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Asus Prime B550M-A AM4 Micro-ATX Motherboard $78.77 + Delivery ($0 with $200 Order) @ JW Computers
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abuseyourdna on 28/08/2021 - 10:39 jw.com.au (1279 clicks)
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Jesus I just had a Aorus b450 board fail on me after 8 months on a brand new pc.
Trying to get it replaced under warranty…..Good luck with Gigabyte and RMAs at the moment
Lodge it via the retailer who sold it to you. If Gigabyte screws up the RMA it's on the retailer.
Yes I've lodged it with Tech fast, just going through the paces now to prove that it's the motherboard. It's almost easier to just buy a new motherboard at this stage..
just built a PC for my sister in this yesterday, good deal. ensure your bios is up to date if you're using a zen 3 processor however - mine wasn't.
b550 is zen 3 ready by default….
I just installed a 5600x into a MSI mag b550m bazooka and needed the bios updated before it would boot to bios. Thankfully I was able to do so via USB.
after a bios update, yes. ymmv depending on the board as it may have already came with the updated bios.
I had the same issue. Bought a new system ASUS AM4 MicroATX TUF B550M-PLUS for a 5600G and even though the bios to support it came out in January… all the motherboards in stock were still the original bios.
Thanks bought 1
These must still be piling up while a percentage of people who'd otherwise have built a new PC this year hold out a bit longer because they can't get a GPU.
It's a shame there's no 'good-value' budget CPUs to match with this board. 😔
Yeah if only the Ryzen 3100 was somewhat cheap. 10105F is the best CPU at that price point IMO.
There's a few cheap second hand Ryzen CPUs on Gummie & FB due to many buying the Ryzen 5th gen. I bought my Ryzen 5 2600 for $120 with a cooler. Edit i got the B450 Mortar Max deal for $69 to match.
No wifi on this?
Nope. You won't see wifi on boards less than $100
There's been a few sub-$100 boards with wifi posted on OzB previously.
Sub 100 is not less than 100 :P
@vinni9284: "sub-" = less than
I didn't neg you btw but no idea why I got negged haha; there literally has been - one example.
@MiscOzB: I bought that and my order got cancelled :(
Still looking for an affordable board with wifi+bluetooth and if possible front usb-c, but i am just dreaming
I know this wasn't built for previous gen Ryzen processors like Ryzen 5 2600X, however on forums they mentioned that users were able to run on the b550 platform. Just wondering if I would see any benefit at all by changing from b450m to b550m motherboard. Currently running a MSI mortar B450m motherboard.
Just wondering if I would see any benefit at all by changing from b450m to b550m motherboard
Real world benefits - none whatsosever.
Even using a PCI-E 4.0 SSD and/or GPU, you wouldnt notice any difference in gaming or work with extra speed.
The only thing may be adding extra M2/PCIE as the 450 is limited with combination
If you have a Radeon 6600XT GPU then there is a very significant difference between PCI-E 3 vs 4, in that PCI-E 3 performance is somewhat gimped for that GPU specficially. This does not apply to other GPUs to my knowledge.
Couple of frames extra is not a significant difference IMO :)
But yes some GPUs can benefit, but not perceptible to the human eye differences.
If this techspot article is anything to go by, the difference in Doom Eternal is 182 FPS vs 228 FPS.
But agreed, if not for Doom Eternal then the difference is realistically 5% performance.
$16 delivery.. so about $100 all up
Would this be a good upgrade from aorus pro wifi b450?
No
Be careful with this board… Hardware Unboxed saw issues: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuPH9pCCK-E&ab_channel=Hardw…
69 with afterpay code
Yea, didn't mention though as I'd assume most here have already used.
I forgot to add ASUS to that brand boycotting discussion thread. Crap quality. Ok, neg away….
What was your experience with Asus and what board/ hardware did you get? Ps no neg from me
Asus netbook… SSD failure just out of warranty. Installed a new brand named one myself, noticed the one in there was a poor quality no name brand with poor quality connections.
Asus video card. Never overclocked, never tinkered with anything actually (stock voltage etc)… pink/red lines on monitor about 3 years in.
Asus mainboard about 6-7 years ago. Onboard wifi died.
Won't ever buy another Asus again. Horrible build quality. I kept getting sucked in with Ozbargain special price deals, and have regretted each and every purchase.
Never again.
I believe they got outed for using forced labour (amongst other brands), so you can imagine the enthusiasm some of their components are manufactured with. I have had good luck with them, but I stress it was LUCK. I've also replaced components in their notebooks and as you mentioned, they are made for a price.
Using this, I'd probably only chuck in a 5600G with minimum ram and SSD to get somebody through for a couple of years.
I can definitely empathise with you. Worked on an Asus G50 laptop, crap quality, GPU daughter card issues. Have some Asus top tier mobo, still going ok but at times post issues. Etc
Then other brands have their issues too. Probably from the same factory, rebaged etc.
It's like what the other poster said above, luck.
Why do they still ship with PS/2 ports?
Probably older board factoring cheap legacy dumb terminals
and gaming, some gamers prefer PS/2 for better response time (polling vs. interrupts).
Where in today's gaming peripherals have PS/2 adapter bundled?
I got my Gigabyte H77 M/B's onboard USB ports fried after a lightning strike. I added a PCIe USB card, but couldn't enter BIOS using USB K/B and mouse attached to that PCIe USB card. Fortunately, I had a PS/2 KB and a serial mouse (with ball) lying around and I was able to use BIOS with those. You never know, when legacy tech will help you.
Are cheap B550 boards the new cheap B450 boards around here now?