Gigabyte A520I AC (AMD Ryzen AM4/Mini-ITX/Direct 6 Phases Digital PWM with 55A DrMOS/Gaming GbE LAN/Intel WiFi+Bluetooth/NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 M.2/3 Display Interfaces/Q-Flash Plus/Motherboard)

90$ mini itx board. Great value for sure and great features for the price wifi and bt were already working on first boot! Bios is also great super straight forward. Everything you need and nothing you don’t, 2 fan headers second one comes with an extension cable.

It worked with a Ryzen 5600x right out of the box, no BIOS update needed. XMP profile for RAM was 1 click in BIOS setup. Plenty of fan headers and even a few RGB connections if you're in to that. The only cons are the included paperwork is just 1 sheet of paper that just shows an overview of the on board connections, but no labeling of the pin connections; specifically the front panel I/O, which has to be plugged in individually. You will have to search online for the specific model to find the actual 42 page user manual in PDF form to find the breakdown of all the specific pins functionality. No one includes driver media anymore, but you can either download drivers individually from Gigabyte's website, or download their "APP Center" application which will install driver updates for you, as well as some useful (and other not so useful) tools. Pay attention to the setup process with APP Center though, as it will try to, by default, install Norton Antivirus software. You can pick and choose which apps and drivers to install. The on board wifi/bluetooth supposedly supports up to about 450 mbps, but regardless of placement of the antenna, I was only able to get about 100 mbps upload and download speeds both before and after driver updates; my MacBook Pro sitting right next to the PC was able to get 545 mbps up/down. Your mileage may vary however. I haven't tested the on board wired LAN but it's an Intel 1gbps port so it should run at whatever your home internet is capable of. Overall solid board with no issues,

After a number of system upgrades, I found myself with a DDR4 memory kit, an ITX case and a 5600G without a home. I bought this board and a boot drive to assemble a low power system. Everything I put in was recognized out of the box, Windows install was straightforward and I've had zero issues with it.It's got the a520 chipset, so it's limited to 26 lanes of PCIe gen 3. It doesn't support overclocking and has a fairly basic VRM, so it's not the best choice for gaming. It only has 2 memory slots, one PCIe slot and one M.2 slot so expansion options are limited. If you understand it's limitations and can live within them, it's a great board.For this system I have no need to overclock and the 16 Gb of memory I have in it is all it will ever need. It recognized the XMP memory timings and runs it at the advertised 3600 mHz. Sitting here typing this review while streaming video from a media server it's drawing 31 watts, including the monitors. I can use it for light gaming and I have 6 TB of storage on it backing up some less important stuff. If you're building a gaming system I'd spend the extra money for a more fully featured B550 or X570 board, but for a fast, low power desktop this is an excellent choice.

Excellent Mini-ITX motherboard, Here's my experience:I paired it with a Ryzen 5700G processor and 64GB of RAM, housed in the Akasa Maxwell Pro Plus, an aluminium fanless Mini-ITX case. The combination works flawlessly under Arch Linux, providing a silent and efficient system that handles multitasking, development workloads, and media playback with ease.The motherboard's layout is well-designed, with intuitive placement of headers and ports that simplify the build process in small cases like mine.Overall, the Gigabyte A520I AC is a fantastic choice for anyone building a compact and capable system. Highly recommended!

I like the board, but its lack of a manual though did find one online is disappointing. Also, there is no driver disk included anymore like it was with previous boards. I tried to install Windows 11, but it kept asking for a raid_ahci driver, but the one on Gigabytes web site Windows says it is not compatible. I will try Windows 10 and see what happens.Linux on secondary drive from a different motherboard just worked, no issue at all.Update: I did finally get Windows 10 and Windows 11 installed using the Microsoft Installation Assistant. The iso did not work for me and would not accept the drivers on Gigabytes website. I think they might not have been signed drivers.Update 2: So, I have been using this board for awhile now and it seems like a nice board aside from a few quirks.First, the bios is limited in the options it shows, not at all like my previous Gigabyte boards. Also, the information that shows on the screen when booting is almost non-existant. The bios of my previous boards showed processor, memory, and what hard drives are connected. Not anymore. Now, if you want that information at boot, you have to actually go into the bios or press the boot menu key F12. Also, the BIOS boots really slow on this board. The BIOS on the board that this one replaces boots a lot faster and it is over 10 years old.Second, my display port stopped working. I even bought a second VGA to Display Port adapter, no go. Luckily, the HDMI ports work with my VGA to HDMI adapter so I will keep the board. It is funny though that initially the Display Port worked, but then all of sudden it did not work anymore.I really should give the board only 3 stars, but I do like the performance so far so I will leave the 4 stars.

Great MB, I have installed three with no issues.

I bought this item in Sep 2024. I held it before installing it until July 2025. Attempts to install all failed. TOTALLY Dead in the water. Would turn on but no Bios screen shows on the monitor. Processor is correct Rizon 9. Memory is correct. It just would NOT start. A Real disappointment.