thanx m8
ASUS ROG STRIX B650E-E GAMING WIFI owners thread***
New BIOS: 3035
1. Updated to AMD AGESA PI 1.2.0.1a.
2. Resolved the SMM Lock Bypass and Sinkhole security vulnerabilities.
3. The control limit mode (cTDP to105W) was moved to a more accessible location for different processors.
Installed and running fine so far.
1. Updated to AMD AGESA PI 1.2.0.1a.
2. Resolved the SMM Lock Bypass and Sinkhole security vulnerabilities.
3. The control limit mode (cTDP to105W) was moved to a more accessible location for different processors.
Installed and running fine so far.
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Re: X670 resource
ROG STRIX/TUF/PROART B650 Series Beta Bios 3040 1) Update AGESA to ComboAM5 1202 2) Improve system performance dont use older cmo file ROG STRIX B650-A GAMING WIFI Beta Bios 3040 https://drive.google.com/file/d/18DtosVYVte-gpwgccOzOq3HAYkJrH0jr/view?usp=sharing ROG STRIX B650E-E GAMING WIFI Beta...
ROG STRIX/TUF/PROART B650 Series Beta Bios 3040
1) Update AGESA to ComboAM5 1202
2) Improve system performance
just impulse bought a 2nd hand 7800X3D for a good price. Currently running a x570 TUF and a 5600X.
I'm stuck choosing between this board or the X670e-TUF for about the same price. Asus have a £20 cashack offer on at the moment.
I like the feature set of this board but the X670e I assume may have slightly better performance. I've got 2 x M2 drives at the moment and 4 xSATA.
Is the Intel Ethernet on this board really an issue?
I dont like the lack of the PCI-E easy release button on the TUF but probably not a deal breaker.
Convince me to get this board?
I'm stuck choosing between this board or the X670e-TUF for about the same price. Asus have a £20 cashack offer on at the moment.
I like the feature set of this board but the X670e I assume may have slightly better performance. I've got 2 x M2 drives at the moment and 4 xSATA.
Is the Intel Ethernet on this board really an issue?
I dont like the lack of the PCI-E easy release button on the TUF but probably not a deal breaker.
Convince me to get this board?
Performance will be the same for both, it comes down to the feature set and which is better for you. The Intel NIC can be hit and miss, some don't have any issues, others do. I have had issues but its working now. For me, the B650E-E is the best option with the B650E-F next.just impulse bought a 2nd hand 7800X3D for a good price. Currently running a x570 TUF and a 5600X.
I'm stuck choosing between this board or the X670e-TUF for about the same price. Asus have a £20 cashack offer on at the moment.
I like the feature set of this board but the X670e I assume may have slightly better performance. I've got 2 x M2 drives at the moment and 4 xSATA.
Is the Intel Ethernet on this board really an issue?
I dont like the lack of the PCI-E easy release button on the TUF but probably not a deal breaker.
Convince me to get this board?
The main difference with X670E is the number of PCIE lanes, it can run 4x M.2 slots with the graphics not impacted. B650E boards can't do that.
That is correct. However, the poster above has 4 sata and if you fill the 4 M2 drives on the X670e tuff then 2 of the SATA ports are lost and you are left with 2 operational
What if I keep just M2 drives. What will be the effect on the SATA's and PCIE5 on the x670e and B650e?
I may swap one of the older SATA for a shiny new M2 how will that affect them both?
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Going to need you to be a bit more specific I'm afraid as there are so many different x670e and b650e motherboards and they are all wired up differently
However, the Asus B650e-e and Asus X670e tuff you can use 3 NVME and not lose PCI-e graphics lanes or Sata ports. Populate all the NVME slots, though, and you will lose other devices or PCI-E lanes for your GPU.
If you want more, though, the Asrock x670e Steel Legend allows full graphics, 4 NVME and 4 Sata - not sure any Asus board can give you that as they have allocated their lanes to some other features. There is another thread in this forum about motherboards that allow you to populate all NVME slots and not lose graphics PCI-E lanes, and I recommend that
In essence, there is not a single motherboard that is the best one for every person to get - it is a matter of deciding what is important to you and getting one with the features that support the hardware you have/want. Spend ages going through the motherboard manuals and block diagrams though to ensure that the motherboard has the features that you want as it isn't always easy to tell from a mere glance.
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This spreadsheet contains most of those details, I think (in the notes section).
AM5 Motherboards Sheet (X870/X670/B650/A620)
Im only going to buy either the b650e-e or the x670e Tuf so thats all the info I was after thanks.
I won't be needing 4 M2 drives for the many years so all good.
I see a BETA BIOS is now available for download on the Asus B650E-E GAMING WIFI support download page. Think I'll wait until the final version ie non BETA.
ROG STRIX B650E-E GAMING WIFI BIOS 3040
Version 3040 Beta Version
13.23 MB 2024/09/18
"1.Updated to AMD AGESA PI 1.2.0.2.
2.Phase in AMD cTDP to 105W option for particular processors.
Before running the USB BIOS Flashback tool, please rename the BIOS file (SB650EE.CAP) using BIOSRenamer"
ROG STRIX B650E-E GAMING WIFI BIOS 3040
Version 3040 Beta Version
13.23 MB 2024/09/18
"1.Updated to AMD AGESA PI 1.2.0.2.
