ASUS B550 motherboard first impressions
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1:01 ROG STRIX B550-E GAMING
7:55 ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING
18:31 ROG STRIX B550-I GAMING
26:00 TUF GAMING B550-PLUS
30:00 TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS
33:40 PRIME B550-PLUS
39:05 PRIME B550M-A
44:00 PRIME B550M-K
48:30 "Avoid these Motherboards"
49:15 Final Ramble
@The English Republican patreon I assume
Thanks for the timestamps Eric
33:40 PRIME B550-PLUS is on discrete MOSFETs, same as PRIME B550M-K / B550M-A
Vishay RA12 RDSon is 4.3mOhm, so they are even worse than 4C06N on b450 boards
www.overclock.net/forum/13-amd-general/1624051-vrm-new-am4-motherboards.html
thank you
Main highlights:
1. "That's really dumb!"
2. "Modern websites suck!"
3. "I am not impressed."
4. "Whaaaaat?...."
Can't wait for the MSI one
Its looking like Asrock and MSI might be the way to go for midrange boards, pretty disappointed in ASUS and Gigabyte
Not sure why those weren't first, so far their b350s and b450s have been the best. Everyone is eager to know whether their Tomahawk and Gaming Pro Carbon boards continue the trend.
@@KlokStudios asrock is shit and gigabyte has been great so no idea what you've been looking at.
Gigabyte have been making 14 phase vrms with 70amp or 90amp mosfets and asrock are doing 50amp at best with 12 phases at best.
Examples
Giga b550 master £300, vcore is 14 phase (7phase doubled) with 70amp tda21472's
Asrock b550 tachi £300, vcore is 12 phase (6 doubled) with vishay 50amps
Giga b550 elite at £160 is 12 phases (6 doubled) with vishay 50amps so like tachi but for half price.
Also theres a gamers nexus video you should watch where asrock is under reporting power usage by 40% while everyone else is 5-10%
Oh and they're over reporting thier tested ram speeds
And they're saying thier boards have world records that they dont.
@@KlokStudios If by "midrange" you mean sub-£150, I guess that makes sense, but Gigabyte's Aorus Elite looks really competitive just below the level of the Mortar and Tomahawk.
@@tomstech4390 I said mid range board, while def a bit ambiguous, 300 dollars boards I def am not considering mid-range. So I'm more referring to around $170 and below since i think around $200+ there are def some good B550 boards but you can also get X570 at the point so it's a bit messy to blanket say "x" is the best board manufacturer at that point.
But for Gigabyte, your right the Elite looks good, but the other boards Gigabyte are offering don't look great that being M-ATX Versions of the elite and pro, the gaming board, etc.
Also I watched the gamers nexus video on the "burn out" and they summed up that there would be little to none impact on the chips life span.
Its crazy to me that my z97 board had post code power reset + clear cmos dual LAN 8 USB ports and even voltage readout points and it was 180 USD on release. now you only get to pick one of those features unless you spend ~300 it seems.
There are $80 motherboards from Aliexpress which do most of that - e.g. the "Atermiter X99" has 8xUSB, and a post code (only single LAN, and no reset or clear-CMOS buttons... but it does seem to have jumpers for it, which you could wire to a button if you really wanted to). Crazy how these useful features have been replaced by useless RGB headers (even on "pro" boards).
asrock extreme 4 seems to have those for 185$
edit: ok, you don't get dual lan and clear cmos, but still not bad
@@nathangamble125 from someone who works in the Aliexpress motherboard scene I know that implementing an integrated POST card costs less than a dollar. It needs some traces on the PCB, a double-digit readout and the POST chip, which when bought in bulk costs next to nothing.
Integrated POST cards became a "premium" feature only because the board manufacturers decided so.
@@weeaboopatrol4638 "poor multi-billion company, please take my money and give me nothing in return! You need to make a living 😢😢😢"
Let's not forget thr advances in silicon processes, electrical componentry and curcuit board printing, as well as the growing scale of the corresponding market. More people are interested in building PCs than ever before. It's foolish to expect that you'll get the same level of feature richness for the same price, but I also kinda expect that after spending 200$+ I don't get fucking 4 USB ports.
