I'm running this board with the Ryzen 1700x.

Overall, the board is nice with some limitations that seem to be plaguing all AM4 chipset based board.   

1.  4 Sticks of Ram do not work at correct speeds.   The XMP Profile detects the correct settings, but the board will not post correctly when it's selected.   You also can't enter the correct setting manually or it does the same thing.   I expect a BIOS update to resolve this in the near future.  I'd love to get my GSkill 32gb kit up the listed 3200mhz or somewhere close instead of being stuck at 2133mhz.  

2.  Where did Gigabyte hide the setting to disable the onboard audio and the unused network card?   Seriously, I've been building PCs for over 20 years and I've always been able to disable the onboard audio, but there is no mention of the feature in the manual and I've gone through every setting in the BIOS... I think.  

3.  (Related to 2)  Known good Sound Card is not recognizing in PCIEX1_1 or PCIEX4.  I would rather use PCIEX1_1 as the Sound Card would block the fan in PCIEX8 if I used PCIEX4.   

I have a support ticket for the above issues that hasn't  been replied to in 3 days now which is a little concerning.   Ticket # 361722.  It still says new.  

Other thoughts, I'd much rather see effort put into getting Ram Compatibility and Speed then some XSplit Broadcaster/Gamecaster 12 months premium license.  Yes, I'm referring to the Beta F5d bios.   At least the Gaming 5 has gotten some BIOS attention and I'm happy for that.  

RAID setup was a little different, but I honestly haven't had an AMD setup since the Athon 64 days.    

Windows 10 Pro installed without any issues.  

I would recommend doing the leg work and getting updated drivers from AMD and Killer.  Gigabyte doesn't house the most recent.   There is also a review that said to be wary of the Asmedia 1.16.28.1 driver as it causes BSOD.   I downloaded a more recent version from that motherboard company that starts with an A and charges way to much for there sh... crap.  Yes, that one.   

Again, the board is very nice overall and I'm quite happy to be back with AMD.   I would say the same about Gigabyte, but I never left.    
 

Hi Matt. Thanks for your response.  I appreciate it.



I can confirm that 2667 works when I manually set the RAM to the settings listed.



2667mhz

14

14

14

34 



@ 1.35v



I remember on my X79 Intel Gigabyte boards there was a setting further down that I had to set to 2 to get 3 Dimms to play nice.   I can't remember exactly what it was, but there were like 15 settings to play with instead of just 4.   Not a huge deal as maybe all the options will be available down the line.  



The Sound Blaster Z is interesting.   I can get it to detect in PCIEX1_1 and PCIEX4 if I power off the PC and unplug it for about 10 minutes.   I did this on a recommendation on another forum.   However, it is quite tempermental to say the least.   I've disabled the Realtek and AMD Audio from the Video Card in Device Manager.  The Sound Blaster will detect on some boots and not so much on others, or it detects, but thinks it's an older Recon3d instead of the Z.   PCIEX4 seems to work better.  I can get it to detect and work after a few boots.   Could be a Chipset Driver issue??   I never got it to detect and work correctly in PCIEX1_1.   It would only com up as a SPDIF (In think that's right)  Currently, it's not detecting as I write this.  I'm going to attempt to reinstall the Chipset Drivers from AMD. 



Again, thanks for your response.  I look forward to getting this board more dialed in and working on contributing more in the forums. 

Does the card work in the 8x slot? I had an issue getting a wifi card to recognize in the 1x slot. I put it in the 8x slot, installed the drivers, swapped it back, and havn't had any issues.

Update:

I've given up on using the Sound Blaster Z for the moment. OnBoard will work for the moment because I need sound without having to physically remove and reseat the card before every use.

I'm running and f5e bios I got from Support. Some people appear to be using and f5f. Can someone share? Changes? I wasn't given anything with the f5e. Just try it was about it.

I can no longer restart or shutdown properly. PC goes to a black screen and hangs.

The Gigabyte CPU-Z freezes at 70% and never loads. Haven't tried the regular one.

Radeon Settings constantly freezes (Not Responding) when I try to switch between tabs, modify profiles, or scan for additional games. I've tried uninstalling and re-installing 17.3.1 chipset and the 17.3.3 Crimson drivers. I also went back to the 17.3.1 Crimson drivers... same thing. Could be a Crossfire thing. I haven't had a chance to try with a single Fury. Yes, clean installs and also removal with the display driver cleaner AMD recommends.

I'm patiently waiting on bios, driver, and Windows updates for something that helps iron out the bugs that seem to multiply the more I tinker with things.

I don't use the front audio, but when I get a chance I'll hook it up so I potentially add it to my list of problems.

Creative wants me to try something with the Sound Blaster Z, so hopefully sometime later today.

Contacted G skill on the matter. The system can run stable at 2400MHz c16 1.2v (DDR4 standard) so they claim it is unlikely memory kits fault. They also suggested Manual setting to 2933MHz c15 1.3v which is stable.

edit: memory is F4-3200C14D-16GFX, no overclock of CPU

Opened a ticket at esupport and their response is less than stellar. Basically a canned response asking me to contact memory manufacturer and twiddle settings myself, WHILE claiming since I'm overclocking I'm pretty much on my own in this. 

Really makes me question why paying double over a B350 if not trying to run @3200. ALSO, all the hassle of picking up a gigabyte board (They aren't the most plentiful when come to stock in local store around)

edit2: Now may be G skill are bull "xxx" and just put the blame on other when the memory is at fault. But at least they suggested something that's 1 step forward, huh?