ASUS ROG STRIX B550-E Gaming - Motherboard Review!

[@eliotrulez]

It's 14+2 virtual phases, 7+1 real phases all in teamed mode. ASP2006 (max. 8 phases), CPU 14x 70A MP869902, SoC 2x 70A MP869902

[@TechWithSean]

Built in i/o shields should be the standard

[@yumri4]

I kinda agree but not really. The I/O shield is not needed with some "cases" then you also have custom shaped cases that the normal I/O shield would not work with.

[@dadschoorse1594]

It's a waste of money imo. I would rather have a cheaper board than a build in io shield.

[@chronyk743]

Nu

[@amirpourghoureiyan1637]

It's pretty easy for them to do on the boards that still have socket screws for DVI/VGA. I've seen some open source boards like the NuXT use them to hold a basic IO shield in place.

[@meltedmarshdaddy]

I thought they are the standard

[@blackmennewstyle]

The STRIX B450 series have some VRM temps issues, glad to see ASUS improved everything since X570 and is keeping that trend with B550...

[@jaycavjr]

Got this motherboard. It's been great...and I am pleasantly surprised at how well the wifi does. My router is like 25 feet away and there's no way I can hard wire it. With this antenna, NO NEED!

[@Swellington_]

What kind of RAM you have? I'm new to PC gaming and this is the motherboard I got, my buddy recommend I get gskill 3600 ddr4, and this guy mentioned the same thing

[@currentlykent4593]

The notification from YT for this video came on my screen while I was watching this video🙃

[@CannedMarmalade]

Seems like a nice Mobo but I wish there was a version without WiFi for a bit less.

[@Mannu385]

Not sure if you're trolling or not, but there's the b550-F

[@anthonysandoval314]

Emanuel Tamas I iyiuou

[@hellowill]

@@Mannu385 b550-f has fuck all usb

[@Michiho.]

@@hellowill what do u mean by b550 f has fuck all usb? cuz im thinking picking that up

[@dankuchar6821]

I have the b550-A. It's works fabulous! I'm extremely pleased with.

[@mikeweatherford5312]

settled on this board, after poor availability of the board I really wanted (Crosshair Dark Hero), choose b550 over x570 for passive chipset cooling. The Dark Hero was probably more board then I needed anyways. Sure wish this one could be found at your 200$ mark, i paid 269

[@QTM1981]

Great info on the IOMMU stuff!

[@MrBledi]

it's been almost a year since i built my pc with this motherboard and the only reason i choose this mobo over the b550-f was because it had a type c header in the front, great solid motherboard otherwise

[@jaylegan3249]

Great reviews on motherboards I was stuck and confused looking for a motherboard and this is the one I was looking at

[@silentlurker608]

What I do find a bit surprising is that none of the reviews seems to touch ECC RAM support on non Pro CPUs which I would imagine be of interest given the topics in the forums and targeted userbase.

[@phprofYT]

Snagged me a B550M DS3H from Gigabyte for less than $100 and a 3700x at $60 off a few weeks ago. Upgraded up from an overclocked i7-3770k. What a change!

[@HardwareFRA]

Nice vid, thank you !

[@jamesmiscellaneous]

DUDE HOW ARE YOU SO CALM!? THERE"S A CACODEMON RIGHT BEHIND YOU!

[@dvnamis_actual]

We all know Wendell carry a double barrelled on his back pocket and a bfg 10k on other.

[@gaminggeektech07]

Expensive but rock solid +sensors for chipset and vrms im using this mobo about a month with 3900X 👍

[@itftcomputers]

It's NEVER an overkill when it comes to the VRM. you want to run it COOL, as cool as possible and good VRM will get you higher overclocking and a stable one as well. Crap VRM - forgot overclock or higher clocks, damn some crap boards won't even run at STOCK turbo clocks, not to mention the overclocking.

[@WetaMantis]

Got it! B550 E Gaming

[@NannoWappi]

Hey and thanks for another great walk truth. But what about the ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING with or without WiFi-6 it is about 20-25% cheaper than the E Gaming. And it seems to me that you are not loosing that much. Could you give me your opinion. Also what about the thunderbolt header on both boards, did you forget that ;-)

[@xSayf_Rx]

I am having the same query 3 years later. Verdict?

