Review and Build for the Steel Legend B760M Motherboard

[@techdistractions]

Always been a fan of Steel Legend - lots of features on a mATX form factor and a good price.

[@JeffGeerling]

"Radio signals going through a metal case... that's not really super good." 🤣

[@Dariusdd]

1 month ago?!

[@alexisentonfire]

@@Dariusdd sus

[@treyquattro]

@@alexisentonfire it's the real Jeff so not sus

[@vapornate]

Jeff has a time machine confirmed.

[@MikeBob2023]

Wendell (bless his heart! 🤗) *just* inspired me to (finally) go and find me a decent aftermarket, dual-band WiFi antenna. Amazon has 'em. Very similar to the ones included with higher-end ASUS mobos. (I think I'll buy two or three.)

[@russellmm]

i just built a 13600k system with that Fractal Case and I love it. I like it more than my Corsair 5000D flow that I used for my 13900k

[@discovervamsi]

i was looking for the same build , could you guide me in building one please?

[@chrisbullock6477]

Another great and informative video for the everyday builder.

[@Matt-oq4jq]

did a little cheer for the 700W thermaltake, my el cheapo DDR5 build with an ASUS CSM B760 has one and it's been rock solid. i've heard some people say it runs like a 1000W PSU!

[@kamata93]

Im considering this board for the 13500 non K. Based on previous years, Asrock really had issues with poor VRM temps. I hope they fixed these issues in the long run. Split between this and the TUF Gaming Plus, mainly going with this cause it has white colour and im planing on using the Deepcool CH370WH.

[@AmanSrivastava-Vyakhya]

Did you build your PC? I am getting a 13500 with this mobo as well. Hoping it works well.

[@123afk]

So any updates?

[@wolfgangchristl9978]

These Steel Legends are such great boards for white builds...

[@ARONJAMESGARCIA]

How about Gigabyte B760m Aourus Elite X AX D5 is there any big difference with that MOBO?

[@goblinphreak2132]

motherboard makers need to make 10g marvel lan the default. forget intel 1/2.5 and forget realtek 1/2.5.... 10g marvel chips are absolutely amazing quality. even IF you aren't doing 10g workloads, their ability to process networking data is king. i had bought the aquantia 10g card (which is the same chip, marvel bought aquantia) and its been a legit dream especially with QoS enabled along with my QoS enabled ubiquiti dream machine pro.....

[@alexisentonfire]

would like to see a decent budget/value build with the new ryzen i5 equivalent when it comes out

[@1980Aioria]

Nice video. There is kind of plastic protection on the left part of the WiFi card. Does it need to be removed when building the PC? TIA

[@mrfilipelaureanoaguiar]

I love Steel Legend, the looks is really good. There's something I am bored about the B60 series chipsets is that, locked for mid,lower ends. I can tell, z90 is much more fun. Anyway next year should be 20a, 20% higher clock for same power? Thanks for the low prices Asrock I can rock my 11600k in a z590 for another year or 2.

[@michaelthompson9798]

AsRock making some nice looking boards 🤩👍🥰. It’s a shame they seem to under power their vrms for for Intels higher end CPUs. Imo they seem to be doing like AMD with their A320/520 chipsets and build them basically for higher performing R5 level CPUs ….. AsRock here just did this board for i3/i5 builds

[@Totto70770]

It's a relatively cheap, all-round good DDR5/WiFi/mATX board, it can power the CPUs it's meant for just fine. Why would anyone put a 13900K or KS in this anyway? Also, one can always stick a fan onto the VRM, heat issue solved. The main issue with Intel's B-chipset is the quite limited ram overclocking potential.

[@h.b.5577]

@@Totto70770 The main issue with underpowered VRM's is longevity, while there is no sense in using something as overkill as a 13900k now that will change quite a bit 5-7 years from now if history is anything to go by. High end cpu's will likely be going for dirt cheap left and right, but motherboards will be quite a bit harder to get so whenever someone is still using one and looking for a drop in replacement or is getting a second hand board the VRM's (now degraded from years of use no less) will be a serious issue to the builds stability.

