$140 - $160 B550 VRM Thermal Benchmark, Not All Boards Pass!

[@Hardwareunboxed]

Part 1: kzbin.info/www/bejne/raazeWymeKh-Y6c Part 3: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKnGq415nauUkKs

[@adamya1639]

Please review this build. I put this together yesterday after researching for 5 months for my first ever PC CPU - Ryzen 5 3600x(non x is never in stock)(will OC to 4.2 ghz) GPU - 3070 or 6900XT(whichever is in stock) MOBO- MSI B550 A Pro CPU Cooler - Deepcool gammax L240 V2 rgb RAM - Adata XPG D50 16gb(8*2), 3200mhz(will OC a bit to 3444) PSU - Antec HCG 750 watts 80 plus bronze SSD - Samsung 860 Evo Sata 500gb HDD - Seagate Barracuda 2tb 7200rpm Cabinet - Deepcool Matrexx 55 Mesh ADD RGB 4 fans included Mouse - Logitech G402 Keyboard - Razor Huntsman Tournament edition(expensive but I got it in a gift) Monitor - Viewsonic C - mhd 24 inch 1080p curved monitor(It's 1500r I believe)(I already have a 4k 60hz 65 inch Qled so I can connect it to that if I want low refresh rate and high quality but I won't be doing that often)

[@digitalgear9]

If I don't plan for over clock for 3700x, (running at only base clock), is economic to get spending money on best VRM mother board at high price, Or stick to basic mother board at cheap price??? Which is best for non over clock ??

[@memecity6722]

You cant use either 1600 or 2600 ryzen in any of b550 mobos?

[@mahmudhasan3451]

Now the table has turned. We need a video for vrm test of B560 mobo as u know intel came back on 11th gen i5 series processors.

[@stupidreligionz]

15:47 wait what? the Aorus Elite was like in the top 5 lower temp mobos, how u call it disappointing ? idk get it.... have u been mistaken?

[@Hardwareunboxed]

05:11 - I said "Aorus Pro", I meant "Elite". They have the same VRM, so that's my excuse for the mix up ;)

[@Sul_Shadw]

Weird that the Aorus pro performs better than the Mortar while the elite is clearly behind... May be it's the 4 layer pcb ? anyway I bought it a week ago based on Gamers Nexus's video and now realize I got scammed.... DANM

[@Hardwareunboxed]

@@Sul_Shadw The Micro ATX boards don't have the same VRM as the ATX models.

[@Sul_Shadw]

@@Hardwareunboxed Not the Micro-ATX one, the ATX that competed with the tomahawk(s) you tested here : kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2nHZXZuZbqVldE

[@Hardwareunboxed]

@@Sul_Shadw Ohh right, with you now. Yes, I have the answer for that one, it will be explained in the next part, basically they have the same VRM components but the 'Pro' design is much better.

[@karamkiranbala2938]

Can you guys do a video with the gigabite b550 aurous pro?

[@JarrodsTech]

Steve: detailed VRM explanation Me: how does electricity work

[@Saigonas]

Literally everyone:

[@ghjong001]

Pixies.

[@wisdoom9153]

All i know is red cable for + and black cable for -, lol.

[@seanbrennan5469]

Black ant nagitve polarity on home electricity

[@leoo67899]

Electrical engineer here: You plug the power cable to the wall so little electrons can travel to your cpu and work inside. AC electrons go all over the place they are kinda overqualified for PC work, but DC ones I heard they are the kind of people that don't like changes. Battery and capacitors are some kind of hotel for them, doublers are cloning device used to reduce cost, but the efficiency of this device is low. MOSFETS are factories, if you have less of them it gets kinda of crammed and hot for electrons, that's why you need heatsink to keep them cool otherwise they will protest by setting fire in factory and work is over. Currency used to pay workers is Watt. Hope this helps.

[@frifan217]

Yes finally b550 gaming plus, rare to see in youtube

[@Zechs113]

I'm looking at reviews for it now as Best Buy has both the B550 Gaming Plus and the ROG B550-F in stock at my local store.

[@Zechs113]

@Ricardo Williams Cabrera WA. United States. Both boards go in and out of stock.