[@marklester1006]

SOLD!.. ill take your word for it. :-)

[@darran311]

just wondering did you get one and is it as good as it sounds? im leaning towards one of these for my next build.

[@jamesanderson5658]

Great review thanks for the ssd recommendation!

[@b2bb]

Wendell always sells me on motherboards.

[@merlingt1]

I was looking forward to grabbing a B550 over an X570 but the poor iommu support is extremely disappointing and automatically eliminates this as an option in my case.

[@amirpourghoureiyan1637]

X470 might still be an option if you don't need PCIe 4.0

[@toddellingson5720]

Very detailed and helpful review. Thanks.

[@keithsmith4080]

Great & informative video, thank you for creating. I was curious how you look at what groups the devices are in, like you did when the screen went blurry. I would like to look at that on my machine?

[@RickOShay]

Excellent overview and review. Is it necessary to plug in the 8 and the 4 pin CPU power connectors if not overclocking or doing extreme stuff ? I saw some people claiming their machine with very little load and single gfx card became unstable with just the 8 pin connected (it was different brand mobo). Imo the Asus build quality is worth every cent. Over the past 20-30 years I've tried Gigabyte, MSI and others and I'm now a loyal Asus ROG supporter.

[@techwings001]

If you’re going to only put in the 8 pin and not doing much, you should get a b450

[@joggeko]

Perfect video. I got this Motherboard :)

[@ApxuBbI]

What I have seen on reddit and other forums, these boards CURRENTLY has issue with cold boot if you are enable XMP. Power off PC, and you will not be able to boot it back, without some workarounds. =(

[@lloydb248]

currently wiring up this Rog Strix B550-E Gaming with a Ryzen 5 5600X, 32Gb Silicon PowerX 3600, Aorus NVMe Gen4 SSD and 3x Nvidia GTX 1660 Ti

[@camotech1314]

I probably have the most overkill over-specced B550 board out of all of them, MSI B550 Unify. It's totally crazy and unnecessary, but I love it. 😅

[@sdm347]

Seeing four USB 2.0 ports in the rear IO really hurt my soul

[@amirpourghoureiyan1637]

Seeing just 2 super-speed type A's is pretty laughable in this decade. ASUS are really pushing their luck with this board.

[@rohanjadhav3225]

the B550 F has 3.1 gen 1 instead but ig 2.0 will be enough for a keyboard and mouse

[@Septianernanto7]

The vendor really nerfing B550 features to keep the X570 Sales. I mean B550 Taichi has more USB ports But it didn't have SLI / NVLink. MSI has dual lan. Pretty good I/O but it didn't SLI and it also didn't have post codes. Thanks for the review tho I was thinking getting this board or just looking at X570 boards because this is one of the most affordable board that has SLI compatibility and it doesn't have a fan that could broke in couple of years but I guess X570 Is the only chipset that provides better board choice

[@cl4ud1us43]

SLI is dead anyway for gamers and I don't think professional users cheap on b 550s. The price is high IMO for most b550 boards, b450 mb set the bar high on price /features and ability to use almost every cpu on them.

[@mohdfaizal6773]

Next gen, mini pc in NuC sizes are better. Gonna sell like Hawt Cakes, yo.

[@oxxysaurus]

The amount of USB ports on rear IO is a joke.

[@TherconJair]

I was looking at the board and then I realised it's mostly USB 2.0 ports, one of which is only for audio. Plus, I need the PCIe 3.0 x4 port, so I couldn't even add a USB PCIe card as it would drop the speed of the x4 port, but then, if I add one or two slotcovers with USB ports I'm at the price for the ASUS X570-E Gaming...

[@killtheirishman4678]

@@TherconJair this board is PCIE 3.0 capable. every PCIE slot on this board is gen 3. not sure what you mean??

[@TherconJair]

@@killtheirishman4678 Yes, but the lower PCIe Gen3 x4 slot becomes a PCIe Gen3 1x slot when any of the PCIe Gen 3 1x slots are used. So an addin card that requires 4x plus a USB PCIe card is impossible to combine

[@killtheirishman4678]

@@TherconJair are oyu looking top just get more usb ports?

