Assortment of Five AMD B550 Premium Motherboards Pictured

Gmr_Chick · May 9, 2020

$ReaPeR$ said:
The b550 taichi makes me want to swap my x470 taichi for it... Looks better than the x570 taichi imo. Can't wait for the reviews. Although I doubt it would have any meaningful impact on performance.
Btw, the x570 fan, although I don't like it, it has been exaggerated. I have an x570 in my testing rig for the past year almost and there have been 0 problems with it, and the sound of it is so low that's a non issue.

Preach, man. In the time that I had my X570 Master, couldn't even hear the chipset fan. And even if I could, chances are good that it wouldn't bother me at all. People think the damn thing sounds like one of those Delta screamers, when the fact is the sound of all the other fans inside a case will be heard before the chipset fan. So I don't...quite understand what the issue is. :wtf:

$ReaPeR$ · May 10, 2020

Gmr_Chick said:
Preach, man. In the time that I had my X570 Master, couldn't even hear the chipset fan. And even if I could, chances are good that it wouldn't bother me at all. People think the damn thing sounds like one of those Delta screamers, when the fact is the sound of all the other fans inside a case will be heard before the chipset fan. So I don't...quite understand what the issue is.

If you check my system specs you will see that compared to the noctua fans I'm using the chipset fan is nothing. Something would be very wrong if it started screaming and being more audible than the cooling fans, especially the industrial ones which sound like damn jets at full boar.

PaganWhelp · May 11, 2020

honestly i'm not currently impressed by either the X570 or the B550. i've got a b450m gaming plus with a ryzen 5 3600x and an rx 5700 xt... i'm good for a few years.

Berfs1 · May 11, 2020

aktpu said:
It's probably just a sticker you put on yourself, like on Z390 TUF (you get 3 different stickers with that board)

Yeah you are right about the sticker, at least it is a step in the right direction! Also, not really sure why they don't have it for the maximus motherboards...

trparky said:
I don't know man, functionality always trumps appearance.

Functionality is always better to have, but giving a cover over the CMOS battery shouldn't hurt, right?

MKRonin · May 16, 2020

The GIGABYTE B550 AORUS Master is the company's most premium offering based on this chipset, and is the only other board than the ASRock Taichi to feature three M.2 slots. Like the ASUS Strix-E, you get two PCI-Express 4.0 x16 slots (x8/x8 with both populated);

I don't think the statement in bold is correct. The first physical x16 slot is labeled "PCIEX16," but the next two physical x16 slots are only electrically wired for x4 lanes, and are labeled as such (PCIEX4_1 and PCIEX4_2).

Viruzz · Jun 25, 2020

These are waste of money, "good" ones cost the same as SUPERIOR x570, for example: ASUS ROG STRIX B550-E GAMING cost the same as Asus PRIME X570-PRO
Why would anyone buy the trashy B550? It has less USB ports, much less 10Gbp USB ports, has only PCIe from the CPU, its still gen 3.0 from the chipset

zlobby · Oct 14, 2020

Mayclore said:
Whew, the Strix and Taichi boards look hot.

Simp!

Berfs1 said:
Functionality is always better to have, but giving a cover over the CMOS battery shouldn't hurt, right?

About time someone addressed this! CMOS battery accidents were skyrocketing! /s

kapone32 · Oct 14, 2020

Viruzz said:
These are waste of money, "good" ones cost the same as SUPERIOR x570, for example: ASUS ROG STRIX B550-E GAMING cost the same as Asus PRIME X570-PRO
Why would anyone buy the trashy B550? It has less USB ports, much less 10Gbp USB ports, has only PCIe from the CPU, its still gen 3.0 from the chipset

It is not trashy it is just overpriced vs X570.

Gmr_Chick said:
Preach, man. In the time that I had my X570 Master, couldn't even hear the chipset fan. And even if I could, chances are good that it wouldn't bother me at all. People think the damn thing sounds like one of those Delta screamers, when the fact is the sound of all the other fans inside a case will be heard before the chipset fan. So I don't...quite understand what the issue is.

Today I turned on the chipset fan of my X570 PRO. It showed in HWinfo64 that the fan was running at 2980 RPM but I could not even hear it.