[@onlytruth6494]

@@Zechs113 I bought it, it handles my 5800x very well

[@Zechs113]

@@onlytruth6494 Good to know, Especially with the 5800X keeps going under $400 like every couple weeks.

[@8lecs3rdacc7]

Yea. I believe it's primarily marketed to the asian market which is why you don't see many reviewers with those boards

[@demonzero677]

I do hope that once you've finished all your VRM testing on these boards, you'll give us a sort of "Here's my recommendations for such and such caragoty" video, going over best budget, all arounder, best period and such. Really wanting to get a good idea on which board to go with for my build.

[@konstagold]

Literally using this as additional info for guidance on mobo selection. You guys are doing holy work here. Please don't stop.

[@Theironlefty]

"They still get blown away by the MSI B550m bazooka" hahah. 14:30

[@AmCanTech]

It blew up .... Haha. They need to fix their naming conventions.

[@redhawkmillenium]

Man my mornings here on the east coast US always start right when there's a new Harbor Boxed video! ;)

[@SoriPop]

Can we stop with these it start to sound really stupid.

[@iliasiosifidis4532]

past week it was hammer unbox

[@MrReese]

Excellent work as always, I love these types of videos with the no bs straight information without any sugar coating.

[@arcturus0389]

I was really concerned about my choice going for the MSI B550 Gaming Plus but it seems like i hit the nail on the head, given my needs (SPDIF Output for Audio is non-negotiable) system configuration and budget, it's simply the best board that suits my need, THANK YOU for posting this cause i was really worried about the VRM performance on it. I can't wait to build my system, going all AMD as i plan on running Linux, so, i expect it to be quite the smooth experience. Cheers mate, really appreciate all the hard work you put into these videos.

[@penguindevelopment1098]

Seems we have same reason to choose the same board

[@djsnowpdx]

Conspiracy theory: Gigabyte makes crap products and attaches the Gaming X monicker to discredit MSI’s high-end brand.

[@mat-mat101]

Marketing gimmick at its prime.

[@enderholten]

I dunno man, I am loving the crap out of my 2060 Super Gaming X

[@djsnowpdx]

@@enderholten Yeah. MSI Gaming X products are great. Read my theory again and see if you missed something. Watch the video to be sure. The video features a Gigabyte... Gigabyte Gaming X product which is trash, not MSI. Your 2060 Super is an MSI card, isn't it? Check the box. I think Gigabyte is intentionally naming their low-end products with the name MSI puts on their really good stuff! Why would they do that? Well it obviously worked on you if you don't know which of them made your graphics card! Floob has a bad experience with a product that says "Gaming X." Floob never buys Gaming X again. RIP MSI and their awesome Gaming X products like your graphics card. Do you see now? Oh forget it. FML. The surprisingly large number of people who liked my comment probably see the logic there, even if you don't. Your confusion is their confirmation, or at least worth a laugh.

[@yousifabdo2714]

Mark Davenport I think you are right about marketing thing

[@jatxemo6156]

It is mainly bad design more than cheap stuff

[@mantequillas1278]

Thank you for all the work you put into this. I currently built my 2nd computer after my first build 9yrs ago. I have that b550 mortars from msi, this made me feel even better about my build. Keep up the hard work.

[@MarceloTezza]

Lot of work, i´m always impressed with the density of info on each video. Great stuff, think in no time this video will sky rocket as well as the other b550 videos. ZEN3 can´t come soon enough.

[@PatsliTV]

This just gave me the push to get the MSI B550 Gaming Plus

[@mariodidier001]

It seems that my choice has narrowed to the Mortar and the TUF. Thermals are really important for me since I live in a tropical country, where daytime/ambient temps are mid to high 30s year-round.

[@aditpotnis3669]

Steve: Works hard throughout the week to get us B550 vrm tests Everyone: He said Pro instead of Elite accidently Ps: Pls don't bully him lol

[@Hardwareunboxed]

haha you've got to love it ;) Anyway my bad.

[@ArteriusSaren]

Why are you bullying me?

[@Blue_Pumpkin]

Pretty sure everyone's bantering, not being dicks

[@gamingunboxed5130]

@@Machistmo Care to enlighten me?