[@TherconJair]

@@killtheirishman4678 I got the X570-E Gaming in a sale, so I'm all good now :)

[@WTP_DAVE]

is the selection m.2 slot relevant besides sharing lanes? is using the cpu slot overall faster any application if so which?

[@QualityVideoService]

I purchaed G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Series 128GB (4 x 32GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2666.

[@FireFlySamson]

Thanks for such an informative video. Im looking at building a new pc for Flight Sim and either getting a Ryzen 5 or 7 cpu + 16gb ram, ssd and my older R9 Fury graphics card. Do you think this motherboard is a bit overkill (want to keep options open for future replacements) or would you recommend a cheaper model? Many thanks in advance

[@ronnie1394]

This motherboard is definitely not overkill. For a game such as flight simulator I would go with Ryzen 7 or higher. I'm building my first pc now and I've just bought this motherboard.

[@IamDanLP]

Im want this board but im going to put a 3600 in it..the reason why I need this Board is that it combines all features that I want. Bios Button+USB C front panel connector+ ERROR Code The others I checked Always leave one of these features out. PLUS I do get the chance to upgrade my cpu down the line without needing to go pay up for a better mobo so...kay xD

[@majorhavoxg1]

I've only run across one issue with this board and its the fact the System Shuts down slower than my previous msi x570-a pro.

[@nicolastoledo9291]

Hi, thanks for the video. I have a question, I need to have multiples output video but I don't need graphic power, I would like to know if I can use simultaneously the output video of the GPU with the output video the mother. If I'm not mistaken, you said that with the model B550 you cannot but with the X570 it's possible. Could you confirm me this, please? Thanks for your answer and sorry for my english :/

[@Deadgray]

Does this board have a TPM header? You can see the physical connector, but the documentation doesn't say anything about it.

[@ガイジン-GOVI]

is that a pink color theme or what? I need something red.

[@morethanben]

Things that are bad - terrible USB 3.2 gen 2 support for the price. WTF Asus? Also, how about a XPG SX8200 Pro 2TB in m.2 slot 1, and a Samsung 960 Pro 1Tb in the 2nd slot? Do you think those would be fine?

[@AmCanTech]

Great video. got the aorus elite , but this would have been better...

[@pfunkPT]

Hi! Regarding the M2 slots I have a Asus Prime X570-Pro with a Ryzen 5 3600X and a Samsung 970 Evo Plus. This board also has two M.2 slots and both are PCIE 4.0 x 4. Should I use the one connected to the CPU or the one connected to the Chipset? Or it doesn't matter? Initially I installed the SSD in the lower slot because it already had the heat spreader, but this video got me thinking should I move the SSD up? Thanks

[@otusplay]

09:50 why don't you recommend to use 2x M.2 on any B550 chipset? 🤔

[@henrique-3d]

Sorry I’m didn’t understand correctly what you meant when talking about dual gpu here, Do you think if it’s possible to connect R9 5900x + 2 rtx 3090 full watercooled without any problems?

[@rdjula]

i run that mb with a ryzen 5 5600g and 2x16gb lpx ddr4 3600 ram from corsair and alway got problems with coldstart after switching out in the evening and starting the system next morning..if i take out 1 the system starts with no problem and after started once i can put in the 2nd ram and got no problems at all unless i do not switch out the pc completely..btw im from germany and do my best to wright things correctly^^ nice overview2

[@jscf92]

Will this board work with Corsair Dominator RGB 4x8gb 3200cl16 or 3600cl18?

[@ronnie1394]

Yeah

[@unreal0310]

why the E have less backside usb slots than the F :( thats sad

[@jackyww8058]

6:49 Does it mean this mobo perfectly supports Fractal Design Meshify 2 Compact 1x type C and 2x Type A usb ports?

[@mapray]

Yes. You can connect all USB ports from the front panel

[@izatpotter1778]

@@mapray I know this comment is so old but we both building the same. I'm planning to order meshify 2 but not compact with this mobo. thanks for confirming.