System Name	The Captain (2.0)
Processor	Ryzen 7 7700X
Motherboard	Asus ROG Strix X670E-A
Cooling	280mm Arctic Liquid Freezer II, 4x Be Quiet! 140mm Silent Wings 4 (1x exhaust 3x intake)
Memory	32GB (2x16) Kingston Fury Beast CL30 6000MT/s
Video Card(s)	MSI GeForce RTX 3070 SUPRIM X
Storage	1x Crucial MX500 500GB SSD; 1x Crucial MX500 500GB M.2 SSD; 1x WD Blue HDD, 1x Crucial P5 Plus
Display(s)	Aorus CV27F 27" 1080p 165Hz
Case	Phanteks Evolv X (Anthracite Gray)
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2021) 1000W 80-Plus Gold
Mouse	Varies based on mood/task; is currently Razer Basilisk V3 Pro or Razer Cobra Pro
Keyboard	Varies based on mood; currently Razer Blackwidow V4 75% and Hyper X Alloy 65

System Name	Ryzen/Laptop/htpc
Processor	R9 3900X/i7 6700HQ/i7 2600
Motherboard	AsRock X470 Taichi/Acer/ Gigabyte H77M
Cooling	Corsair H115i pro with 2 Noctua NF-A14 chromax/OEM/Noctua NH-L12i
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z 32GB @3200/16GB DDR4 2666 HyperX impact/24GB
Video Card(s)	TUL Red Dragon Vega 56/Intel HD 530 - GTX 950m/ 970 GTX
Storage	970pro NVMe 512GB,Samsung 860evo 1TB, 3x4TB WD gold/Transcend 830s, 1TB Toshiba/Adata 256GB + 1TB WD
Display(s)	Philips FTV 32 inch + Dell 2407WFP-HC/OEM/Sony KDL-42W828B
Case	Phanteks Enthoo Luxe/Acer Barebone/Enermax
Audio Device(s)	SoundBlasterX AE-5 (Dell A525)(HyperX Cloud Alpha)/mojo/soundblaster xfi gamer
Power Supply	Seasonic focus+ 850 platinum (SSR-850PX)/165 Watt power brick/Enermax 650W
Mouse	G502 Hero/M705 Marathon/G305 Hero Lightspeed
Keyboard	G19/oem/Steelseries Apex 300
Software	Win10 pro 64bit

System Name	O-Clock
Processor	Intel Core i9-9900K @ 52x/49x 8c8t
Motherboard	ASUS Maximus XI Gene
Cooling	EK Quantum Velocity C+A, EK Quantum Vector C+A, CE 280, Monsta 280, GTS 280 all w/ A14 IP67
Memory	2x16GB G.Skill TridentZ @3900 MHz CL16
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 2080 Ti XC Black
Storage	Samsung 983 ZET 960GB, 2x WD SN850X 4TB
Display(s)	Asus VG259QM
Case	Corsair 900D
Audio Device(s)	beyerdynamic DT 990 600Ω, Asus SupremeFX Hi-Fi 5.25", Elgato Wave 3
Power Supply	EVGA 1600 T2 w/ A14 IP67
Mouse	Logitech G403 Wireless (PMW3366)
Keyboard	Monsgeek M5W w/ Cherry MX Silent Black RGBs
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64 bit
Benchmark Scores	https://hwbot.org/search/submissions/permalink?userId=92615&cpuId=5773

System Name	4K Master
Processor	13900KF + 12700 Backup
Motherboard	MSI z690 UNIFY-X + Asrock Z690 Steel Legend Backup
Cooling	Black Ice Nemesis 360GTX+480GTS, Dual Pumps
Memory	TridentZ DDR5 64GB 5600 + DDR4 3600 Backup
Video Card(s)	Zotac 4090+ ASUS 4070S backup
Storage	OS: Optane 900p 480Gb, Games: WD 850X 4TB, RAID0 Samsung SATA 4TB, plus bunch of 4TB NVMe and SATA
Display(s)	Samsung QD-OLED S95B
Case	Corsair 7000X + Phantecs Enthoo 719 Backup
Audio Device(s)	Hyperx Cloud Orbit S
Power Supply	beQuiet Straight Power Platinum 1200W + Corsair HX1200i backup
Mouse	Razer NAGA PRO
Keyboard	LT84 Wirless + Razer Huntsman Elite v2
VR HMD	HP G2 v2 + Quest 3
Software	Windows 11 24H2

System Name	Best AMD Computer
Processor	AMD 7900X3D
Motherboard	Asus X670E E Strix
Cooling	In Win SR36
Memory	GSKILL DDR5 32GB 5200 30
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse 7900XT (Watercooled)
Storage	Corsair MP 700, Seagate 530 2Tb, Adata SX8200 2TBx2, Kingston 2 TBx2, Micron 8 TB, WD AN 1500
Display(s)	GIGABYTE FV43U
Case	Corsair 7000D Airflow
Audio Device(s)	Corsair Void Pro, Logitch Z523 5.1
Power Supply	Deepcool 1000M
Mouse	Logitech g7 gaming mouse
Keyboard	Logitech G510
Software	Windows 11 Pro 64 Steam. GOG, Uplay, Origin
Benchmark Scores	Firestrike: 46183 Time Spy: 25121

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