Gigabyte X570 Gaming X ATX Motherboard for AMD Ryzen with PCIe 4.0, DDR4, Realtek ALC887, and RGB Fusion 2.0

I have seen many reviews where it says its a lower end motherboard but it works fine for us. No issues at all. The only thing I want to mention is that being that its been a long time since i built a machine it fooled me in thinking it had a built in video card since it had a video (hdmi) slot. Apparently it would work if i had a cpu xxxG in the model name for gpu.

I purchased this when the Ryzen 9 3900 first came out. Then I unfortunately had a really hard time finding the chips for a long time. The CPU's just weren't available except for speculators trying to resell them at more than double the MSRP.After months of waiting, I finally caught speculators dumping their stock at MSRP instead of trying to price gouge and picked up the CPU to go with this board (Giagbyte x570 Gaming).Initially the system wouldn't post. After some trial and error I realized the CPU wasn't properly seated. For this board, you have to make sure you lift the lever on the CPU socket until the arm clicks and holds all the way open on its own. Failure to do so will prevent the CPU from seating fully. I am willing to bet many of the low reviews failed to pull the CPU level until it clicked open (it almost feels like you're going to break something)I also had to update the BIOS; that procedure went quickly and without issue. I understand people being afraid of damaging with a bad BIOS flash, however Gigabyte has done a great job of making it completely safe and foolproof. It's really no more than ten minutes added to your system build which in the grand scheme isn't much.Overall, I would say this is a great deal for the price. It has lots of features and does what it's supposed to

I shoved a new platform into my ten year old case. That's how long it's been since I'd built a gamer machine. Yes, I build them pretty well (in a bang-for-your-buck kind of way) so they last a long time. Christmas of 2018 I got Star Wars Battlefront and could not play it on my old platform (Athlon II, Radeon HD6870, a Gigabyte AM3+ systemboard) so it was time to hardware up. Well, it actually took me a year to get around to it. I built this machine in Jan of 2020.The new Gigabyte board is sexy and has enough features and expandability for my simple needs. I added just RAM, GPU (XFX Radeon590 Fatboy, overclocked from the factory), and a SB Audigy FX sound card (which I really didn't need - that's another story), along with the AMD Ryzen7 3700X. (unlocked) and 16GB of the fastest DDR4 I could get (Patriot Viper Steel DDR4 4400MHz).This board is doing everything I need it to do. It makes me want to buy a new case with windows, string some LEDs, and light it up so I can show off how pretty it is. Again, it's a good bang-for-your-buck part. Pardon all the geeky-ness. ;-)

So I see this great motherboard (mainboard if you want to be PC) for a good price, and this makes for a terrific machine. The x570 chipset is still the top of the line for AMD and will support current and future processors. So I bought a 5600G from Amazon to go with this board, also heavily discounted, and right now is the sweet spot for price/performance. So what's not to like? Only one problem. I put it all together and followed the instructions in the product description (also available on the Gigabyte website) to update the BIOS. The BIOS in the motherboard is too old (F30, Sept 2020) to support the method outlined in the product description. I figured you could just put the processor in there, maybe some memory, boot into the BIOS configuration stuff, and update the BIOS from a USB flash drive. Or perhaps use the Qflash utility to update the BIOS without processor or memory.Nope. Doesn't work. Won't happen. The BIOS in the motherboard is too old to support that method. PC would not POST. Fans turn on, no beeps, no sounds, no display. Nada. So then you start to think - did I screw up? Maybe it is a bad motherboard or bad processor. Maybe something I connected to the board is pulling one of the voltages down below the spec, so it won't boot. By the way, I am an electrical engineer and have been practicing my trade for more than 50 years. I have built many PCs, have taught diagnostic classes to groups that refurbish old, donated computers, and have taught the CompTIA A+ class at a non-profit educational institution. Been around the block.I hate putting together a computer, and then it doesn't work, and figuring out what is wrong is difficult because this combination of parts never worked, and so I have no idea where to start. So to separate the problem into solvable areas, I replaced the processor with an older one (3200G), which was on the market before this BIOS was written for this motherboard. Took the processor out of another PC (gotta be real careful with those 400 some odd pins), cause if you bend one, it may fatigue, and when you try and straighten it, it will break. Keep the board flat and level, so the CPU just drops right in (if you have it lined up correctly). With the replacement (3200G) processor, the PC booted, and was able to get into the BIOS and updated it to the latest and greatest. Loaded Win11 onto a nice Samsung NVMe from Amazon, and it ran like a champ. By the way, I finished the build with the excellent 5600G CPU which AMD was discounting, so Amazon was selling it for a very attractive price. It is a fast and stable PC, and well behaved (now that the BIOS was brought up to date). By the way, I used the G.Skill Model F4-3200C16D-16GIS, also from Amazon, which runs nicely with this combination. One must be careful with memory, as often there are certain characteristics that will not allow memory to work with a certain combination of motherboard and CPU, even though the memory appears to meet all the specs. The best way is to check the memory manufacturer's webpage, also check the motherboard manufacturer's webpage, and finally to look at the userbenchmark.com website, and see what other users have used with the motherboard you are considering.By the way, you can use the nice heat sink that comes with the board for your first NVMe that you install, so you don't have to buy a separate heat sink. Also, don't forget to buy a kit of little, itty-bitty screws (on Amazon: https://smile.amazon.com/Mounting-Screws-Gigabyte-ASRock-Motherboards/dp/B08ZD81HDR/ref=sr_1_3?crid=SV8YFX9AKK9L&keywords=nvme+screw+m.2+ssd+mounting+kit&qid=1646951824&sprefix=NVMe+scre%2Caps%2C74&sr=8-3 ). The motherboard only comes with one screw and one standoff, and if you drop 'em, you may not find them again. I like the kit of screws I show above on Amazon.