ASUS B650 TUF Gaming Plus Wifi Best Value AMD B650 Motherboard

[@mikesunboxing]

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[@madhaze0126]

I'm building a pc from 'pc specialist' The only mid range b650 options they have are the Asus b650 Tuf plus wifi or the Gigabyte b650 aorus elite .... I have RGB lights - not too bothered about wifi as I use a wired connection . The only thing putting me off the cheaper ASUS board is I've heard their RGB software is a cpu hog!?? Which board should I go for ?

[@Hinjima92]

I bought this board on release with my 7700x and its been bulletproof for over a year! Its been completely stable and no issues to report, have also used this board in 7 other AM5 builds with same result. Board looks great, temperatures are excellent, priced quite nicely and its just a great B650 board.

[@mikesunboxing]

Good to hear! i have had a very mixed experience so far with AM5 but this has been pretty awesome

[@Hinjima92]

@@mikesunboxing Yeah, you are not alone. For me its been trouble free with the TUF B650 PLUS WIFI with CPU's from the 7600 to the 7950X3D ( BIOS update recommended for X3D due to the sliiight burning issues :P ) But Yea, overall very satisfied.

[@frankkvelasco7359]

i have a newbie question, im scared of the a few usb ports i see compared to the aorus or msi tomahwak, realistically how does that matter? am i really going to use so many on my daily activities? congrats for your build!

[@Hinjima92]

@@frankkvelasco7359I feel like I got plenty enough USB ports. And you usually have a few on the case too :)

[@Spookyz70]

If my ram speed is 7200mhz or ehatever and the motherboard can only handle 6420 will it crash or just run at 6420?

[@breadboy7720]

Upgrading to this from my b450 plus. I’ve been trying to figure out the right 650 board to get and this video definitely closed the case

[@mikesunboxing]

it is a good choice and other than the crappy armoury crate software it has been flawless

[@mikebaker2927]

I love the TUF series of boards from ASUS. My current and previous boards are both TUF boards and will continue to use them in the future unless they change drastically.

[@tminusoftexas3224]

Thank you for the review and breakdown of the MB You are helping me on my new am5 build

[@mikesunboxing]

glad it helped

[@tminusoftexas3224]

You do I greatly thank you for not rushing through your videos and taking your time. do you have a twitter or IG so I can drop a follow and support. Thank you ! @@mikesunboxing

[@Munheca77]

This is a great review. Thanks

[@mikesunboxing]

thanks, very kind of you to say so

[@thomyads]

Awesome video and very clear coverage and very useful info. I have this board and wanted to make sure I understand everything on it well enough. Also was confused as to what m.2 slot was best to use, and this cleared things up very well.

[@mikesunboxing]

Glad it was helpful! Nice board hope you get many carefree years of use out of it

[@yo2182]

For anyone confused about the upload time and the comments time its because he put it in members only video first and make it public. Yeah i know no one asked.

[@Senrab46]

Interesting review and decent specification. About time prices became more realistic & affordable. Just not sure they got the socket right as so sensitive to pressure of cooler. Thanks Mike and Kath look forward to build video 🐈👍

[@mikesunboxing]

I agree fully with you on that

[@BenderdickCumbersnatch]

The socket is the exact same as the higher-end ASUS boards. I guess you meant that AMD itself made a pretty bad socket for AM5? I know nothing about that, but maybe. :) Edit: Ah. You meant the AM5 socket itself. I see now that sensitivity to mounting pressure is a well known LGA problem, it affects every single LGA CPU.

[@mikesunboxing]

@@BenderdickCumbersnatch i wish they introduced the torque spanner like they did with threadripper

[@BenderdickCumbersnatch]

@@mikesunboxing Oh that is a beautiful solution. The way you just lower the CPU in a harness without risk of bending any pins by dropping it. And then tightening with a tool that can never overtighten. That's beautiful engineering.

[@mikesunboxing]

@@BenderdickCumbersnatch beautiful but expensive to implement

[@SharxzFN]

Great review! Extra points for responding to every comment!!!

[@mikesunboxing]

I try

[@rickh8380]

Looks to be a nice looking board. I too am waiting for AMD to release their new APU processors. Thanks for sharing Mike and Lady Kath. Take care everyone. Cheers

[@mikesunboxing]

yeah the 8000 series looks very promising - IF the pricing makes sense and no silly reduced PCIe lanes on the processor

[@stevenwex8966]

I just brought an Asus Tuf B550M-Plus (Non-Wifi) for $70 off which make it cheaper by about $30 then the board I was looking at the Asrock B550M Pro 4. Hardware unboxed did a review of VRMs on B550M motherboards a few years old now, and the VRM on the TUF were far better then the PRO. From the testing the ASUS Prime series tested very poorly. I won't feel bad for the computer store if ASUS drop all it's prices, I'm in country Australia so everything needs to be posted.

