Asus ROG Strix B550-F Gaming WiFi II AMD AM4 (3rd Gen Ryzen) ATX Gaming Motherboard (PCIe 4.0,WiFi 6E, 2.5Gb LAN, BIOS Flashback, HDMI 2.1, Addressable Gen 2 RGB Header and Aura Sync)

Got this for my build, works perfectly and sealed

Nice product

Broke after 4 months, nice (sarcasm)

Scam!

No precise instructions at all just put this there and that here and omg thats much bad way to instruct even someone that have a deep experience with electronics and pcs, then it no give any display no cbu not gbu seems to work, changing them still not work, rog strix just a fake hero of pc industry, msi is the true one and evga.

Used in building a gaming desktop computer for a grandson. Build: CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 (6 Core, 12 Thread Processor 3.6 GHz Base (4.2 GHz maximum boost. Graphics Card: AMD Radeon RX 6600 (operates with 450W power) RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 MHz – 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) Power Unit: Corsair TX550M (550W) High Performance ATX Power Supply Computer Cabinet: Corsair Carbide Series 200R

Très belle carte avec son logo en rgb! bien choisir ces composants qui vont avec!

Llego en buen estado y a tiempo, al realizar las pruebas todo quedo bien.

Pros: * Fanless VRM has me holding doubts on some overclocking potential, but if that's not your bag, then this is great. Huge heatsink may make up for it. * 2.5gb LAN is a great selling point, but most people won't utilize it. That being said, the WiFi6 is a fantastic addition, and the WiFi antenna is magnetic, so it's easy to hide it away. The magnet was in a weird spot, though. I figured it'd try to run flush instead of jutting out. * 2 M.2 slots, both with heat sinks (1 pci4.0 of course), so that's good. Should be the standard. * Non-standard windows drivers for networking, so be sure to have your usb drive ready on install * 12+2 power stages on a 6-layer PCB. That alone says a lot. Shouuuuuld be a relatively decent overclocker and with reliable performance. * BIOS flashback is great! USB 2.0 for reliability. * The "FlexKey" (reinforced pci-e slot) is great in the age of 5lb graphics cards. * Onboard light indicators for boot errors - saved me some time and googling for what the hell the beeps could mean like on my older boards. Turned out I didn't push my graphics card in all the way, and my instinct was RAM. * Much better design than previous boards. More minimalist and less in your face than other 'gamer' boards. * Thunderbolt 3 header (All modern boards better have this, especially at this price) * Attached IO shield, adds the premium feel. Like you're out of the bush leagues. * My 14CL 3200mhz ram was instant compatible oob, and I've pushed it to 3400mhz with almost no problems. Any further and no post. Probably have to sacrifice the timings a good bit to hit any higher, but mine is rated for 3200 so no complaints. Cons: * Would be nice if the boot error light indicators was replaced with a post-code lcd indicator, though. For $200, that's pretty normal to see an lcd, and is pretty frustrating it's not there. 1st world problem, though. * Sucks that this doesn't have a network option in the bios for updating the bios like the B350-f and b450-f did. Not the most secure method, but certainly convenient to have. * I don't use a speaker system or any analogue headphones, so the marketing material over the built in DAC is pretty irrelevant to me... Can't confirm if it's worth a damn, and most people likely use usb audio (don't @me, audiophiles), so probably could have saved $30+ just keeping that simple. Real audiophiles use high end sound cards to minimize interference coming from the motherboard.... Waste of money and marketing to add that I'd say. * Much better boards just $80-$140 more. This one is just appealing enough to keep me away from the x570s, but lacks some features I envy on the higher end boards. UNFORGIVABLE: THE DAMN THING WAS SHIPPED IN THE ROG STRIX BOX AND JUST LEFT ON MY PORCH EXPOSED TO THE WEATHER AND THE VAGRANTS OF THE WORLD. LOOK AT THE BOX. IT HAS REFLECTIVE HOLOGRAPHIC TEXT AND SAYS FREAKING ****GAMING**** ON IT. WHY SHIP IT IN THAT AND DOOR-DROP?!?! Plus the damn box got dinged to hell and back, and I'm suspicious the board may have been damaged. Thankfully Asus knows how to package their boards, but lord, Amazon. This is the first thing I've ever gotten from you guys without a warning that it'd be shipped in the standard box. I'm a geek. I display my boxes in a tech collection. I don't want my $200+ stuff damaged, at risk of being stolen, or have their boxes covered in shipping label residue just so you can save $0.10 on cardboard and $0.05 on packing fillers. Do yourselves a favor and order it from Newegg. My 3060ti and 5600x came independent of each other from Newegg, but were packed on clouds plucked from Heaven. Not a ding on them anywhere.

Motherboard is amazing for the am4 platform and has a lot of features you want but can’t get on the cheaper motherboard, built quality is great and has good connections, just wished it has a more onboard connections for usb 3.0, had to buy a pcie adapter for that