Description

This was my first build. It was a little daunting at first due to the price tag and never having done anything like this before but I absolutely love it so far. The motherboard performs well but it does give me a bit of an issue on the first startup after having power disconnected. After this first startup it works flawlessly. The CPU always performs well and OC's very nicely. It does run pretty warm but the cooler can wrangle the temps down fairly quickly. The GPU works well and has impressed me with every single game or GPU intensive program I have thrown at it. It has also done great during VR gaming and lets the Valve Index run at 144hz with no hiccups. The Case looked phenomenal and though I do have a cat and a dog and I imagine the hair may get annoying with an open case, I think it will be very easy to clean based on how easy it is the disassemble . This case keeps everything cool and seems like it will be a fantastic platform for a custom loop I am planning to do.

Part Reviews

Motherboard

Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

The motherboard performs great for OCing but for some reason I have a persistent issue after completely powering off the computer, If power is completely disconnected the computer will crash multiple times on boot up requiring manual restarts until eventually it will go into "Automatic Repair" and crash one more time. After this chain of events it will boot up and continue to boot up fine as long as the power supply is not switched off or unplugged.

Video Card

EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB XC ULTRA GAMING Video Card

This card works as well as one would expect. It is one of the best cards available right now and it performs like it. The extra large cooler does its job and even during a full load stress test it will rarely go over 75 C. With Precision X1 I was able to achieve an OC to 2100 MHz after playing around for a while. I imagine a more experienced OCer could do better but I am more than happy with those numbers. It isn't that loud even with an aggressive fan curve. I am also interested to see where temps end up when I do a custom loop

Case

Thermaltake Core P90 ATX Mid Tower Case

A lot of room for customization and custom cooling. The instructions are pretty vague and you mostly have to just guess what to do but the assembly isn't terrible. It looks fantastic though

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Comments

  • 6 months ago
  • 2 points

Glorious Index gaming setup

  • 6 months ago
  • 1 point

Thank you! It has been lots of fun. VR is such a great experience.

  • 6 months ago
  • 2 points

Have you had any luck getting the motherboard to startup after complete power off? I typically shut down my PC completely and am looking to build a new PC in the next few months. I'm considering this motherboard and the msi Meg ace but this issue has me very worried. I've seen a lot of this around

  • 6 months ago
  • 1 point

I have not. I personally don't feel it is that big of an issue as i just shut the computer down instead of completely powering it off. I imagine you could contact gigabyte and ask about the issue and there is probably a decent explanation and fix. I just updated to the newest bios and have not tried to see if it fixed it. I will be installing my new cable extensions tonight so I will update if it has fixed the issue or not.

  • 4 months ago
  • 1 point

Any updates?

  • 1 month ago
  • 1 point

Sorry for the wait in a response. The issue is still unresolved. My friend who has the same motherboard does not have the same issue so it may not be a widespread issue, or he is just a lucky one. I have kind of given up on fixing the issue and just go into the bios on first start up after losing power to manually boot from my 970 evo. I tried remounting the cpu and M.2 when I watercooled my computer but that didn't help. Hopefully one day it'll magically be resolved but in the meantime I just do what I mentioned above