[@adambachmann2633]

@@gamingunboxed5130 Please reply to my question in thread under your post in the comment section of the video. Oh and thanks for the great content!

[@Dr1zzGaming]

Really glad I made the right decision with going for the Mortar!

[@lahcenebelbachir7929]

I was surprised by the test. Awesome board.

[@monzer3750]

I'm also between mortar and tomahawk! What was your other suggestions?

[@gocool003tamil2]

@@monzer3750 tomahawk doesn't have WiFi I guess soo mortar will be better and cheaper

[@TheOneEyedMac]

I got the gaming plus but congrats man!

[@peacocktracks]

I took a chance on the B550M Mortar Wifi on release before many major reviews because it was available in my country and had a lot of the features I wanted, so I'm glad it performs well and I didn't get screwed by jumping the gun.

[@dominicsmith7793]

Extremely helpful...just what I was looking for! Your channel just keeps getting better and better...thank you!

[@FenixROFL]

Thank you again for the quality tests. I love to watch these videos and you guys are simply the best at testing.

[@mix3k818]

"Hardware Unboxed" Finally the autocaptions have registered your name properly

[@corwinwhitehorn7759]

Yeah it's getting better everytime. That's AI for you 😁

[@angumech13]

He told that slowly though, like a split word

[@Winnetou17]

It was an honest mistake. The AI will get back to harbour unboxed in no time!

[@envie_ous]

Been waiting for benchmarks on these boards !! Big thanks !!!

[@RichardCyberPunk]

Thanks for this benchmark video. I am happy, that I bought the MSI B550 Gaming plus 1 month ago.

[@epzapp]

In the summary he says, you really can't go wrong with: MSI B550-A Pro Asrock B550M Steel Legend Asus TUF Gaming B550M-Plus MSI B550 Gaming Plus MSI B550M Mortar

[@supjay3945]

Thanks

[@trombulan]

Asrock B550 Pro is doing very well with temps for it's price.

[@jek230]

Im only concerned with the B550 gaming plus because it only have 1G ethernert port, is that an issue?

[@staLkerhu]

WOW! I recently bought more or less randomly the B550M Mortar, it was almost the cheapest B550 board here in Hungary, and the 2 reasons why I picked it over the cheapest are the 4 years of flawless service of the MSI A320M Pro VD Plus, and the front USB Type-C connector. Good to know it is a quality board! 😀👍

[@rangersmith4652]

A revisit for me. In late 2022 I bought two Gigabyte Gaming X (V2) boards for a very good Black Friday price, and I run them on average 3.5 hours a week, one with a 5700X and one with a 5600X. Both are very simple systems running 32GB of 3200 CL16 or 3600 CL 18 RAM. Neither has ever presented a VRM heat issue. I don't overclock and obviously had no plans to when I decided on this motherboard.

[@JanusLoggie]

Thanks to this video. I got myself a MSI B550 Gaming Plus.

[@Diggo11]

Many people noticed that Steve accidentally says Aorus Pro instead of Aorus Elite in the intro, but the biggest error in this video is at 14:03 when Steve adds the Part 1 boards into the graphs: the B550*M* Aorus Elite is missing! (There should be 7 purple bars, not 6.) Despite the similar names, the B550 Aorus Elite and B550*M* Aorus Elite are very different boards. In this video, the B550*M* is only mentioned once when Steve concludes it is disappointing at 15:41; don't confuse this with the B550 (no M) Aorus Elite reviewed in this video which is one of the half a dozen Part 2 boards that Steve says "delivers excellent results"!

[@reistje]

Great video, I love the format. Got a good overview off all boards and wasn't drowned in performance slides.

[@Bandoolero]

the B550 Gaming Plus seems like an attractive option for ATX

[@nerd_one_ai2157]

@@AmCanTech why is that?

[@Ascended13]

Gaming Plus is the new Tomahawk.

[@Owen-fn8ff]

Great b550 Mobo roundup, thanks Steve! Waiting for this before purchasing mine. MSI did really great with their line up this time.

[@gunnar6674]

Thanks, this is very useful content. I have that Asus B550M Tuf board, mostly because it was one of the few boards which was available here, and I picked it more for the features than the possibility to overclock - but it's nice to see that I can realistically upgrade the CPU to a higher power one in the future.

