Gigabyte targets extreme overclockers with its $800 X870 Aorus Infinity motherboard

Gigabyte has launched the X870 Aorus Infinity, a $799.99 limited-edition EATX motherboard built to celebrate the company’s 40th anniversary. Designed specifically for extreme overclocking, the Socket AM5 board supports AMD Ryzen 7000 and 9000 processors and uses the standard X870 chipset rather than the flagship X870E. It strips the memory configuration down to just two DIMM slots to prioritize speed over capacity, supporting up to 128 GB of DDR5 RAM. [1][2]

The board features an unconventional layout, rotating the CPU socket, primary PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot, and memory bays 90 degrees counterclockwise to place the RAM above the processor. Overclockers get dedicated hardware tools along the edge, including voltage read points, a cold reset button, and a CMOS clear switch. Storage is supported by three M.2 slots and four SATA ports, though Tom’s Hardware notes that running the secondary PCIe 5.0 M.2 drive at full bandwidth requires disabling the USB4 port. In testing, Tom’s Hardware reported that the design successfully passed stress tests with a DDR5-8000 memory kit paired with a Ryzen 9 9900X. [1][2]

Gigabyte is charging a steep premium for the enthusiast board. TechPowerUp points out that its $800 price tag sits $50 above the launch price of Asus’s competing ROG Crosshair X870E Apex and costs $200 more than what the Apex currently sells for, despite the Apex offering AMD’s higher-tier X870E chipset alongside rival offerings like MSI’s X870E Unify-X Max. [1][2]