ASUS Announces AMD B650E and B650 ROG Strix, TUF Gaming, PRIME, and ProArt Motherboards

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The latest X670E motherboard platform introduced a wealth of cutting-edge features to accompany AMD's latest 7-series CPUs. Headlined by PCIe 5.0 connectivity and across-the-board DDR5 support, our X670E motherboards cater to enthusiasts ready to extract every ounce of performance they can get out of their new AMD processor. Now, mainstream PC builds can get in on the action, too. Our B650E and B650 boards offer tremendous value for anyone assembling a next-gen machine. This B650 motherboard guide walks you through our different product families to help you find the model that best fits your needs and budget.

Shopping for a gaming-first motherboard that delivers exceptional performance and exudes confident style? Start with our ROG Strix lineup. From the flagship ROG Strix B650E-E Gaming WiFi to the compact-yet-mighty ROG Strix B650E-I Gaming WiFi, these boards bring high-end features and sizzling good looks. Perhaps you'd prefer a straightforward gaming board that delivers essential features in a no-frills design? Check out our TUF Gaming family. Available in either ATX or micro-ATX form factors, these products deliver everything you need for a reliable gaming build and nothing that you don't.



Gamers aren't the only folks out there looking at everything that AMD's new chips have to offer. For the creative professionals out there—and anyone who aspires to take their talents in CGI, filmmaking, engineering, or design to the next level—the ProArt B650-Creator offers great connectivity and sophisticated style. Last but not least, our wide range of ASUS Prime motherboards offer everything you need for an all-around-excellent PC.

Raised to the power of five
Our B650E and B650 motherboards bring a wealth of next-gen features. Even the CPU socket received an upgrade for the occasion. The all-new AM5 socket is an LGA-style socket, so the pins are on the motherboard, not the CPU, making any accidental bending or damage to the pins less likely. AM5 supports up to a 170 W TDP, enabling exceptional compute performance for high-core-count CPUs in heavy workloads.

But it's not just the CPU socket that's enjoying a next-gen upgrade. B650E and B650 motherboards support the latest DDR5 RAM. With data rates 50% faster than previous-generation DDR4 memory, DDR5 unleashes a new tier of performance, and our motherboards offer a host of hardware and firmware optimizations that enable users to overclock capable kits to the absolute limit.

B650E and B650 motherboards also boast PCIe 5.0 connectivity. Every option in our lineup includes at least one onboard PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot ready for the fastest storage drives on the market. To prep your PC to take full advantage of next-gen PCIe 5.0 graphics cards, pick up one of our B650E motherboards. These higher-end options boast at least one PCIe 5.0 x16 slot. And with double the link speeds of PCIe 4.0, the new standard provides us with the bandwidth to deck out our B650E and B650 motherboards with a comprehensive selection of high-speed ports. Every ROG Strix, TUF Gaming, and ProArt B650 motherboard offers an onboard high-speed USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 Type-C port.

Go big on performance and style with ROG Strix
The ROG Strix line takes the high-end ROG DNA and distills it into gaming-first motherboards that are ready for anything. Whether you're building a decked-out ATX gaming rig or a compact Mini-ITX machine, you'll find the motherboard you need right here. Whichever ROG Strix board you choose, you'll find high-end circuitry, convenient design elements, and features built to boost your gaming experience. Integrated I/O shields ease the installation process and look gorgeous behind your case's side window. High-end VRMs stand ready to drive the entire swath of today's Ryzen chips, while Intel-powered 2.5Gb Ethernet and Wi-Fi 6E offer cutting-edge networking. And our industry-leading gaming audio immerses you like never before with an ALC4080 codec and a Savitech SV3H712 amplifier.

Interested in tuning and tweaking your new AMD Ryzen CPU for maximum performance? Out of all our B650E and B650 motherboards, the ROG Strix models are best equipped for overclocking. A quick trip into their UEFI BIOS is all it takes to boost light-load clocks through Precision Boost Overdrive (PBO)—a move that enhances overall system responsiveness for most builders. Looking for more manual control over your CPU's performance? We primed the ROG Strix B650E-E Gaming WiFi and ROG Strix B650E-I Gaming WiFi to satisfy your thirst for pushing your processor to its limits. Both offer particularly robust power solutions and access to our Dynamic OC Switcher and Core Flex tools.

