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So, what is it like living with the AORUS MASTER?
Well, initially it wasn’t that great to be honest.
Not because of anything major, but because of the
small oversight on GIGABYTE’s part which was
forgetting to add controls for the chipset FAN. That
meant it was always at full tilt regardless of
temperature. This was patched pretty early adding
three settings that made the entire experience
significantly better. It’s amazing how a small thing
like this can take away from what is otherwise a solid
motherboard offering.
When it comes to the Windows software there isn’t
much if anything you’ve not seen before.
I would have liked to see an updated UX on their
application suit and a more streamlined package. The
presentation is exactly as it was a number of years ago,
not bad but a missed opportunity to do something truly
unique and in line with other firsts on the motherboard.
There’s always next time, but for now it’s all workable if
not a little clunky sometimes. GIGABYTE’s SSD Tool Box
UX for their NVMe drives looks great and perhaps should
be adapted for their other software as well.
Word to the wise, GIGABYTE’ RGB Fusion isn’t the most
obvious software package there is and even if nothing
else is updated in the software or even UEFI,
this package needs an overhaul. Again, it mostly comes
down to UX, more than it does functionality.
Overall, I’m pretty stoked about this board. I do recognize
that there are a few areas which prevent it from being an
outright legend, but it’s a commendable effort on
GIGABYTE’s part. Since we no longer have the SOC range,
it’s good to see GIGABYTE give a tiny nod to overclockers
by including voltage measuring pads, conveniently located
power/reset buttons and of course the Q-Code LED. In just
sheer build quality, the AORUS MASTER is quite incredible.
First impressions are
X570 AORUS MASTER
HiCookie 5.52GHz CineBench R15
strong and when mounted inside a sensible chassis, it looks
phenomenal. GIGABYTE has done a stellar job in this regard.
In closing this is a solid offering. It may not necessarily be
everyone’s cup of tea, but when you combine everything on
offer, it’s an awesome place to start when building a high end
3rd generation Ryzen PC.