Motherboards have, for all intents and purposes, been built the same for what feels like decades. Although the appearance and some hardware features are constantly evolving, the technology used to cool them hasn’t changed much. Slap on a hunk of aluminum and make sure it has enough mass and surface area to do the job. With today’s processors consuming more power than ever, robust power delivery and proper cooling are a must, especially if you plan to overclock. Fast-forward to Computex 2026, where Gigabyte showcased an absolute beast of a motherboard, the Aorus X870E Infinity Next, packed with never-before-used space-grade thermal engineering and a never-before-seen aesthetic.
This E-ATX masterpiece isn’t just your run-of-the-mill Halo motherboard. Gigabyte uses space-grade thermal engineering and rocket-thruster-grade thermal materials, and is the first to use 3D metal printing technology. The VRMs use a 3D metal-printed vapor chamber with an ‘ultra-dense’ omnidirectional Fin Wick and cooling capacity said to exceed 100W. On top of that is an almost alien-like structure that resembles a porous lava rock or even a sponge, which Gigabyte says increases surface area by 44%. Hiding underneath the VRM heatsinks are 16 data-center-class quad OptiMOS MOSFETs (Infineon OptiMOS TDM22544D) for a total of 64 phases (16×4) with a maximum current of 5,120A, nearly doubling the highest value we’ve seen on any consumer-class motherboard. Gigabyte describes it as “limitless power through space-grade and data center-class cooling surface area.” This new tech even makes its way to the primary M.2 heatsink, an AI-Gyroid-designed heatsink with 44% greater cooling area.
Not only does it use cutting-edge materials and processes, but it is, in my opinion, one of the most unique and best-looking motherboards around, with space-age materials on all the parts that get hot (and then some). A full list of specifications isn’t available at this time, but we can glean that it supports a two-slot memory configuration for high-capacity, high-speed CQ-DIMMs, five M.2 sockets, three PCIe slots, and a whole lot more. Availability was not discussed at the Giga event (though they did say it would be produced), nor was pricing mentioned. You can bet your bottom dollar this will not be cheap at all, given all the space-age technology used. It may not be practical for many. It will be affordable for even fewer. But regardless of those details, this is one of the most unique motherboards I’ve ever seen, possibly ever, pushing beyond traditional limits and earning my nod for Best Motherboard of Computex 2026. — Joe Shields
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