[@chrisbullock6477]

If I could make a request of an interesting board for AM5 Wendell. Me and a couple of my old co-workers from Red Hat here in Raleigh, NC would like to see you review the GIGABYTE B650I AORUS ULTRA AM5 and on the G. Skill Ripjaw S5 6400Mhz memory for the 7950X 3D CPU. We are all starting a Star Citizen group here soon and building our mini systems in the cooler master NR200P max case..and were curious what our performance would be with 7900XTX's

[@mune3355]

Is it any good? I feel worried about the comments regarding its high temperature. It's unfortunate that it has affected me, making me feel like buying the product was a mistake!!

[@Teksers]

I really am surprised that no one ever used the 12900 or the 13900 with the B660 and B760 boards. They're good CPU's but no one seems to use them. Are they even out for sale?

[@BBWahoo]

@@wt95 Yeah, 500c would be PERFECT

[@savitakatkade5965]

Should I used this motherboard for i5 12400 and rx 7700xt?

[@b2bb]

new age digital camo, ey? ballsy move, Steel Legend _engagement_

[@MikeBob2023]

Hey Wendell, what say you about the i9-13900T? I'm getting ready to plug one into a build with ASRock's H670M-ITX/ax motherboard, is why I'm asking. (I think the H670 chipset is *way* underrated btw. 🤔)

[@shrimp_p4rm]

I was looking in to the T models as well for a new build. My TL:DR of research suggests just buying the k variant of whatever model you want and lowering PL1/2. Basically DIY your own T model.

[@MikeBob2023]

@@shrimp_p4rm Yeah, that's what several people have suggested to me, and it does make sense ... _unless_ you're like me and absolutely freeze up at the thought of fiddling with voltages and multipliers and such in my system's BIOS. (I'm allergic to stuff like that. 🙄) With the *Model T* I think I'll rest easier knowing that there's less of a chance for me to accidentally let the smoke out of my build. 🤣 EDIT: Typo Management

[@stelios216]

@@MikeBob2023 PL1/PL2 is just limiting the CPU's wattage. No voltage/multiplier fiddling, you are just limiting max power consumption.

[@MikeBob2023]

@@stelios216 'Plug & Play' is the way I roll: with the T sku, all I need to do is install it and forget about it, without any additional measures/steps/adjustments necessary.

[@joshfetil6059]

Hi sir Im choosing between the b760m steel legend / b760mb660m mortar max wifi than can do undervolt/overclocked or any b660/b760 mobo can do just needed the bios updated

[@AmpuLeah]

is this motherboard good for I5 12600k? along with that new thermal contact frame from grizzly?

[@Ajaysunil]

asrock b760 steel legend wifi ddr5 or Asus PRIME B760M-A WIFI DDR5, which one will be best for i7 13700 non k version Intel Motherboard?

[@77558]

About Your concerns, the ASRock would run too hot with a i9-13900K: Would a Gigabyte B760 Gaming X AX better for this CPU?

[@regnhyld]

I just ordered this motherboard (as it was the only board within my budget that was LGA1700, DDR5 and had built-in WiFi). I am pairing it with a 12600K, a 4070, 32gb 4800 DDR5 and a 750w PSU. I am unsure whether I can actually go for higher speed ram? The 12600K supports up to 4800, but could I safely go for something like 5600mhz?

[@therealxtcash2163]

did you ever find out? i want to get the 12600 k but doesn't support 6000mz ram speed

[@pandhygaming6585]

Yes, you just need to overclock the memory in the BIOS

[@iROniC_RO]

how is the wifi connection?

[@Alanxnascimento]

You can use 5600, but IF you get some problems you Just have do set it to 4800 on your BIOS

[@jjdawg9918]

00:00:40 I wonder if anyone has taken a poll on how many people use the built in Wifi on "desktop" PCs vs. using the Ethernet port.

[@MikeBob2023]

I've always had to have an Ethernet connection (and I can't recall ever *not* using one in any of my PCs), but I also HAD to have WiFi in all of them (as kind of a backup). Similarly, I've always *HAD* to have a discrete GPU in my computers, but I won't use a CPU that doesn't have an iGPU. ('Cause I'm finicky like that. 😛)

[@joemarais7683]

I use the Wi-Fi for Bluetooth peripherals. Rather spend an extra $10-20 to have it than not have it, realize I need it and have to spend the money anyways and have to use up a pcie slot.

