GIGABYTE B550I AORUS Pro AX

Von den großen ATX-Ablegern wechseln wir nach den letzten Tests auf das kleinere Mini-ITX-Format, bleiben jedoch zunächst bei AMDs B550-Chipsatz. Mit den kleinen Platinen lassen sich nicht nur sehr kompakte Gaming-Systeme kreieren, sondern auch das Thema Overclocking hat bei vielen Anwendern in diesem Bereich eine große Bedeutung. Genau ein solcher Kandidat kann das Gigabyte B550I AORUS Pro AX sein, das wir uns nun näher anschauen wollen.

The Gigabyte B550I AORUS Pro AX is a well built, practical board with great features, including 2.5 Gb/s LAN, a top-shelf VRM, and an integrated I/O shield. When it comes to looks, the Gigabyte B550I AORUS Pro AX may not turn heads like some more flashy designs, but the neutral gray and black theme of the B550 AORUS Pro has an appeal of its own that easily fits almost any build.

Dare I say it, with motherboards this good and diverse incl PCIe gen 4.0 support, who needs X570? That said, pricing is the trivial point here as Gigabyte just overloaded this motherboard with premium features., but at 179 I am absolutely not disappointed. Dual M2 slots, WIFI6, and 2.5 GigE are some of the premium features. Then there's the single M2 shield and of course, the sheer performance as B550 on that processor and feature level runs as fast as the more expensive X570 boards.