Revealed earlier this week, the Gigabyte X870E Aorus Infinity Next<\/b> stands out from the crowd of AMD motherboards thanks to its use of aerospace-inspired thermal materials and 3D-printed cooling components. The flagship board also features a hefty 64-phase power design aimed at enthusiasts and overclockers. Unsurprisingly, the motherboard leads the company\u2019s new Aorus Infinity lineup and forms part of Gigabyte\u2019s 40th anniversary celebrations.<\/p>\n
At the centre of the design is what Gigabyte calls its AI Gyroid M.2 heatsink, a structure made possible through 3D metal printing technology. According to a product manager that I spoke with, the design delivers \u201cup to 44% more cooling surface area\u201d compared to traditional heatsinks, allowing heat to dissipate more efficiently from high-performance PCIe 5.0 SSDs.<\/p>\n
The motherboard also incorporates a 3D-printed vapour chamber alongside a honeycomb-structured metal backplate. Combined with what Gigabyte describes as rocket thruster-grade thermal materials, the cooling system is designed to handle the increasing thermal demands of modern processors, graphics cards and high-speed storage devices.<\/p>\n
Power delivery appears equally ambitious. The X870E Aorus Infinity Next features a 64-phase VRM design paired with Gigabyte\u2019s Quad OptiMOS technology, which the company says is derived from data centre and Low Earth Orbit applications. In total, the platform is capable of delivering up to 5,120 amps of current, and should in theory at least, provide significant overhead for enthusiast-grade overclocking and future high-performance processors from AMD.<\/p>\n
Beyond its thermal and power delivery specs, the motherboard also introduces Gigabyte\u2019s latest X3D Turbo Mode 2.0 technology. The AI-enhanced performance optimisation system uses a dedicated onboard chip to monitor operating conditions and workloads in real time before automatically adjusting performance parameters.<\/p>\n
Memory support also sees another improvement. The X870E Aorus Infinity Next will support memory speeds of up to 11,400MT\/s, and this place it among some of the fastest AMD X870E motherboards announced to date.<\/p>\n
The Aorus Infinity Next is an interesting reflection on how motherboard manufacturers are increasingly looking beyond traditional specifications such as chipset support and connectivity to differentiate their products. In Gigabyte\u2019s case, that means turning to advanced manufacturing techniques such as 3D metal printing and borrowing ideas from aerospace and data centre engineering to give it that edge \u2013 at least optically \u2013 over its competitors.<\/p>\n
Availability and pricing<\/h2>\n\n
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Gigabyte has not yet announced pricing or availability for the X870E Aorus Infinity Next.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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