* Memory Speed is the max supported by this motherboard. Actual speed also depends on your CPU's memory controller and RAM kit rated speed.
PERFORMANCE
80%
Customer Reviews★★★★★3.8 · 4 reviews
★★★★★Impressive Mini-ITX for price
For under $200 is a very impressive MOBO and well thought out for Mini-ITX form factor.
First this board has a lot of Heatsink this is necessary for Mini-ITX as all this metal smoothes out the temperature spikes that occur during periods of activity which are common for the desktop user environment, a few seconds of full out followed by 10+ seconds of low activity is typical. This is morte important for ITX as many ITX cases have limited airflow.
For the primary NVMe SSD it has again plenty of metal ON BOTH SIDE of SSD and a tiny fan built into the heatsink to ensure it stays cool enough even under a long period of continuous access. The biggest killer of these NVMe SSD's is heat and this kept my high performance 2TB SK Hynix SSD at 67C when being continuously written to for over a minute in a room at 28C ambient. It can also hold a second full length NVMe SSD on the back side if the MOBO but this slot offers little in the way of heatsink and is not very high.
I used this in a build with an AMD 8600G that when run full out with FurMark running and a 12 core AVX-512 CPU workload drew 120W with just CPU fan (Noctura low profile) and NO case fans the CPU only reached 77C, not bad.
I also like the NO CPU BIOS Q-Flash feature as it allows this MOBO which for the one I received was manufactured in 2024 (18+ months ago) to accomodate the latest AM5 CPU's by being able to flash a recent BIOS that supports one of these never chips with NO CPU installed.
The Wifi chip used is compatible with Linux at least Ubuntu 25.10 as is all other MOBO hardware except for the Super IO chip and this is a common issue as the main stream Kernel it87 driver has not seen an update in years. It is possible though that frankcrawford/it87 module on GitHub which supports many never it?? chips will work as it does for most never MOBO's
The only gripe I have and this is in part with Amazon is they never show the Motherboard version that you will get! In my case I got a version 1.0 and there are apparently 2 newer versions! Gigabyte does not seem to say on there website what is different but it does make one wonder what am I missing by getting the 1.0 version versus one of the newer versions?
S. Terry · 2026-03-08 · via amazon
★★★★★Not the unicorn you think it is.
This was... bad. Like, laughably bad. I bought this board with the intent of dual booting while using 3 M.2 drives, and it just went all wrong. I received Rev 1.0
First off, this board has the dreaded Intel I225 Ethernet controller. It also has AMD WiFi. Avoid both of these. AMD WiFi is just rebranded Realtek, and let me tell ya, it's awful. I don't use Wifi much any longer, but I expect it to work when I do need it. Also, the Bluetooth controller just sucks. Keeps dropping off.
Was lucky enough to avoid issues with intel Ethernet controller. I'm sure that would've become a problem given time.
Power delivery appears fine, board has wonderful build quality, this wouldn't a bad buy for $230. But when I started trying to install Windows and Linux, things just started going wrong. It was like whack-a-mole trying to get the SSDs to appear, and they often errored out when that would happen. I received countless Raidport errors in Wndows and I literally just couldn't boot linux.
Awful board. Over-engineered solution for M.2 when I'm completely aware that stackable slots do exist. Just get a B850I or something, this thing really isn't worth its weight in copper.
Internet help threads showed this to be a known, rampant issue with the board, so I just cut my losses and returned it for refund. I love gigabyte motherboards, but this was a swing and a miss.
Kevin · 2026-01-06 · via amazon
★★★★★Perfect
I've had it for nearly half a year and have had zero problems. I had a lot of doubts due to bad reviews for motherboards in general, but—bro—everything gets bad reviews. I have absolutely no complaints about this board; it’s running in a top-tier build I put together. Don't be afraid—it's a solid motherboard.
Rey C. · 2026-04-29 · via amazon
★★★★★Working as intended, maybe.
Bought this back in June 2023. Worked right out of the box with a 7600, no update needed.
I paired this with G.Skill Flare X5 and a Thermalright AXP120-X67 in a Fractal Terra. No fitment or compatibility issues, and Expo works perfectly fine at CL36 6000. Also have 2 M.2 SSDs, one on the back and one in the main area under the CPU.
There is one major thing that is preventing me from giving it a 5
The whole daughterboard/dongle situation. I'd have to use either a splitter from the CPU fan header, an included dongle, or plug in the daughterboard/expansion card in order to plug in another fan. This is also the case if you wanted extra SATA or an actual USB connector since one isn't built in.
The second thing is that I am not too sure if the dongle, or my commander pro is broken. The computer will not turn on if the commander pro is plugged in to USB, but does function as a fan hub if just powered by SATA power. I don't have another USB device to test, or another machine I'd test on.
Thankfully I don't actually need the commander pro, or extra fans since it is in a Terra, but it's something to note. Building on the motherboard was fine, no complaints. Wifi works fine, even without the antenna, but you do need it if you want a good BT, even if the device is like 2 ft away.
