To note with this motherboard, Asus opted to start the PCIE slotting at slot-2, so anything wider than a 2 slot card will overhand and block your lower edge connectors. My 2.5 slot 3090 Ti on this MB, the edge squishes the connectors over a bit, so a 3-slot 4080 or 4090 wouldn't fit. The Asus GENE X670E mATX doesn't have this issue, as it locates the GPU slot up another space.
@@glarenbutclearn It is possible that a larger can be massaged into the MB, as I did with my 3090 Ti, depending on the design of the fan shroud of the design. If I could redo my MB purchase I might go for the Gene which is an Asus X670E mATX but places the GPU in the top upper slot. It was $200 more though at the time! When selecting a GPU, look at the design and the pictures of the TUF and see if the edge of the GPU would interfere enough with the lower end connectors to prevent safe and happy physical install.
@@paulanderegg5536 the gene looked nice until I noticed asus went with an intel 1255-v for ethernet. You saved yourself a chunk of change and a massive headache.
Great video, very informative. This board looking pretty good to upgrade to for sure if you have something older and needing another board. Keep up the great work CS!
Went for this one with Ryzen 5 7500 (non K). While more expensive than DDR4 based upgrade, this seems way more future proof with DDR5 and NVMe 5.0. I'm upgrading from I5 Haswell DDR3 (2014). Soooo... should last me until 2030.
@@alexanderl9985 while pcie 5.0 graphics slot would be the latest thing, pcie 4.0 is not fully utilized today. We likely wont see a performance difference between pcie 4.0 and 5.0 for at least a few generations of GPUs, and at that point the only difference would be among the top tier GPUs since they're the only ones pushing bandwidth to the limit.
what on earth are you talking about ryzen 5 7500? this cpu does not exist, and non-k is referring to an intel cpu that is non-overclockable while all amd ryzen cpus are, DDR5 is required for AM5 cpus (7000 series)
Thank you for the video, not enough videos out there to help choose an M-ATB board. For using this board with a 7800X3D, 7900 XTX, aio cooling, D31 mesh SC screen case, corsair SF850L, 64 GB DDR5 6k trident neo dram and the WD-Black s850nx 2TB ssd would this be the best board to go with? There are not a ton of quality m-ATX boards out there and I am torn between this, the MSI Mortar (but forces you to put GPU in 2nd slot so not sure about that with bottom fans) and I think the Aorus, and the high end ASUS ROG board. Also, do you suggest using the boards heatsink for the SSD or using an SSD with its own heatsink? Thank you.
ASUS is pretty notorious for its bloatware. My ASUS laptop, for example, has over a dozen ASUS processes in the task manager. This motherboard looks great, but I am worried, does it come with bloatware?
The question I have is: Is the AM5 platform, almost 6 months after its release, stable enough to consider investing in this platform. Or should I wait a bit longer to avoid the headaches that might come with early adopters of new platforms. I currently run a old i5 4440 and am looking to build a new rig. I would like to go with the AM5 platform because it gives me a great path to upgrade only the cpu several years down the line when the AM5 platform reaches its end of lifespan; not having to invest in a complete new rig.
Wow I found the “how it’s made channel” I’m disappointed that I didn’t learn how the sausage is made but I am happy to learn how it’s eaten. Also cool mobo love the new LGA system
im going to build a system for gaming with this motherboard. Which AMD processor model and CPU cooler should I choose? I think to buy AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
I got the fill size version. I am disappointed it is wifi 6 only. I'm rocking the AC1900 WiFi 5 card in a pcie slot since it it seems to upload and download faster. I wish I could replace the module in the mobo to 6e. But I can't. It works fine but I'm baffled why it's slower. Oh well, I'll keep the WiFi 5 card for now until I get a wifi 6e modem or router.
you will want to do some research yourself since I cannot speak about personal experience with the MSI, but the MSI adds 4 more USB 3.X ports to the rear I/O, and has 2 additional SATA ports. Beyond that, they are very comparable on paper.
For 200 euros in europe i been trying to find good mainboard. - 174euros : AsRock B650M PG Riptide has M.2 Gen5 but no Wifi, good VRM, Pro RS Wifi has the missing wifi but has worse VRM - 171euros : MSI Pro B650M-A Wifi has Wifi but no M.2 Gen5, good VRM - 220euros : Gigabyte B650M Aorus Elite has bowth and very good vrm but costs 220 euros and is not available for delivery to my location (wierd enough Gigabyte Intel boards are only AMD ones are not from Amazon) - 199euros : Asus TUF Gaming B650M-Plus Wifi has good vrm, M.2 Gen5 and WiFI, is available for delivery to my location If AsRock board had wifi for that price i would pick it up, if MSI board had M.2 Gen5 i would pick it up and if Gigabyte board would be available for delivery to my location i would pick it instead of Asus but since Asus board has Gen5 M.2 and Wifi i'm forced again to buy Asus TUF B650M-Plus Wifi, great vrm and features for its price. Only downside in Asus board is PCIE slot layout, AsRock and Gigabyte boards have much better PCIE slot layout, you can actually use bottom slot in those boards with 3 slot GPU.