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boxed today is the day the day when I
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can finally give you my results of all
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my AMD b650 motherboard testing and boy
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oh boy was this one a massive
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undertaking in total I have tested 35
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motherboards in what has been months and
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months of work
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but it's finally all done and before we
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get into it
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for a much more even contact with the
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cpu's IHS and the base of your cooler
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which in turn reduces operating
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temperatures installations quick and
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easy and thanks to the use of anodized
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aluminum the contact frame is
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non-conductive and then for those of you
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who wish to further maximize contact
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thermal Grizzly now offers an optional
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lapping tool so for more information
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please check the link in the video
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description
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okay so since there are 35 boards in
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total I'm not going to show you every
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single board individually as I normally
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would at least not in as much detail as
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that alone would take about an hour so
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instead we'll briefly do a specs
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comparison we'll talk about some of the
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standard options and then we'll dive
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into the varum thermal results and I'll
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go through the boards in order of price
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starting with the cheapest and then
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working our way up I also did a lot of
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benchmarking for this video stuff like
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boot times performance all that kind of
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stuff but I've decided not to include
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those results because some of them are
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now outdated with the new wave of BIOS
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updates and honestly I just didn't have
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it in me to go back and retest most of
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the boards almost all 35 of them but the
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vrm thermal data is still accurate with
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the latest biases so I'm happy to show
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that data not keen on showing what's
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possibly outdated data and this
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content's really been delayed long
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enough so yeah as I said don't really
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have it in myself to go back and test
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all of the boards again for stuff like
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boot time which may or may not be
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relevant to you so we're just going to
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stick with the vrm thermal data the
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specs comparisons and then the boards
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that I recommend you purchase but if
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you're wondering why there isn't more
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Benchmark data like what I've included
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in a few of the previous videos that's
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the reason
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also on that note some of the more
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affordable models here from each brand
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have already been covered in a dedicated
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video which featured a lot more
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benchmarking so given all of that I'll
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briefly touch on those boards and the
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most affordable of which is the gigabyte
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b650mk and although this board only
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costs 120 U.S it's not a particularly
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great board in my opinion as it uses
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discrete mosfets rather than power
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stages and as a result The vrm Thermals
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using a high-end processor they're not
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great it also only has two pcie slots
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and no PCI 5.0 support not even for the
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primary m.2 it's also very light on USB
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ports so despite the low price tag this
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is a board I'd avoid and instead set
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your sights on the ASRock b650m hdv m.2
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the ASRock board costs just five dollars
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more right now but it packs a
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significantly better vrm using eight 50
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amp power stages for the vcore along
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with 3p PCI expansion slots and a pcie
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5.0 m.2 you also get three more USB
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ports it does only have a dual dim
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configuration so just two memory slots
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but for most of you I think that's going
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to be fine as you'll likely purchase 32
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gigabytes of ddr5 memory now and that
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really should be ample for quite a few
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years to come when it comes to gaming
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there's also the gigabyte b650m ds3h and
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that's a board that should be on your
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radar it does have a solid vrm and
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decent expansion options though it does
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lack pcie 5.0 support but at 150 it's
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well stocked and does include four dim
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slots for memory expansion
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moving on we find the MSI Pro
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b650m-a Wi-Fi and this is the most
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affordable b650 motherboard to include
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Wi-Fi support along with 11 USB 3.2
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ports you also get three pcie slots and
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two m.2 slots though none of them are
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PCA 5.0 compatible the 855 amp power
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stage v-core vrm does work well so at
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160 dollars US this is a pretty solid
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option then we have the Asus Prime
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series which includes the prime