[@Red.exe7]

Is it still good today?

[@Frawt]

@@Red.exe7 Brother, some people play new games just fine on almost 10-year-old motherboards (like all the LGA 115X series, like Z97 etc) and just slap in beefier GPUs. A lot of CPUs have aged pretty decently. Of course a good AM4 board is still good today. The 5600 and 5600X are some of the best CPU value on the market still (especially if you get them used). Of course you've got DDR5 now, but it's hardly in any way, shape or form necessary over DDR4. The only consideration you really have to make is if you're planning to upgrade again shortly, in which case you might as well just opt for an AM5 board instead.

[@h3llscream14]

I'm so happy my Mag Mortar is doing really well

[@synthetic144]

thanks mate !!! I got the Asus Tuf here for a fair price and its nice to know i can upgrade down the line without any worries.. really appreciate what you do here!

[@hakeemanderson4887]

This is FANTASTIC content. So informative - perfect for someone looking to learn more about mobos and find out which is worth buying. Keep up the good work!

[@SlappytheNinja]

I just picked out an MSI gaming plus for the features, glad the VRM thermals seem good!

[@sridhar8670]

i am planning to buy gaming plus ..is everything ok?

[@markp8295]

Thank you for answering the questions noone else has the patience to test, but matters a lot to every consumer.

[@zumn12122]

Just got the B550m Pro4 for $75 after tax with a rebate on newegg. Pretty damn pleased especially for the price.

[@CarlSargunar]

Best motherboard test video for B550 right now! Great work!

[@JMUDoc]

That MSI B550 A-Pro is an absolute gem for that price.

[@hishamkhaldi9848]

I don't get it, was he talking about the Gigabyte b550 Aorus Elite or pro ?

[@laowai2000]

We are very fortunate to have a couple of VRM ‘rainman’ level channels on KZbin!

[@iananderson6510]

Can't wait for the ITX roundup! Love the work, sir. Top notch.

[@MrSaboofa]

Decided to preemptively purchase the MSI B550 Gaming Plus as with a promotion it effectively cost me around $190. Was nervous going into this video, but now I feel justified in my purchase. Thanks Steve!

[@Uncaught_in_promise]

So happy to subscribe to real experts channel. Regret I haven't done it before. You do a great job. Bought Ryzen 3700X + b450 tomahawk. 2 intake fans in front, 1 intake fan in top, 1 outtake fan at the back. No overclocking. No issues so far.

[@intech7863]

This is great mobo will serve you well

[@memecity6722]

Thx love the mobos comparison VRM reviews

[@BarrettKillz]

Please make a Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 settings breakdown.

[@H31MU7]

they're probably still downloading it lol

[@Adromelk]

If I ever go to Aus or you come to the US, I owe you and Tim a few beers. Thanks for all the hard work you guys do. Cheers buddy

[@bogmirkovic8219]

Hey Steve! I just saw you got over 500k subs, and i remember me saying when you were at 100k that you'll get over 500k in no time. Glad it happened. Best regards and may you continue to 1mil.

[@raidernation9964]

Thanks Steve. I guess I made the right call buying the MSI B550 Gaming Plus even when there were hardly any reviews last month. I had all my parts ordered, but the B450 boards I wanted were out of stock for many online stores five weeks ago. I bought the MSI Gaming Plus because it was one of a few boards that were available within $30 of the price of B450 boards I planned to buy.

[@x9x9x9x9]

You guys are the best channel for motherboard temps reviews

[@leoSaunders]

again. with the most useful reviews. "can't handle, unplug" -sheen

[@micas290]

Do you recomend the mortar and the bazooka to pair with a ryzen 5 3600?

[@vh9network]

Woohoo for MSI B550M Mortar. I bought this B550M Mortar Wifi this summer not knowing it would be a VRM champ, I got it for its silver/white aesthetics. So coupling this board with a Ryzen 5 3600 and Cooler Master MasterLiquid 240 all-in-one, the CPU socket temp stay at a comfortable 27°C, CPU core 31°C idle

[@holomedicus]

Wish I'd discovered this before I ended up getting a B550 Gaming X V2 alongside a 5900X... still not arrived yet but now not feeling too great about it!