@@weeaboopatrol4638 We didn't have 65% inflation in 5 years mate.
Don't be ridiculous.
If that's true where you live then things must be quite a mess locally.
I know I've seen about a 135% inflation in 30 years.
Owing to the fact that inflation is exponential...
Rounding up that's about 3% inflation a year. (which, wouldn't you know. Most countries intentionally aim for 2-3% a year)
So over 5 years you expect about 16% inflation.
That would make a $180 board about $210
Meanwhile we're talking about those features not being present until you get to like $400-500...
Prices for a lot of things have gone WELL beyond inflation.
(GPU's are the worst. Thanks Nvidia. Current high end card is like $2000. In 2010 the absolute most expensive card in existence was $600.
with about 35% expected inflation that should hit $810, not several thousand.)
How do the ~$200 B550 motherboards stack up against the X570 MSI Tomahawk?
Those Asus X570 boards are far from quiet. The PCH fan is in the worst possible location; it's blocked by the GPU, and the only air it does get is from the GPUs exhaust heat. To make matters worse the PCH cooler is too high (above the 0.6" card slot area in the ATX specification), I had to use a lot of force to get the GPU fully seated, and subsequently broken the locking tab removing the GPU because I pushed the down so hard and the 'wing' collapsed (I said it took a lot of force).
Would getting a B550 XE Gaming for the price of a B550 F Gaming be a good deal?
So why wouldn't Asus use a 6+2 phase for their 12+2 power stage setups? If they're using a rebranded 35201, they have 8 signals to play with. Don't see a reason why they'd go with 4+2 instead.
the 12+2 uses the ASP1106 which is cheaper than the 1405.
@@ActuallyHardcoreOverclocking ah, makes sense.
Dammit Asus really being that cheap on 200+ dollar boards. Smh
@@ActuallyHardcoreOverclocking I don't really get the specifics of this, but how's the B550 TUF (non-wifi) VRM compared to the one in the B550 Aorus Elite?
I got to disagree on the ASUS B550-I (price not withstanding!):
1) 2.5 Gbps NIC vs 1Gbps
2) BIOS Flashback
3) USB-C frontpanel header
4) VRM still sufficient for most people
5) Still has 1x Gen 4.0 m.2 which is enough for many
I have both X570-I and C8I and I hate not having 2.5Gbps NICs on either, and no USB C frontpanel + BIOS flashback on X570-I. I also still dislike the lazy DTX formfactor on the C8I.
There is no perfect ITX board just yet, Gigabyte, MSI and ASRock included. I would get the B550-I over the X570-I today. Limited rear I/O > USB hub, done.
B550-E pricing is very attractive in the UK.
The B550M-K is the kind of board I'd expect to find in a prebuilt
Probably where it'll end up. Small SI's who cannot afford to commission specific boards like Dell for instance, will probably buy this "cheap" board in bulk.
or in dumb people's builds
@@clansome Not if they are serious with their $130 msrp. I am pretty sure oems will stay with cheap b450 boards.
@@Psi-Storm ... But an OEM won't be paying Retail price, nonetheless I do take your point.
That postcode location is ideal for me. I dont use the bottom slot as most other people in the world and i also happen to have a top mounted radiator which makes it impossible to see any postcodes situated at the top. Therefore this is pretty ideal.
Dont forget all boards below the ROG STRIX E do NOT have a VRM temp sensor....
@@lawliot yes really. its unacceptable in 2020. My asus b450 is missing a vrm temp sensor also. Just ordered Asrock b550 :))
@@Daisudori b550 msi tomahawk for the win! Asrock er nah!
@@tomquimby8669 Too little usb and poor audio on Tomahawk compared to Aorus Pro/Steel Legend. Same price here :)
that awkward moment when the X570 TUF (non-wifi) has basically been on forever-sale at $165 for a few months now.
Edit: I get it, the X570 TUF ain't perfect. But it's a great value for what it is in comparison to a good bit of B550 boards, and it was the only thing a friend of mine could find in stock anywhere yesterday when he wanted to build a PC. And my condolences to the ones in countries where the price of this board is trash.
That board practically invalidates 3/4 of all B550 boards...