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b650m-a Wi-Fi Prime b650 Dash plus and
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prime b650m a Wi-Fi 2. all of which I am
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sad to say suck and should be avoided
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like the ultra cheap gigabyte b650mk the
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Asus Prime boards all use discrete
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mosfets which result in poor vrm
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thermals the b650 dash plus and
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b650m-a Wi-Fi both run at over 100
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degrees and our testing while the
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b650m-a Wi-Fi it's a bit less garbage
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but at 190 dollars it is a week offering
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a much better option at this price point
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is either the ASRock b650 PG lightning
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or the PG Riptide Wi-Fi both of which
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cost 190 dollars the lightning is an ATX
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board and it packs 14 60 amp power
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stages for the v-core vrm four pcie
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expansion slots a PCI 5.0 m.2 and an
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additional two pcie 4.0 m.2s there's
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also a boatload of USBS on offer here
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with support for up to 11 USB 3.2 ports
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and eight USB 2.0 ports
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the riptide on the other hand it is a
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Micro ATX board it uses a dozen 50 amp
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power stages of the vcore vrm and it
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still manages to squeeze in four pcie
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slots though unless you have a single
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slot graphics card you're not going to
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be able to use all of them there's also
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just two m.2 slots but the primary slot
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is pcie 5.0 compatible you also get nine
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USB 3.2 ports and eight USB 2.0 ports
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along with two and a half gigabit Lan
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and Wi-Fi 6E though I should note that
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all of the boards every single one of
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the b650 b650e boards does include 2.5
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gigabit lens so that's a standard
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feature across all of the boards now
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another viable option at this price
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point is the gigabyte b650m aurus Elite
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ax which includes a dozen 60 amp power
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stages for the v-core vrm though just
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two PCI expansion slots it does include
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a PCI 5.0 enabled m.2 along with an
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additional PCA 4.0 m.2 11 USB 3.2 ports
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eight USB 2.0 ports and then Wi-Fi 6E
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then also found at the 190 us price
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point is the MSI Pro b650 Dash p Wi-Fi
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with a dozen 75 amp power stages and
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this is another great option that said
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it does lack pcie 5.0 support but you
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are getting four PCI 4.0 expansion slots
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and a pair of m.2s it's also the most
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affordable b650 motherboard to offer six
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SATA ports
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then price between 200 and 210 dollars
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we have the gigabyte b650m gaming X ax
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b650m auris Pro ax and MSI mag b650m
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model Wi-Fi all of which are pretty
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solid options the gigabyte b650m auris
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Pro ax would be my pick of this Bunch
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it's 12 70 amp power stages and more
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than sufficient and it's the only one of
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the three to offer pcie 5.0 m.2 support
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and you also get 11 USB 3.2 ports and 8
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USB 2.0 ports and for ten dollars less
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the b650m gaming X ax it just isn't
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worth it as it lacks pcie 5.0 support
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and it packs a significantly weaker vrm
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meanwhile the MSI mag b650m water Wi-Fi
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it's decent but again it lacks pcie 5.0
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m.2 support and there's less USB ports
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overall
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then we have the ASRock b650 Pro RS at
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215 which finds itself in a competitive
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pricing bracket it's an ATX board but
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for just five dollars more the gigabyte
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b650 Aura sleet ax b650 gaming X ax and
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MSI mag b650 tomark Wi-Fi all become
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available that said the b650 gaming X ax
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doesn't really make sense because for
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the same price the aorus elite ax it's
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just a much better product packing 14 70
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amp power stages for the v-core vrm pcie
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5.0 m.2 support and 11 USB 3.2 ports
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so in my opinion the MSI mag b650
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Tomahawk Wi-Fi and gigabyte b650rs Elite
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ax are both better than the ASRock b650
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Pro RS with many more USB 3.2 ports and
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Wi-Fi 6E support and personally I'm
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again leaning more towards the gigabyte
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board for its pcie 5.0 m.2 support but
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really I'd be happy with either option
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here as they are both very good
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there's also the Asus tough gaming b650m
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plus Wi-Fi it's a Micro ATX board with a
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dozen 60 amp power stages for the vcore
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vrm it's a decent board on paper but
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doesn't really offer anything over the
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b650m RS Pro ax and there are a lot less
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USB 3.2 ports on offer here
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moving on to the 230 us price bracket we
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find the ASRock b650 live mixer which is
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a bit of an oddity to say the least but
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it is a very unique board and therefore
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I suppose it's kind of cool basically
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you'd buy this board over anything else
