Gigabyte Aorus AX370 Gaming K5 review

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The motherboard follows a standard ATX form factor (30.5 x 24.4cm). The motherboard is located in the Aorus high-end range of the Ryzen desktop processor product stack. 

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Size ATX
Chipset AMD X370
Memory 4 x DDR4 up to 3200 (OC)
Multi-GPU CrossFireX, 2 x SLI
Expansion PCIe 3.0 x16 (CPU): 2 (x16/x0, x8/x8)
PCIe 2.0 x16 (Chipset): 1 (up to x4)
PCIe 2.0 x1 (Chipset): 3
Storage 1 x M.2 (NVMe x4 or SATA 6Gbps)
8 x SATA 6Gbps
2x SATA Express connector
Networking Intel Gigabit Ethernet
Audio 1x Realtek ALC1220 codecs
USB 3.1: multiple
Onboard Graphics 1 x HDMI port, 4096x2160@24 Hz * Support for HDMI 1.4 version.

With the X370 board Gigabyte releases a high-end class product, it has plenty enough features to keep you busy for a while. Ryzen has 24 of them yet 4 are being used to interface with the chipset. Then depending on the chipset used it adds gen 2.0 PCIe lanes through the chipset. But yes, the Ryzen processor has it's own 16 PCIe Gen 3 lanes available for your graphics solution. The Gaming K5 has been fitted with LED RGB FUSION available, all was kept subtle and can be configured on/off/animated and RGB colored. The primary graphics slots as well as the the DIMM slots have metal shielding.  

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  1. 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port
  2. 1 x HDMI port
  3. 1 x USB Type-C™ port, with USB 3.1 Gen 2 support
  4. 3 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red)
  5. 6 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports
  6. 1 x RJ-45 port
  7. 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
  8. 5 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out, Rear Speaker Out, Line In, Line Out, Mic In)
The I/O back panel reveals 3.1/3.0/2.0 ports. The audio unit has special noise reducing capacitors and shielding on top of that Realtek 1220 chip. You will spot ine 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet jack (Intel). Included is a PS/2 keyboard/mouse combo port. Included are optical S/PDIF out port and five audio jacks. Included with the motherboard are the regulars including; manuals, driver CDs, SATA cables and a rear I/O plate. What this motherboard misses however is WIFI.

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The board has 3 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots which can be arranged in these slot configurations with graphics cards:

  • 1-way mode - x16 / x0 / x0 
  • 2-way mode - x8 / x8 / x0
  • 3-way mode - x8 / x8 / x4

As you can see, the primary two x16 slots are PCI Express Gen 3.0 configurations, that's plenty for regular graphics card setups up-to 2-way SLI/Crossfire. The motherboard comes with an 8-pin power connector. You'll get four DIMM slots that can be used for up-to 64GB of dual-channel memory. Up-to 3200 MHz supported in OC mode. Please do check compatible Memory and thus the QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists).

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