......... in spain always costed 200€+. Usually 220.
The naming scheme all these motherboard manufactures are using is confusing. The B550 TUF has better IO than the X570 TUF.
Out of stock forever at amazon and newegg
You don't get Thunderbolt and you only get gigabit instead of 2.5 gigabit Ethernet.
It's not a square tradeup.
Versus a TUF B550-Plus.
I really dont like ASUS (marketing dpt) anymore since 2016. But on the B550 boards: do you suppose the RX5700XT can run at 4.0 x8 and this will have the same bandwidth as 3.0 x16 ? Then there is a huge advantage to buy B550 or X570 combined with a RX5700XT or RX5600XT because then you can use a completely extra PCIe 3.0 or 4.0 x8 slot: 2080ti cannot do that because it is always on PCIe gen3 thus needs x16 to keep up. Correct?
As far as Europe is concerned it is basically impossible to find a strix x570-i for less than 300 euro and it's frequently out of stock in stores selling for less than 330-ish. So the 230 price tag on b550-i is actually almost a 100 discount. I would love to buy such products at the US market prices you're mentioning...
The Asus B550 board is the longest from the three B550 board videos. What an Asus shill!11!11!11!!!!
Jokes, thanks for your thorough overview as always :D
This is what I’ve been waiting for. Thank youuu!
Yeah I currently have an Asus B 450 F. I think I will wait until later this year to get an x570 and Ryzen 4000 chip. I'm looking at the Crosshair VIII or Taichi.
why even be concerned about igpu OC on a $280 board? 99% of the CPUs going into this motherboard will be completely absent of a igpu
Ryzen 4700G
@Ignatius David Partogi again. if someone is making a lower end build would include something like a 1060 they shouldn't/wouldn't be buying a $280 motherboard.
Dear ASUS. Stop trying to make Strix premium. It's not premium. It will never be premium.
ROG fanboys dislike your comment
it's just a name.
19:00 I thought you're a big fan of tantalum polimer capacitors, or that is just on intel boards?
Truth is this youtuber doesn't really know what he's saying. Hes just a glorified commentator to the eyes of enthusiasts who has limited knowledge on electronicsand he just always complains about so many things.
I have a chipset fan on an X570 board and I don't think I've ever really noticed it.
On my X570 Creation this thing never(!!) Turned on.
@@major_muffler what CPU are you running?
Same here... the fan is litterally dead.. it newer turns on...
@@William-Morey-Baker 3900x
22:00
They had to axe the USB ports in favour of RGB. G A M I N G
USB - C type will be in the future the new real UNIVERSAL - PORT ..... FOR SPEED Protocol like Apple and Windows type of data - transfer - modes ....
Even screens or displays but also every hardware can be serviced : That port can recognice its protocol by software and even Bios & Uefi can talk with it ....
the -E does bifurcated 4.0 x8 slots and has SLI. not that anyone really cares anymore
I was glad my Crosshair 7 hero could rearrange the pci-e lanes to different slots and the 2nd m.2 when I retired it from my main rig and turned it into a storage server.
Yes I was really confused to see that... The Taichi from asrock does the same but they don't advertise sli.
Pcie bifurcation is a tipping pt feature if your use case requires nvme raid, but then you’d be looking at hedt.
@@lorsch. they don't advertise it because they'd have to pay Nvidia to advertise it. so why bother?
It's Asus. It's 7+1.
Do you know what memory topology is B550-A strix ? it's like strix F but painted in white, I will be using it with crucial ballistix rgb 3200 c16.
The reason most ASRock boards have more rear and front USB is their 2ns M.2 slots are x2, whereas on ASUS they are x4. I noticed because this is why I bought the TUF Gaming B550-Plua over the Steel Legend.
The one and only reason i see to get 550 over 570 (considering the prices) is no crappy fan on the chipset.
Those lackluster rear I/O is because of limited b550 link to cpu
Pro-Tip: To use Newegg to find the MSRP use Powersearch button instead of the normal guided search. IE in this case, Powersearch, Manufacturer:ASUS, Chipset:B550 and Seller:Newegg. BAM!