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here simply because you like the look of
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it in terms of features it's nothing
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special it's price point and there are
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certainly better options in my opinion
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but they're not significantly better and
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while the live mixer does lack Wi-Fi 6
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support you do get an insane 21 USB
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ports or at least support for up to 21
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ports though just nine of them are of
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the 3.2 standard
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but if the in-your-face design of the
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live mixer just isn't for you the ASRock
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b650e PG Riptide Wi-Fi for just ten
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dollars more is a better option anyway
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you get the same 14 60 amp power stages
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for your vehicle vrm but the riptide
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also includes pcie 5.0 support for the
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primary pcie slot as well as the primary
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m.2 and it's the most affordable b650
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board to offer this configuration you
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also get Wi-Fi 6E support though the
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number of USB 3.2 ports is reduced to
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just seven so I think it's fair to say
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at 240 asrock's b650e PG Riptide Wi-Fi
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makes life difficult for the Asus tough
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gaming b650-plus Wi-Fi and MSI PG b650
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Edge Wi-Fi both of which cost 240
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dollars the tough gaming in particular
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just really struggles here the vrm has
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been downgraded with two fewer 60 amp
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power stages and there's no PCI 5.0
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support beyond the primary m.2 slot so
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there's really no advantage to buying
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the Asus board the MSI PG b650 Edge
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Wi-Fi does receive an upgraded vrm with
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80 amp power stages and there are four
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more USB 3.2 ports but again you are
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giving up pcie 5.0 support for the
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primary pcie slot The Edge Wi-Fi though
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does somewhat cancel out gigabytes b650
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auris Pro ax though for ten dollars more
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you do get a massively upgraded vehicle
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vram with 16 90 AMP power stages which
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frankly is overkill but also I guess why
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not so you really could go with either
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of these boards but again neither really
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match the value of asrock's b650e PG
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Riptide Wi-Fi
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now currently priced at 255 dollars is
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the Asus Pro art b650 crater it's
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another odd entry that doesn't really
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compete that well on paper it's a cool
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looking motherboard very elegant I guess
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you could say at least compared to the
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norm but it's also very Normy when it
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comes to Features the vrm is more
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typical of a 200 board with a dozen 60
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amp power stages so not amazing for core
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heavy work with say a 7950x though it'll
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certainly work there's no pcie 5.0
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support for the PCI expansion slots
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though you do get a single PCI 5.0
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enable m.2 with an additional two PCA
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4.0 m.2s there's just eight USB 3.2
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ports and really the only unique feature
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on offer here is a second wired ethernet
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connection but it's just a gigabit
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connection and they cost basically
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nothing to include via an add-on card so
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that's not exactly an exciting feature
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and the board misses out on Wi-Fi 6
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which I do find a bit odd you do get USB
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C DisplayPort so maybe that's useful not
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exactly sure on that one
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I'd actually say that the gigabyte
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b650rog is a much better Creator type
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motherboard and the vrm here is
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massively upgraded with 1690 amp power
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stages for the vcore you also get Wi-Fi
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6E and more USB 3.2 ports so it just
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seems like a better board all round
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that said at this price point I'd be
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eyeing off the ASRock b650e steel Legend
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Wi-Fi you get the same vrm configuration
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as the Aero G but the board offers pcie
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5.0 support for the primary pcie slot
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but beyond that the feature lists are
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very similar the only odd aspect I'd say
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of the steel Legend is the fact that it
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supports just two SATA devices and has a
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grand total of just two pcie slots
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then at 280 we find the Asus Rog strix
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b650-a gaming Wi-Fi and this is another
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Asus board that looks a bit lost at this
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price point it really does need to be
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priced below 260 dollars to make sense
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in my opinion again you're only getting
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a dozen 60 amp power stages so a v core
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VM configuration that competes better at
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the 200 price point there's no pcie 5.0
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support for the primary pcie slot
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there's just seven USB 3.2 ports in
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total and everything else is pretty
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standard
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and making the Rog strix b650-a gaming
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Wi-Fi seem even more bizarre is the fact
