ASUS ROG STRIX B550-E GAMING vs TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI)

[rG-tom]

Hey guys,

need to make an order tonight. Kinda narrowed it down to these two, i can get them both for circa £180 (550-e for 174 and the x570 plus wifi for £181)

https://www.asus.com/uk/Motherboards/TUF-GAMING-X570-PLUS-WI-FI/

https://rog.asus.com/Motherboards/ROG-Strix/ROG-STRIX-B550-E-GAMING-Model/


B550-E Pros:

• Better power delivery for OCing?
• 2.5g ethernet (though am I reading that there are issues with this implementation?)
• looks way better (not THAT important )
• 2nd PCI-E 4x slot that most b550s don't have

X570 gaming plus pros:

• X570 seems better at bandwidth for USB etc
• 2nd m2 slot is gen 4 not gen 3....real word probably wont make much difference

Which would you go for, and why?

Cheers!

 

[rG-tom]

no thoughts anybody?

 

[EsaT]

Good B550 boards are available for less.
Though if needing Wifi that limits choise somewhat.
Anyway with limited IO of B550 chipset that x4 slot might share PCIe lanes with second M.2 slot.

X570 chipset is lot better in that with plenty of lanes and with lots of bandwidth. (2GB/s per lane)
But Asus has X570 chipset cooler designed by anus of marketroids and certainly wouldn't want those with gaming graphics cards.