GIGABYTE B850 AI TOP AM5

Beautiful motherboard, on the inside and the outside

I have 2 SSD drives, 2 GPUs, and some budget memory in this machine, and its been running very, very solid for the past couple weeks after some tweaking. Ive been able to do local inference on Windows and Linux, and some nice gaming. Ive been really happy with this motherboard, the price, especially compared to other platforms that are out there. I would highly recommend this if youre looking to do some local AI.

Pros: This motherboard is amazing. Not only can it run dual GPUs for inference, but it also doesnt look like an extreme gaming rig. The board is very high quality, and for someone that hasnt put together a PC in the past two decades, I was shocked how easy everything was to get together. It supports a wide variety of memory AMD the BIOS is extremely customizable, which has been great for working with local AI. I initially had some issues getting the memory to be recognized, not that its Gigabytes fault because it wasnt certified, but the highly customizable BIOS got me up and running within a couple of hours. Gigabyte support has also been very fast to respond with any questions that Ive had.

Cons: The BIOS that was loaded on the motherboard had some issues with my memory, but updating to the latest beta got me up and running quickly.

Wonderful board for x8/x8 dual RTX5060ti (32 vram) AI inference for (twinny in VS Code IDE)

A+++

Pros: Perfect motherboard for running bifurcated dual RTX5060ti (32 vram) AI inference for (twinny in VS Code IDE) !!! Getting fast token response with this RIG ... Love it !

Cons: Nothing not to like.

Great motherboard with great features.

I upgraded from an Intel I7-8700k on a Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 with 32gb of ram and a Gigabyte GTX 1070 Ti. This thing is night and day. 10Gbe LAN is a must for me moving forward and this was by far the best solution. WIFI7 and 10GbE LAN are usually on the more expensive boards. Setup was a breeze, bios updated with zero issues. I would recommend this board all day! NZXT H7 Flow Gigabyte B850 AI TOP AMD 9800x3D MSI 4080 Super Expert 64GB G.Skill Flare X Series WD Black 2TB SN850N

Pros: Easy to setup Bios 9800x3D support out of the box WIFI7 10GbE LAN

Cons: Nothing!

Everything I could want from a MB

The GIGABYTE B850 AI TOP is an awesome motherboard for gaming and work. Its super fast with DDR5, PCIe 5.0, and WiFi 7, and the EZ-Latch makes setup easy. With three M.2 slots and 10GbE LAN, you get speed, storage, and smooth performance. A great choice for any AM5 buildtotally worth it!

A piece of art

This thing is sick! Tons of USB inputs, debug screen, ALC1220 chip, metal back plate, beefy VRMs, the list goes on. It also looks really, really nice. A very sleek design for those looking for a piece of modern art without the RGB and gamer junk.

Pros: Built like a tank - 8 layer PCB Beefy Vram support Dual 10GbE support 8600MT/s support Sleek design

Cons: Maybe availability once people realize this is one of the best B850 you can get.

Solid and beautiful motherboard

Board is so new I haven't seen much about it. I am really impressed with the build quality. The heatsinks are massive and heavy. The main gen 5 m.2 slot has a dual sided heatsink. This board has no lane sharing with the PIC-E 5.0 slots. It really has a feature set better than most X870 boards. I dont ever see a use case for dual lan 10GB, but its there. I love all of the features and I/O and understated looks. Just waiting on the CPU to ship so I can get this running soon. It also included 2 small RTD temp sensors in the package if you want to used them and a tiny speaker for post beeps. I haven't seen photos of the back so I shared one, it has PCI slot reinforcement.

Pros: Beefy heatsinks No Lane sharing diagnostic readout LED classy graphics no RGB lights tons of I/O and 10gb LAN 8 layer PCB and 110A VRMs should have awesome memory OC ability

Cons: strange placement of pump header a bit pricey for B850 no Aorus decal