[@unknown-x-1777]

Be careful the reset + & - is backwards. Also if you can't get the dram light to go away, put one stick in one gray slot and if it doesn't work try the other gray slot, if that one works put the 2nd memory stick in the other slot and both should end up working.

[@tripp-hq]

I bought the 7800x3d with the Asus Tuf b650 combo at Micro Center and it's been an awesome board. I've been wanting to do an Asus Tuf theme build with AM5.

[@mikesunboxing]

nice! i am waiting for the AM5 BTF boards to hit the market

[@sausage5876]

Any issues after a month I'm looking at this board for the same cpu

[@tripp-hq]

@@sausage5876 No issues yet. Everything booted up great after I build my pc. I was able to over clock my ram and turn on PBO.

[@am1n_dlt682]

Thank you sir for your informational explanation

[@mikesunboxing]

thanks

[@mrbard1]

For my first time build, i chose this and a Ryzen 7 7700x. I have not build it yet, but im sure it'll come out great.

[@mikesunboxing]

hope it all goes well

[@ReianoMusic]

Same, I'm coming from the i5-4460 and GTX 970 to the 7700x lol not sure yet about the GPU, but I've got about 700 CAD to use (7800 XT or should I wait?)

[@Arachnoid_of_the_underverse]

Good loooking board Mike, maybe the price has come down so they can clear stock for a new revision.

[@mikesunboxing]

very possible, the mk2 boards are often seen with a few minor differences added

[@danmar007]

99.2K subs! Looks like we're in for a special show soon. 😄

[@mikesunboxing]

much like age, subs are just a number, but i know what you are saying

[@danmar007]

@@mikesunboxing You're still a young man. Wait 'til you're my age, you'll wonder what happened to the numbers. 🙂

[@mikesunboxing]

@danmar007 Got the 100k today!

[@spariola]

Wich usb port is best to use for mouse and keyboard low input ?

[@mikesunboxing]

usb2

[@spariola]

@@mikesunboxingthanx for answear . On mine is also 5g blue usb port what mean ?

[@forwhatitsworth4621]

Great review! I’m buying a AMD Ryzen 7 7700 and can’t decide if a B650 or X670 chipset will be better. Not overlocking or anything so I think I’m going with this one.

[@mikesunboxing]

Good choice! i use mine daily and for the live streams and it has been pretty good

[@mikebaker2927]

I just clicked on a video of yours that was titled something like “update bios for ASUS b650 without cpu” but it said that I needed to be a member to view it. I’m already subscribed. Is that the same thing as I can’t find anything about becoming a member on your channel.

[@mikesunboxing]

it is the youtube channel membership, it should show on the section near the channel name and subscribe button i think. The video will be out shortly to everyone, but YT members how pay to support the channel get to view content earlier

[@mikebaker2927]

@@mikesunboxing I can’t find it. I wish I could post a screenshot of what I see. I wouldn’t mind becoming a member.

[@mikesunboxing]

@@mikebaker2927 you can join our discord chat and post it there, or send me an email. Discord link here for you discord.gg/XtBTGQ6BDu

[@mikebaker2927]

@@mikesunboxing I’ll send you an email

[@mikebaker2927]

@@mikesunboxing I just checked to see if it's there using my android phone and it's there, so it must be something to do with apple devices as I usually view your content on my iPad.

[@Dynasty1818]

£140-160 new now, insanely great pricing for a future-proof board on AM5.

[@mikesunboxing]

incredible value for what it delivers

[@sharkey9]

Make sure you upgrade to the very latest 1811 bios. I have this board since September and had to go through quite a lot of memory issues. Wouldn't boot with EXPO or, with later bios versions, would boot but ran very unstable. Had to run my 6000 RAM at 5600. Ver. 1811 made it finally stable while also responding well to mild RAM overclocking/optimization.

[@mikesunboxing]

i'll check mine now, think i was on the newest one at the time of filming

[@Ben-ld1qi]

uff, it's sad to hear how painful memory on that platform can be.

[@cybernit3]

I just bought a 7800x3d with 7800xt amd graphics on Black Friday (Nov/2023) and I later found out it has a ASUS mobo and I sort of got concerned. I have American Megatrends vers 1616 and date May/2023. The SOC CPU Voltage is like 1.2V so under 1.3V... the Cpu and GPU seem to not be overheating and everything runs pretty good so far. I am in Canada and bought a prebuilt from Armoury thru Canada Computers. So around April/2023 is when the AMD chip burn fiasco was right and looks like ASUS is taking things seriously now. Ohya, the ram installed is 6000 ....32 Gigs. I really don't want to tinker too much if it doesn't need...I should be ok or anything else I should know? Thank for the video explaining....

