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

Name: 🎮 ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming-ITX/AX: High-Performance Motherboard for 3rd Gen AMD AM4 Ryzen and Future Ryzen Processors
Item: 🎮 ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming-ITX/AX: High-Performance Motherboard for 3rd Gen AMD AM4 Ryzen and Future Ryzen Processors
Rating: 4

October 22, 2022

I am satisfied with the product, it is made well, the price is also pleasing.

I consider this board to be the best in the Mini-ITX form factor from those released on the B550 chipset.

The B550 itself is only slightly worse than the X570 (less USB and SATA, no PCIe 4.0 support for the chipset). But at the same time, its memory support is on average better than that of the X570.

If you do not take into account small overlays with drivers, then it can be safely recommended for installation in compact cases.

Pros

1. High-quality electrical circuit system - 8 full-fledged power phases are suitable even for a 16-core 3950X. With my cold 3600, the VRM temperature does not exceed 50º. 2. Fast memory support is better than many X570 boards. 3. Latest generation audio codec ALC1220 (sound quality is excellent) and WiFi 6. 4. As many as two M.2 connectors (front under a metal casing for PCIe 4.0, rear only for PCIe 3.0)

Cons

1. Big problem with drivers. After installation, WiFi or Ethernet did not work. Win10 does not by default include drivers for the new I225V network controller that is used on this board. I decided by downloading the Bluetooth drivers to another computer and transferring them here. As Bluetooth started working, it became possible to distribute the Internet from the phone. Only then Win10 automatically downloads the drivers for the network controller and normal WiFi and LAN appear.