[STIRI IT ]AORUS expands its range of motherboards compatible with AMD Ryzen 9000

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The new range of Ryzen 9000 processors is now officially available on the market and at HardZone we have already had the opportunity to test two of them without waiting for the launch of new motherboards, as the socket of these is AM5, as in previous generations, a custom that Intel could do and stop forcing users to change motherboards every two years if they update the processor.

Although it is not really necessary to buy a new motherboard to install one of AMD's Ryzen 9000 processors when using the AM5 socket, many manufacturers are updating their range of motherboards to sell themselves as compatible with this new range of processors.

The veteran PC component manufacturer Gigabyte has just expanded its range of AMD 800 motherboards, adding a new X870 AORUS Elite WiFi7 model, which joins the X870E AORUS Master, which has been available since last week, a model with which it shares practically the same connectivity options.

New Ryzen 9000-compatible motherboard from Gigabyte
The X870 AORUS Elite Wi-Fi7 also shares the specifications of the B650E, but the main difference with it is that the new generation includes support for USB4. This board is only available in ATX format and includes space for 4 DDR5 memory modules with a maximum of 256 GB, allowing the use of 4 64 GB DDR5 modules.

As for PCIe expansion slots, the X870 AORUS Elite Wi-Fi7 has 3 spaces: a PCIe 5.0 x 16 slot connected directly to the CPU and which includes a button to easily eject the graphics card, one of the novelties we saw at Gamescom held at the end of August in Germany. It also has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 slot (Gen 4 x 4) and a PCIe 3.0 x 16 slot (Gen 3 x 2).

As for storage options, this new Gigabyte motherboard compatible with AMD Ryzen 9000 processors includes four M.2 slots. Of the four available M.2 slots, three are Gen 5 x 4 and the fourth M.2 slot for adding storage drives is Gen 4 x 4.

It is important to note that the 4 M.2 bays for storage drives incorporate a heat sink, so it is not necessary to purchase it separately. If we are short on storage space or do not want to use so many NVMe drives, this board offers support for 4 SATA ports at a maximum speed of 6 Gbps.

Price and availability
This AM5 socket board is compatible with Ryzen 7000, Ryzen 8000 and the new Ryzen 9000 processors, is managed by the AMD x870 chipset, and is compatible with DDR5 8000 memory and below. If you're thinking of upgrading your motherboard, but not your processor, Gigabyte's new option is one of the best options currently available on the market and will allow you to upgrade to new processors when you need to.

As for the price, Gigabyte has not yet commented on the matter, but, if we take into account that they share practically the same specifications as the B650E and that it has a price of around 250 euros, this new model should be a little more expensive and be around 300 euros at most.

 

Source: https://hardzone.es/noticias/componentes/primera-placa-aourus-nuevos-amd-ryzen-9000/