ASUS WAVE - ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING B550

Very nice motherboard and very good value for money. I have had no issues with this board and looks great aswell.

Works great for my needs vrms run cool under heavy load, more than enough fan headers, decent value when I got it on sale and includes a usb type c port which my old board was sorely lacking

I was going to give 3 stars, but then I realised that the information was in the documentation, but who reads all that prior to purchase Spec is rather good ( from my perspective ) , AM4 cpu, with two full length M2 connectors, 6 sata , plenty of ports on the back panel, and two graphics card slots + others, and so on BUT ( always a but ) If you use the two M2 slots, you will lose 4 sata connectors as they share the same bus on the board. Effectively you lose 4 onboard sata connectors. Quick fix to purchase an add on card with sata connectors, issue resolved So , lesson is , read the online manual prior to purchase, and buried in there, it does tell you that you will lose 4 sata ports if you plug in two M2 devices At least it was a simple remedy

It has been a while since my initial purchase and so far it has been decent motherboard. It's a nice looking motherboard, good for a white build with silver/metal accent. It is also Ryzen 5000 ready out of the box, the layout and components are definitely high quality. One thing to note is the logo does not light up as shown in the pictures, it's just a silver paint. Comes with decent amount of I/O USB port and the shield is integrated so a relatively easy installation. The only issue I have faced are the fan headers. There are only 3x Fan channel headers, one of which is right in the middle of the board next to a pump header/CPU. Very awkward placing and it should have been on the top, side or bottom. Another annoying thing is the max limit for the fan speed control, whereas it is locked and will run 100% at 75+ C. This is BIOS related but can be improved in future update. Newer Ryzen 5000 CPU can run up to 70-95C so It just means whenever the CPU temperature hits 75ish, it will ramp up all fans. This can not be changed in bios, it is a safety feature which sucks but would love to change the maximum limit higher to something like 85C instead. Ryzen 5800x or heavy OC would easily hit this temp, but for this build I am running a 5600x so not an issue provided you have decent cooling. I would love to see more ARGB headers since it only comes with one. There is hardly any white AM4 motherboards on the market and I was deciding between this or the B550 Gigabyte Vision D, but did not want to pay the extra £100 premium. As you can see, it matches well with the white theme so definitely worth considering!

Great board and looks solid in any white build. Love it.

Great motherboard good price still holds up as a good gaming board

Was a bit of trouble setting fan speeds in bios and a light buzzing coming from motherboard

Great looking motherboard which definitely complements a white build. Good quality, just missing Wi-Fi.