Gigabyte X570 Master or ???

[pstarlord]

When the X570 boards were coming out, and reviewers were starting to get their hands on them, GN and a number of others were talking up the Gigabyte Aorus Master Motherboard quite a bit.  I plan on upgrading my mobo and CPU next in my rig, and at the time I was pretty convinced that the Master was the one for me.  I was just wondering, now that there has been some time for the smoke to clear, does anyone think there is a stronger contended in it's price range?  

 

The X570 Aorus Master is going $359 right now on newegg.  But there are a few other contenders currently on sale, that have caught my eye. 

 

MSI Ace is marked down to $320 and $300 after rebate (normally $370)  I'm honestly not a huge fan of the gold accents on this one, but if it performs like a beast, then I could get over it. 

Asus ROG Strix-E Gaming is marked down to $285 (normally $330)

 

I remember the big thing everyone was going on about with the Aorus Master was the quality of the VRMs, I can only assume that at this price point all these brands would have decent VRMs on their mother boards.  (correct me if I'm wrong) 

 

I do like that every USB port on the back of the Asus board appears to be USB3.2 Gen 2, and not a mix of USB 2, 3.2 G1 and 3.2 G2 like on the others. 

 

Thoughts?  Suggestions?  Any board you think I should check out in the price range? 

[Firewrath9]

X570 Taichi is a great board for its price, its 260$ rn, no-brainer, good vrm, good features, good price.

[GoldenLag]

MSI x570 unify is worth a look, or the ASrock Taichi if you dont mind the fan issue on it. both are very high featureset and high  value mobos. with good VRMs at that. 

 

at 350$ the master is more or less the best one. 

[Flying Sausages]

Just get a sub $200 like Aorus Ultra,Pro, Elite or X570 TUF Gaming and be happy with it.

[pstarlord]

1 minute ago, Firewrath9 said:

X570 Taichi is a great board for its price, its 260$ rn, no-brainer, good vrm, good features, good price.

Yeah, the Taichi is actually on sale and after rebate is around $200 if I remember correctly.  I've got an intel build with a Z270 Taichi and I think it's pretty great.  So that one is really catching my eye right now as well. 

[pstarlord]

2 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

MSI x570 unify is worth a look, or the ASrock Taichi if you dont mind the fan issue on it. both are very high featureset and high  value mobos. with good VRMs at that. 

 

at 350$ the master is more or less the best one. 

What's the "fan issue" you speak of? I don't like issues. haha. 

[GoldenLag]

1 minute ago, pstarlord said:

What's the "fan issue" you speak of? I don't like issues. haha. 

its a bit loud. loudest on x570 plattform apperantly. sadly dont actually have a full overview of how bad this specific issue is or if its been fixed. and moderate airflow should help the fan issue. 

[pstarlord]

2 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

its a bit loud. loudest on x570 plattform apperantly. sadly dont actually have a full overview of how bad this specific issue is or if its been fixed. and moderate airflow should help the fan issue. 

hmmmm, that might be a deal breaker for me.  My PC is on my desk like...2 feet from my ear.  Not sure if I'll be able to tune out a small high pitched fan like that.  I can't recall what board it was, but I saw one without a fan, because the they actually fed a heat pipe down there to connect it to the overall heatsync of the mobo.  Probably a higher priced board than I'm looking at, but it was a cool idea.  

[GoldenLag]

3 minutes ago, pstarlord said:

Probably a higher priced board than I'm looking at, but it was a cool idea.  

yeah. the only truly passive board is the 700$ x570 auros extreme. 

 

which im guessing its outside your pricepoint. 

 

would look at the unify then. if its in your region , the MSI Unify, its the ace  but cheaper essentially. and less bling. 

Edited November 28, 2019 by GoldenLag
morning tiredness writing terrible.

[pstarlord]

1 minute ago, GoldenLag said:

yeah. the only truly passive board is the 700$ x570 auros extreme. 

 

which im guessing its outside your pricepoint. 

 

would look at the unify then. if its in your region. the the MSI Ace, but cheaper essentially. and less bling. 

Yeah that's the one!  Yeah, not wanted to drop THAT much on a mobo. haha. 

 

At this point, I think I've got it pretty narrowed down to either the Asus Strix E-Gaming or the Aorus Master.  Aesthetically, I like the Master (I know it's shallow and it doesn't matter, but it kinda matters to me. haha.) from a connections stand point, I do like the number of USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports on the back of the Asus.  But, I can't think of when I'd need 8 of them. haha.  

 

I'm really stuck in a first world problem here. haha. 

[Jurrunio]

Master is expensive because it's competiting with the Crosshair VIII Hero, real 12 phase straight out of the controller is a reason I would care but not really game changer or something like that.

[pstarlord]

Well, I just went for it.  Found the 3700x on sale on Amazon right now for $309, and I went with the Aorus Master for the mobo.  If anyone was wondering..haha.