Intel Z890 Motherboard Mega Guide (2025) — ASUS, ASRock, GIGABYTE & MSI

GIGABYTE Z890 AORUS PRO ICE — premium wiring, saner price

PRO ICE is the cooler-toned sibling to MASTER. You still get PEG Gen5 x16 and a CPU-Gen5 x4 M.2, plus four-to-five Gen4 M.2 with finned plates, Wi-Fi 7, and a well-rounded USB roster. TB often drops to a single TB4 or USB4-class port depending on region; for many creators, that’s enough to chain a display and a fast NVMe enclosure.

Thermally, the VRM sinks are dense and well-spaced from the rear IO shroud, so a simple top-rear exhaust keeps MOSFET temps flat in all-core work. EZ-Latch everywhere, clear bifurcation tables in the manual, and fan policies tied to the right sensors make this one of the most painless “premium but not halo” builds.

Spec snapshot

• ATX, strong SPS VRM with tall fins
• 4× DDR5; high-capacity XMP stability
• PCIe 5.0 x16; CPU-Gen5 x4 + multi-Gen4 M.2
• TB4/USB4 (model/region), Wi-Fi 7, 2.5/5GbE

Official page: Z890 AORUS PRO ICE