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What is the difference between the GIGABYTE Auros Ultra Gaming, Gaming 5, and Gaming 7 motherboards?
All three are Z370 variants.
Main differences among the boards are: 1) Power Phases, 2) Debug/Diagnostic LEDs, 3) SATA port layout, 4) M.2 slot quantity and heatsink/cover, 5) PCIe x16 slot reinforcement, 6) Wireless connectivity, 7) LAN port quantity, 8) Video output ports, 9) USB 3.1/3.0 internal header speed, 10) Fan header quantity, and 11) Shrouds/cover.
Below is a specs comparison table. Those marked with
Red are "
worst/unfavorable specs", those marked with
Blue are "
best/favorable specs", the rest that are
unmarked have "
equal or have insignificant difference" when compared among the 3 mobos in question:
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║ ║B║ POWER |MOS| 2- ║ RAM ║SATA3║M.2[KEY-M]║ PCI-E 3.0 x16 |ADD'L║PCI| ║W|RJ45@REAR║VIDEO H║ AUDIO SP|J║BUTTONS║P║ USB @ REAR U║HEADERS @ MIDBOARD|RGB LED║ARMOR║SIZE║PCB &║
║ BRAND / ║I╟-----┬---┤FET|DIGIT║Q┌---╫-----╫------┬---╢Q┌---┬-----------┬---┴-┐GPU║-E |P║I├---------╢ |V|D|D║ @REAR |D|A║ @REAR ║S╟---┬---┬---┐S║USB|USB|USB| |FAN/| STRIP ║ @ ║Ht.x║ACCNT║
║ MODEL ║O║PHASE|ATX|HT.|DEBUG║T|RE-║(Qty.║ QTY. |HT.║T|RE-|Max. Speeds|Multi|12V║3.0|C║F| LAN ║D|G|V|M╟-------┤I|C║CL FLSH║/║TOT|3.1|3.0|B║3.1|3.0|2.0|T|PUMP|HEADERS║I/O &║Wdth║+ LED║REF.
║ ║S║(VCC)|12V|SNK| CODE║Y|INF║@90°)║3.0 x4|SNK║Y|INF| | GPU |PWR║ x1|I║I|CNTROLLER║P|A|I|I║ CODEC |F|K║CMOS BK║2║QTY|C|A|C|A|2║ C |19p|9-p|B|4pin|12v|+5v║AUDIO║(mm)║COLOR║LINKS:
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║
Gigabyte ║ ║
7 | | |
X* ║ | ║ 6 ║ | ║ | |x16/-/x4, |2wSLI| ║ | ║ | ║ | | | ║ | | ║ | ║ ║ | | | | | ║
1**| | | | | | 2*║ ║ ATX║BK/GY║Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Ultra Gaming
║
Z370 Aorus ║2║(
4+3)|1x8|ALL|*
LEDs║4|YES║(
4/6)║
2x |
X ║3|
2/3|x8/x8/x4 | or | - ║ 3 |-║
-|
1x I219V ║
-|-|
1|1║ALC1220|1|5║ - | - ║1║
8x|1|1|0|
4|
2║**
v| 1 | 2 |Y|
6x | 2 |5V/║
I/O ║305x║ + ║
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Ultra Gaming ║ ║ | | |
only║ | ║ ║ | ║ | | |3w-CF| ║ | ║ | ║ | | | ║ | | ║ | ║ ║ | | | | | ║
3.0| | | | | |12V║
only║ 244║ RGB ║
MANUAL (12ME-Z37AULG-1002R, 2017/09/25)
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║
Gigabyte ║ ║
9? | | | ║ | ║ 6 ║ | ║ | |x16/-/x4, |2wSLI| ║ | ║ | ║ | | | ║ | | ║ | ║ ║ | | | | | ║
1**| | | | | | 2*║ ║ ATX║ BK/ ║Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 5
║
Z370 Aorus ║2║(TBD)|1x8|ALL|
YES ║4|YES║(
ALL)║
3x |
X ║3|
2/3|x8/x8/x4 | or | - ║ 3 |-║
Y|
1x I219V ║
1|-|
-|1║ALC1220|1|5║ - | - ║1║
8x|1|1|0|
4|
2║**
v| 1 | 2 |Y|
8x | 2 |5V/║
YES ║305x║Lt.GY║
WEBSITE
║
Gaming 5 ║ ║ | | | ║ | ║ ║ | ║ | | |3w-CF| ║ | ║ | ║ | | | ║ | | ║ | ║ ║ | | | | | ║
3.0| | | | | |12V║ ║ 244║+ RGB║
MANUAL (12ME-Z37ARG5-1001R, 2017/09/25)
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Gigabyte ║ ║
10 | | | ║ | ║ 6 ║ | ║ | |x16/-/x4, |2wSLI| ║ | ║ |
1x E2500 ║ | | | ║ | | ║
@ | ║ ║ | | | | | ║ | | | | | | 2*║ ║ ATX║ BK/ ║Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7
║
Z370 Aorus ║2║(
4+4 |1x8|ALL|
YES ║4|YES║(
ALL)║
3x |
1/2║3|
ALL|x8/x8/x4 | or | - ║ 3 |-║
Y|
1x I219V ║
1|-|
-|1║ALC1220|1|5║
Ins| - ║1║
7x|1|1|0|
5|
0║
1 | 1 | 2 |Y|
8x | 2 |5V/║
YES ║305x║Md.GY║
WEBSITE
║
Gaming 7 ║ ║ +2) | | | ║ | ║ ║ | ║ | | |3w-CF| ║ | ║ | ║ | | | ║ | | ║
ide| ║ ║ | | | | | ║ | | | | | |12V║ ║ 244║+ RGB║
MANUAL (12ME-Z37ARG7-1002R, 2017/09/25)
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Generally, based on features, the
Gaming 7 is considered as an "
Extreme/Enthusiast" model, the
Gaming 5 is a "
High-End" model, while the
Ultra Gaming is a "
Mid-Level/Mainstream" model.
For more info on other models, you may want to check this:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3529650/z370-motherboards-lga1151v2-comparison-tables.html