s. The B550 Aorus Master is built using a 2oz. copper, 6-layer PCB and has a VRM sporting 16 power phases with 70A power stages. Very quickly you figure out that despite the semi-budget chipset, this isn’t a budget motherboard offering at all. GIGABYTE made some interesting design choices which seem to be designed to make the B550 Aorus Master something of a poor man’s X570 motherboard.

GIGABYTE B550 AORUS MASTER

December 3, 2020 by Stephen

There are 8 places for installing hybrid cooling fans that also accept the installation of water cooling connectors, which were previously It was limited to certain places only, and if you make a mistake by installing it in another place, the pump or panel will be damaged, the speed of the fans can be regulated with temperature reading from sensors through the BIOS of the board or an attached program from within the operating system.

GIGABYTE B550 AORUS MASTER

November 27, 2020 by Stephen

The board itself has a number of amazing features to look over, starting Dual Channel ECC/ Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR4, 4 DIMMs. You got Direct 16 Phases Digital VRM Solution with 70A Power Stage, along with an advanced thermal design with Fins-Array Heatsink, Direct Touch Heatpipe, and Thermal Baseplate. The plate is a bit of an oddity, depending on the model you’re hooking it into, it can make thermal contact with parts of the PCB, so something to keep an eye on when installing.

GIGABYTE B550 AORUS MASTER

September 10, 2020June 16, 2020 by Stephen

Finally, B550 Chipset based motherboards are here. We start off with a very premium B550 Aorus Master, loaded with 2.5 GigE Ethernet, AX WIFI6 and three M2 NVMe slots we wonder if this awesome motherboard even belongs in the B series.

GIGABYTE B550 AORUS MASTER

September 14, 2020June 16, 2020 by Stephen

In the Gigabyte range the Aorus Master is comfortably the most expensive, with a MSRP of £300, compared to the £195 of the Pro or £185 of the ITX Pro, so you need to make sure that you desire all it can give you. Speaking of which, let’s run over the specifications and imagery before we install our Ryzen 9 3900X and find out whether it is worth its salt.

GIGABYTE B550 AORUS MASTER

September 16, 2020June 16, 2020 by Stephen

B550 is more affordable than X570 as it trims a few of the features, but that hasn’t stopped Gigabyte from releasing a high-end version of the mid-range chipset. That’s an interesting place, as it means high-end features and style, but hopefully at a lower price point than X570! The Gigabyte B550 AORUS Master Motherboard is certainly one of the best-equipped motherboards launching today.

GIGABYTE B550 AORUS MASTER

September 11, 2020June 16, 2020 by Stephen

Gigabyte’s B550 Aorus Master delivers plenty of premium features, including Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200, robust high-quality VRMs and solid performance. It’s a good option in the sub-$300 range though, at this price, X570-based boards may be a better bet if you’re looking to load up on speedy components.

GIGABYTE B550 AORUS MASTER

September 14, 2020June 16, 2020 by Stephen

AMD’s B550 chipset has finally launched, and we get to look at Gigabyte’s flagship B550 Aorus Master offering. Can the price reduction for the B550 silicon versus X570 prove sufficient in freeing budget for Gigabyte to cram in features typically associated with higher-end X570 motherboards?