Unboxing the Gigabyte X870E Aorus Pro Ice motherboard

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Note: This feature was first published on 16 October 2024.

The Gigabyte X870E Aorus Pro Ice may looks like a "white" version of the brand's flagship X870E Aorus Master motherboard but there are some notable differences. For instance, the I/O Aorus lighting here is more subtle.

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Like most contemporary high-end motherboards, the X870E Aorus Pro Ice features a full-metal thermal design and durable heatsinks to keep your system cool and efficient.

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Gigabyte has included ventilation openings on the I/O shield, which apparently helps with dissipating heat from the VRM area.

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Here's a closer look at the integrated I/O shield's cover, which also houses a RGB LED accent in the shape of the Aorus logo.

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The motherboard comes with four DDR5 slots that that supports a maximum of 256GB of RAM and the DDR5 8000 standard when overclocked.

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For storage, Gigabyte has included four SATA-III ports, which is standard fare for motherboards of this class.

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It also comes with 16+2+2 power stages that are rated for up to 80A, with what Gigabyte calls "Premium VRM Thermal Armor" that comes with multiple grooves for improved airflow.

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Gigabyte also says it has a four times larger surface area (than previous models) for enhanced heat dissipation, and boosts MOSFET cooling.

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The X870E Aorus Pro Ice has a huge one-piece M.2 heatsink that features a tool-less design called M.2 EZ-Latch Click, which makes removing and installing the said heatsink really easy.

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There are four M.2 slots with three being M.2 UD Slot PG5 slots that support PCIe 5.0 and the last being a standard M.2 slot that runs on PCIe 4.0.

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The primary M.2 slot also features an individual heatsink that can be easily removed without the need for a tool.

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There's also a PCIe EZ-Latch Plus feature, which is really a button, that ejects the graphics card easily with a single click. But Gigabyte isn't the first to put this out, as this feature first appeared on ROG motherboards a couple of years back.

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Last but not least, Gigabyte has included a dedicated backplate to reinforce the PCIe 5.0 x16 for use with modern and future heavy graphics card.