Gigabyte’s X870E Aero X3D Wood pairs a standout wood-themed design with strong features and excellent performance. It stands out as one of the most compelling high-end white motherboards available, earning a place among the best in its class.
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Gigabyte’s latest offering, the X870E Aero X3D Wood, is a standout in our test lab. This motherboard breaks convention by incorporating wood accents (not real wood, as we'll get into later) and leather pull tabs—a design choice Gigabyte calls a ‘statement piece.’ Described by the company as being '...crafted for the connoisseur, harmonizing the organic beauty of wood grain with uncompromising performance,' the Aero transforms the typically cold aesthetic of a motherboard into something warm, inviting, and worthy of display.
Hardware-wise, the Aero X3D comes with everything you’d expect out of the X870E platform. Support for today’s (and tomorrow’s ) processors, high-speed memory support (to DDR5-9000), ample storage with four M.2 sockets (two PCIe 5.0) and four SATA ports, fast networking with dual 5 GbE and Wi-Fi 7, plentiful USB ports (including dual USB4 40 Gbps ports), and a solid audio solution round out just some of features of this uniquely-styled board.
Performance on this motherboard was among the best we’ve seen overall. Using the latest BIOS (with AGESA 1.2.8.0), we saw some of the best scores/times across the 25-plus B850/X870 motherboards we’ve covered so far. 7-Zip, LAME, Corona, Cinebench, POV-Ray, Handbrake, and Blender were the highest or fastest so far. Gaming was above average as well in the actual game tests (3DMark scored low), which makes this one of the better-performing boards we covered.
There is a strong chance that this board will make our best motherboards list. But before we share test results and discuss details, here are the specifications from Gigabyte’s website:
Specifications of the Gigabyte X870E Aero Wood
Swipe to scroll horizontally Socket AM5 (LGA 1718) Chipset X870E Form Factor ATX Voltage Regulator 20 Phase (16x 60A MOSFETs for Vcore) Video Ports (2) USB4 Type-C DisplayPort
(1) HDMI (v2.1)
(1) HDMI (v1.4) USB Ports (2) USB 4 (40 Gbps) Type-C
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