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that for the same 280 dollars right now
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you can buy the Rog strix b650e F gaming
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Wi-Fi which switches to the more
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powerful 80 amp power stages it includes
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PCA 5.0 support for the primary pcie
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slot and it packs 10 USB 3.2 ports along
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with two more USB 2.0 ports when
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compared to the steel Legend you also
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get twice as many pcie slots with the
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addition of two times one slots which
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can be useful for adding in more SATA
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ports for example via an add-in card it
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also competes well with msi's Flagship
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b650 board the mpg b650 carbon Wi-Fi
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which currently costs 290 and I think
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it's a little bit underwhelming at that
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price point when compared to the b650-a
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gaming the carbon drops PCI 5.0 support
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for the primary pcie slot but you get an
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additional PCA 4.0 m.2 and two more 80
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amp power state I just saw overall the
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boards are pretty similar but I like the
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Asus board for the superior pcie 5.0
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support
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but if you want to spend even more money
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on an Asus b650 motherboard then we have
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the Rog strix b650e E gaming Wi-Fi
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pretty confusing names all of these ASU
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sports but whatever this one does cost
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an eye-watering 350 and the key
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Advantage it has over the F gaming is
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the inclusion of a second pcie 5.0 times
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16 slot and a fourth m.2 it's hard to
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say if that's worth the 70 premium I
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kind of think not but for those of you
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who wish to go all out it is a very nice
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motherboard alternatively for twenty
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dollars more you could buy the ASRock
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b650e Tai Chi with its insane 24
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105 amp power stage v-core vrm you could
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say extreme Overkill I suppose there's
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no chance this board even needs vrm
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heatsinks but other than the insane vrm
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there's really nothing amazing here and
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really for a hundred dollars less this
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steel Legend is basically the same
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product then we have the gigabyte b650e
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aorus Master which I had to price check
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several times while I was making this
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content as I couldn't quite believe that
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it costs 430 us which it does cost at
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the time making this video I believe
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upon release this board was more like
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350 which seems like a lot more
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reasonable for what it is 430 dollars
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though not so much that said as I was
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about to dunk on the b650e aorus master
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and its high asking price I did start to
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compare it with other high-end x670e
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boards and it started to become a bit
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more reasonable at least for those of
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you considering spending about 400 on an
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am5 motherboard
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firstly you do get a 16 105 amp power
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stage v-core vrm which again is Extreme
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Overkill but if for some reason you're
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into overclocking or whatever this could
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be a good board for you it does of
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course include a PCI 5.0 times 16 slot
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but rather than go for a second like
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Asus did with the e-gaming they've
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instead included not one but rather four
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pcie 5.0 enabled m.2 slots personally I
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would have preferred to see a second
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pcie times 16 5.0 slot as that adds a
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lot more flexibility to the board but
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still four pcie 5.0 m.2 is kind of cool
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now if you wanted to get a similar vrm
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configuration from an x670e motherboard
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you'd have to pay 490 for the x670e
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aorus master though the MSR x670e carbon
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Wi-Fi for 440 is also a great option so
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at 350 the b650e auris master might make
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sense but for 400 you are better served
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by a simile priced x670e board in my
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opinion
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finally for those of you after an ITX
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motherboard I have tested the MSI MPG
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b650i Edge Wi-Fi and Asus Rog strix
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b650e I gaming Wi-Fi the MSI model costs
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270 and the Asus model 330 so both are
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quite pricey since acquiring all of my
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b650 motherboards or 35 of them the
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gigabyte b650i aorus Ultra for 206
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dollars that has become available and
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the ASRock b650e pg-itx Wi-Fi for 290
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dollars
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now the MSI MPG b650i Edge Wi-Fi packs 8
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80 amp power stages for the vehicle vrm
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but no pcie 5.0 support there is a
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single PCI 4.0 times 16 slot and two PCI
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4.0 m.2 slots then you get 9 USB 3.2
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ports two USB 2.0 ports and four SATA
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ports for 60 us more the Asus Rog strix
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b650e I gaming Wi-Fi that does offer PCI
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5.0 support for the primary or the only
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pcie times 16 slot as well as PCI 5.0 to