Suddenly Newegg's own prices are shown instead of price-gouging piranhas which really just tells you to "buy this elsewhere right now".
this is stat padding people!
needs a sticker
lol, would be cool, and would go well next to the "I Couldn't be bothered" and "more caps more better" stickers, lol. maybe 'soon' I'll have an "allegedly" sticker as well.
The Rog b550-f board looks better than that x570. So if you don't need an x570, might as well go for aesthetics instead.
Can you do a new video of the best budget boards with the least compromises for Ryzen 3/4?
B450/B550/x570
For all the major suppliers ?
The prime b550m-k is not even a 100$ board, its more like an 80-90$ board. I bought a b450 tomahawk for 100$ for a friend a week ago, and the tomahawk vrm easily beats the rog b450-f. Needless to say it will straight up murder the prime k. Just the b550 chipset is not worth 50 dollars over b450
There are similar and cheaper B550 options - e.g. MSI's own M PRO-VDH, which has the same VRM as the B450 Tomahawk (or at least very similar - seems to be the same mosfets in the same layout with a heatsink that's not too much smaller) and is about the same price.
Are the VRMs on the B550-I bad or just not as good as the X570?
I'm planing on building an ITX System with an 8 Core Ryzen (Maybe 4700X?) and i'll probably get into a little CPU and Memory overclocking.
What are your top B550 recommendations around $200? Running a Ryzen 5 3600x. Asrock Extreme4, Steel Legend, MSI Tomahawk, Asus Strix f, Aorus Pro? Or something else entirely? It's literally the last part I have left to purchase for my build and I can't find in-depth comparisons for b550 boards anywhere yet. I appreciate any kind of feedback.
8:27 "In Italian accent" : The Man want post code let him get the post code
I'm Italian we don't talk like that :D but it's true this is like americans make us talk in every movie!
@@simoSLJ89 i used a reference from Stewie from family guy that pretend to be an Italian . th-cam.com/video/Ja-uVSxm8ZQ/w-d-xo.html
im greek btw :P
None of these boards use intel lan, all b550 boards use 8125 (2.5G) or 1G realtek, does it make any difference? Is intel lan better, more stable when compared to realtek?
I think, the shifted down PCI-e 16x slot does help in some GPU card+case combination. I have a mainboard with the 16x slot on the top slot, and I have to shave off some of the insulator on the displays connector (HDMI+DP) otherwise I won't be able to plug the cable in.
From the "sub $200" B550 boards you've seen until now from any brand (not A, not M), which one do you like the most and why?
Thanks for you impressions. The ROG Strix X570-I was always about €300-€320 over here, never below €300. The B550-I is listed as €220, but not in stock (yet). And the X570-I is miniDTX, doesn't fit all ITX cases. I personally like 3 USB-C better than USB-A, so I don't mind that ;) Asus says it has an "active" VRM cooler, which could mean a fan over the rear IO :(
I still planning to go with B550-I for my next build, but I'll wait for some reviews.
The x570-i isn't the rog impact, it's actually itx. The impact is the dtx one. Prices are over 300 for the x570i where i live as well though. B550-i is 230
@@givemeajackson You're right, my bad. Just looked it up. X570-I has no front-USB-C though, which is a no-go for me. Thanks!
Does anybody know whats up with 8+4 pin cpu power connector ? Specially on ROG Strix F gmaing , is it 4pin optional. I have r5 3600 , and my EVGA BR 700W has only 1x 8pin(4+4) cpu power connctor .?
got the b550-i for 180 on black friday. so happy with the price :)
I've seen $90 b450 boards with better rear I/O. Where did all the rear USB ports go?
Well the B550 prices are quite close to the X570, unless you take the current Asus promotion (in europe) into account.
You can get a 30€ cashback (or 40€ gamesplanet voucher), 25€ cashback for a review and 10€ cashback for an additional amazon review (if the original review was posted on a different sellers website). Thats 65-75€ off the price, making the B550 boards (at launch) considerably cheaper than X570.
You need to do best overall mobos per price point.
ANd yeah the Asus -K models are shit. I have one for a 2200G (stock) and its fine under air, but I am still salty I didnt get the S2H over it instead. Same 4K capabilities, but an actual OK heatsink.