ROG Strix B650E-E Gaming WiFi
Atop the stack sits the flagship ROG Strix B650E-E Gaming WiFi. The premium option for any builder intending to take the B650E platform to its limits, this decked-out motherboard offers a premium selection of features. Its optimized power solution readies you to overclock your Ryzen CPU with 16+2 teamed power stages with 8+8 ProCool power connectors. Two PCIe 5.0 x16 slots stand ready for next-gen add-on cards. Four onboard M.2 slots—two of which are wired for PCIe 5.0—make it a breeze to install a lightning-quick storage array for your gaming library. To keep it all cool, each M.2 slot has its own high-performance heatsink, and massive VRM heatsinks with high-conductivity thermal pads silently use the cooling air moving through your case to keep the circuitry operating comfortably.

The ROG Strix B650E-E Gaming WiFi goes above and beyond to make your build process easy and intuitive. The dedicated PCIe Slot Q-Release button makes it a breeze to release your graphics card from the primary PCIe 5.0 x16 slot. Our M.2 Q-Latch system ensures that you'll never again lose a tiny M.2 screw while installing a drive. BIOS FlashBack support gets your new build up and running without a hitch by letting you update your board's firmware with nothing more than a power supply and a USB flash drive. And with a premium connectivity selection including 19 USB ports, DisplayPort 1.4 and HDMI 2.1 ports, and a Thunderbolt 4 header, you'll have no trouble assembling your full battlestation.

We also took advantage of this new platform to augment the audio solution that we offer in our mainstream ROG Strix motherboards. We've upgraded to the USB-based ALC4080 audio codec—and we've included a high-performance Savitech SV3H712 AMP to drive audiophile-grade sound to your headset. DTS Sound Unbound serves up immersive spatial audio, and our Sonic Studio III+ suite gives you precise control over the output.

ROG Strix B650E-F Gaming WiFi
Perhaps you love the aesthetics and overall feature set of the ROG Strix B650E-E Gaming WiFi, but you don't have an immediate need for two PCIe 5.0 X16 slots and two PCIe 5.0 M.2 slots. Check out the ROG Strix B650E-F Gaming WiFi. In many ways, this motherboard is a mirror image of its elder sibling, but it offers one PCIe 5.0 x16 slot and one slot for a next-gen PCIe 5.0 M.2 drive—just the ticket for many a mainstream gaming PC.

Otherwise, you'll find a broadly similar feature set between the two motherboards. The same stealthy black finish adorns their massive VRMs, shrouds, and heatsinks, similar Aura Sync RGB LED accents provide a bold flourish of color, and they offer the same suite of DIY-friendly design features.

ROG Strix B650E-I Gaming WiFi
If you're building a PC for your home entertainment center or dorm room—or anywhere that space is a primary limiting factor—an ATX system might just be too large for your needs. To support the Mini-ITX build of your dreams, we offer the ROG Strix B650E-I Gaming WiFi. This compact motherboard might fit easily into one hand, but it offers a high-end set of gaming features.

As a B650E board, it boasts both a PCIe 5.0 x16 slot and a PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot, making it ready for the fastest graphics cards of today and tomorrow. Its versatile and high-end connectivity selection, including a USB 3.2 Gen 2 port with DisplayPort ALT mode, gives you everything you need for your build. And conveniences like the pre-mounted I/O shield simplify the process of building in the tight confines of a Mini-ITX case.

ROG Strix B650-A Gaming WiFi
No offense to those who prefer the classic black aesthetic for their gaming PCs, but there's something special about a white-themed build. White finishes focus and amplify the RGB LED illumination of your build—or provide a clean, cohesive aesthetic on their own merits. For the foundation of your next white build, look no further than the ROG Strix B650-A Gaming WiFi.

As with all our B650E and B650 motherboards, the ROG Strix B650-A Gaming WiFi boasts an onboard PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot and DDR5 support. If a PCIe 5.0 x16 slot strikes you as more of a nice-to-have than a need-to-have feature for your next PC, this motherboard might be a better fit for you than the higher-end ROG Strix B650E motherboards. Its PCIe 4.0 x16 slot is more than capable of getting you in the game with a high-end graphics card.

Get ready for action with battle-forged TUF Gaming motherboards
If your top priorities for a motherboard are reliable operation, sensible good looks, and essential gaming performance, then our TUF Gaming lineup was built for you. We designed these boards to give gamers high-quality options ready to go the distance.

