A few weeks ago, we have published first images of the upcoming Aorus Gaming 7 based on AMD X470 chipset. This motherboard will support out of the box the second generation Ryzen "Pinnacle Ridge" and Ryzen "Raven Ridge" APUs, in addition to current-gen Ryzen chips.


Compared to the prototype, the upcoming retail version comes with a few cosmetic changes. For example the color scheme is a bit darker and more similar to the one that we can find on X370 based models from Gigabyte. Furthermore the I/O cover has been improved and the motherboard should come with a nice backplate.

As you might guess, the motherboard is based on ATX form factor and there are three steel reinforced PCIe Gen 3.0 slots. Between the first and the second full-sized PCIe slot there are two slots distance providing plenty of space for graphics cards to breathe in the case of multi-GPU setups. Furthermore there are two M.2 slots covered with a black heat sink. In addition there are six SATA ports.

Since this is a model also overclockers could have a look at, there are onboard buttons and a debug display. Going a step further, it should packs a Killer LAN E2500 chip, Gigabyte's AMP-UP Audio solution and the so called Fusion RGB lighting, which can be controlled from within Windows.

According to a leak from Videocardz, Gigabyte might release two more ATX models right after the NDA. While the Aorus X470 Gaming 7 might cost 287 Dollar, the Aorus X470 Gaming 5 should be around 200 Dollar and the Aorus X470 Ultra Gaming should be sub-200 Dollar. The NDA date will expire next 15th April, we will see more details in less than a couple of weeks.




Source: Videocardz