[@sharkey9]

@@cybernit3 1616 won't burn your CPU, it might just not let you run your RAM with EXPO/XMP timings. Fine if it does, but still, flashing to latest version is recommended and is easy as fk.

[@parakek390]

hey again mike, new sub (today!) and got here from your b650m pro rs review. this has to be one of the few 3m2 mobos with 2 of them on the cpu lane. i'm now considering this one instead of the pro rs because m2_2 and m2_3 are both 4x4 while the 3rd m2 on the rs is only 4x2 (also the rs is mAtx and the gpu will almost certainly cover m2_2 which will be a small nuisance to deal with if i wanna transfer data and take it out since i gotta also remove gpu then) my main concern is now can i fully access all m2 slots on the tuf gaming or is there potential for the cpu cooler to block m2_1 while the gpu may cover m2_2 and m2_3? i'm probably going with the 7700 wraith prism which should be fine and i just from looking at it i also presume there is enough space under gpu to access both m2_2 and m2_3 without having to remove it (i own a 3060ti eagle 2 fan so it's not so fat and i don't really plan to get thick cards in the future) side question if i install prism software to turn off argb i can safely remove the usb fan cable after right, just for aesthetic purposes since it will save the configuration directly in the cooler controller (i read smth about this online). thanks in advance

[@mikesunboxing]

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[@Greenalex89]

Whenever I happen to like a brand and think "Those are the good guys" I always hear about some major fuck up they did at some point. And they changed their behaviour not cause of moral reasons, but cause of the shitstorm and cause they are scared of losing potential sells. May it be Asus, MSI, Gigabyte, Asrock, u name it. I only found out about EVGA when it was way too late sadly. But hey, this is a nice board, Asus got scared shitless due to their horrible customer service being published, so it might be worth buying. Its just that, I would feel so bad supporting such behaviour by buying something from them, so I avoid them for a few generations 😅 But not everyone cares or watches a lot of hardware stuff. Thanks for the nice review!

[@mikesunboxing]

for me the first things i look at are pricing, features, reliability and then things like the companies RMA process and lastly the companies track record. Go along a long enough time line and all companies drop the ball at some point, they are all bastards really and don't care about us at all, just money in the bank

[@Greenalex89]

@@mikesunboxing Sounds like a solid plan

[@MrHandyQuack]

Thanks for the video man. I have really bad experience from Asus motherboards throw the years and have since 12 years back ONLY build with MSI but this motherboard seems really nice. Now almost 1 years later from this video was uploaded, how does it run? Does it run smooth and does the power and overclocking work? Stable etc? Cheers!

[@mikesunboxing]

i have the board here still and use it for test bench work and tutorials, been a great board, but i prefer MSI for my daily drivers

[@azzaftbl]

I’ve just bought this board for my new 9800x3d build!!

[@mikesunboxing]

good choice and great cpu

[@azzaftbl]

@ would love to get your opinion on my parts list!! - 9800x3d - amd radeon 7900 xt or xtx if i can😭 - arctic freezer iii 240mm aio - 32gb of Corsair cl30 6000 - ASUS 850w gold PSU - ASUS b650 plus gaming wifi Motherboard - no idea what to get for ssd but might just go for any gen 4 nvme m.2 ssd This will be my first pc build as I’ve been planning for just under a year 🫣 and I hope I made some right choices and would love your opinion!

[@will.42069]

@@azzaftblmake sure u get an Ethernet cable because the Wi-Fi dongle drivers do not come updated with this board 🤣

[@azzaftbl]

@@will.42069 so that’s why my internet was so bad 🤣 Yh I plugged an Ethernet cable in after a while all good now

[@AndyWragg]

Great Video. I've just bought the B650-E WIFI version of this board, and got it installed in my first new build for several years. However, I've been let down by the firm I've ordered the CPU and GPU off, as they haven't shipped them yet so I can't complete my build. The major differences seem to be a different mix of USB ports on the I/O plate, giving 3 x USB 2.0 Type A (one with Bios Flashback), 3 x USB 3.0 Type A, 1 x USB 3.2 Type A and only 1 USB 3.2 Type C. There's also a revised layout of M.2 sockets and SATA ports, and no supplied heatsink for the 2nd and 3rd M.2s. All this for £155. Apart from some cosmetic differences the rest appears to be the same as the version you have presented.

[@mikesunboxing]

Hope you get the rest of your parts soon and get to enjoy your new pc

[@AndyWragg]

@@mikesunboxing CPU has just arrived thanks and the GPU is expected to be shipped today. Hopefully I'll get the OS loaded later today.

