GIGABYTE X870E AERO X3D WOOD Motherboard Review

[magoo]

Introduction 2026 has opened up with a flurry of new motherboard releases featuring AMD Socket AM5. Today, we are reviewing one of the latest releases from GIGABYTE, the X870E AERO X3D WOOD. The AERO-branded motherboards are generally a singular release per chipset. GIGABYTE has made 11 such boards in the last few years, and they […]

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[Brent_Justice]

But does it use "wood screws"

(old GPU meme)

 

[magoo]

I remember that.....it was an nvidia card mock-up, right? had wood screws in it somewhere.

There were no wood screws on this motherboard that I could see.

 

[Grimlakin]

This could go well in my antec C7 wood case. But the wood color is wrong... too bad.

 

[Brent_Justice]

I remember that.....it was an nvidia card mock-up, right? had wood screws in it somewhere.

There were no wood screws on this motherboard that I could see.

Yeah, lol, GIGABYTE missed an opportunity to put in actual wood screws Or maybe wood-tipped screws, actually, that would be an interesting look!