** Gigabyte Aorus Pro WiFi vs Asus ROG Strix E for Intel i9-9900k **

[ttechf]

Hi,

I am in the market for choosing between two motherboards for my Intel i9-9900k. I would just like some advice and such for my concerns/questions.

It's between the Gigabyte Aorus Pro WiFi which I think is a great deal for the money and the Asus ROG Strix E Gaming.

Why I like the Gigabyte board - great value. I can get it for under $200 in my area easily. I think $175.
Why I like the Asus board - After watching a YouTube video of it's BIOS, it was pretty damn impressive. Extremely feature rich.

I haven't seen Gigabyte's Z390 BIOS [if they have updated it at all]. I know it's good, I just don't know if it's as intuitive and user friendly and helpful as Gigabyte's. Perhaps someone can comment on that.

My 2nd concern/question is I see the Gigabyte board as a 12+1 digital phase VRM solution as opposed to Asus's board which has an 8 twin phase solution [does this mean it has 16?]

Gigabyte motherboard link - https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/Z390-AORUS-PRO-WIFI-rev-10#kf

Asus motherboard link - https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/ROG-STRIX-Z390-E-GAMING/
On Newegg it says "8 twin power phase solution" - https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813119151&ignorebbr=1


Any help and such is much appreciated! Thanks!

 

[IEC]

The Gigabyte is a 6+1 with the 6 CPU phases doubled to make it a "12+1". Using SiC634 MOSFETs.

The ROG Strix E is listed as 4+2. It looks to be using doublers as well, so it is "8+2". Using ON Semiconductor NCP302045 MOSFETs.

The Gigabyte probably has more overclocking headroom on paper, but the actual components used are just one factor - heatsink area, design, and implementation all matter (among other things) to ensure VRMs do not throttle. So you will have to check actual reviews/user feedback on those boards to verify they are good to go.

Source:
https://www.hardwareluxx.de/community/f12/lga-1151-mainboard-vrm-liste-1175784.html#z370

 

[RobertR1]

The gigabyte board, which I have, has issues with running high bandwidth ram and the general BIOS leaves a lot of to be desired. I'm sending mine back and waiting for the Asus Gene to be announced next week. Since I'll never go past 2 slot mem or 1-GPU that might work out well for me. Otherwise, it'll likely be the Strix-E for me also or Asrock Taichi.

You can read about my issues here: https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/8pack-memory-wont-run-at-xmp-profile-specs.18833954/

Infact, I came back on here to see if others are having the same issue.

 

[Omegaboost]

If you're not going to overclock beyond ~5Ghz all core then the Asus board has a much nicer UI but a weaker VRM. The GB board is better if you're targeting 5Ghz+ and don't mind getting used to a less intuitive bios.

 

[ttechf]

I ended up buying the Asus board. Thanks everyone.