Excellent performance

I paired this motherboard with the I9 12900k, gskill trident z5 6000 and strix rtx 3080 oc. All and all great motherboard packed with features however I did have trouble getting a post on first power up. Had to update bios to get the board to post with the ram

Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master review: A motherboard worthy of Intel’s best

With a new age of tech finally reaching motherboards, the Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master presents a pretty good value proposition that is chock full of features.

Good build quality ; Fully featured for its price; Appealing aesthetics and functional armor cooling ; Can handle the 12900K hotrod CPU  ; Excels at both gaming and workstation use;

DDR5 is still expensive for minor gains ; LGA 1700 requires a bracket for most CPU coolers; E-ATX may limit case choices  ; PCI-E lane limits for those needing 8x/8x or more than a single 16x slot ;