GIGABYTE's halo tier X870E AORUS Xtreme X3D AI TOP motherboard wins a Computex Best Choice award

Computex 2026 is just days away. It's become tradition for the organizers to give out a series of Best Choice awards highlighting some of the more attention-grabbing products at the show. The GIGABYTE X870E AORUS Xtreme X3D AI TOP motherboard received an award in the Computer and System category. It's a gloriously ridiculous flagship board that I want, but at over $1,000, I can't afford.

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The X870E AORUS Xtreme X3D AI TOP is an updated version of the AORUS Xtreme AI TOP that includes GIGABYTE's X3D Turbo Mode 2.0. It's an AI-powered enhancement that's designed to extract more performance from AMD's Ryzen X3D processors. That aside, the board has almost every conceivable feature you can get on a consumer motherboard.

It features an LCD screen, dual 10G LAN, loads of fast USB ports with 65W PD support, a strong VRM and five M.2 slots. The AORUS Xtreme X3D AI TOP packs in a huge amount of cooling capacity. Finned VRM heatsinks, a memory cooler, a large M.2 cooler and a rear backplate combine into what promises to be a board with one of the best cooling assemblies ever seen. I won't say for sure until I have tested it, but that's surely a safe assumption. I'll ask GIGABYTE for a review sample. This is one board I'll be happy to play with.

Most vendors are keeping their Computex motherboard showcases under wraps for now. We're expecting to see some prototypes of so-called 'next generation' motherboards. Vendors are unlikely to have permission from Intel or AMD to reveal full names and all their secrets. We've been surprised before though!

The TweakTown team are gathering in Taipei for Computex 2026. Stay tuned for our comprehensive coverage.