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AMD B450 motherboard round-up: Overclocking for the masses

By Koh Wanzi - on 1 Aug 2018, 8:56pm

Gigabyte

Gigabyte

Gigabyte is offering a more streamlined product line-up with just four B450 motherboards:

  • Gigabyte B450 Aorus Pro WiFi (S$205)
  • Gigabyte B450 Aorus Pro
  • Gigabyte B450 Aorus M (S$169)
  • Gigabyte B450 DS3H

The B450 Aorus Pro WiFi and Aorus Pro are essentially the same board, and the main difference is obviously that the former supports wireless connectivity and Bluetooth 4.2.

Gigabyte B450 Aorus Pro WiFi

They come with one PCIe 3.0 x16, two PCIe 2.0 x16, and one PCIe 2.0 x1 slot, with support for up to 2-way AMD CrossFireX.

In addition, you’ll get two M.2 sockets, although one M.2 socket on the Aorus Pro WiFi board is taken up by the wireless module. Both M.2 sockets get their own dedicated heatsink to help dissipate heat from the drives and prevent thermal throttling. The boards also offer six SATA 6Gbps ports, while on the rear I/O you’ll find four USB 3.1 (Gen 1) Type-A, one USB 3.1 (Gen 2) Type-C, and one USB 3.1 (Gen 2) Type-A port.

If you want to trick out your rig with RGB lighting, you can hook up LED strips to the onboard headers and sync them with the built-in lighting on the board’s I/O cover and PCH heatsink.

On the other hand, the micro-ATX B450 Aorus M offers something for system builders looking to put together a small form factor system. It still supports up to 2-way AMD CrossFireX and comes with six SATA 6Gbps connectors and one M.2 socket.

Gigabyte B450 Aorus M

Finally, the B450 DS3H is a more modest offering with fewer gaming-oriented features. In addition to the more subdued design, it features just one M.2 socket, four SATA 6Gbps connectors, and four USB 3.1 (Gen 1) Type-A ports at the rear. It is missing any USB 3.1 (Gen 2) ports, and the other four USB ports on the back are USB 2.0 ports.

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