ASUSTUF Gaming B550-PLUS WiFi II AMD AM4 (3rd Gen Ryzen™) ATX Motherboard (PCIe 4.0, 6, 2.5Gb LAN, BIOS Flashback, USB 3.2 2, Addressable 2 RGB Header and Aura Sync)

I'm not a gamer. I use my personal computer for various hobbies, such as routing circuit boards, rendering video, the occasional AI project, running Linux VMs, etc. I had no trouble at all with this motherboard. I purchased 64GB of DDR5 RAM at the same time, as well as a new 9900X CPU, a Noctua cooler, and a Samsung 990 SSD. All of this worked well and booted properly on the first time. I burned in the system using Ubuntu 24.04 live distribution on a USB stick, ran some performance tests, and used Ubuntu to copy over my existing Windows 10 image onto the new Samsung SSD. Unlike the other reviewer, I had no problem using the Wifi under Ubuntu. I don't use Wifi on Windows, so I wouldn't know whether it works there or not. As a productivity user, I don't really care about some of the "Gamer" features of this motherboards, nor do I care about aesthetics like glowing LED lights. I picked the Tuf series over the ASUS B840 because it seemed like a beefier build overall. The only drawback is the relatively large heatsink at the rear of the motherboard -- it precludes me from the possibility of installing a second fan on my Noctua cooler. I'm skeptical whether such a large heatsink generates any real benefit, other whether it is done for appearance sake. Nevertheless, I don't really need that second fan anyway. Installing the SSDs was a little bit unorthodox with a plastic springy clip that ASUS uses rather than a screw, but it worked fine. There's a hefty heat sink that fits over the SSDs and will further hold them snugly in place. One complication I had during boot was that I had the enable Compatibility Support Mode (CSM) to get it to boot from the Samsung 990 SSD. Not sure if that's typical or if it was because of the idiosyncrasy of the existing SSD image that I brought over from my old computer (it was a new Samsung 990 SSD, but an existing image that I wrote to it). All things considered, a good motherboard that feels like it's more than tuf enough for my needs.

Excellent board right out of the box worked great 9600X and 6000 mem. Remember kids, memory training on the first start is a thing, let it happen. Then do EXPO settings, then install the OS.Installing the board may require removing the rear case fan to get it in place.Board has great heatsinks, plenty of fan headers and RGB headers but has no RGB onboard.Well built, well packaged, everything the client wanted.

I purchased this board to replace an ASUS ROGX-470F motherboard that died.Pros:This board has the same number of SATA ports as the 470 (6), which was important for me, because all my games are stored in SATA SSDs.This MB boots quite a bit faster than my previous board. That’s always a plus.Built-in Wi-Fi controller. While I had a Wi-Fi expansion card for the x470 board, it was good to have it built-in to help clean up the interior of the case.Plenty of ports. Not only the above mentioned SARA ports, but plenty of USB ports, as well, including support for front-of-case ports. I have 6 USB cables plugged in and still have two free ports in the back, and 6 more on the case top.Drivers included on CD/DVD. This is a big deal to me, because newer boards don’t appear to include them. PNP picks up much of the drivers, but not all. Without included drivers, you might have to go to another machine to download them. That’s not customer-friendly.Cons:The Wi-Fi antenna is non-magnetic. This allows the antenna to slide off the case way too easily, diminishing the signal from the router, if you don’t notice it immediately.The Aura lights are not on top of the board. If you have ARGB light bars, it can flood out the boards built-in lights.DisplayPort and HDMI ports included, but so far, I have not been able to find integrated video hardware. This one has me confused.

Used this motherboard in my new build and it works great and the WiFi’s very fast, the only issue I ran into was it doesn’t work with any RAM speed above 6000mhz, I had a 6400mhz kit and when you set the XMP profile, it just blue screens after boot, so I tried 6200mhz and it worked for a bit but then my games started crashing and blue screens would occasionally appear. Only way to 100% fix the issues was to set the RAM to 6000mhz or lower. I think this is more to do with the B650 chipset rather than the motherboard itself. Overall great motherboard but if your planning on buying it make sure you don’t get RAM faster than 6000mhzUPDATE: I guess it was shipped with an almost year old bios, so I flashed the latest version and it runs fine at 6400 mhz

Great board. Probably the easiest ASUS board i have ever worked with (and I had a few).9800x3d straight forward process - no Bios update necessary. EXPO profile (DDR5 CL28 6000 was used) - no problem - just lock and load. So far - no issues what so ever. Easy and painless hardware installation and recognition of all the components appropriately.