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the m.2 the primary m.2 that is along
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with a secondary PCA 4.0 m.2 you also
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get eight USB 3.2 ports and four USB 2.0
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ports along with two SATA connectors so
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it's certainly a better equipped board
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but whether or not it's worth the
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premium hard to say and of course that
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will be up to you to decide
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okay so now that we've taken a look at
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each motherboard individually it's time
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to get testing and for testing all b650
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boards we're using the gigabyte auris
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c500 glass case with the aorus water
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force x 360 millimeter AIO now for
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recording temperatures I'm using a
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digital thermometer with k-type
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thermocouples and I'll reporting the
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peak rear PCB temperature finally I'm
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not reporting delta T over ambient
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instead I maintain a room temperature of
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21 degrees and to ensure a consistent
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ambient temperature a thermocouple is
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positioned next to the test system as
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for the stress test I'm using the ryzen
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9 7950x and for load cinebench R23 which
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was looped for an hour at which point
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I'm reporting the maximum PCB
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temperature again recorded using k-type
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thermocouples so let's go take a look at
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the results
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so here are the vrm temperature results
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and I don't think it'll surprise anyone
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to learn that the aorus master and
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taiichi are the two best performing
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boards though there are a number of
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aorus pro and Elite models with similar
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temperatures in the low 50s now I should
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stress that one sparium temperatures dip
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below say 70 degrees it really doesn't
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matter which board runs cooler for core
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heavy productivity workloads in a warm
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environment all boards will perform very
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well even sub 80 degree vrm temperatures
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are very acceptable and really it's only
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the boards running over 90 degrees that
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I'd recommend you avoid especially if
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you're in a warmer climate and this data
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really just confirms that the vast
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majority of b650 boards run at
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acceptable temperatures with just three
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boards in particular that you should
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avoid if you're going to be running a
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170 watt CPU like the 7950x even then
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though regardless of the CPU plan on
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using now those boards should be avoided
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as you can purchase similarly equipped
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boards for the same price or even less
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in some instances that run at much lower
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vrm temperatures
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so in a nutshell any of the boards shown
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here running at sub 80 degree
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temperatures should be purchased based
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on the price and features not how cool
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they ultimately run and as an example
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you wouldn't buy the MSI Tomahawk over
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the ASRock PG lightning because it runs
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five degrees cooler in our testing in
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fact it might be wise to save 30 and get
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the ASRock board especially if you don't
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need Wi-Fi as the pcie 5.0 m.2 support
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could be more useful to you but if
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you're looking at two boards that occupy
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a similar price point and offer the same
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features but one run say 10 to 15
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degrees cooler than the other then vrm
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thermals might see you favor the cooler
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running board in that example it's just
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another piece of the puzzle and
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depending on your needs well you'll have
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to piece it all together there's just so
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many b650 motherboards I tested 35 of
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them which I think is pretty insane it
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took a ridiculous amount of time and
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even then I haven't been able to look at
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all if there are a couple that either
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weren't released in time for this
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content or they were just unavailable
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when I was rounding up all of these
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boards which just getting my hands on
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this many boards was a huge undertaking
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in itself anyway we've now looked at 35
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of the boards and I think the good news
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is that most of the boards pretty much
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all of them really are a couple are very
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good and you can spend as little as 125
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dollars and still get a really good
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board that'll work under all conditions
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there are a few standout options though
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and the 125 ASRock b650m hdv m.2 is one
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of them if you are looking at jumping on
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the am5 platform but wish to spend as
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little as possible while still ensuring
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that you have a solid upgrade path in
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the future then the hdv is the board for
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you the gigabyte b650m ds3h is also a
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very good board but the hdv is better in
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my opinion and a little bit cheaper the