[@topisalonen8813]

which one should i buy, msi b550a-pro, or msi mpg b550 gaming plus?

[@MainelyElectrons]

Wish i had come across this video sooner in my evening. I’ve been going back and forth whether it was worth swapping out the B550 gaming plus I got from bestbuy for $160, I picked up an Aorus Elite ax v2 for $136 on amazon. Seems like the few bucks saved and more power phases wasnt worth the time to swap it out. Thank you for this review! I wish i didnt already have the PC totally disassembled lol

[@AmosRambles]

The B550M Mortar was recommended for my latest pc build for Ryzen 7. Nice to see reviews that justify it.

[@WJK2397]

as usual extensive benchmarks and detailed explanation. good jog steve.

[@ngtflyer]

I have the B550M Mortar and I am quite happy with it. My only one small gripe is that the CMOS reset jumper is directly below the video card. Other than that, my R3700X build is very stable. Why mATX people might ask? Because cases like the Silverstone RL08 exist. :)

[@JD96893]

my biggest gripe with B550 is they make it out like its on par with X570, but in reality as far as expansion slots you are far more limited! Every board i've looked at supports pcie X16 gen4 and one gen4 X4 m.2 slot, then maybe a pcie X16 sized slot with only X4 lanes! That slot is then usually disabled if you install a second m.2! Its always something similar, never a full X16 lane second pcie slot! With X570 that isn't a problem! I know most people wont ever use that many slots. But i think a lot of people will at some point buy another m.2 SSD, and if you need a X16 pcie slot independent of how many lanes you need or not, you wont be able to use it! There are X1 slots, but some devices need an X16 slot even though they don' t use full bandwidth! I don't see why they just dont go with 2 gen4 X8 pcie X16 sized slots! In gaming there is no differences between gen3 and gen4 pcie, you can actually game on a gen2 pcie X16 slot without any appreciable difference. Maybe if you gaming at 4K you might have a problem, but otherwise its not an issue.

[@AvgDan]

Nice job, appreciate the effort. Hopefully your future review of AM5 boards will include Cinebench scores like your review of Intel B660 boards to ensure throttling isn't happening.

[@alexs.2069]

Just FYI, if i see this correctly The MSI B550 Gaming Plus has 2 m.2 slots while the mortar has only 1 - just a small difference but if you want a clean case with less 2,5" ssd it's quite important

[@amlanmaity2538]

Is AsRock b550 PG Riptide better than b550 pro 4 ? Or worst?

[@danieldudas9026]

It's worth mentioning that on a lot of these b550 boards the second m.2 and sata 5-6 share lanes. So if you install 2 m.2 ssd-s you typically would not get 6 sata ports, just 4, even if the boards physically have 6 ports. Which is super disappointing...

[@tomstech4390]

Because so many people have 2x NVME drives and 6 blocks of spinning rust.

[@danieldudas9026]

@@tomstech4390 Oh, silly me. I guess motherboard makers who put 8xsata and 2 m.2-s on x570 boards are just as stupid. Right now I have 3xsata ssd-s and a hard drive. More precisely I have another 2tb drive that isn't connected, because my motherboard only has 4 sata ports. And I plan to buy a gen3 m.2 in the future. And after that a gen4. But what if I decide to add another 2tb sata ssd?

[@tomstech4390]

​@@danieldudas9026 1) buy nvme ssds, 2) B550 can give you x16gpu, x4 downlink and x4 nvme *plus* 4 sata drives *plus* 2 sata *plus* x8 pcie which might be broken into more m.2 slots (going throught the x4 downlink). I think 6xsata and 3xM.2 should be enough for most people, you just gotta shop more carefully. 3) get a nas or server if you want lots of storage, you should be backing your stuff up anyway dont blame the board makers or amd for your poor shopping and priorities. My system is 9.6L itx and I can fit 3x2TB(or more) SSD's in here with only a single m.2 slot.

