ASUS TUF Gaming B550M-PLUS AMD AM4 (3rd Gen Ryzen Micro ATX Gaming Motherboard (PCIe 4.0, 2.5Gb LAN, BIOS Flashback, HDMI 2.1, USB 3.2 Gen 2, Addressable Gen 2 RGB Header and Aura Sync)

The product seems well built and durable. The CPU-less, memory-less BIOS flash utility is a must for new Zen3 CPUs - otherwise you're going to have to find an old CPU to plug in, just to update the bios. Onboard POST indicator lights were a great touch when troubleshooting lack of screen (turns out, my graphics card power wasn't plugged in completely!).Had no problems with drivers, everything just worked in windows 10. I did not notice a difference before or after I installed some specific drivers. Haven't tried any other operating systems yet.Potential buyers should be aware that only one of the 2 M.2 slots is connected to the PCIe 4.0 bus - the other is on a 3.0 bus. This is a B550 chipset limitation. There's a few other limitations of the B550 compared with the high end X570 so do your research and understand what you're getting.You might want to consider getting the B550M+ Wifi instead, which for under $20 more comes with what is theoretically a high quality wifi. I don't use wifi on my gaming rig, but regret not getting the wifi unit anyway, for flexibility.

Have had this for a little over a year and a half. Currently have CPU at 4.75ghz undervolt -25 pbo limits ppt 100/tdc 65/edc 135 with ram and IF at 1900mhz. This board is able to handle everything I throw at, the VRM's are amazing for Ryzen processors, esp 3rd gen. I feel the price is too high atm with some of the offerings for Intel, esp the 12400K with z690, bbut that is niether here nor there really. This is a great board and is still working flawlessly.

The hardware is great. I don't think I've ever had an issue with an Asus board. I've had two ASRock boards boards arrive DOA. My last 4 Asus boards have worked without a hiccup.That said, I bought this for a gaming server with the intent to run Proxmox, but this Realtek chipset is too new. Ubuntu wouldn't recognize it either.You can find the drivers on github, but getting them to work is a major pain and not worth the hassle in my opinion.

This motherboard works great! The small factor is awesome, without sacrificing the important things. I love the gen 4 m.2 slot. Led lights are a neat addition!The only issue I had was the stock AMD cooler would not fit on this board... It is so condensed the top left row of capacitors were too close to the cpu and hits the heatsink before it lays flush. So an aftermarket cooler is a must. I went overkill and got the new corsair box cooler and it fit great.