I am. Are there any ITX boards with 2x M.2 slots?
AMD launches B550 motherboards
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I am. Are there any ITX boards with 2x M.2 slots?
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The Asus ROG Strix B550-I gaming as 2 M.2 slots - 1 x PCIEx4.0 and 1x PCIEx3.0
https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/ROG-STRIX-B550-I-GAMING/specifications/
If they end up pricing the B550 in the right place it should do very well. If I were MSI wI would be making it the best value B550 board possible and aiming for the volume of budget-driven enthusiast sales. B550 Tomahawk for ~£120 and X570 Tomahaw for ~£200 would be a killer combo with no crossover to hurt sales.I would not be surprised with poor sales of B550 due to pricing, they may have to lower the price even more if sales don't pick up, corona virus hitting production and costs is one thing, but when they are too close to X570 boards pricing wise they are not doing themselves any favours.
We may see X570 sales pick up, right now I'm very much leaning towards X570, I don't think pricing on B550 boards will be good enough to sway me.
Side note: I wonder how well the MSI B550 Tomahawk will do
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Lol, good thing i grabbed a strix x570 itx when i did, ordered it on wednesday after they got back instock, now they're out of stock again 
As far as i can tell the fan makes absolutely no difference to the temperature on my x570 Taichi.
The SB temperature sits at approx 56C whether the fan is on or not. I just set a manual fan curve so the fan doesnt come on until the temperature goes over 65C, so far it hasnt come on a single time.
The SB temperature sits at approx 56C whether the fan is on or not. I just set a manual fan curve so the fan doesnt come on until the temperature goes over 65C, so far it hasnt come on a single time.
If they end up pricing the B550 in the right place it should do very well. If I were MSI wI would be making it the best value B550 board possible and aiming for the volume of budget-driven enthusiast sales. B550 Tomahawk for ~£120 and X570 Tomahaw for ~£200 would be a killer combo with no crossover to hurt sales.
I suspect the B550 Tomahawk is going to be £170 which will make the X570 at £220 worth the extra given the X570 Tomahawk has wifi.
The ASUS Rog Strix B550-I Gaming seems to have 2 M2 slots.
As does the ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming-ITX
Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX also has dual M.2
Edit: and the MSI MPG B550I Gaming Edge Wifi
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B550 Strix-F is on preorder for £206, seems reasonable to me in comparison to X570-F which on sale is £250 ( normally £270-280). I think there will be some good deals for specific models.
Itx version for around £220 is still way cheaper than X570I for £280+
Itx version for around £220 is still way cheaper than X570I for £280+
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That means the Wifi version ie Asus Strix B550-F Gaming Wifi will be around £225 or so, E version ie Asus Strix B550-E Gaming will probably be up to £260 or £270, so good or bad pricing depending on model etc..
It actually lists F with wifi under specification, however name is not clear, so might be both
but yeah I'd agree for E to be around that price £260-280, which again would make it ~£50 cheaper than X570.Not long now, one more day
It actually lists F with wifi under specification, however name is not clear, so might be both
I'm looking at the big well known Axxxxx site and it's clear its non Wifi by pics etc ....
Yeah that's true, I got lead by product description which mentioned WIFI, but this might be just generic and WiFi needs to be in the name.
Yep, I believe so. We’ll have pricing at least.