[@danieldudas9026]

@@tomstech4390 I was pointing this out because it doesn't matter if you have 6sata, ports if you can only use 4, if you installed 2 m.2-s. None of the boards featured here have 3 m.2-s, are you sure, you're commenting on the right video? A small itx build with lots of nvme from the get go isn't in everyone's budget, certainly not who is shopping for a 140usd board(hint - the title). Instead buying ssd-s with smaller capacity (smaller as in smaller than several tb) as they fill up with games(and also over time they get cheaper), might be what someone needs. In that case go with the board that steals the pci-e slots from the second x16 slot, not from the sata ports(if you don't need the second x16).

[@williamb.j.blazkowicz3814]

Great review, MSI B550M Mortar is such a mini beast! Hoping to see Asus ROG Strix B550-F and B550-E tested soon. Seeing the poor performance from B550-A makes me skeptical about those two. Thanks for these informative videos. 🙂

[@Dio0o0o]

Thats not an Aorus Pro. Its an Aorus Elite, just as the box says

[@tanmaymohapatra3761]

Yeah I was thinking where is the Type c port if its an aorus pro

[@TheSPazCORE]

Righto Mr. Pedantic...

[@jamfriday]

It’s ok. That’s what I’m actually looking for haha

[@rdRifaction]

Yeah i was so confused when he said only 4 sata ports as the pro has 6.

[@Lionheart1188]

No shit sherlock

[@P8qzxnxfP85xZ2H3wDRV]

It's not just about temperatures. It's also about efficiency and curve smoothness. Here it is better to have less phases at higher switching frequencies. If you have too many phases, they will simply be inactive most of the time. This is why the new B550 Tomahawk is so good with just 5 phases, which switch at 600 kHz instead of 400 kHz.

[@chrisweston9764]

I don't know what you're talking about but yes, yes I agree 😄

[@petercruz1993]

Steve is a fucking hero. His work ethic is mental

[@mpjones27]

super glad I picked up the Mortar for my friends build on day 1

[@hrishik2]

Right on time 👍😉 really awesome work

[@mainly_dyutish9]

For India the gaming x cost rs11.5k but the msi b550 a pro cost RS.14.5k

[@esvarwyn]

I chose the B550M Mortar WiFi for my build. At stock settings my 3900xt scores CPUMark 34433 (average of 11 tests, global average 33022 for 3900xt), with a single core score of 2934 (average of 6 tests, global average 2804 for 3900xt). All board temperatures below 50 degrees centigrade with one 120mm exhaust fan. It is memory fussy, follow the certified vendor list. Thanks for this review which helped me. Bluetooth is also included as part of the WiFi implementation on this board. The supplied 'rabbit ear' antennas are not very high quality.

[@George_K.]

14:34 why is there a B 350 MSI tomahawk in the charts? Is that supposed to be a B450 and the B450 MSI Tomahawk shown on the chart is actually the B550 model?

[@emmett3067]

Massive amount of work done here. Thanks to the Harbour team!

[@benupde1979]

Whew. I pulled the trigger on a Tuf Gaming B550-plus the other day as a package deal for my 3700x.

[@unknownperson3691]

Ben Upde you were lucky

[@DiabloMonk]

Just picked up the B550 Tomahawk 2 weeks ago at Micro Center for $159. It’s not in this roundup, but as you said, the B550 Mortar is like a smaller version of the Tomahawk.

[@MartinRonky]

Looking forward to adding mini itx boards to the roundup. I'll wait until i see the numbers.

[@khalidamin7]

Finally You guys are awesome What a video Thank you so much

[@yazeedalnimat6781]

Can VRM Gigabyte B550M Aorus Pro support Ryzen 9 5900X processor

[@mrbtree98]

Well that definitely helps confirms my future purchase decision on the mortar wifi. Once again great work Steve

[@joemarais7683]

I'm a month late, but I can attest to the TUF B550 being incredible. It gave me similar overclocks to my previous X570 prime and ran a bit cooler. One feature it has that other boards at it's price point does not is a Thunderbolt 3 header for an option card, so while the built in IO is lacking, this makes up for it for anyone who has devices that utilize thunderbolt like me.

