Gigabyte pummels Core i9-11900K with 300W

Today Leo checks out three new boards from Gigabyte. The B560M Aorus Elite, the Z590i Aorus Ultra and the Z590 Aorus Pro AX. The results are very interesting indeed. 00:00 Start 00:15 The Gigabyte Boards / prices 00:57 Chipsets overview 01:29 B560M Aorus Elite (Overview) 04:40 Z590i Aorus Ultra (Overview) 07:36 Z590 Aorus Pro AX (Overview) 10:10 Enthusiast targeting 10:55 B560M Aorus Elite w/ 11700K, BIOS behaviour 13:27 B560M Aorus Elite w/ 11900K, BIOS behaviour - Adaptive Boost gone wild 14:30 Leo doesn’t like what Gigabyte are doing 14:55 Z590 Aorus Pro AX w/ 11900K 15:29 Test System Specifications 16:09 Benchmarking (and working with the BIOS!) 17:15 Leos’ findings so far 18:59 Benchmark results including power / temperatures 22:35 300 watts really is a bit much 22:59 Leo’s Closing Thoughts CPU: Intel Core i9-11900K Memory: 32GB Corsair LPX DDR4-3600MHz Dual Channel Motherboard: Gigabyte Z590 Aorus Pro AX BIOS F6d CPU cooler: MSI MPG Core Liquid K360 Graphics: Sapphire RX 6800 XT 16GB Storage: Sabrent