Prime B550-PLUS AC-HES AMD AM4 (3rd Gen Ryzen) ATX DDR4 Motherboard (Dual M.2, PCIe4.0, WIFI5, 1Gb Ethernet, SATA 6 Gbps, USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C, Front USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-C and CEC Tier II Ready)

Excellent older generation motherboard. I like that it has so many SATA ports. I needed a MB with many SATA ports. I have had great experiences with ASUS in the past so I decided to go with them again. Am not disappointed. Stable and excellent compatibility with Linux. I love this MB!!

I am pleased with this board. Plenty of USB and SSD ports. Couldn't be happier.

Great for a budget build, paired it with a Ryzen 5 5600GT, 16 GB Corsair Vengence DDR 4 3200, Crucial P3 Plus 1TB PCIe 4.0 3D NAND NVMe M.2 SSD, Corsair 650 W power supply, and an old case I had sitting around that had a DVD burner in it, total cost under very low. Not as fast as my Ryzen 7 7700X machine but plenty fast for everyone except an avid gamer. First thing I ran into was the back plate that covers the USB and other ports was wrong, so couldn't use the USB flash port (already had the board installed when I noticed this, didn't feel like taking it out again so had to update the bios using Windows 10, Windows 11 didn't recognize the CPU, their flash utility didn't work so loaded Windows 10 first, used it to update the BIOS in Windows, then upgraded to Windows 11. Maybe not the best way to do it but it worked for me (having a Microsoft account was able to install Windows 10 then upgrading to Windows 11 with no problem.) With the stock wraith cooler temp sits at 40 degrees Celsius, well within specs. I've built several computers using AMD processors and Asus motherboards, never had a problem with either one. After you update the BIOS use the Armoury Crate software from AMD to update all the drivers including the wireless drivers and all will go smooth. Really the only con is needing to update the BIOS but don't really consider it a con.

Excelente producto

Very cool motherboard. Plenty of PCI-E ports and pinouts manual was very easy to read. One piece that was not positive is the on-board wifi is not great. It only operates at 2.6 band and couldn't reach 20 feet to my router. Had to hardwire then get an external usb wifi. Everything else looks solid.

This motherboard became a staple for my business that i was running 20 PCs. They are work horses that require little to no maintenance and so far a couple years and they are still running.

Cheap and good motherboard

The pci e video card slot has a wider area top to bottom and does not allow the GPU to make contact with all pins making it useless for video out. Be aware I might just have a faulty board but this slot os also not renforced. If you use an AMD CPU with onboard graphics this should not pose a problem. But if you intend on using the PCI E x16 slots they are all loose gapped and useless. Looks good on paper though.

Worked out of the box with my new Ryzen 5500, RTX 5050, and SSD with Windows 11 installed. Even had an option in the BIOS for Resizable Bar. Manufacturing date on the box said April 2025. Everything is working well! Couldn't boot at first but my RAM just wasn't fully seated. Also was having problems connecting to bluetooth headphones until I realized that the included WiFi adapter is also the bluetooth adapter and must be installed. Also be aware that if you are installing the basic stock AMD cooler, you will need to hold the backplate in place as it most likely will fall off the back after unscrewing the pre-installed stands for higher-end coolers. And as far as I can tell, there are no debug leds on this motherboard. But I maybe I just missed them.

Not bad for the price, specially when i Try to find an ATX B550 board nowadays. Does the job i want from it perfectly.

the fans pin only like? 4 and i wish it had more

Excelente producto, me gustó mucho, funciona sin problemas y lo que me encantó es que tiene varias ranuras PCI-e 16X, es grande la tarjeta, para que quien piense en comprarla, considere que debe tener un gabinete atx.

I was an MSI guy forever. They make great boards.....used to!!!! The last 4 MSI boards I got were ALL catastrophic epic failures. All debug lites red, ports not working etc....JUST GARBAGE. So I thought well....Asus doesn't have a very good rep lately either but what the hell and give it a shot. This is my first Asus build and it hit it out the park. So easy to navigate the bios, everything worked like a champ. I had to get the wifi driver off the website to initiate the setup but after it downloaded all the proper drivers using that Aura software it setup just fine. This isn't a high end board by any means but It's great for a beginner build and cheap.