[@Sargoneees]

How are you liking it so far? Which CPU are you using? Do you overclock it? How are the temps? Thank you!

[@spariola]

Bro in wich usb port schall i put my mouse and keyboard to have best input ?

[@BornInArona]

is the Asus Drama fixed?

[@mikesunboxing]

do idea really, they are still a holes to deal with RMAs and will likely still but out dodgy drivers and BIOS over time, but at present all seems okay

[@BornInArona]

@@mikesunboxing fingers crossed

[@patricklebel1141]

So prices are going down... Or are they going to normal after being too high? 🤔

[@mikesunboxing]

still screwed up now, and we are charting thorough new waters, who knows what will happen. The Worldwide economy is on a knife edge right now

[@mikebaker2927]

I use both of those rubber pads that are included on my m.2 slots.

[@Zer7raX]

Would this be a good board for an 7900x? This cpu is cheaper than the non-x version and ideally I'll be underclocking it, but I'm not so sure if it would be a good fit as this board is being referred as a "budget" option

[@mikesunboxing]

yeah it is a great board, you won't regret it

[@Zer7raX]

​@@mikesunboxing Wonderful, thanks! Will def get one asap :)

[@JahonCross]

is the wifi6 any good? was hoping it would be wifi6E

[@mikesunboxing]

yeah the wifi is good and fine for most people. you also need a router that can do wifi6e which many people don't have

[@JahonCross]

​@mikesunboxing In fact, I do one a wifi6e router Thankfully =)

[@will.42069]

I mean the antenna doesn’t come with updated drivers … so you’d have to use an Ethernet cable to even get it to work lmao

[@t3ngristtt]

cant find the non wifi one. please anyone help

[@mikesunboxing]

seems to be region specific or OEM maybe

[@t3ngristtt]

ok thank you@@mikesunboxing

[@ConnorH2111]

Was looking at the b650e-f for my first ever pc build but this is nearly £100 cheaper atm, what should i do? Will the gen 5 gpu slot be worth it for the future?

[@mikesunboxing]

gen5 is a long way off, and PCie gen4 is not saturated yet. save some money

[@ConnorH2111]

@@mikesunboxing yeah i think i will, thanks for the great content and info 👍🏻

[@ConnorH2111]

@noir-13 haha it's really that far away? Fair enough, I'll save the £100, I'm building a 7600x / 7800xt system.

[@ConnorH2111]

Sooo i was going to get the 7600x but i ended up getting the 7800x3d instead, felt like it was worth the extra £100 🤭

[@ConnorH2111]

@@noir-13 well i might get the 7900xt if i can find one for a decent price, or wait and see what the 4070 ti super is like.

[@dur4c311]

I can install 3 m2 on all ports and works all of them?

[@mikesunboxing]

Yes

[@yahyaalshaaban2624]

Is It good choice for 7800x 3d processor ?

[@mikesunboxing]

yes that is a good choice

[@baghlani92]

Asrock b650m-hdv ❤ was the best for my budget and i like it

[@mikesunboxing]

nice board

[@zeus1117]

I just bought the MSI Tomahawk B650 Wifi...I like the better IO on my board.

[@mikesunboxing]

i had that previously and the egde wifi, so far this is much more stable and consistent. That could all change though :-)

[@partha_ratul]

@@mikesunboxing just tell me which one is issue less right now? B650 tomahawk or the TUF Gaming plus wifi? i'm gonna make a purchase . so confused rn

[@partha_ratul]

@zeus1117 how's your mobo doing? did you get any issue with this? should i purchase this right now or go with the tuf one?

[@techremap]

Did you face any issue with the audio codec/alc 4080 on b650 tomahawk?

[@silviocaeiro7158]

question...hdmi 2.1 isn't supposed to be 4k 120?

[@mikesunboxing]

i think so

[@silviocaeiro7158]

@ on the box it says 4k 60hz

[@truemopar]

Do you feel comfortable using a 7800x3d on it. Have they resolved the issues using that chip.

