Yes.
However things should change now that Intel has dropped royalties on Thunderbolt moving forward.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/05/intel-to-make-thunderbolt-3-royalty-free-in-bid-to-spur-adoption/
Yeah that's their plan, can't wait to see it in action. TB was never on the chipset...
All of our motherboards on X299 launch date have the same power delivery design from top to bottom. Whether it is entry model or flagship. The Gaming 3 won't have dual-NIC but it will have onboard power button (PW_SW). We weren't able to put Thunderbolt 3 on our launch models due to time...
The K5 and K7 have a lot in difference. You are looking at very different PWM where the K7 and 5 have the same 6+4 IR power phase, but the K5 will have a 4+3 config (unsure on the exact brand/model).
QVL for Ryzen will continue to expand and 3000Mhz is within AMD's memory limits so they will get validated as continue testing on more stable BIOS versions. AMD just released a new AGESA microcode so check to see if you have our latest bios on our support pages over at www.gigabyte.us
Our AX370-Gaming K5 will also have a BCLK chip on it at an even lowest MSRP than the Gaming 5. However you will also have a weaker VRM power phase, making it not ideal if you are indeed looking at some OC.
We have 2 AORUS boards that will be entering the market real soon, in fact the Gaming K7 will already be in this week.
The AX370-Gaming K7 and K5 will have BLCK, while the earlier launch MB Gaming 5 does not.
The K7 will be priced higher than the 5 at MSRP $209.99 in the US, but the Gaming K5...
Looks like the plastic stuff manufacturers put on new things. You should take off your PCH heatsink and remove it like that plastic sticker is requesting.
There will still be some time before everything gets fully optimal on such a brand new platform. With R5 already on the horyzen, I actually don't think everything will be perfect by the time of its arrival. But I will guarantee that inventory stock will be in full force as our shipment by sea...
Could be possible that after closing the lever, the socket prevents the pins from going down any further to make contact. But all in all, it sounds like a terrible and scary situation. There was also the case of even getting enough pressure on the CPU for AM4 in the first place from CPU cooler...