2.Phase in AMD cTDP to 105W option for particular processors.
Before running the USB BIOS Flashback tool, please rename the BIOS file (SB650EE.CAP) using BIOSRenamer"
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just impulse bought a 2nd hand 7800X3D for a good price. Currently running a x570 TUF and a 5600X.
I'm stuck choosing between this board or the X670e-TUF for about the same price. Asus have a £20 cashack offer on at the moment.
I like the feature set of this board but the X670e I assume may have slightly better performance. I've got 2 x M2 drives at the moment and 4 xSATA.
Is the Intel Ethernet on this board really an issue?
I dont like the lack of the PCI-E easy release button on the TUF but probably not a deal breaker.
Convince me to get this board?
I was recently looking at X670E TUF and B650E-F. Eventually settled on the B650E-F due to some subjective reasons as:
a) It has a handy GPU release button. No more sticking a dead RAM stick between the heatsink and GPU to get it out for me
. X670E TUF doesn't have this.b) All the 4 SATA ports remain available on the B650E-F irrespective of which NVME slot gets filled. The X670E TUF shares bandwidth of 2 SATA ports with one of the NVME slots so have to take care when plugging in NVME device.
c) B650E chipset consumes less power and runs cooler than the X670E dual chipset design.
d) Is cheaper than the X670E TUF.
Having said all that X670E TUF is still a great board though and you can't go wrong with it.
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I've had to return the b650e-e as I have a lot of storage and the way that they have split the PCI-e lanes on the block diagram with an ASMEDIA ASM1601 controller to each pair of the SATA ports means there is no way that you can max out storage transfer speeds from a standard 2.5" SSD.
Of course, if you are never filling the SATA ports because you have totally moved over to NVME, don't need to get the full speeds from your drives (I was maxing out at about 360MB per sec rather than 550) or have older mechanical drives then this would never be a problem for you, but I thought I would post about it here in case anyone else ever searches for this motherboard in relation to Sata speeds as they really aren't great on this board.
Other than that, the board was great, I never had an issue with the Intel LAN (although mine seemed to be a I226-V rather than the I225-V I have read so much about) and everything else was perfectly stable. With the refund money I purchased a X670-e Steel Legend for the same price and all speeds are back to where they should be and I can fill all 4 NVME slots too with no impact on GPU lanes
Of course, if you are never filling the SATA ports because you have totally moved over to NVME, don't need to get the full speeds from your drives (I was maxing out at about 360MB per sec rather than 550) or have older mechanical drives then this would never be a problem for you, but I thought I would post about it here in case anyone else ever searches for this motherboard in relation to Sata speeds as they really aren't great on this board.
Other than that, the board was great, I never had an issue with the Intel LAN (although mine seemed to be a I226-V rather than the I225-V I have read so much about) and everything else was perfectly stable. With the refund money I purchased a X670-e Steel Legend for the same price and all speeds are back to where they should be and I can fill all 4 NVME slots too with no impact on GPU lanes
I've had to return the b650e-e as I have a lot of storage and the way that they have split the PCI-e lanes on the block diagram with an ASMEDIA ASM1601 controller to each pair of the SATA ports means there is no way that you can max out storage transfer speeds from a standard 2.5" SSD.
Of course, if you are never filling the SATA ports because you have totally moved over to NVME, don't need to get the full speeds from your drives (I was maxing out at about 360MB per sec rather than 550) or have older mechanical drives then this would never be a problem for you, but I thought I would post about it here in case anyone else ever searches for this motherboard in relation to Sata speeds as they really aren't great on this board.
Other than that, the board was great, I never had an issue with the Intel LAN (although mine seemed to be a I226-V rather than the I225-V I have read so much about) and everything else was perfectly stable. With the refund money I purchased a X670-e Steel Legend for the same price and all speeds are back to where they should be and I can fill all 4 NVME slots too with no impact on GPU lanes
I only use one 2TB Samsung 980 Pro NVME and one Samsung SATA 2TB 870 EVO SSD on motherboad , one external SSD 2TB Samsung T7 USB C , one external USB Seagate 2TB 7200rpm mechanical HD caddy for backup, one Verbatim 1TB USB mechanical HD, one external USB 4TB Toshiba 7200rpm mechanical HD caddy.
I find USB saves the day as you don't need to use all those internal NVME drive slots, , the way I have is all SSD drives ie three for gaming and OS and rest for slower stuff ie backup/files etc... I'll probably get 2TB Samsung T9 external USB C down the road.
So on my Asus B650E Gaming E board only using one NVME slot and SATA slot, rest are USB, total of six drives.
You have to love USB for storage
.Btw had my board one year now, zero issues
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I'm on 1 nvme pcie5 and 2 nvme 4 with 1 8tb HDD for storage which works fine for me. Keeping slot 2 open so I can take the benefit (if any) from pcie5 gfx card when rtx5000 comes out. Stopped using sata ssd a good while ago so this board is fine using the sata ports just for HD storage
Can you please explain this in more detail? I can't see any mention of it in the manual or the tech specs.
Hmm, that's interesting, maybe Spudgun was running at the same time and encountering a bottleneck between the chipset and CPU? Afaik, the uplink is 4 lane, I think PCIE 4.0 or 5.0.