[@mikesunboxing]

yes that is fine with the newer bios revisions

[@mxrkzghost855]

should i get the TUF b650-E or the TUF B650-Plus WIFI

[@mikesunboxing]

i liked the plus wifi personally and it has a better VRM i think

[@RavetsU]

That's my question aswell. What are the main differences between those 2 boards? They seem almost the same

[@WilliamAPBodie]

It did go from 229€ to 209€. but only 1 left 😲 people really like this board 😀

[@mikesunboxing]

i do - for now :-)

[@MrSierra116]

Tm about to get an amd 7800x3d build with this exact mobo in 2 days (non-wifi version) and i heard people was having problem with this CPU-Mobo comb Should i change it to other brand ? Im not tech savvy so i really need outsider help on PC building, dont want the store to talk me into buying their trashy stuff tbh Thanks for the review, and please reply soon if possible

[@mikesunboxing]

it will be fine, just make sure to update the bios first

[@MrSierra116]

@@mikesunboxing thank you, i will see to it

[@SimonHaestoe]

That exact combo - but wifi version - is being sold in the most legit pc e store in Sweden so definitely should be a "safe" option now

[@Ben-ld1qi]

Hello Mike! Could you please advice asap?! Alixpress sales finishing up in 8 hours and I'd like to go with b650 / 7800x3d. Wanna get the msi b650 edge, which I saw you previously reviewed. I'm fond of memory manual tuning and Hynix A-Die kit but I'm reading horrid stories of people with extremely slow boot up times, i.e. just going from 4800 to 5600 to 6000 increases boot time. And also hearing about ethernet and wifi issues and USB overvolt etc... Could you calm me down and reassure me the motherboard is still a good purchase? Other than tuning the RAM to 6000~6200 cl28/30 with subtimings I'm not going to do much maybe undervolt the CPU a bit and call it a day. But when manually tuning all the subtimings you end up doing reboots like a 100 times and hearing about 90 second boot up times sounds horrid. On my Z790 Tomahawk, I'm impressed with boot up times even after a cmos reset or applying a new config.

[@mikesunboxing]

Boot times can be reduced quite a bit with bios updates and context restore etc. 30 seconds or so to get to windows desktop is pretty common now

[@Ben-ld1qi]

@@mikesunboxing Thank you!!! With that said have you experienced any other issues on the Edge regarding Ethernet/Wifi/USB? Is there another motherboard you'd recommend for a daily driver besides the Edge? I can fit in my budget the B650 Carbon or even the motherboard you're recommending here. On paper the Edge has everything I need besides a reset cmos button but I can with that lol.

[@partha_ratul]

@@Ben-ld1qi hey. did you go for this TUF mobo? or the MSI one? are you having issues?

[@Ben-ld1qi]

@@partha_ratul nah I went for the gigabye b650m aorus elite ax, but after 2 months I returned the motherboard and sold the 7800x3d. at least the motherboard could do 8000 1:2 stable

[@KtotheL]

Micro center has an amazing sale in-store only of course where you can get the b650 the 7800 X3D and the RAM 6000 for like 470 ! I think it starts tomorrow if any of you in the market ?

[@mikesunboxing]

wish we had micro center in the UK

[@KtotheL]

@@mikesunboxing heh we don't even have 1 in Florida...

[@mikesunboxing]

@@KtotheL Sad times 😞

[@KtotheL]

@@mikesunboxing we used to have that compUSA place back in the day kinda... But they got bought out by computer city and although it was a little bit better if I'm being honest it's been gone for like 10 years now. So anything I want computer related I have to order and have delivered. I don't mind it really but you know those specials and stuff like that oh it kills me every time I see one of them stupid in store only microcenter deals ! But that was a great one somebody posted it on Slickdeals that's how I knew about it... I just bought a 5600g motherboard and a 2tb SSD (that supposedly can do 7400 read 6,800 right which I'll believe when I see it) But I much Rather would have had that 6000 memory kit dude... What I really like about this particular tuf board tho is it as the PCie 5.0 You really can't beat that for that price... The problem is though those drives get extremely hot and most of them are not dependable right now so in a way I'm going to wait anyway... I don't think it'll be too long before I end up building a new kit anyway cuz with the prices of CPUs being high The ones I like right now are going to be a lot lower as soon as the next generation is released and I know both AMD and Intel are working on that hard. Right now Intel has some serious cooling issues... It's not just the drives that are on fire (so to speak basically) The CPUs get really hot too I don't know if I want something running that hard in my room adding heat to it cuz I live in a warm place basically a tropical environment. On the plus side though I picked up a cool 27-in ASrock 240 hz monitor fer like 130 bucks and a cheap desk for 60 so I'm pretty damn happy regardless. I can't believe though I can't really use the 3000 Kingston kit it was so beautiful (rgb) I mean initially I'll use it but I'm going to replace the memory pretty quick probably... I can't imagine the performance gains 3k -6k if I had seen this board sooner I probably would have bought it instead. Thanks for the video by the way it was great

[@demonprincess5634]

This board seems to have everything i need. It been about 10 years sent I build a computer so kind of rusty. I'm making to made a really powerful gaming pc so wondering if this board is a good one to go with.

[@mikesunboxing]

yeah good choice

[@cruxianraven]

Hello mate, is this board compatible with 7950x3d? Thanks!

