Manufacturers announce AMD B550 motherboards – Computer – News

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ASRock comes with twelve different B550 motherboards in multiple price segments. The B550 Taichi is the company’s most high-end model, with a sixteen-phase vrm design and three pci-e 4.0 x16 slots. Users can place up to three video cards in this, with the top two slots operating in x8 mode, while the bottom connector has 4 lanes.

The company also comes with the B550 Extreme 4, Steel Legend and PG Velocita, each of which has a power supply with 14 phases. All four motherboards have 2.5-gigabit Ethernet. The manufacturer also shows two mini-itx motherboards: the B550 Phantom Gaming-ITX / ax and B550M-ITX / ac. The former is equipped with a WiFi 6 radio and Bluetooth 5.1 support.

B550 motherboards from ASRock

Asus in turn comes among other things with motherboards in the Strix series. This line-up consists of the ROG Strix B550-E Gaming, B550-F Gaming and B550-I Gaming. The former is the most expensive motherboard in the B550 line-up with a sixteen-phase VRM design. The B550-I Gaming is an itx model with 10-phase power supply and two m2 slots. All Strix models have 2.5 gigabit Ethernet.

The manufacturer also comes with two more affordable motherboards under the TUF heading. In this series, the company shows an atx motherboard and a variant with micro-atx form factor. Both motherboards have 2.5-gigabit ethernet and the micro-atx variant can optionally be delivered with WiFi 6. Furthermore, Asus comes with four Prime motherboards: an atx motherboard and three micro-atx variants. These motherboards have gigabit ethernet and a relatively simple design with less extensive vrm cooling.

Some B550 motherboards from Asus

Biostar brings two B550 motherboards from the B550GTA and B550GTQ, which have an atx and micro-atx form factor, respectively. The two models show many similarities, although the atx variant is equipped with 2.5-gigabit ethernet. The smaller product has gigabit ethernet. Both motherboards also have two m2 slots with PCI-e 4.0 support and eight USB ports on the back of the motherboard.

The B550 motherboards from Biostar

Gigabyte has six different B550 motherboards in the planning, five of which will be released in the Aorus series. The highest positioned variant is the B550 Aorus Master, with a 16-phase power supply, three m2 slots supporting PCI-E 4.0 and twelve USB connections. Gigabyte also comes with one mini-itx variant with wifi 6 and two m2 slots. All Aorus motherboards support 2.5-gigabit Ethernet and have an integrated I / O panel.

The B550M DS3H in turn is a relatively simple micro-atx motherboard. For example, the motherboard has gigabit ethernet and no integrated I / O panel. However, the bios of this motherboard can be updated without installed processor, GPU or memory, Gigabyte reports. The DS3H also has two m2 slots, one of which supports a PCI-e 4.0. When users install a Renoir apu, it will be scaled back to pci-e 3.0.

Some B550 variants of Gigabyte

MSI also brings multiple motherboards. The Gaming Pro Carbon seems to be the most high-end variant of MSI. This features a VRM design with a total of 14 phases. The motherboard is also equipped with WiFi 6 and an Ethernet port with speeds up to 2.5Gbit / s. Among others the B550 Tomahawk and B550M Mortar are positioned lower, but have 2.5-gigabit Ethernet and a pre-installed I / O panel.

The company also releases two ‘Pro’ motherboards, which MSI believes are more intended for workstations. The manufacturer also shows a mini-itx motherboard with HDMI 2.1 connection, so writes Hardware.info. The m2 connection on this motherboard is also equipped with a small fan. However, MSI has not yet published an image of this motherboard.

Part of MSI’s B550 line-up

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