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Review on ASUS ROG Strix B550-F Gaming (WiFi 6) AMD AM4 Zen 3 Ryzen 5000 & 3rd Gen Ryzen ๐ŸŽฎ ATX Gaming Motherboard | PCIe 4.0, 2.5Gb LAN, BIOS Flashback, HDMI 2.1, Addressable Gen 2 RGB Header, Aura Sync by Julian Rash

Revainrating 5 out of 5

A very cool feature set for such a low price, but there are a few serious downsides.

I don't have time to write a proper review for this right now but rest assured I will update this once I figure out the situation. Pros: + Lots of features including magnetic Wi-Fi 6 antennas! + Works out of the box with Ryzen 3900X. + 2 M.2 slots with covers and mounting screws included! + Great lighting design with LED strip support. Rear exit without a separate rear wall, fortunately. Cons: - Half of the features don't work as expected. - Ryzen 3900X works, but overclocking options are somewhat limited by outdated bios. - Wifi 6 but the bios doesn't even use a wired connection, meaning the bios update is a PITA. - Even though you have 2 M.2 slots, using any slot will disable your _56 SATA ports! Display for each port on the board. In the end I figured out most of the ports, but some still remain a mystery. It looks like this could be because the board is somewhat new. The secure PCIE slot latch breaks easily and can damage your GPU if you're not extra careful. Overall, while this is great value for money, I wouldn't recommend it. If you currently use more than one M.2 drive, use the M.2 drive with any SATA drives or want to use the latest Asus BIOS features. (The 370-Pro is way better than this one bios wise.) Also, a little bit of PITA to get the GPU out of this thing without breaking the secure slot lock, which is a major downside as you may have to take the GPU a couple of times during setup and during the inevitable troubleshooting.

Pros
  • New to my collection
Cons
  • Expensive