Cheapest local stock I could find if you don't want to wait several weeks for the Amazon deal
GIGABYTE B550I AORUS PRO AX Motherboard for AMD AM4 CPUs $299.00 Delivered @ Centrecom
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Why type-c is so important to have it?
10Gbps / more and more devices will have it over usb-a in future.
That Strix B550i is a great motherboard, but only having 4 rear USB ports (vs 8 on Strix x570i) kills it for me. With oversized air cooling and a triple slot GPU I can't fit any more rear port expansions so Aorus B550i is the best available for my needs
Fair enough. I only have keyboard, mouse, speakers and headset; so that only 4 USB Ports that I need.
Also planning on getting at NZXT Internal USB Hub, so that effective another 2 more ports inside the case.
FYI I ordered from Amazon on 3rd Sept and it arrived on 15th Sept.
was it shipped from the U.S.?
Amazon UK.
Was it in stock when you ordered? I ordered from Amazon US on 21/9, expected between 5-19/10 latest. Don't know whether I should cancel and order from Centrecom for an extra $17. On one hand I want to wait for Zen 3 announcement, and my NR200 should be delivered sometime in Oct too, but I have the rest of my build and I'm impatient lol.
Same here, bought from amazon UK for $280 on 14th Sep and arrived yesterday.
B550s are gonna be able to run the new CPUs right?
Yep, B550s will be compatible with the new Zen 3 CPUs
To price drop $50 in 3 months since launch / during a supply chain and manufacturing capacity crisis, something must be wrong about this board.
Saw similar price drop in amazon uk stocks as well.
Nah not at all. This board reviewed really well. With the exception of of no usb type c header its a great pick.
$300 should be about where it sits normally imo. Add $50 and you are in x570 zone.
Lol everything in strained supply during covid times have mostly, if not all, shot up in price. If you think back to office supplies, PSU, a lot of computer hardware, or grocery items like toilet paper. The percentage increase is comparable, and they only came back down as supply strains are reasonably relieved.
This is reviewed as the best of the mainstream (non-enthusiast tier) B550 ITX boards for overclocking and features. USB front header is doesn't run fastest ports, but my NR200 doesn't have one of these anyway. It was only released in July, so price drops are actually market correction to where it should have been (between A520 and X570 chipset). I'm exchanging my x570 equivalent for B550 now due to incompatibility with Aorus Gen4 SSD heatsink. The B550 doesn't have a fan so fits that SSD well. PCByte have this board at the same price with free delivery too
What's the difference between a B550 board and an X570? I mainly care about having 2x NVME slots and USB-C.
An x570 will give you 2x PCIe 4.0 M.2 slots, where B550 will give you 1x PCIe 4.0 and 1x PCIe 3.0. With ITX there's only one PCIe card slot so it's always PCIe 4.0. They should all have 10Gbps rear USB-C, but this Aorus only supports front USB-C at 5Gbps. There's very little difference otherwise but pays to check specs and reviews between brands. There is a cheaper A320 chipset also, but that doesn't "support" overclocking
One point to note is that it's plausible there will be a new x670 (maybe even B650 and A620) chipsets launched with Zen 3 next week. As AMD have confirmed all 5x0 and many 4x0 chipsets support Zen 3, and this is the last AM4 socket, I don't think there's any big advantage in holding back for a next gen board IF they exist.
I don’t think that’s correct. According to a few articles I’ve read AMD announced that the 500 series chipset is the last one for Zen3 and AM4.
Yeah a month ago I did say IF they exist and referred to rumours. Since launch it's confirmed there isn't a new chipset so you are right.
Any other potential deals on this board in the future? This board has everything I need but I missed the eBay deal a week ago. There might be a deal on a similar MSI board and B450s are so much cheaper.
For those who have this board: do you use Gigabyte's app center? Whats the easiest way to control fan settings? Bios?
I use the GB SIV app (needs App Centre). Probably only replicates BIOS but is pretty user friendly. Only downside I see is that it doesn't measure GPU temp, so is challenging for tuning bottom case fans on card in my near-silent ITX build. Posts and articles I read recently often linked to a discontinued freeware tool as being good. Didn't see anything new/free being commented as good. Interested if you find one
Thanks mate - ended up reinstalling the app center and SIV. With the 3900x the temps tend to spike a lot and it seems the fans would keep ramping up and down and that becomes annoying over time. SIV seems to keep the fans under control and allows for further delay by a couple of seconds before the fans change its RPM.
On another note, I remember you have a Fuma 2 as well? How's that performing with your CPU temps? Have you considered swapping them out with the NF A12 at all? $$$ I know..
I saw a review on YouTube where they tried that swap and it performed worse. Something about spinning opposite ways. Also no quieter. They reckon the Fuma 2 is well tuned to match that fan pair already.
Others have done 3950x load tests with fuma 2 and it performed well as is. I hardly ever break 40 degrees, but I'm running a 65w ryzen 4650g at GB default overclock. Know that chip overclocks really well but don't have time ATM to test it. Keen to load up a 5900x with some heavy dev and data tasks in 2021 and will see how it performs then
Just note that the Gigabyte B550i doesn't have a USB-C Front Header Port.
Personally went with the ASUS ROG Strix B550i (which costs more).