[@nicolasteixeira6448]

6:03 I loved when you said generally better, they're much better than Realtek. I'm typing on this on my desk with a B550 Aorus Pro AC, the Realtek 2.5GB lan is so horrendous and buggy I wouldn't recommend to anyone, if you can stay with Intel lan solution do it. I have a few srcs if you want to take a look at: www.reddit.com/r/gigabytegaming/comments/hqsrj5/b550_aorus_pro_realtek_25g_network_adapter_problem/ And it's not only on Gigabyte side: www.reddit.com/r/MSI_Gaming/comments/hsmz3x/random_connection_lost_with_realtek_pcie_25gbe/ Thanks for the review, appreciate it.

[@TommyM2]

i dont know if i should get this or the msi b550 tomahawk....

[@ronnie1394]

This one

[@Chris-ru7cy]

"I generally don't recommend two high-performance M.2 drives on the B550 chipset" - Why? Not explained.

[@stormstrike7]

One M.2 slot is PCIe 4.0, and the other is PCIe 3.0, therefore the other M.2 slot won't be able to take advantage of the high-performance M.2 SSDs.

[@henrique-3d]

@@stormstrike7 But if 2 nvme installed would compromise the performance of the first? Would it reduce to 3gen?

[@stormstrike7]

@@henrique-3d No, the top and bottom M.2 slots do not share bandwidth with each other.

[@henrique-3d]

@@stormstrike7 Ohhh thanks! Do you think this Mobo can handle 2x 3090s and a gen4 Nvme?

[@henrique-3d]

Watercooled in this case

[@3465ert]

Got this motherboard for ryzen 5600x

[@rohanjadhav3225]

me too bro

[@thelants8569]

Hey bro, I've been ATTEMPTING to build a new AMD pc and it hasn't gone great so far.. I got an MSI MPG X570 Gaming Edge Wi-Fi mobo, and I don't think it was a very reliable product due to a CPU issue I was having. I paired it with a Ryzen 3900xt and my mobo would show me a CPU debug light (I troubleshooted anything and everything that couldve been the cause of it happening, but the system just would not POST or boot. I thought it might be the CPU that i had, so I ordered a replacement, and it turns out when I tried the pc again with the new cpu, that the CPU was not the problem, as the same exact thing happened. All the fans were going with RGB on and working, yet nothing happening, just the annoying problem of the CPU light on the EZ Debug LED still on. I have ordered THIS Asus mobo that I will be testing tomorrow, so I really hope that the problem was that I had a dead mobo, so I dont have to continue troubleshooting. The next AND LAST thing would be the power supply, but I doubt that it could be that, since I AM getting some power to the board.. If it happens with this motherboard, I'm honestly switching back to intel, because it's not worth my time anymore. This is the 2nd ARGB PC I've built. The first one was a PC I built for my friend with the components that he bought, with him present. It was an Intel i7 build, and it ran perfectly on the first try. I did NOTHING different or stupid with my own AMD build and now I'm having trouble with my cpu or board?? I can't deal with this crap because whatever is going on with it, I really don't feel like it's anything that I have done wrong when building the PC.

[@zerwal]

have u tried updating the bios?

[@thelants8569]

@@zerwal i figured it out actually, it was because of one of the cables i was using, it was from a different PC, which was my prebuilt Alienware, I thought i could use it but apparently not haha

[@zerwal]

@@thelants8569 bahahaha wtf, i thought it could have been the 4+4 cpu pin too so probably a cable problem

[@thelants8569]

@@zerwal lol that's what i thought at first too bro, I didnt even think it was possible that it was my GPU cable since it fit well on both ends and didn't seem like it had any issues

[@zerwal]

@@thelants8569 so u got the mobo still is it good? i bought it and it's coming 5-7 September

[@mbf6160]

I bought this mono but the stock Ryazan cooler didn’t fit one side will screw down when you try to cover the other side it lifts also it look like there’s a clearance issue on those capacitors I’ll try to hook up a after market cooler to see if works if not guess I’ll be looking for another option

[@Scorch1510]

Why would memory compatibility coincide with the amount of PCB layers? Could someone link me to a good resource?

