Gigabyte B550 Vision D (AMD Ryzen 3000/B550/ATX/3xPCIe 4.0/3.0/DDR4/ECC Memory/Titan Ridge/3xM.2/USB3.2 Gen 2 Type-C/Intel WiFi 6/Fully Quadro QVL Tested/Dual Intel LAN/1xHDMI 2.1/Motherboard)

There are plenty of other B550 or even X570 motherboards out there which are either cheaper than this, have more features, or even both.The reason I chose this particular motherboard is because of it's built in Thunderbolt ports. I have a Caldigit TS3 Plus thunderbolt hub which I use as a one cable solution for my Macbook Pro to connect my mouse, keyboard, headset, LAN, and monitors, as well as to charge the MBP. I wanted my desktop to also have Thunderbolt to quickly swap this hub between the MBP and my desktop and avoid the hassle of reconnecting all of those said peripherals every day.At this time, there aren't many other AMD mobos out there that support Thunderbolt (i.e. the ASRock X570), and Thunderbolt add-in cards can be pretty pricey (and unreliable). If you're looking for Ryzen 5xxx compatibility, PCIe4 (on the CPU), and Thunderbolt, then this mobo might be one of the few that'll meet your requirements. I was able to justify the price once I considered that I'd need to buy a separate Thunderbolt card if I picked any other motherboard. I chose this over the ASRock because of a mixture of aesthetic, form factor (was not going for the micro itx form factor, needed more PCIe slots), and reliability (reviews on the ASRock seem a bit shaky).Pros:Aesthetic is perfect for no/low RGB and LED buildsThunderbolt built inGood VRMs, stable overclocking results (haven't really bothered pushing the thing until Ryzen 5xxx drops though)Cons:As the other reviewer mentioned, no USB Type-C header. I have a disconnected USB Type-C port on my case that is very sad. Existing solutions are not great (very few reliable PCIe cards that can provide this header, or try to convert existing USB 3.0 headers, which this board only has one of)Notes:Price is justified (to me) if you need the Thunderbolt functionality. If you don't, there are probably other mobos out there that will be a better price or have other features that would make them a better choice than this one.

This is currently the only motherboard that supports true Thurderbolt 3 (40gbps) for the latest gen Ryzen chipset. For that reason alone it has no competition. The style is a big plus to me that it's white and aluminum, not covered in childish graphics and rainbow RGB. It also supports workstation grade ECC ram, which I'm not planning on using, but cool I guess.If you're like me, moving from a Mac to take advantage of a 5900x (or 5950x) and RTX 3090 for design work, this is THE clear choice.If you're a gamer and purely considering this board because of it's look.. it's still not a horrible buy if you're willing to pay a little premium for the aesthetic, imo. But otherwise, other reviewers are probably right that most X570 boards are probably superior for the price if you're not making use of the thunderbolt 3.UPDATE: Being picky here, but one thing I would have loved to see (just because my case supports it), is a header for a front panel USB C. I'm sure this is irrelevant to 99% of people, but I have a ton of USB C 3.1 external SSDs that I'm connecting and disconnecting regularly between home and work, so have the convenience of the front port would have been a plus for me. And then I could keep my primary thunderbolt drive and thunderbolt 3 hub in the back full time.

A little overpriced for a B550 but it does come with some nice features:- 2x Thunderbolt ports- Amazing VRMs that deliver plenty of power.- Two full x16 and x8 PCIE lanes- A nice, clean, aestheticNegatives:- Utilizing the second M.2 slot will disable the third PCIE slot. Thankfully, the third slot only runs at x4, so it's rarely going to be used for anything important anyway.- It's very expensive for a B550. You can find an x570 cheaper than this that will likely have everything you want on it.- No on-board USB-C headerIf this board had an on-board USB-C header and was $50 cheaper, it would be perfect.

Installed into a NZXT 710i. Looks great, and was a nice fit. No issues with installing, just that I couldn’t fit that top left cover on the motherboard due to the wire being too thick.Had to Flash the Bios for new Ryzen but that process was really simple.