We have now tested a number of AMD X670E AM5 motherboards, including the AORUS Master. This gives us a pretty good idea of how these boards will work with our Ryzen 7700X and GeForce RTX 3090 Ti. After looking at the Master, which is one of our favorite X670E boards, we move up in GIGABYTE’s lineup to the Xtreme, which is their flagship product. It looks a lot like the Master, but it has better overclocking hardware, a better VRM, and a new PCIe arrangement for the graphics and storage. The AORUS Xtreme is an EATX motherboard that uses the X670E chipset and the AM5 socket. This means that DDR5 can be used, and this board has four slots that can hold up to 128GB of memory.
Through EXPO or OC, speeds can range from JEDEC 4400MHz to 6600MHz. If you’ve used an AORUS platform in the last few generations, this BIOS should look familiar. There is a “EZ Mode” at the top for people who don’t want to dig too deeply. This review is mostly about the features of Advanced Mode. The voltage and clock ratios that you can change by hand can be found in Tweaker. This is also where most multipliers can be found. In Platform Power, which we can find by going to Settings, we can set up the I/O ports. This includes being able to change the IDO and set up things like the Re-Size Bar and Bifurcation.
[content-egg-block template=offers_logo hide=price]Specifications
- Brand GIGABYTE
- CPU Socket LGA 1718
- Compatible Devices Personal Computer
- RAM Memory Technology DDR5
- Compatible Processors AMD Ryzen 7000 series
- Chipset Type AMD X670E
- Platform Windows
- Model Name X670E AORUS PRO X
- Memory Storage Capacity 128 GB
- Graphics Card Interface PCI Express
Where to Get Gigabyte X670e Aorus Pro X?
The Gigabyte Control Centre is the main software tool that Gigabyte offers for the X670. GCC can do a lot of things related to the board, like controlling the RGB lighting (RGB Fusion), managing the fans, and improving performance or overclocking. It’s also possible to update and install drivers right from the app. It doesn’t have as many apps as the App Centre, but I don’t think many people will miss it. For our normal tests and benchmarks, we use the CPU’s stock frequencies, which include any boost or turbo settings, and make sure that all power-saving options are turned on.
We made the BIOS and memory run at their best by turning on the XMP profile. To make sure the PC idles properly for this baseline test, the Windows power scheme is set to Balanced. With a minimum of 95 frames per second and an average of 105 frames per second, the X670E Aorus Master did well and beat the Hero and Taichi. At 110/126 frames per second, Far Cry 6 gave about the same results as the other boards. The results for Time Spy and Fire Strike Extreme were also good. It’s no surprise that this board won’t slow you down in games; it also got the best overall score in our tests.