[@titusturk5496]

Hi from Turkey Sir ^^ i have this mothereboard b550-e gaming and i have a question.Some cheaper and little bit lower motherboards supporting 5100Mhz+ but this motherboards support 4600 MHz.İs it true ? Or this motherboards can support 5100MHz+ too ? Sorry for my english and have a nice day !!

[@carlosclara4759]

I will settled for the F. Like you said, if you don't need multiple GPU , no need to buy this E.

[@PENGF00D]

I went for the E because it also allows you to run a c type USB on the front of a case. You can't with a F

[@carlosclara4759]

Peng Food, I change my mind, niether of the two, I am going with MSiI MAG x570s Tomahawks Max WiFi, bc I already got two Samsungs SSD 980 Pro 1 tb.Two PCIe 4.0 lanes, thinking on future updates.New MoBo. My take. Thanks anyway and good luck wirh the E.

[@Fee.1]

What displays are behind you?

[@sarder2008]

Will it support Ryzen9 5950x?

[@flashlightfreek]

I'm using this board! Been using it for a month now!

[@thelants8569]

What CPU do you have? I just tried pairing a ryzen 3900xt with an MSI MPG X570 Gaming Edge Wi-Fi and i got a CPU debug LED every time, and system would turn on, but I'd never get a monitor signal or POST, so I bought this mobo that I'm going to try out instead.

[@HKPiax]

@@thelants8569 Not the OP but I run a 3800X with no issues whatsoever

[@thelants8569]

@@HKPiax the issue was the gpu i was using.. sort of.. i plugged in a cable from another power supply to my power supply, and it didnt like that lmao.

[@HKPiax]

@@thelants8569 Ah man, NEVER swap PSU cables, you're just asking for trouble. Did it fry anything?

[@leviathanpriim3951]

great vid

[@exarkun516]

Thank you

[@nortenvirus169]

Is there only one M2 slot on this?

[@PENGF00D]

No there is two

[@frijin490]

No clear cmos button at this price point, that's just bad.

[@tx240sx4]

I know this is old but beware ASUS has not provided a logofail bios fix for this motherboard. 1 gen old board being ignored by ASUS.

[@ebsmith1102]

Waiting for ASUS ROG STRIX B550-U Gaming Motherboard as than ASUS will have the UEFI versions of Strix motherboards

[@dom1310df]

I had the X570-F from Asus but it wouldn't output any video. Tried two different GPUs and every setting possible. Any idea if I had a bad board or if this is a design defect?

[@thelants8569]

I had the same problem with an MSI MPG X570 gaming edge wifi with a ryzen 3900xt cpu, but the system wouldn't post or anything, and I kept getting a CPU debug LED. I tried a replacement cpu, same model, and the same thing happened. Im getting this mobo tomorrow and I hope that the stupid thing will actually POST. btw have you fixed your issue yet? if so, what was it? if not, try plugging an HDMI into the mobo instead, with your gpu plugged in to the mobo and psu.

[@basirpask6767]

nice

[@ezekialsa]

Neat

[@TheOnlyTwitchR6]

Cool, now I can save $10 buying a super cut down x570-e 😒

[@jonas9169]

Nice

[@JayzBeerz]

A, E and F WTF! So confusing.

[@dronetheworld4k67]

why the F 4x USB 2.0 ports who even needs that !!!!!!!!

[@derekclark7545]

There are better boards for the money

[@henrique-3d]

Example?

[@henrique-3d]

For me this is 200 dollars less than the average x570

[@wolfgangchristl9978]

Bit overpriced.. I think the Steel Legend is a better buy.

[@psydafke]

Really? 3rd? 😏

[@psydafke]

Aside from that... I’m really doubtful about B550... planning on building 2 low-ish end system for my twins, already have the EVGA RTX 2060 Ultra for them.. and probably 3300X... bc they don’t use any productivity software (yet). So no real need for pcie 4 (aside from future gpu upgrades)... Anybody thoughts?

[@Ryker2608]

Maybe I missed it, but is the ryzen 9 5900x compatible with this motherboard or no?

[@Harris.K]

OFC yes! Have this mobo on 2/3 my pc's With 5800X and 5900X