GIGABYTE B850I AORUS PRO AMD AM5 LGA 1718 Motherboard, Mini-ITX, DDR5, 2x M.2, PCIe 5.0, USB-C, WIFI7, 2.5GbE LAN, EZ-Latch

Qflash plus to the rescue

I decided to pair this with a 9800x3d and gskill X5 32gb of ram. Confirming if you forget to update the bios without everything installed, you can still do it and it will flash. So far running well.

Pros: Qflash + bios

Decent AM5 Board

Totally fine but not a standout against other B850 ITX options.

Pros: Worked out of the box with my 9800X3D, offers pcie 5.0. With a rebate, it was price-competitive with the Asrock board (this board was 210 after discounts)

Cons: No USB 4 except on G series processors, weird motherboard screw cover requires using a custom screw for attaching to a standoff. Also requires a custom fan breakout cable for two of the fan connectors. Finally, the M.2 and VRM heat sinks block/limit airflow for SFF coolers

Does what it says

A little expensive but it does what it needs to. It's slim pickings for B850I boards anyway.

Pros: It works. The computer powers on. I mean, it's a motherboard, what else do you want?

Cons: The fan built into the primary M.2 SSD slot runs a little loud unless you lower the speed manually.

Awsome board with a few nitpicks

Great motherboard! The few cons I have don't outweigh the overall quality and having your build work on first boot. I've never been let down by a Gigabyte motherboard before, and that stays true. Other than a few odd choices to "simplify" parts of the building process that were never complicated to begin with.

Pros: - BIOS is very easy to use and update - Everything worked perfect on first boot

Cons: - M.2 EZ-Latch system is not very easy - M.2 Heatsink fan is very loud and must be set to a very low fixed RPM in BIOS - Proprietary Wi-Fi antenna

Great ITX board for price and quality

I would recommend this product. This is a great board for the price and quality. The easy gpu button makes install/uninstall gpu easy within a small form factor case. RAM slot having two latch also make it easy to push the ram out. Boot led helps debug my issue that I got with RAM. Overall totally recommend

Pros: - Easy to detach GPU without trying to find the latch - VRAM fans - Update Bios without installing cpu, gpu, or RAM - Boot led

Cons: - More usb c and usb port

A standout at this price class

The price is overall quite high on all 800 series motherboards. Comparing this model side-by-side it stand out for better power delivery, better design, component cooling, and above average I/O for B series.

Pros: - The new GIGABYTE app has BIOS update notification and installation support - The new BIOS has a better layout - The quick release PCI-e lock works well - the PCI-e slot construction is the best I've ever seen including on Previous Aorus boards

Cons: - The quick install/release WiFi radio works well, but it's proprietary and you can't use any other antenna if this one breaks. - The compact fan headers work great for packing in more fan support, but the adapters are proprietary so you'll need to source more if they break/you lose them. - The SSD cooling system on the front uses a tiny loud fan in the default config, you have to change the curve to make it silent, which makes it of questionable use.

Solid ITX Motherboard with Great Features but Some Limitations

Overall, it has decent hardware + a better BIOS than before. And it has a decent price. However, I still hope that Gigabyte can restore the previous three NVME slots, which was their advantage in the b650i era.

Pros: - The BIOS is much better than before. The design interface of the BIOS is simpler and more direct than before, and I found many functions that are beneficial to novice users, such as one-click PBO. - In the same position, the wifi of this motherboard has faster speed and a more stable network than the AX210 PCIE wireless network card of my other computer.

Cons: - Compared with the previous generation B650i Aorus Ultra, it has two fewer PCB layers and one less NVME installation location. - ARGB settings are not as good as ASUS. ARGB settings will only take effect after the GCC software is started.

My Review

Works fine, and apart from my ssd confusions the board was pretty seamless to build on.

Pros: -Was able to function in my itx build with no problems

Cons: -Accessing the front nvme ssd slot was confusing at first -Using the included thermal pads for the SSDs were not the clearest