[@Jagerbomber]

Furnace kicked on with the fire graphic, lol.

[@mrbabyhugh]

5:44 i have NEVER understood the obsession of overclocking, for me that says it is not safe and a strain on the hardware. And from a manufacturer's perspective, not good either as it that eats out their profit for you to buy a faster chip. You can't be on here and solely look at things from a consumer and tech perspective, do so with ALL parties involved, the end users are not the only ones at play here. This ALL comes at a cost, it cost end user to buy and it cost the manufacturer to make.

[@ingoos]

a build a day, keeps the doctors away

[@SpongeBob-xh8ir]

Can we run 14 th gen cpu ?

[@julian.morgan]

1:12 Anyone knowledgeable about wifi antennas? Thinking about what Wendell is saying about rubber duck antennas vs those that are on a wire, often with a magnetic base . . . . how interchangeable are they? I know they are to some extent since right now I'm using a wired antenna from an old z97 ASUS motherboard on an MSI B550 motherboard I bought second hand without antennas. Question is, how "smart" or wifi tech specific are these antennas? For e.g. How different in design is a 6E antenna from a 6 or 5Ghz or 2.4GHz antenna? Are they interchangeable? Are they just lengths of wire? Is the little "aerial" at the end of the wire in anyway specific to the motherboard's wifi tech?

[@gabest4]

On the diagram, m.2 is connected to the cpu via gen4 x16. It must be a mistake.

[@123afk]

?

[@gabest4]

Around 1:30, top right corner, 4th arrow, Gen4 x16. Why would you wire a m2 connector with 16 lanes?@@123afk

[@BBWahoo]

6:37 NVIDIA setting the price on the motherboard be like

[@marcclarion6586]

can you update the bios on this one to accomodate 14th gen cpu?

[@micpan_yt]

same question pal, do you get any answer with to that?

[@lilblackduc7312]

Friends don't let friends run ThermalFake. 😡

[@sundeshvijay9778]

Good with i7-13700F?

[@MrBrownCat.]

How about the riptide version of asrock? Does anyone have an opinion??

[@cinemaipswich4636]

May I request that you split your soul. One part as 20 lanes of PCIe for gamers, and the rest as 7 slots PCIe motherboards with 112 lanes of Workstation usability.

[@mrbabyhugh]

1:05 then go BUY antenna's you prefer! You SERIOUSLY complained about "FREE/INCLUDED" antennas!? maybe I shouldn't bother watch anymore of this....

[@eliotcole]

4800 max ram? 😅

[@MikeBob2023]

4800 natively (some current gen mobos support 5600 natively).

[@eliotcole]

@@MikeBob2023 Oh for sure, yeah. I'm just talking about the RAM that is officially supported by the MB maker. Some people (me) don't stray away from the MB MFCTR specs for components so that they can be assured of support if needed. But, yeah ... of course.

[@CNC295]

Why would anybody wanna build a 12th of 13th Gen knowing that 14th and 15th Jenner coming out at the end of this year in the middle of next year?

[@joemarais7683]

Cause most sensible people know that a 13th gen system won’t suddenly be bad because 14th gen comes out. If you’re always thinking “why buy x when y is coming” then you’ll never buy anything.

[@BBWahoo]

@@joemarais7683 or you'll buy high end and suddenly be miserable because of technology evolving, to no ones surprise This is an excellent MB

[@KnowzsPenge]

Price......... clearly

[@drumyogi9281]

14th gen is the same socket as 12th gen and 13th gen. Socket 1700. 14th gen is refresh.

[@TheWebstaff]

Wendell are you ok with no k with no k. Wendell are you no K is that ok with no k..

[@benjamintrathen6119]

realtek NIC is dissapointing

[@PaulaPaulina]

i have this motherboard and probably i have wrong settings in the bios cause i have issues with my microphone and my pc doesnt open emediatly, it opens and after 2 second it opens again and then it works -.-