Review on ASUS TUF B450 PLUS II Motherboard by Bima ᠌

Name: ASUS TUF B450 PLUS II Motherboard
Item: ASUS TUF B450 PLUS II Motherboard
Rating: 5

March 03, 2023

Best thing I have ever used, highly recommended!

Purchased for use with Ryzen 7 PRO 3700. The assembly process is really simple and straightforward; however, it is a shame that Asus has discontinued including a block in the kit that can be used to connect the leads on the case panel. Everything kicked off promptly and without any issues whatsoever, with HyperX RAM operating at 3733 MHz with no questions asked, top-level stability, and low temperatures. UEFI with a plethora of configurable options. In general, Asus has maintained a high level of quality throughout the years.

Pros

Reliability of components, arrangement of the board in terms of distances between slots and connectors, power phases, an abundance of USB and fan connectors, two M.2 slots, one of which has a heatsink, Aura Sync, which is a minor feature but good nonetheless.

Cons

On the sound card that was built right into the computer, the microphone that was located on the front panel did not work. I connected a variety of them, including headsets as well as microphones by themselves; the software determined their connection; nonetheless, there was no sound coming from the input. I tested it with both branded drivers and the ones that come standard with Windows 10, but the outcome was still nil. But, because I was not satisfied with the quality that the integrated sound system produced, I decided to purchase a discrete sound system, and the microphone performed admirably with it. The software that comes with Armory Crate is quite simple. It stubbornly refuses to work without any ates, even though it claims in the "ate center" that there are none, and then it cusses out the absence of certain services. In overall, there is a great deal of room for improvement.