raisonjohn :
C45P3R :
Hey guys!
I've decided on a Gigabyte motherboard to go with my Gigabyte GPU, and I really like the looks of the Aorus motherboards. They also have the features I need. I don't want to spend an insane amount of money, definitely not above 200 dollars (although I'm living in Europe xD). This leaves the Gaming K5 and Gaming 5.
I've searched online but can't seem to find any differences between them... Is the 20 dollar premium purely for aesthetics? Are there any differences I've missed?
Gaming K5 and Gaming 5 have these other differences you may have missed (aside from the K5 having black shielding while the 5 has black+white shielding):
K5 supports up to
3866MHz RAM speeds |
Gaming 5 supports up to
4133MHz RAM speeds
K5 has
single (Killer E2500) LAN controller |
Gaming 5 has
dual (Intel GbE and Killer E2500) LAN controllers
K5 has its 3rd PCIex16 slot
share with all PCIex1 slots |
Gaming 5 has its 3rd PCIex16 slot
share with an M.2 slot
K5 if any PCIex1 slot is used, the 3rd PCIex16 runs at x1 |
Gaming 5 if a specific M.2 slot is used, 3rd PCIex16 runs at x2
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Gaming 5 also has
one of its PCIe x1 slot sharing with a certain SATA port.
K5 has
no "ECO" or "OC" button in-board |
Gaming 5 has
on-board "ECO button" and "OC button"
K5 has
3x USB3.0 rear panel ports |
Gaming 5 has
4x USB3.0 rear panel ports
K5 has
1x RJ-45/LAN rear panel port (Killer E2500) |
Gaming 5 has
2x RJ-45/LAN rear panel ports (Intel and Killer E2500)
K5 supports dual BIOS at
2x 64 Mbit |
Gaming 5 supports dual BIOS at
2x 128 Mbit
K5 does
not have an included RGBW LED strip extension cable |
Gaming 5 includes
an RGBW LED strip extension cable
Well not all of that is accurate. I have the K5, it is an awesome board, love it paired with my R5 1600.
It does have an "OC" button next to the RAM slots. However I have not set this up to see how it works.
It also does have an RGBW header, along with the extension cable that goes from the motherboard header to the traditional connector for 5050 RGB and 5050 RGB+W strips.
I used generic 5050 RGB strips on mine, bent the WHITE pin to the side to connect them to the extension cable, and then electrical taped it up so the white pin was not exposed.
If you use any generic 5050 strips, you are able to calibrate their color to match the motherboard color via the Gigabyte Fusion RGB Software.
Also, mine had the 2nd bios released for this board on it out of the box. I have EVGA SC 3000 DDR4 2x8gb, and ran the XMP profile out of the box.
I have not tried overclocking my CPU yet, but I will at some point.
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