During CES 2017 Gigabyte has shown four upcoming AM4 motherboards. So far there aren't many details available on motherboards for the upcoming Ryzen CPUs, so we’re pretty happy to get our hands on new imagery, especially since two of them belong to Gigabyte’s Aorus high-end series.


The first model we’re going to talk about is the AB350M-D3H, which is an entry-level mATX motherboard based on the mid-tier B350 chipset. This model is pretty basic featuring a 7-phase VRM, one PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slot wired directly to the CPU and a second x4 slot wired to the PCH. In addition there is a M.2 port with six SATA 6 ports.

The second model is also based on the B350 chipset but this time it’s an ATX form factor motherboard. The AB350-Gaming 3 comes with a black and red color scheme. Compared to the AB350M-D3H, we find one more PCI-Express 3.0 x4 slot and the same number of SATA ports. In addition there is Gigabyte’s AMPUp! audio implementation onboard, that comes with with ground-layer isolation, gold capacitors, a headphone amp and gold-plated jacks.

The other two models are based on the X370 chipset and they belong to the Aorus series. The AX370 Gaming K5 is a gaming-grade ATX motherboard with black and silver color scheme. There are three PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slots but only two of them can be used in a x8/x8 configuration. Regarding storage there are two SATA Express ports, eight SATA 6 ports and one M.2 slot. Continuing we find USB 3.1 and 3.0 ports, AMPUp! audio and RGB LED lighting.

So far, the Aorus AX370 Gaming 5 is the most high-end Gigabyte motherboard for AMDs upcoming socket AM4. Compared to the Gaming K5 the VRM received three additional phases (10 phases in instead of 7) as well as larger heatsinks. Apart from that there is a total of three PCI-Express 3.0 slots paired with steel reinforcement. The storage options are identical but what’s been changed is the network chips. Gigabyte decided to used a Killer LAN E2500 chip.

At the moment this is basically all the information that is available on Gigabyte’s upcoming AM4 motherboards. If the vendor is going to do the same they’ve done before the launch of Intel’s Z270 Express chipset, then we’ll soon find some more teaser pictures.




Source: Techpowerup