Gigabyte X399 Aorus Gaming 7 Motherboard Review: Threadripping In Style

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The Corsair Crystal Series 570X still houses our Threadripper test bed, and it pairs well with the Gigabyte X399 Aorus Gaming 7, as far as aesthetics are concerned. This previously reviewed chassis screams "sex appeal!" with tempered glass on four sides, as well as three prominent 120mm LED fans in front (with room for 360mm or 240mm radiators for liquid cooling). Since it is a review rig, we’ve been moving components in and out quite a bit, so the rubber pads for the glass standoffs have started to erode. Also, dust isn’t too much of a concern for us, but the case has plenty of gaps throughout at the glass joints, so keep a can of compressed air handy.

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  • Snipergod87
    No 10Gb ethernet on this board? Not worth it.
    Its not like it is short of PCI-Express Lanes
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  • spdragoo
    20937832 said:
    No 10Gb ethernet on this board? Not worth it.
    Its not like it is short of PCI-Express Lanes

    Why? Even among the rarified crowd that this board would be geared towards, how many of them actually would have a 10Gbps connection (network or Internet) to even require it?
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  • Snipergod87
    20938100 said:
    20937832 said:
    No 10Gb ethernet on this board? Not worth it.
    Its not like it is short of PCI-Express Lanes

    Why? Even among the rarified crowd that this board would be geared towards, how many of them actually would have a 10Gbps connection (network or Internet) to even require it?

    Maybe so but it is becoming more of a standard on high end chipsets like X299, I myself have a 16 port 10Gbe switch at home so lacking a 10Gb nic would mean I would have to purchase one since the onboard 1Gbit nic would be useless for me.

    Platforms like Threadipper X399 and X299 are often used like workstations, like in a business, if editing and manipulating large images, videos or running virtual machines, you would want a high end NIC to handle the bandwidth.

    99% of people gaming will be on Ryzen or Mainstream i5, i7, not HEDT X299 and X399
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  • pensive69
    quote extremetech => '...NAS vendors such as Synology and QNAP allow upgrades to 10-Gigabit ...'

    i imagine any gamer who needs or uses storage might find it sweet.
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  • pavel.mateja
    Be aware of Gigabyte support for this particular board: http://forum.gigabyte.us/thread/1767/x399-beta-bios-thread
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  • echofightr
    I have this Motherboard and i have no issues at all, it is a great board and real easy to navigate the BIOS. I made sure the BIOS was updated before doing anything major. Downside it does not have the 10GB LAN port like the ASUS board but none the less it is still a great board.
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  • test_purch1
    Test Automation comment 1527248527823
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