I just bought the B550M Tuf because it has wifi and Bluetooth (yes I am that person who cares about these kinds of things because I might not be able to use ethernet) and everything was out of stock. Is it that bad?
Solid way to crush my dreams man lol, I just cancelledmy backordered preorder of t he b550 itx and now im waiting for the x570 itx to comeback in stock!
Get the gigabyte one instead
Why are you not using the mouse middle click to open things in new tab?
In the B550 space, the Gigabyte B550I-AX is amazing. It has 90A power stages.
Wait? On Newegg the x570 tomahawk which is supposed to be $200 +/- 10% is $400 right now. While on B&H it is the expected $220.
I don't get USB-C in the IO, unless that's intended for VR hardware?
Asus ROG B550-E have Monolithic MP86992-C787 which are 70A rated VRM.
Was really close to placing preorder for Strix B550-E gaming with a great price, ended up getting the X570 Unify. Had similar thought about the board with Buildzoid
I think they put the post code there so you can see it through a side pannel while your still sitting down. Admittedly useless if the bottom pci-e slot is populated tho
Asus' website is a nightmare to navigate. It won't load past one page, has no way to sort by chipset, only by branding. The best way to find something on the Asus website is through google.
The only video I care about on the topic of B550.
Is the Crosshair VII better than the best ASUS B550 boards? In a lot of places you can get that board for $200, which seems like a good value.
If you actually mean Crosshair VII (and not Crosshair VIII) you're talking about an X470 board - it's good, but has no PCIe 4.0. If that doesn't matter to you, it might be worth it, because all of its other specs are similar to similarly priced B550s (and better than most of ASUS' options - the B550 Prime Pro isn't too bad, but I'd say it's not as good as MSI or Gigabyte's alternative options, and not as good as the Crosshair VII once you exclude its advantage in PCIe and memory speed).
Why strix-F has lower memory speed compared to TUF?
The Prime Plus is ok, but given the choice I'd pick the Aorus Elite (ATX, not mATX - the mATX one is so trash that I don't even get why it's got the same branding). It's about the same price as the Prime, but a better VRM (true 12 phases to the CPU), nicer looking rear I/O (more USB-A, faster LAN, and a built-in I/O shield), and an M.2 heatsink. It loses a couple of sata ports (but seriously, who needs more than 4 hard drives?) and has no USB-C, but I'd be fine with that.
Daaamn, I totally didn't t see the downshifted PCIe slot on the M Plus! That won't work for me at all! Thanks for the headsup!
That's with most B550 boards
Time to brew some coffee for this.
What’s the best b550 board at around $200? I’m considering:
MSI Tomahawk Mag
Asus Strix gaming f
Asus TUG gaming
Asrock Extreme4
Asrock Steel Legend
What would would be your recommendation from that list? Or would you recommend something else?
MSI B550 Edge Wifi :)
45:55 The CPU support list for this board lists the 3950... Man I'd love to see someone set this thing on fire with one of those.
3950x uses less than 100W @ stock
so not a problem
@@rawdez_ >Stock. We don't do that here, really.
I think with mATX slot spacing they figure more people will have big Air coolers interfering with GPUs rather than 3 slot cards interfering with a lower device.
I've never has a 3 slot card, but tbf I watercool all my high end GPUs so I don't really have a typical use case.
Oh yeah and I guess that also means I generally don't have air coolers in those situations either
Looking for impressions on msi ones especially mortar and tomahawk
Bruh, you can buy a USB-C male to USB-A female for dirt cheap on amazon. Or a type-c to type-c cable for your charging your phone.
Why would you want to, though?
I think you misunderstood what he was saying, Oscar. He said he *has* a USB-A to USB-C charging cable, which is exactly why he doesn't need USB-C on a motherboard.
@@d15p4tch6 he seems to care a lot about the amount of USB-A ports on motherboards. By buying a dirt cheap male type-c to female type-a he essentially gets an extra type-a port at fast USB 3 speeds.
@@nathangamble125 see my reply to dead fury angle. I'm aware that he already has one, my point is more that he could count the type c port as another type a port just with a single compact adapter, or get a charging cable that's type c on both sides. It's not like £5 is a lot of extra cost when you are considering buying a £200+ motherboard. It's not like you're going to care about the extra length of an adapter when it's rear io that can just be left alone in there, unlike laptops where you need to store the adapter separately.
