ASUSPRIME B550-PLUS AMD B550 (Ryzen AM4) ATX Motherboard (dual M.2, PCIe 4.0, DDR4 4400, 1 Gb Ethernet, DisplayPort/HDMI, USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A and Type-C, Aura Sync RGB Headers Support)

I bought three Asus Motherboards at Christmas time - the B550M TUF (mAtx), a B550 ROG Strix-F and this B550 TUF. I use this board with a Ryzen 3600, an RTX 3060ti and a Samsung NVME 970 Evo. They have worked flawlessly together since then. This board has some great features - space for 2 NVME drives, a thunderbolt header, multiple USB options at the rear including USB-C and good looks. The ARGB headers made life very easy to configure an attractive system. In some ways, I prefer the more subtle looks of this board to the Strix, although there's no doubt I'd go for that one if I wanted the more blingy system.The system has been really solid and configuration was a breeze. The only issues I'd watch out for is read the manual, as some SATA ports are disabled if you are using the PCI-E 3 NVME socket.My sole minor issues with this board is the choice of a bespoke 14 pin thunderbolt 3 header, different from other manufacturers choices and the lack of a second heatsink for the top NVME drive. That said, the thunderbolt issue is a niche feature that most buyers won't require, and shouldn't put them off purchase because they can always buy the Asus supported card. As far as the heatsink goes, I bought a drive with one on anyway, so it wasn't a problem and unless you're using a really fast drive, it's probably not necessary anyway.Highly recommended!

I needed to upgrade my cpu, I had an i5 2400 and really wanted to upgrade but in order to upgrade the cpu i needed to upgrade the motherboard.I went with this one because it was a lot cheaper than some other flashier ones, I’m not to bothered about how it looks I’m only bothered that it works so because it’s ASUS I thought it would be good.I was so surprised how good it actually was for the price.I wasn’t sure that it would take certain cpus, like the ryzen 3000 series so I went for a ryzen 2600x but that’s another story.On the box it says I does work with the ryzen 3000 series I so I will upgrade at another date.Loading into the bios the update was pretty recent I think from around April 2020 so it only needed one update which was the most recent update and this was easy to do as I was connected to the internet, and it was fast.The motherboard seems to stay around 35 - 45 degrees depending on the work loads and ambient temperatures and as I bought this during a heat wave I’m expecting those temps to drop when this killer heat dies down.Only one con I can think of is the io metal shield part, it felt cheaply made and it didn’t seem to sit quite right with the connection from the mother board, I had to bend little bits I don’t know if that was just me doing it wrong or not, it fit fine but I wasn’t totally happy with it.So if you are looking for a decent no frills motherboard for AMD Ryzen 3000 series this is a good motherboard as far as I can tell.

For a standard PC setup, this does the job brilliantly. I paired this with an AMD Ryzen 5600G, a Samsung 970 Evo Plus SSD, and it gives good performance for every-day use and acceptable performance on some of the earlier C.O.D. games. Do note however that if you have a case with more than two case fans you will have to buy a splitter, as there is provision for only 2 case fans (and 1 cpu fan).Fittimng of the AMD processor was not as straightforward as an intel equivalent, requiring access to the rear of the motherboard and the use of screws. So make sure you fit the processor before you install the motherboard in your case.In summary, a good motherboard at a good price.

I've had this board for a couple of months now and so far it has been great. I'm running with Ryzen 2700x and 32GB 3000MHz memory from the Vendors List. I'd recommend updating the BIOS when you get the board for stability. I didn't have any issues with this board , but I had issues with an ITX ASUS board I used for a previous build until I updated the BIOS then it worked great.The board lacks some features like built in WIFI and Bluetooth but you can add these pretty easily. It supports NVMe M.2 2280 SSDs, as well as other sizes, I'm using a Sabrent 512GB as a Boot drive that worked straight away from installation (don't clone your drive just do a fresh install). I usually go for Samsung but there have been some great deals on the Sabrent models. Note you lose 2 of the 6 SATA ports when you use the NVMe drive but I'd say it is worth it.Note if you are going for a Ryzen 3000 series mines didn't come with a BIOS version to support it so you'll need a 2xxx series or the AMD upgrade kit to install a BIOS that supports these CPUs.One thing that wasn't so great was the included manual as the paper copy was missing some information and the print was hard to read. Just head to the ASUS web page and get the relevant information there so not really an issue.I'd happily recommend this motherboard.