Review on 🎮 ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming-ITX/AX: High-Performance Motherboard for 3rd Gen AMD AM4 Ryzen and Future Ryzen Processors by Leslie Matlak

I will be brief in my review and answer a few questions. My board came with UEFI version 1.10 which does not support Ryzen 5000 series processors. I downloaded ASRock's 1.80 update to a flash drive, plugged it in, booted into UEFI, flashed the firmware, rebooted the system and installed Windows with no problems. The full flashing took no more than 5 minutes, but be aware that you may need a backup system to boot the updated UEFI file onto a flash drive, so for those who don't prepare it won't be up and running right away is. Firmware 1.80 includes the ability to change the LED lighting in UEFI, allowing you to set many different options or just off. I've seen someone complain that this isn't an option, but the latest firmware has it. Everything else works as I expected from my build (R5 5600X, 16GB RAM 2133MHz - soon replaced by G.Skill 32GB 3200MHz, Samsung 970 Evo M.2 1TB and RTX 3060Ti). If I had to be picky, UEFI would boot in 5-10 seconds, but Windows boots up so quickly you barely notice the spinning dots. Overall for the price I bought this board is very reliable, supports PCIe 4.0 and has all the bells and whistles I will need for the next 5-7 years!