@@TheOz1999 People don't like dongles and adapters tho.
I was kinda disappointed by the b550. might wait for the rumored 590 chipset.
you maybe forget pcie.4 traces certification could be some expensive.
Not all, your favourite b550 aorus master has post code indicator in the correct place
@12:20 I fully agree with websites being stupid, probably because the "mobile first" angle.
I got the Rog Strix B550-E Gaming for 210€ with the german Asus cashback promotion. Think it was a pretty good deal for that price.
You're absolutely right for the wack worldwide prizes. The B550 Aorus Master costs 340 EU on Caseking. That's a horrific price.
It's a 70Amp x 14 phase vcore...
Some of these prices for B550 motherboards are atrocious compared to B450 or even some X570 boards
Always entertaining sir!
"IF newegg actually had it, it would be $250."
"This is supposed to be a $250 itx board."
Dude, I love your content, but comparing actual prices to "supposed to", "ideal", "MSRP" prices does the people who are trying to actually buy these boards a disservice.
It's extremely frustrating for us to try to find a 1600AF and find it's like 4 bucks away from a Ryzen 3600. Imagine hearing "instead of B550 motherboards at $250, go for the X570 boards at comparable prices" and finding x570s begin at $300++. If you have the actual prices, compare them with each other, not against the theoretical prices that people can't find.
That's because they aren't in stock. The advice is to just wait. If you can't wait then just pay the ripoff price of b550.
He's not talking msrp, he's talking about prices for when they're in stock. We are in the middle of a pandemic so no shit prices aren't the same as they used to.
Like it or not, this video is also advice for when things are in stock so when he says "this is supposed to be that price" once things are in stock it will more than likely be that price. You're getting ripped off, if you want to pay now then go ahead
I have the Asus X570 TUF Gaming Plus but I want to sell it. I much prefer the MSI bios. I want the X570 Tomahawk.
That's a take.
We'll get 4000 series ryzen cpu's and probably x670 series motherboards in this year right?
No. X670 with support for AM4 would be very unlikely, mainly because it would be completely pointless when X570 is already a good enough enthusiast chipset. The boards will improve, but we don't need new high-end chipsets. We need new low-end chipsets.
Spherical VRM lumps, lol. I can actually imagine motherboard makers doing that, the way they obstruct the cooling groves from the air flowing over the motherboard when they have any groves at all, lol.
I think all of those B550 boards are overpriced.
Isn't the reason for 'butchered' rear IO that B550 just has fewer controllers than X570?
Between the CPU's 2x-gen2 and the chipset's 6xUSB2 + 2x-gen2 + up to 6x-gen1, there are more then enough controllers to fill that rear IO shield with USB if they wanted to, though that would eat into the flex-IO budget a bit, same goes with SATA which I'd like to have 4x of.
so now the b550 motherboards are out we start to find out the waiting for a non fan motherboard has been a waste of time as the fan does not function in normal use on the x570. in that case why bother just a good heatsink would have done wonders to selling x570 boards. I have ordered a b550 tomahawk so when you get around to the MSI boards we will see what you think of that.
How stupid do people have to be to realise what a board that's been out for a year does and how does b550 releasing effect that?
The only idiots complaining about x570 fans are people that dont have them. And probably those that buy asrock.
The main benefit of x570 is running 2 pcie4 gpus like 5700xts in crossfire
...which you cant do.
So buy b550 itx.
If you don't need the PCIe lanes, there's no point in spending more money on getting an X570 over a B550 with similar or better specs. Waiting because of the fan was always stupid, but waiting because you wanted a cheaper option with PCIe4 and a good VRM, but didn't need more PCIe 4 than one x16 slot and 1 NVMe... That absolutely made sense.
@@tomstech4390 well we did not have them because we could see a chipset fan and did not want to chance having annoying whine all day long. The idiots are the designers hoping customers would accept active cooling. in the end fans on chipsets is a backward step.
Dafuq is YT doing in 2024?
video quality isnt available and it looks like 360p.