Our TUF Gaming B650 motherboards offer a powerful value proposition for a next-gen AMD Ryzen gaming build. Available in either ATX or micro-ATX form factors, these boards offer DDR5 support, a PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot for blazing-fast storage, and an onboard USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 USB Type-C port for fast, versatile connectivity. High-bandwidth 2.5 Gb Ethernet comes standard, and WiFi 6 is available for those who need it.

Looking to complement your TUF Gaming motherboard with an array of components and peripherals with the same aesthetic? The TUF GAMING Alliance is a collaboration between ASUS and trusted PC component brands to ensure compatibility across a wide range of parts, such as PC cases, power supplies, CPU coolers, memory kits and more. With new partnerships and components being added regularly, the TUF Gaming Alliance will continue to grow even stronger.

ProArt empowers creators with powerful performance and sophisticated style
Gamers aren't the only ones planning new builds around AMD's latest Ryzen CPUs. Creative professionals like engineers, designers, videographers, animators, and game developers all tend to have workflows ready to take full advantage of multicore CPUs, high-bandwidth DDR5 RAM, and speedy PCIe 5.0 storage. For these creators and more, ProArt motherboards provide superb connectivity, plentiful high-speed storage options, and professional style.

The ProArt B650-Creator carries on that tradition with a feature set that provides incredible value for a budget-conscious creative build. DDR5 support lets you take advantage of the raw bandwidth provided by the latest high-end kits, and a PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot allows you to enjoy the dizzying transfer rates of a cutting-edge drive.

Looking for a motherboard that can harness more than one graphics card? The ProArt B650-Creator has what you need. Its twin PCIe 4.0 x16 slots can operate in an x8/x8 configuration so that you can take full advantage of a pair of graphics cards.

Versatile connectivity is a must for any creative workstation, so the ProArt B650-Creator includes a connector for a front-panel USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 Type-C port—and it's wired for Quick Charge 4+ so that you can use it to conveniently and speedily recharge your other devices. We've also wired one of the USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C ports on the rear I/O panel to support an alternate mode that provides DisplayPort 1.4 output up to 8K/60 Hz. Whether you want to use the port for high-speed 10 Gbps file transfers or connecting an additional high-resolution display, the choice is yours.

ASUS Prime covers all the bases
Our ROG Strix, TUF Gaming, and ProArt families serve gamers and power users ready to extract every last drop of performance from their systems. While our Prime boards offer many of the same enthusiast-grade features, they're also quite content to serve as reliable platforms for your work and everyday computing. For anyone building a budget-friendly PC that melds all-around capability and subtle style, a Prime board is the ideal choice.

For B650, we're offering Prime motherboards in four variations. Pick between the ATX and micro-ATX form factors, make a judgment call on whether you need wireless networking, and you're ready to go. Regardless of your choice, you'll enjoy high-speed wired networking through a Realtek 2.5Gb Ethernet controller, a PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot, and DDR5 support.

Our Prime B650 motherboards will also make it easy for you to upgrade your processor down the road. Through BIOS FlashBack, you'll be able to quickly update your board's firmware with nothing more than a power supply and a USB flash drive. This will pave the way for you to stay up to date with AMD's subsequent generations of Ryzen CPUs for as long as AMD maintains backward compatibility, all the while using the same Prime B650 motherboard.

Complete your build with ASUS PC DIY components
As a company, we built our reputation on the quality and performance of our motherboard lineup. But our product portfolio includes just about everything that you'd need to build a complete PC—from graphics cards to cases, from case fans to AIO liquid coolers, from power supplies to graphics card holders. And that's before you consider our complete lineup of displays, peripherals, and wireless networking products. To build a PC with a cohesive, unified aesthetic, a PC that offers the legendary quality of our motherboards in every component, complement your ASUS B650 motherboard with an array of parts from our other product families.



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[Toothless]

"STXIR" on the ITX.

Mm yes, these are letters. Come on Asus, get it right.

 

[Chaitanya]

Other than MSI B650 offerings, all others(Gigabyte, Asus, Asrock) are varying levels of meh and overall none are worth the asking prices.

 

[AusWolf]

No B650E option on m-ATX. Also ALC892 audio. What a disappointment!

 

[Dichy]

I think there is an error in the first or second picture, there are two B650E-E and one must be B650E-F.

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

Those TUF boards are nice with all the USB ports.

 

[john_]

Only the ProArt splits the X16 lanes from the CPU. Something that was trivial years ago, now it is a premium feature.

