ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI)

ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI) – iXBT

May 4, 2021February 8, 2021 by Stephen

Asus ROG Strix B550-F Gaming (Wi-Fi) is a mid-budget chipset motherboard that belongs to the Strix series of the ROG brand. The model is quite expensive for its niche: for about the same money, you can find a motherboard based on AMD X570 – albeit with a fan on the chipset, but with its own PCIe 4.0 (B550 only supports PCIe 3.0, but processor slots can be PCIe 4.0) and wider peripheral support. True, it is not a fact that such motherboards will have an equally excellent power system, because it is it that is the main trump card of the ROG Strix B550-F Gaming (Wi-Fi).

ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI)

October 6, 2020 by Stephen

In light of the release of the next generation AMD Ryzen processors, motherboards based on the AMD B550 chipset are gaining popularity. This is a good reason to talk about the ASUS ROG Strix B550-F Gaming (Wi-Fi) , which we managed to get for testing. This board is very similar to the top-end ASUS ROG Strix B550-E Gaming recently reviewed by us , but has a number of distinctive features.

AnandTech’s Best AMD Motherboard: 9/20

September 29, 2020 by Stephen

Our recommendations for motherboards are based entirely on my personal and professional opinion. There are notably a large number of different motherboards across the AMD chipsets including B450, X570 and more recently, B550, so I selected my top four picks based on the four market segments.

ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI)

September 11, 2020July 22, 2020 by Stephen

The usual battleground for a good solid motherboard is in the $200 range, which should enable something with the standard features but a bit of quality thrown in as well. For $210 with Wi-Fi 6 or $190 without, the ASUS ROG Strix B550-F Gaming straddles that popular price point. Today we’re reviewing what the B550-F Gaming has to offer.

ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI)

September 11, 2020June 21, 2020 by Stephen

The ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F Gaming (Wi-Fi) is a solid performer that mostly matches what we see from a solid X570 motherboard. This is likely something we will see on several B550, but it is nice to see that the tuning on ASUS’ more cost-friendly boards carries a similar level of performance.

ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI)

September 11, 2020June 18, 2020 by Stephen

Asus’ ROG Strix B550-F Gaming Wi-Fi delivers premium features including SupremeFX Audio, Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200, solid power delivery and more. It’s a good option around the $200 mark, though there are similarly specced boards that cost less.

ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI)

September 15, 2020June 17, 2020 by Stephen

One rung from the top-step, the B550-F Gaming (Wi-Fi) is rammed full of features, including a strong CPU power delivery, extensive heatsinks in various locations, SupremeFX S1220A onboard audio, an array of USB 3.2 Gen. 2 and Gen. 1 ports, Intel 2.5G ethernet and WiFi 6 connectivity.

ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI)

September 11, 2020June 16, 2020 by Stephen

Little about the ASUS ROG Strix B550-F Gaming [WI-FI] can be referred to as ‘budget’ though, as this easily could be a premium motherboard due to its features and a $229 USD price tag. The board as stated is positioned in an higher end region of what is considered the mainstream segment, it does look properly STRIX styled, stuff we like of course.

ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI) & ROG STRIX B550-E GAMING

September 14, 2020June 16, 2020 by Stephen

When the ROG Strix B550-F and B550-E arrived in the office we felt like doing them together as one review, just to show that point about things being nearly identical. In the end though, the changes between the two were significant enough that we wanted to show how curious it was that two motherboards will fairly different approaches to cracking this particular nut were still branded as the same thing.

ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING

September 16, 2020June 16, 2020 by Stephen

The board features a robust power stage design, which should help you get the best performance out of the latest 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen processors. Larger heatsinks on the power hardware, larger heatsinks on the VRM, some armoured hardware, and all the usual stuff. You also get other ASUS luxurious such as OptiMem II, ProCool, LanGuard, EZDiY, Q-SLOT, etc.