Inswear YT is getting worse by the day... or maybe they are just doing BZ dirty.
why not move some where that doesn't have data cap's...but not to far from your family area?
I don't have data caps
It's at ASUS' end. Their website is just slow.
Who's watching this with the new 5000 Ryzen series coming up? :D
Unify X570 is £60 more in the UK in comparison to Asus-E B550 (£240). It kinda is different range
Yeah, that’s a difference vs USD: $279.99 (E-Gaming) vs $299.99 (Unify).
if u look good enough on the asus website, there is also the www.asus.com/uk/Motherboards/ROG-STRIX-B550-A-GAMING/ but it is not yet revealded it seems
Asrock has the best I/o by far. Wanted to buy the B550 Tomahawk. Same drama of an I/O just like the B550M Mortar, it's mITX levels of I/O.
Asrock continues to be middle of the road, when it comes to thermals.
for I/O Asrock and GB do it best this round imo. MSI is shit on usb and audio compared to others on b550
When both your B550-E Strix and B550-I Strix are $20 cheaper than their X570 versions... Asus, why should I even consider your B550 boards?
dont consider asus's b55 lineup, either very lackluster or very overpriced
MSI is the last of the list? kkkkkk we love your job BZ, nice one, thx!! :)
where i live B550 could be a replacement for the tomahawk max
Prime B550-Plus is a 150$ ATX motherboard using the infamous Asus Z370 Sira 12/14 discrete fets ? Can anyone confirm ? If so that would be the rip-off of B550.
Hey buildZoid , can we have a roundup of the best board for Oc !
this is going to be a weird 2 years
Ryzen 2 (3600-3700-3900) and Ryzen 3 (4600-4700-4900) are going to be on the AM4 socket
but Ryzen 4 (5600-5700-5800) will be on the AM5 socket with PCIE Gen 5.0, so effectively these X570 and B550 mobos will only last 2 generations (alot of people are going to be pissed about this).
But this leads to some very weird pricing as Gen 4 Nvme SSDs (and the whole reason you would get a X570/B550 mobo) are just as expensive as the boards they go in, hell a decent 1tb Gen 4.0 Nvme costs as much as a Gigabyte B550 Master and remember if your buying a Ryzen 3 4600-4700-4900 + a X570 mobo this holiday season your at the end of the upgrade path as the next Ryzen CPUs will be AM5 on PCIE Gen 5.
meaning this whole generation of CPU's and there ecosystems (CPU+Mobo+SSD) will never hit pricing parody your CPU will likely remain the cheapest (in terms of price) item in your Build until atleast AM5 resets the market. in the past pricing has generally gone GPU>CPU>Mobo>Ram>Drives>PSU, but right now in 2020 its GPU>Mobo>Drives>CPU>PSU>Ram this just seems an unnatural order of product pricing.
which is leading to weird consumer decisions "do i buy 2 gen 4 ssds... or upgrade another 2 tiers in CPU" along with "filling up the M.2s in this Mobo is going to cost more then just getting a threadripper or 2080ti" especially when you consider the Ryzen 3600 will remain the highest selling CPU and likely only beat by the 4600 later on in the year.
IDK has anyone else noticed this?
*Zen 2, Zen 3
not "Ryzen 2" and "Ryzen 3"
*parity
not "parody".
But I do agree. It's kind of crazy that so many more high-end motherboards have come out. They're good boards for sure (at least some of them are), but even so there's not much point in buying these high-end boards for people who won't put a Ryzen 9 in them. If you want to upgrade to a new GPU a few years down the line the PCIe 4.0 might help, but PCIe3.0 x16 should still be good enough for an RTX 3080 and whatever AMD's equivalent is, and still shouldn't lose you more than 10% or so performance in a worst-case-scenario on the generation after that, at which point you'd probably want to upgrade your CPU anyway.
HOnestly, the only reason I try to use mostly m.2 ssd's is because i hate dealing with cables.
Is this the same guy from gamernexus ?
asus low end boards being the most expensive garbage yet again
So am I right if i say the best matx b550 is the steel legend?
Mortar technically has a better VRM but steel legend is defo the best for IO and connectivity.
@@ActuallyHardcoreOverclocking Thank you