 

[Tsukiyomi91]

the consideration of buying an Intel 600 Series board, updating the BIOS and dropping a Raptor Lake CPU is getting more feasible and realistic for anyone who wants to upgrade, build a new system etc at this point. AMD is still locking a lot of new potential customers due to the high pricing these B650 and B650Es are asking.

 

[Toothless]

the consideration of buying an Intel 600 Series board, updating the BIOS and dropping a Raptor Lake CPU is getting more feasible and realistic for anyone who wants to upgrade, build a new system etc at this point. AMD is still locking a lot of new potential customers due to the high pricing these B650 and B650Es are asking.

K but like, AMD had 1xxx, 2xxx, 3xxx, 4xxx, and 5xxx on the same socket with x370 supporting most of those with updates. Intel is literally just on their second round for socket 1700. If you said the same thing when AM4 released, I wouldn't be inclined to force myself to not see fanboyism.

Also Intel chips are typically more expensive in certain brackets and majority.

 

[diopter]

Double the price. Half the features. Scammed again.

 

[agatong55]

Anyone have a release date and prices for these?

 

[L'Eliminateur]

¿what's with the extremely uninteresting and "imbalanced" lineups for B650?.

honestly they're all kind of turd-ish

Other than the super overpriced high end you have severe shortcomings:

¿ALC8xx series audio in 2022, really?, in a >200USD motherboard?, that's like a 10+ yrs old sound ic...

¿Where are the 2 DIMM only "gamer" boards?, i don't want 4 dimm slots to get worse signal integrity

 

[han32]

best feature mb b650e so far..but the price strix so meh.....

 

[L'Eliminateur]

i can't be the only one that wants:

• B650
• 2 DIMMs
• NO RGB
• at least 14+2+1 90/100A SPS phases (i see that a lot of these "low end" B650 boards have 80A stages) with sizeable heatsinks
• good modern audio chip with 5/6 3.5mm jacks
• 1 PCIE x16 4.0, maybe a x1/x4 spaced well clear 5 slots over
• 2 m.2s, i don't care about pcie 5 as i won't have 5.0 SSDs
• I don't care about USBs and all their mode/naming nonsense, i don't have anything that even uses usb-C save for my phone
• at least 6 PWM fan headers
• don't care for wifi

that's it, simple, enough power to maintain a PBO overclock

 

[AusWolf]

What I want is:

• B650E with PCI-e 5.0 (to avoid bottlenecking future x8 and x4 cards),
• Micro-ATX size,
• Decent VRM with a decent heatsink,
• At least 2 m.2 slots,
• 4 fan headers,
• At least "acceptable" quality onboard audio (yes, I still use speakers in 2022 and will do so probably forever).

Most of these things were standard on medium-tier boards a couple years ago, but now you can't even get them on premium ones (at least not in m-ATX size).

Edit: typo

 

[Nine]

The creator board looked really nice, until I read the 8xx audio chip.

As a creator you listen to a "LOT" of music when you are busy with your workflow.
A 4080 sound chip should have been in there imo.
I do not wish to use an external Dac. Just takes up more room on your desk, costs additional money as well.

Still Strix series looking really nice, I hope we can get it between 170-230 for the F version or so.
Ryzen 7 7700x looks really like a nice combination for gaming, and creative tasks.

I am sure others will be happy with budget boards, so they can at least Adopt Am5.

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Well seems the prices have come in to see at Guru 3D
The launch price of a B550-F strix was in euros 239.95.
New launch price seems to be 366.00 euros for the F model..

If these prices are correct, can someone explain it to me?
Why I am suddenly paying 126 euros more for the same type of motherboard?
The top model is 428..

Maybe some nerds want to look up the real costs of making such boards, the parts they use.
Are we getting a fair price as consumers?
Because for those prices you can with 2nd hand market, build a Am4 system.

 

[L'Eliminateur]

wow, ¿are they friggin nuts?
the minimum viable board i'm seeing from the list is the TUF B650 plus with the realtek s1200, and it's listed at 272 euro, are they insane?

Don't they realize about the overlap with their own X670 boards?, why would i buy a B650 motherboard that's more expensive than their x670 offerings?

 

[trsttte]

Only the ProArt splits the X16 lanes from the CPU. Something that was trivial years ago, now it is a premium feature.

The Strix B650E-E also allows that and seems a pretty interesting offering, 2 m.2 from the cpu, 1 or 2 usb hubs and I don't know where they got the lanes for the second 4.0 m.2 or pcie 4.0 slot (maybe it's one or the other?)

The price is probably nuts though