AMD launches B550 motherboards

Elevon · 21 May 2020 at 21:19

eeek said:
Your B350F is probably

On one level true, on another level a large upgrade is a likely time for people to replace their case.

Ironically I'll be upgrading my case and it has 2x USB 3.0 ports and 1x USB 2.0 port, so again more of common standard.

Elevon · 21 May 2020 at 21:39

I was looking at the Asus Strix B550-F Gaming Wifi, that only has

Rear USB Port ( Total 8 )
2 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 port(s)(1 x Type-A +1 x USB Type-C®)
4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 port(s)(4 x Type-A)
2 x USB 2.0 port(s)
Front USB Port ( Total 6 )
2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 port(s)
4 x USB 2.0 port(s)

.

Personally I'm leaning towards Gigabyte B550 Master and ASRock Taichi B550 , ASRock specs here https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/B550 Taichi/#Specification

Nice pic of ASRock.

BigBANGtheory · 21 May 2020 at 22:06

as someone interested in moving from legacy 4core Intel to Zen3 I want to hear about x670 but I like what I see in B550 in a number of vendors

Jonathon Lee · 21 May 2020 at 22:27

As someone waiting for my first build, does anyone know when these will be available for pre-order? Now the manufacturers have shown their hand, surely people are going to start building the storefronts for them?

d_brennen · 21 May 2020 at 22:29

Jonathon Lee said:
As someone waiting for my first build, does anyone know when these will be available for pre-order? Now the manufacturers have shown their hand, surely people are going to start building the storefronts for them?

Don't preorder anything tech until at least the reviews are in, ideally after people have beta tested it for you

Jonathon Lee · 21 May 2020 at 22:49

d_brennen said:
Don't preorder anything tech until at least the reviews are in, ideally after people have beta tested it for you

Fair point, well made. Surely GamersNexus et al would be getting early production boards within the next couple weeks though?

aaronjunited · 21 May 2020 at 23:19

Jonathon Lee said:
Fair point, well made. Surely GamersNexus et al would be getting early production boards within the next couple weeks though?

I hope this is the case. I'm in the same boat as you. Building my own for the first time.

B@Th*nG · 21 May 2020 at 23:43

I've been out of the hardware game for a while, but do all of these boards have lights on them? Seems a bit unnecessary

slipd · 22 May 2020 at 00:32

Sorry if asked before but, will the B550 support legacy chips - my 1200/3600's for example? Also, anything on pricing yet?

Joxeon · 22 May 2020 at 00:54

slipd said:
Sorry if asked before but, will the B550 support legacy chips - my 1200/3600's for example? Also, anything on pricing yet?

They will only support ryzen 3000 series but not the APUs and the upcoming 4000 series.

If you want something that will support all ryzen chips so far and the upcoming 4000 then the b450 tomahawk max is a good shout.

slipd · 22 May 2020 at 00:56

Joxeon said:
They will only support ryzen 3000 series but not the APUs and the upcoming 4000 series.

Cool, so my 3600 and not my 1200?

Joxeon · 22 May 2020 at 01:03

slipd said:
Cool, so my 3600 and not my 1200?

Yeah, the 3600 will be supported out the box.

The 1200 won't work.

willhub · 22 May 2020 at 09:05

Elevon said:
I was looking at the Asus Strix B550-F Gaming Wifi, that only has
.

Personally I'm leaning towards Gigabyte B550 Master and ASRock Taichi B550 , ASRock specs here https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/B550 Taichi/#Specification

Nice pic of ASRock.

Wonder where the NVMe goes?

orbitalwalsh · 22 May 2020 at 09:07

@Elevon

Any details on phases for Taichi.

Know the master is 14+2 70amps and all direct with no doublers. 6 layer PCB . Both boards only two to have 3x m.2 slots.

Joxeon · 22 May 2020 at 09:09

willhub said:
Wonder where the NVMe goes?

You unscrew the plastic covering to access the nvme.

orbitalwalsh · 22 May 2020 at 09:15

LiE said:
Hopefully we should see some decent ITX boards at release.

Aorus is 6 x 90amps and low loss 8 layer PCB ... Should get 5000hz ram speeds easily enough

Joxeon · 22 May 2020 at 09:16

orbitalwalsh said:
Aorus is 6 x 90amps and low loss 8 layer PCB ... Should get 5000hz ram speeds easily enough

What do you think the rrp will be?

LiE · 22 May 2020 at 09:19

orbitalwalsh said:
Aorus is 6 x 90amps and low loss 8 layer PCB ... Should get 5000hz ram speeds easily enough

The Asrock looks tasty as well https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/B550 Phantom Gaming-ITXax/index.asp

orbitalwalsh · 22 May 2020 at 09:19

Joxeon said:
What do you think the rrp will be?

Max I've heard b550 is £230 ' Least the Master maybe and again low £ to $ ratio .

Expecting the ITX to be £150-180

orbitalwalsh · 22 May 2020 at 09:21

LiE said:
The Asrock looks tasty as well https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/B550 Phantom Gaming-ITXax/index.asp

Asus and MSI... Might of dropped the ball... X570 Toma has got a lot of line light with all these wiping it off ! Hope the B550 is exactly the same ! Just b550 chip...