New Gigabyte motherboards make up the new family of high-end Gigabyte AORUS X299 Gaming Series motherboards, with X299 chipset, designed for the new Intel Basins Falls processors.
Gigabyte, one of the most important manufacturers of graphics cards and motherboards in the market, has shown at Computex 2017 its range of motherboards developed for Intel Basins Falls processors with the Intel X299 chipset. Within the AORUS family we can find a series of motherboards of great quality and benefits, as well as improvements in design. In addition to the design improvements, software is implemented within the X299 chipset with WTFast technology, which will allow users to improve connectivity while playing games with these motherboards. The sound has also been improved, with ESS SABER and USB 3.1 port using the ASMedia ASM3142 chip. It has unique features such as RGB Fusion via Digital LED, Smart Fan 5 with Fan Stop and support for M.2 drives and Intel Optane under this connector.
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New design for plates and armor
The Gigabyte AORUS X299 Gaming Series enter by sight and it is that they have a really spectacular new design. The design of the armor is completely black as well as the PCB, which give an air of professionalism to this impressive motherboard. It has been developed to give users a quality platform for a gaming team, offering additional support for graphics cards even if they are much heavier than they should, improvements have been implemented in cooling and the inclusion of more memory modules. . The whole set has been developed to offer the greatest durability
WTFast Gamers Private Network
WTFast has been implemented in AORUS motherboards that makes use of the users' private network, which allows optimizing and improving the connectivity of gaming equipment, allowing better connectivity between users and game servers, regardless of the actual distance between them. Gigabyte is characterized by offering high-end motherboards with great performance in games, in addition to now incorporating WTFast, which will allow users to obtain a more stable and faster connection in games, through a monthly subscription.
RGB Fusion with Digital LED
A novelty is the implementation of Fusion RGB through digital LEDs in the Gigabyte AORUS X299 Gaming 9 and Gigabyte AORUS X299 Gaming 7, which will stand out in any tower in which they are installed. Digital LED enables new patterns and styles combined with flexible digital LED strips and / or on board digital LEDs, allowing each LED to be configured independently. This new system allows up to eight new patterns for users to enjoy. The digital led strip plugs, found on the board, will support 5V and 12V digital led strips, thus being better compatibility, allowing them to adapt as best as possible to the demands of users.
Fan Stop technology inside Smart Fan 5
These new Gigabyte AORUS motherboards implement Smart Fan 5 software, which implements Fan Stop technology and implemented enhancements for RL systems. Fan Stop which allows is to reduce the wear of the fans, turning them off when the equipment is below a certain temperature, preventing them from working when it is not necessary. It has an improved and updated control for liquid refrigeration systems and temperature reading, allowing the user to fully control their equipment.
M.2 Thermal Guard for Intel Optane
A requirement nowadays not only in the high-end range, but in the mid-range, is the availability of M.2 ports and this motherboard incorporates this type of ports to connect storage systems. Motherboards with X299 chipset that will also support Intel Optane units. Currently the Optane do the cache function, allowing to improve the performance of the system. On the other hand, M.2 storage units have a problem, the temperature, that causes them to lose performance and to solve this Gigabyte has implemented an M.2 heatsink, which improves the performance of the unit by simply reducing the temperature of the unit. Unit.
High quality sound
Something fundamental in a good equipment is sound and the new Gigabyte motherboards are based on Studio-class sound quality. These new AORUS motherboards feature ESS Saber DAC that allows 127dB sound reproduction, which is usually found in professional equipment. Users can experience high-end sound quality with a very low level of distortion.
