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Review on ASUS ROG Strix B550-A Gaming Motherboard: Zen 3 Ryzen 5000 & 3rd Gen Ryzen ATX Gaming with PCIe 4.0, 2.5Gb LAN, BIOS Flashback, Dual M.2, Addressable Gen 2 RGB Header by Charles Russell

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Great looks and performance B550 mobo priced at

Largely identical to the ROG Strix B550-F specification and $10 cheaper when downloading. Like the white/black look. Works cool. The ARGB header works fine, but the RGB RAM works. I mistakenly thought there was RGB on the chipset logo and heatsink, but that's not the case. Overall happy with the looks and performance for the price. My RigFractal Design Focus G Black ATX Mid Tower Computer Case Antec Prizm 120 ARGB 5 Plus C 120mm Case Fan with ASUS ROG STRIX B550-A AM4 Controller AMDRyzen 5 3600 CPU (Upgrade Ryzen 5 5600x)EVGA Rtx 2060 KO Ultra Graphics Card G. SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2x8GB) CAS Latency 16 (Updated: Crucial Ballistix RGB 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3600 CL16 Update added: GIGABYTE AORUS Gen4 M.2 1TB PCI-Express 4.0 x4, NVMe 1.3 3D TLC SSD Intel 660p Series M.2 2280 512GB PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4 3D2 (for gaming)WD Blue 2.5" 3D NAND SATA SSD 250GB (for Windows 10 Pro) I reused a Segate 3TB 7500rpm HDD min (music, pictures etc.) I reused the Corsair CX600 PSU It's still a good efficient PSU (NEW SAMA Armor 750 750W 80+ Gold Full Modular upgrade)

Pros
  • Best gaming connectivity: HDMI 2.1 output (4K@60Hz) and DisplayPort 1.2 support, two M.2 (NVMe SSD) slots - one with PCIe 4.0 x4 connection, USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C port and Thunderbolt 3 port
Cons
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