[@mikesunboxing]

Yes, absolutely

[@neutraliron7931]

Would you recommend this or the MSI tomahawk B650 am5?

[@mikesunboxing]

yes for me the ASUS board has been a much more stable and reliable platform, which really hurts to say as i am a MSI fanboy

[@neutraliron7931]

@mikesunboxing In my country, the asus board you reviewed cost 300 dollars, and the msi board cost 250 dollars🥲. Now, I am unsure whether I should spend 50 dollars more or not. What would you suggest me to do here? Your reply would help a lot.

[@mikesunboxing]

@@neutraliron7931 with the state of the platforms and BIOS at the moment for stability i would be looking at ASUS, but MSI could improve so it depends if you want to play the long game

[@neutraliron7931]

@@mikesunboxing i bought a aorus elite ax after long consideration

[@justin-sb5hq]

i just cant decide if i take this board or the msi mag b650 tomahawk wifi

[@mikesunboxing]

Both are good choices, for me the ASUs has been a trouble free option

[@zacharybrasser8612]

I bought this board and put a 4070 ti 7800x3d 32 gb Corsair vengeance runs 1440p at 165 ultra setting good how ever idk how to overclock it I can’t use all my ram it’s locked at 5050 instead of 6400

[@mikesunboxing]

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[@JanFarang]

started following... great vid's... Bought this one. Next week my first time I build my own pc.... Lord help me :)

[@mikesunboxing]

You can do it!

[@JanFarang]

@@mikesunboxing thanks read a lot...in it comes a AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Tray, ASRock AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT Phantom Gaming 20GB OC, Lexar NM7902TB, 32 gb ram, watercooling, and the case will be Montech King 95 Pro. Get a little help from a friend. I think it will be a beautiful race monster :)

[@mikesunboxing]

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[@thereaper5946]

What ram should I get for this mb? I have seen a few post of people complaining about this mb ram and incompatibility. Also should I flash bios the mb before installing any component to the last bio? I got the 7800x3d. Thanks in advance

[@mikesunboxing]

i agree with @noir-13

[@redpikachuy7505]

I use 32 GB Corsair Vengeance 6000 mhz and it full work with expo mode :)

[@dominusdone5023]

crucial pro works

[@victorynath]

This board support and cross fire to run 2 same graphics cards?

[@mikesunboxing]

sort of, but crossfire is no longer supported in most drivers so pretty pointless to be honest

[@victorynath]

@@mikesunboxing if I add same graphics I can't merge them both and utilities? As this is the prime use of crossfire. Then how can increase speed of gpu I am using 3060ti 8GB now

[@mikesunboxing]

@@victorynath almost no games support SLI or Crossfire now, maybe 3dmark and some other benchmarking utilities but that is really it. If you need a faster GPU, then the only thing you can do is get a faster GPU.

[@spectrum6424]

Will this board work for the r7 7800x3d?

[@mikesunboxing]

yes it will, nice pairing

[@arashkhajehnoori4999]

wonderful

[@mikesunboxing]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@ArtVandelay77]

Just bought this with my brand new PC. Do I need to update Bios on the first startup or is it fine to just go ahead and install windows?

[@mikesunboxing]

depends on the CPU but likley you can install windows straight away if you like

[@ArtVandelay77]

@@mikesunboxing The CPU is AMD Ryzen 5 7600. I only have one flash drive which I've currently got windows on atm. That's why I wondered.

[@jadhal6649]

Can support 8000 and 9000 series procesors

[@mikesunboxing]

Yes that is very likely

[@Demshk]

Would this work with a 7800x3d

[@mikesunboxing]

Yes it will

[@Samukr.]

This or B650M Mortar wifi ?

[@mikesunboxing]

that is a different class of board but either is a good choice

[@cryptobajanakacory]

I just bought this board and wondering if my ryzen 5 7600x will work right out the box or will i have to do bios update first

[@mikesunboxing]

should work straight out of the box

[@orsemcore]

@@mikesunboxingi just bought it with a ryzen 7 9800x3d. red cpu light on.. tried bios update, not working?

[@techremap]

can i put a 9950x in this board?

[@mikesunboxing]

yes that should be possible

[@pauls8620]

Hello on this b650-plus motherboard, all m2 slots could be used at once correct?

