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Review on ASRock B365M PHANTOM GAMING 4 LGA1151 Intel B365 DDR4 Quad CrossFireX SATA3 USB3.1 M.2 A GbE MicroATX Motherboard with enhanced SEO by Chris Webb

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Great value for money

Very fast board. Lots of great features. It looked great. I really liked the RGB lights, but their control was buggy. The asrock RGB software was freezing and buggy. There's no overclocking, although it does show various things you can tweak. I've never been able to overclock. It supported my 9700k and my 9600. If it worked on my 1080 then my 2070 was great. I switched to an asus z390-e because I wanted to overclock. The performance difference between the z390 and the b365 was not noticeable at all and the difference in benchmarks was only 1-3 fps and that's within the margin of error, so I don't think anyone needs the az series if they don't want to overclock. If you want to get the most bang for your buck, this is probably the way to go. The BIOS settings are simple, but the only downside is that the RGB software sometimes has to be force closed and reopened. The m.2 nvme slot allowed my sabrent Rocket NVMe to run at 3200Mbps. In addition, the RAM could easily be switched to the xmp profile.

Pros
  • Ideal for a small home
Cons
  • Zero