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only potential advantage of the ds3h is
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its extra dim slots for memory expansion
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but if you don't need that then the
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ASRock board is better in my opinion and
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if you were going to step up to the ds3h
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then the MSI Pro
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b650m-a Wi-Fi it's a better buyer right
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now for just 10 dollars more you get an
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extra PCI expansion slot more USB 3.2
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ports and Wi-Fi 6E as for the best Micro
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ATX b650 motherboard my pick here is the
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gigabyte b650m auris Pro ax you get pcie
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5.0 m.2 support an amazing vrm and
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plenty of USB 3.2 ports all for 210 us
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basically it outclasses the Asus tough
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gaming b650m plus Wi-Fi MSI mag b650m
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water Wi-Fi and gigabytes own b650m
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aurus Elite ax and b650m gaming X ax now
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if you're after a more affordable ATX
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b650 board there are a few options
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priced between 190 dollars and 220 U.S
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none of them though offer PCI 5.0 times
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16 support though some of them do offer
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PCI 5.0 m.2 support and those models
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include the ASRock b650 PG light ASRock
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b650 Pro RS and gigabyte b650 aorus
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Elite ax now of those boards the PG
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lightning is the cheapest and yet it
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offers the most pcie slots three m.2s in
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total and loads of USB ports really all
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lacks relative to the competition is
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Wi-Fi but if you don't care about Wi-Fi
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then it is my recommendation as the best
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value b650 ATX motherboard and if you
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are after Wi-Fi 6E support out of the
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box either the MSI Pro b650-p Wi-Fi or
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gigabyte b650 or sleet ax will work
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nicely now of the b650e boards the best
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value option here is also the cheapest
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the ASRock b650e PG Riptide Wi-Fi though
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it is a little light on USB 3.2 ports
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with a possible seven so if you require
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more a 30 premium will be required to
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acquire asrock's b650e steel Legend
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Wi-Fi though be aware this board only
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features two SATA ports and two pcie
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slots therefore I feel the Asus Rog
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strix
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b650e-f gaming Wi-Fi is the best
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all-rounder b650e motherboard at 280 you
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get four PCI expansion slots three m.2
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slots 10 USB 3.2 ports and a further 8
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USB 2.0 ports and there's also four SATA
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ports then beyond that it's really
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either the Asus Rog strix b650e e-gaming
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Wi-Fi ASRock b650e taiichi and of course
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the gigabyte b650e auris Master the
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auras Master just makes very little
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sense right now at its current price the
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Tai Chi is a decent board but it's not
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amazing at anything really though it
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does offer USB 4 support out of the box
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so that might be useful to you anyway in
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my opinion I think the Asus e-gaming is
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the best high-end option here the fact
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that it offers two pcie 5.0 enabled
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times 16 slots is very cool mind you I'm
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not saying that you particularly need
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that feature but if you want it this is
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the cheapest means of acquiring that
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particular configuration
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for example the MSI MPG
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x670e carbon Wi-Fi is the most
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affordable x670e motherboard to offer
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two pcie 5.0 enabled times 16 slots and
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it costs 440 us right now so you're
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looking at an almost 100 discount with
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the Asus e-gaming the e-gaming is also
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the most affordable of the three boards
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and although it has the weakest vrm it
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is still massively Overkill peaking it
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to 60 degrees with the 7950x in our
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testing so the Asus Rog strix b650e
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e-gaming Wi-Fi is the best high-end
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board and it's what I would get if I was
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looking at spending comfortably over 300
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U.S on a b650 motherboard and with that
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said let me know which of these b650
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boards you're planning on buying or
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which one maybe you've already bought so
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hopefully it was one of the good ones
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not one of the Asus Prime boards anyway
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let me know in the comment section below
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and hopefully this b650 buying guide was
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useful to you and if it was please do
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give it a like does help out a lot well
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I think it does I don't know maybe it
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does anyway help helps out my mental
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state and maybe it'll encourage me to do
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something like this again with future
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motherboard Generations
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not sure on that one I also have to try
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and convince balen to do a lot of b-roll
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and editing so it was a lot of work for
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both of us anyway
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enough waffling I think we're done with
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