[@mikesunboxing]

yes they can

[@pauls8620]

@@mikesunboxing thank you so much for the reply

[@paulp939]

​@@mikesunboxing at the 11:10 mark i got confused but thank you for clarifying that all 3 slots of nvme m2 will work , thanks once again for the reply

[@lewisv30]

Would people say these are reliable ? I just bought an msi tomahawk b650 it’s faulty and I can’t return it :( so have lost out on £200. This motherboard looks a great price at £150

[@mikesunboxing]

i went from the msi b650 edge wifi, and at present see no reason to go back

[@lewisv30]

@@mikesunboxing thank you very much. I’m just annoyed because it’s my first build and the motherboard was faulty. We move on though. Hopefully this one will do the job 👍

[@lewisv30]

@@mikesunboxing my cpu is the Amd ryzen 5 7600x and gpu is Radeon rx 6750 xt

[@mikesunboxing]

Feel free to join our Discord chat if you want to go over it in more detail discord.gg/XtBTGQ6BDu Agree to the rules by clicking the emoji and you will get access to the rest of the Discord channels@@lewisv30

[@survival24353]

Does this motherboard have inbuilt blootooth it's not written so yeah i am curious

[@mikesunboxing]

Yes WiFi and Bluetooth on the WiFi version of the board

[@Zeebi74]

Thank you for the video. I get a beep sound after the lights on the motherboard checked that everything is alright do you know if I can disable this beep sound?

[@mikesunboxing]

unplug the bios speaker if you have one installed, or there might be a setting in the bios to stop it but i am not sure

[@METALADIX]

I hear that many motherboards that have a PCIE gen 5 m.2 slot will reduce the primary GPU slot from PCIEx16 to PCIEx8 when the PCIE gen 5 slot is in x4 mode. Do you know if this board does this?

[@mikesunboxing]

this board doesn't have any PCIe gen 5 slots or ports so it isn't an issue

[@METALADIX]

@@mikesunboxing It has 1 PCIE gen 5 m.2 slot though...When the M.2_1 slot is running in pcie 5.0 x4 mode, does it then cause the gpu slot to go from pciex16 to pciex8? some other motherboards have this limitation. Can be checked in GPUZ.

[@Bleederhosen]

For the life of me, I can't get this motherboard to work with all four ram slots occupied. Using G.Skill Flare X5 F5-6000J3038F16GX2-FX5 And ryzen 7800x3d CPU. When using only 2 ram modules in a2 and b2 it does work like a charm though. Fairly annoying.

[@mikesunboxing]

yeah that is a real downside of 4 ram sticks in this platform in its current state

[@skyshatter3633]

i`m really split between this board and MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI. This one has 3 m.2s but MSI has 8+8 power while this has 8+4

[@mikesunboxing]

yeah it depends which is more important to you. Personally i prefer the MSI BIOS and rgb and fan control software. but either way they are both decent boards

[@fuzzymuffinsthe3rd]

Pc building noob here, i have the msi b650 gaming plus wifi with 7800xt gpu and 7800x3d cpu. Can i put all components on and then do bios update?

[@mikesunboxing]

yes you can, you probably won't need one straight away

[@fuzzymuffinsthe3rd]

@@mikesunboxing thanks. I'm sitting here terrified of messing something up 😅

[@mikesunboxing]

Feel free to join our Discord chat and we can go over it in more detail and help you along the way discord.gg/XtBTGQ6BDu Agree to the rules by clicking the emoji and you will get access to the rest of the Discord channels@@fuzzymuffinsthe3rd

[@GuidanceAndBlessing]

Hello sir, I have asus tuf b650 plus wifi, and I updated bios to 1811 and after updating a black prompt up with message "Bios is updating led firmware " and kept boot looping, I left my pc turned on for two days , it kept boot looping with same message. I tried everything crashfree, flash back, clearing cmos and different versions of bios. Even I changed ram, cpu, ssd and gpu but no changes Please sir help me if you can

[@mikesunboxing]

what sort of looping? bios and ram training loops or getting to load windows loops?

[@GuidanceAndBlessing]

@mikesunboxing it give message "Bios is updating led firmware" do not shutdown or reset pc. Even it doesn't give Bios f2 or delete option. I thought this might be ram or ssd or processor issue but it was motherboard Bios issue.

[@GuidanceAndBlessing]

@mikesunboxing even it doesn't allow to go in bios

[@mikesunboxing]

sounds like you might need a trip to our discord chat server@@GuidanceAndBlessing

[@ffoteinos]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@mikesunboxing]

thanks for watching

[@Wastedseamen666]

i have this mb but i cant see my second hard drive that is connected in m.2.2 slot. any idea what settings has to be changed from bios to get this working?

[@mikesunboxing]

This is maybe easier to fix or at least advise if we can ask more questions and get direct answers, so feel free to join our Discord chat and we can go over it in more detail discord.gg/XtBTGQ6BDu Agree to the rules by clicking the emoji and you will get access to the rest of the Discord channels

[@jadhal6649]

Diff between ( New updated version ) B550 vs B650 Asus tuf gaming motherboard Only Ryzen

[@mikesunboxing]

sorry i don't understand what you are asking here

[@heshtrotter6133]

A lot of people have had problems with the ASUS line of motherboards. You can look it up on here and listen to the problems other content creators have had. Not only the problems with the products, but the customer service has been commented on as terrible as well. This was the board I was originally going to use in my build but went with a MSI board instead to avoid the headaches.