[@wahyumardiarto1515]

I was looking at ASUS/GIGABYTE for my arsenal. But, B450 has been discontinued (in my country). So, with the money in my wallet, I paid extra for MSI B550 Gaming Plus (Trust me, I never looked at this brand), I bought it yesterday. Then, I found this review. I'm grateful for "mistakenly" choosing MSI B55 Gaming Plus

[@Blue_Pumpkin]

I am going with the AsRock Steel Legend. Thank you 💛

[@GP-eq8kv]

I'm using the B550M Aorus Elite. Currently on a tropical climate but temperatures are great. 60-65c avg. Great value! 👍

[@lookitsrain9552]

Im really enjoing my b550m steel legend, just not sure why the b550m pro4 has a better heatsink for the VCore vrm, pretty silly.

[@biansanity]

Same as mine but I have a bit problem that one of the usb port had a warning "device descriptor failed" should I return this board?

[@noleftturnunstoned]

B550m Mortar has a massive VRM heat-sink. Massive.

[@ARBVIPZONE]

Excellent reviews as always 👍👍😊

[@Zonjiru]

Great video! I'm assembling a new PC in 2-3 weeks and my current parts list included the Asrock b550M Pro4. Now swapping it with MSI B550-A Pro. Dodged that bullet.... On a different note, the power delivery of B550 boards seem seriously upgraded across the board. Makes me wonder if that's not a response to Zen 3 specs provided to board manufacturers. Higher operating frequencies maybe?

[@mahdarsaad7013]

but the msi B550 A pro is not compatible with the Ryzen 4000G series right ??

[@zpowertech2198]

Big thanks for this hard work.

[@ConfyScenty]

It's so good to see an Asus micro atx board performing so well. My only wish is that the I.O shield was pre-installed like most of the other boards.

[@hkgamma]

I'm confused. B550 Aorus Elite Section starts by showing the correct board, but he says Aorus Pro multiple times. Then VRM diagram is shown and, again, we see Aorus Pro, *not* Elite. Is is Aorus Elite described here or Aorus Pro?

[@TheDude50447]

configuring the fan on an air tower cooler in a way that it also blows over the vcore heatsink is a good way of making sure that mosfet temps dont go too high. Its simple and costs nothing. Just a little airflow helps a lot. Also im not sure why the board would throttle at 115 degrees. The mosfets are rated at up to 125 degrees C. I didnt even know the boards would throttle the cpus based on that at all.

[@Hardwareunboxed]

It's PCB temp, not internal MOSFET temp.

[@TheDude50447]

@@Hardwareunboxed But where on the PCB does it overheat? There is an 8 Pin connector for the cpu capable of delivering 480 watts. If it throttles at 200 watts on the cpu doesnt the mean the board is horrid quality?

[@stoweby]

I just wanted to give you guys a little of my experience on the Auros B550 Elite (not a pro like the video said, which he corrected in the pinned note above). I had some issues getting it to post initially, I thought it may have been my power supply so I swapped it out and I reseated my ram just in case. It posted, I got everything set up through bios, no problem. Didn't do anything crazy in terms of overclocking, just turned on XMP and I have a Ryzen 7 3800X so I get no real benefit from fooling with anything there with an air-cooled CPU. Well, updated my system and it needed to restart to finalize updates. Powered off and never completed the boot cycle again. It would turn on, the fan would run for a couple, then turn off. I returned the board and got an Auros X570 pro wifi. Everything else is exactly the same, fired up no problem and works great. I don't think it's a widespread issue but I did see one other reviewer on Newegg say that they had the same problem.

[@jGRite]

I think I'm going to cancel my order on my MSI B550-A Pro from B&H and get the B550 Gaming Plus from Newegg. Hopefully it shipped out tomorrow... today.

[@RinoAP]

"HARD ware unboxed" KZbin is HARD

[@peepeegun]

That's 93.75% correct!

[@SoriPop]

please stop

[@steveweidig5373]

I got "Welcome back to hard where unboxed"

[@abdulkader5470]

I bought the MSI B550M Mortar. But unfortunately after a year the ethernet Lan port stopped working. Now it's in RMA. Hoping to get it back soon.

[@Excalabur50]

Great work as always!

[@jek230]

The B550m ds3h for its price is amazing

[@budgetking2591]

lol that b550 mortar is a beast