Looking for full ATX motherboards socket 1700, the ones with good reviews on international sites were costing from €250 to €400. At some point, I looked for micro ATX so I wouldn't have to change the case and power supply, and I found this one for just over €100. Moreover, it supports 2 NVMe drives with PCIe4 speed, which is extremely important. It has many positive reviews on international sites.
So, the company offers a cheaper product but with some limitations, like most micro ATX motherboards. However, it is a good solution with plenty of capabilities for its price. Once everything was set up, everything runs smoothly, the SSD and NVMe drives provide the expected speeds, as well as the CPU. I can't notice anything negative.
The "GIGABYTE Control Center" tool offered on the company's website is interesting as it detects all available updates, from which you can choose which ones to install. This tool also automatically upgrades the motherboard firmware: it downloads the firmware, restarts on its own, enters the BIOS automatically, upgrades it, and then restarts again. The user is saved from the hassle.
I gave the motherboard 5 stars despite encountering some memory incompatibility with the ones I had, as I wrongly took into account third-party websites that incorrectly stated that the memories were compatible, but the exact type of KINGSTON DDR4 2666 was not on Gigabyte's official compatibility list.
The memories worked perfectly on a previous motherboard. However, as soon as I installed them on this one, I experienced blue screens and crashes in Windows, not in a specific location, but in different locations each time, which often indicates a memory problem.
Indeed, Memtest86 immediately showed errors. Each dimm individually passed Memtest86 on the motherboard without errors, but when both were installed in the slots designated for dual channel operation, Memtest86 showed errors again. So, I had to install them in slots 1 and 2, as only then they didn't produce errors, but I lost the dual channel capability, which only works in alternating slots of the same color (2-4 or 1-3).
Therefore, we must pay attention to the official website to avoid troubles.
With the latest firmware, they probably recognize them as compatible now because it displays a message saying "your memories are not working in dual channel". However, I haven't yet tried changing their position.
Apart from that, the BIOS settings options seemed numerous and confusing at first, but once I read the instructions and searched for information, my questions were answered.
Also, initially, it didn't recognize one of the two NVMe drives, but when I upgraded the BIOS to the then-latest version (F4a, April 2023), it immediately detected it.
In general, it was somewhat difficult to assemble and adapt the hardware in a system with a micro ATX motherboard and a small case, but when you buy this motherboard, you are aware that it is smaller and cheaper, which entails difficulties in placement. In response to the question "Did you easily connect the hardware to the motherboard?" I marked yellow, precisely to let others know that everything is more difficult with the small dimensions of micro ATX.
Personally, I struggled a bit with the incompatible memories, but it was my mistake because I should have only paid attention to the company's official compatibility list.