We review GIGABYTE's X399 Aorus Gaming 7 and see how it stacks up in the world of HEDT motherboards. This motherboard is not priced all that high considering the amount of features it touts and certainly it is not priced high for the stability we were afforded while overclocking the Threadripper to 4GHz.

GIGABYTE is one of the largest and most influential computer hardware manufacturers in the world today. The company has been around for decades and established a reputation for building innovative, stable, reliable, and high-performance motherboards. In recent years, the company has diversified its product line and now produces graphics cards, cases, laptops, and other computing oriented peripherals and devices. There was a time when GIGABYTE wasn't my favorite brand or even a brand I liked. For a long time, GIGABYTE was another name out there in a very large market. Now, there aren't nearly as many players on the field and GIGABYTE has not only survived a cut-throat market, but has flourished in it. GIGABYTE is not always the first to market with an idea or a product, but GIGABYTE usually hits the ground with its own take on something and is usually successful with it.

As some of you may have noticed, each of the companies producing X399 motherboards is only showing 1 or 2 models at this time. I?ve often been asked if more budget oriented offerings will hit the market anytime soon and frankly, I don't think those will. Motherboard manufacturers have had to go through R&D of more motherboard platforms this year and in the months preceding these releases than in any other year I can recall in the last two decades. Motherboard manufacturers have had to contend with Z270, X299, X370, X399, and now Z370. That's a monumental undertaking for all involved. Each of the companies involved have had varying degrees of success with each platform. All of these except for Z270 have had more problems than we are used to seeing. Z270 worked out well because it's little more than an update to Z170 for a new model year and its changes aren't anything to write home about. Plus, as I understand it, these were planned well in advance and things went smoothly, which led to a solid launch. X299, X370, and X399 have all been rushed products.