[@mikesunboxing]

lol i went the other way from the msi to asus. So far it is a much better experience stability wise. God help me if i ever need an RMA

[@partha_ratul]

Hey, many are complaining about the bios issue with the msi tomahawk B650 wifi should i go with that one or this tuf one?

[@heshtrotter6133]

@partha_ratul I have had no issues with my msi edge. Tomahawk would be my recommendation

[@partha_ratul]

​@@heshtrotter6133 I'm planning to go with the msi B650 tomahawk wifi version. I'm on a budget now. so I selected the 7600 processor but i will upgrade that to 7800x3D. many are complaining about tomahawks bios issue. I am really confused rn. please give some opinion.

[@heshtrotter6133]

@@partha_ratul go with the tomahawk

[@Calypso993]

Thats a 200$ board, where's the low pricing?

[@mikesunboxing]

it is / was cheap here

[@ba4820]

Hi Mike great reviews, I have a question regarding BIOS updating as I have just purchased this board and am awaiting delivery I had a look at he BIOS updates on the Asus site and they list 8 different updates do you normally just select the last one to install or selectively just pick one or more of these BIOS updates Thanks in advance

[@GainingDespair]

Never really understood why some boards have more than an 8 pin, honestly I think its simply marketing. 8 pin CPU should be good for something like 265w alone.

[@mikesunboxing]

well my i9 13900k will draw over 330w so maybe they are on to something

[@GainingDespair]

@@mikesunboxing Yeah, that's a good point but the AM5 socket is only capable of 230-ish watts.

[@XENONEOMORPH1979]

what the put a top cover for the c drive m.2 nvme omg mike take a picture.asus has been naughty boys and girls recently

[@mikesunboxing]

I don’t understand this comment? It doesn’t make sense to me ?

[@XENONEOMORPH1979]

@@mikesunboxing the previous motherboard asus gaming x570 never had a plate at the top to help cooling of the m.2 only at the bottom . mike also asus had been naughty last year with the motherboards .

[@mikesunboxing]

i understand what you mean now, thanks @@XENONEOMORPH1979

[@C0DM4YH3M]

Literally F ASUS and their MB's or their whole ROG line had a x670e mb and it was one of those one' that had the overvolting problem that led to m 7900x3d demise. Never using their trash again.

[@mikesunboxing]

Sorry to hear that

[@awesomeruben]

Any recommendations? Because everywhere I look it seems like every singular existent motherboard is trash to everyone no matter AMD or Intel lol

[@charlesballard5251]

I built a new machine last summer but had to limit myself due to funds. I needed a machine that could run STARFIELD and KERBAL SPACE PROGRAM 2. In a few months I should have an inheritance coming in and if the market looks good I'm quite possibly going to be building a newer more powerful machine that will be very close to NO HOLDS BARRED. But I'm not getting crazy. Under $5K U.S.. This board would not be a contender because I would want at least 2 (preferably more) GEN 5 M.2 slots. The one I built last summer is an AM4 with 4 GEN 4 M.2's. I'm only using 2 of them currently (again, funds) but I know they are there and waiting. The anticipation of what is to come in computer tech is... exciting!!!

[@HelloThere-xs8ss]

Inheritance boy

[@charlesballard5251]

@@HelloThere-xs8ss Is it wrong of me to get wistful about other unknown relatives dying and leaving me an inheritance? Things that make you go, "HHhhhhmmmmm?"

[@HelloThere-xs8ss]

@@charlesballard5251 I worked and saved for my new PC, man-boy.

[@uglybob7505]

CRAP JOKE FRIDAY !!!! I can't believe someone broke into my house and stole all of my fruit. I'm peachless !!!!!

[@mikesunboxing]

Wow 🤩

[@WilliamAPBodie]

I did not steal any fruit. ok i tutti frutti me way out of here 🍇🍈🍉🍊🍌🍍🍋🥭🍎🍏🍐🍒🍑🍓🥝

[@mikesunboxing]

@@WilliamAPBodie Lol!

[@Martinistatzengeil]

how do i know how much power my cpu needs? 8pin or 4 pin or both?

[@mikesunboxing]

8 is a minimum really the extra four is for very high core counts or extreme overclocking

[@unknown-x-1777]

Be careful the reset + & - is backwards. Also if you can't get the dram light to go away, put one stick in one gray slot and if it doesn't work try the other gray slot, if that one works put the 2nd memory stick in the other slot and both should end up working.