Specification parameters
Slot: AM4
Chipset: AMD B450
Sound card: Realtek ALC892
Network card: Realtek GbE
M.2 Interface: 2×PCIe3.0 M.2
I/O interface: 1×PS/2, 2×USB2.0, 1×DVI-D, 1×HDMI, 4×USB 3.1 Gen 1. 1×RJ-45, 2×USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A, audio interface
Reference price: 699 yuan
AMD latest 500 series motherboard currently only has one product on the market. Because its positioning is high, the price is at least over 1,000 yuan, which makes the B450, which focuses on cost-effectiveness and has good support for the third-generation Ryzen, still firmly controls the mid-range mainstream market. In order to make the product more competitive, Gigabyte, a leading motherboard manufacturer, recently upgraded the B450 AORUS M motherboard, which is popular among players, and created the B450M AORUS ELITE. Let’s take a look at what makes this motherboard outstanding.
has a more visual impact appearance
B450M AORUS ELITE completely adopts a new appearance design: the power supply part uses a sharper shape, the lines are outlined harder, and the large carving LOGO and orange decorative strips spread throughout the motherboard, jointly create a more recognizable game style appearance, which will look very good when installed in the chassis.
At the same time, in addition to being equipped with colorful magic light effects, the motherboard also has good support for RGB light strips. B450M AORUS ELITE has up to 4 RGB light strip interfaces on board, supporting 5V and 12V digital light strips, which can expand many light strips. At the same time, through the new generation of RGB Fusion software, players can personalize the lighting color and lighting mode, including synchronizing the light with music or automatically changing the lighting color according to the processor temperature, load and other conditions, further improving the cool value of the host, which can fully meet the needs of those players who want to create a "light pollution" host.
B450M AORUS ELITE adopts a cooler and more visually impactful appearance design
uses more solid materials and strong expansion capabilities
In addition to the appearance changes, another major change in B450M AORUS ELITE lies in the improvement of materials. Based on the original server-level hybrid digital power supply design, the motherboard has been upgraded to 4+3 phase power supply, and is equipped with solid designs such as low-resistance transistors and solid power supply base sockets, which can provide sufficient and accurate power supply to the processor, even if it supports high-end Ryzen processors, it is not a problem.
Considering that the processor power supply part has a large heat generation, the motherboard is equipped with larger-sized heat dissipation armor here, which has stronger heat dissipation performance and is worry-free to operate stably. In addition, the motherboard adds integrated alloy armor to the graphics card slot close to the CPU, which improves tear resistance and unplug-up resistance, and avoids damage to the slot when installing large-size graphics cards.
As a Micro ATX board type product, the B450M AORUS ELITE has a rich interface settings, meeting daily applications without any pressure. There are two M.2 interfaces onboard, one of which supports PCIe 3.0×4 channels and the other supports PCIe 3.0×2 channels. If you are using a SSD with relatively strong performance, be sure to install it on the M.2 interface that supports PCIe 3.0×4 channels. And 2 native 2× USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A interfaces, which can provide 10Gbps bandwidth and faster transmission speeds.
In addition, the B450M AORUS ELITE is equipped with an independent sound card -level magic sound system, Realtek ALC892 sound card, high-quality audio dedicated capacitors, and audio block noise reduction cutting lines, etc. jointly create an immersive high-fidelity sound experience.
B450M AORUS ELITE provides 2 M.2 slots
I/O interface on the back of the motherboard
Strong cooling performance
In order to improve heat dissipation, many players will equip the host with multiple fans and water-cooled cooling system. The Smart Fan 5 smart fan technology equipped with B450M AORUS ELITE is to achieve precise control of the fan and achieve the purpose of taking into account both heat dissipation and silence.
has 6 temperature sensors and 4 hybrid fan sockets that have added many functions such as smart fan stop technology and water-cooled flow rate detection. Users can freely set up the linkage between the free selection temperature sensor and the fan socket in the Smart Fan 5 software to help users control the chassis temperature more accurately.
software can also provide an intuitive graphical interface to monitor the cooling status of the entire computer, help users customize the speed of the fan at different temperatures and adjust the working status of the water pump. It can even customize the start of the intelligent fan stop technology at a certain temperature to create a more intelligent and powerful cooling system for the computer.
Multiple temperature sensors and hybrid fan sockets are set up on the entire motherboard to ensure a smarter and more powerful cooling system
Performance is impeccable
Test platform:
processor: AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
motherboard: Gigabyte B450M AORUS ELITE
graphics card : Gigabyte AORUS RTX 2060 SUPER 8G
Memory: Gigabyte AORUS DDR4 3200 8GB×2
Hard disk: Western Data SN700 1TB NVMe SSD
Power supply: Hangjia MVP K850
Operating system: Windows 10 64bit Professional Edition 1903 August Update
Next we use AMD Ryzen 5 3500X, Gigabyte AORUS RTX 2060 SUPER 8G and Gigabyte B450M AORUS ELITE to form a gaming platform to test the performance of the motherboard. Whether it is CPU benchmarking or in games such as "PUBG", "Assassin's Creed: Odyssey", "Tomb Raider: Shadow", "Local Blockade 2", Gigabyte B450M AORUS ELITE fully utilizes the strong performance of CPU and graphics cards, without obvious shortcomings, and its performance is impeccable and satisfactory.
Summary: has obvious latecomer advantages, and it has the potential to become a hot product in the mid-range market
According to the current situation, the listing of the new generation of B550 is still far away. For some time, B450 will still be the main force in the mid-range market. This new Gigabyte B450M AORUS ELITE has significantly upgraded the appearance and materials, and has maintained the high-quality and high-performance selling point of Gigabyte AORUS motherboard. Compared with similar products that are mostly designed from the previous year, this motherboard has undoubtedly very obvious latecomer advantages, both in terms of appearance, stability and performance. We are optimistic about it becoming a hot product in the mid-range market. If you want to create a mid-range Ryzen game console in the near future, Gigabyte B450M AORUS ELITE is the best choice.
