GIGABYTE B550M DS3H (AM4 AMD/B550/Micro ATX/Dual M.2/SATA 6Gb/s/USB 3.2 Gen 1/PCIe 4.0/HMDI/DVI/DDR4/Motherboard)

After fidgeting with three different ASUS boards for an AMD 5600X I got for a build quite some time ago, I was about ready to throw it away. I bought this as a last resort to see if I could get the CPU to work . After using a UD3 with my i7-970 some years ago and it's still plugging away, I figured it was my best shot.It worked flawlessly upon install. Gigabyte's appstore prompts to install upon booting Windows for the first time and just needs a .Net 4.5 update to start automatically installing drivers, in the correct order. The board even revived a stick of Ripjaws V G.Skill RAM that had failed on the ASUS boards.I'm probably going to recommend Gigabyte from now on and to avoid ASUS. I don't know how three different boards could have the same CPU and RAM issues. Whatever Gigabyte does allows these fidgety components to work right out of the box. This board was inexpensive, has a nice clean CMOS UI, and installed quickly. 5/5 recommend to anyone looking to build with a compatible Ryzen CPU.

I purchased this GIGABYTE B550M MB for my recent overhaul/upgrade of my rig. It's a small ATX but packs a punch with features. This MB's features worked out very well with my new configurations I had planned. The M.2 connectors was something new for me so, I just had to grab a 1TB NVMe to add to my upgrade package. I have owned several Gigabyte MBs prior that were great so, I had no hesitation when it came to purchasing this one. This MB is handling my EVGA 750 BQ Power supply, AMD Ryzen 5500, 64GB DDR4 Corsair memory, and 8GB Radeon RX 6650XT with no issues at all.

I put the B550M Motherboard in a Fractal Design G-Mini case. Fits perfect. I also put a Noctura fan 1500: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KF7O58G/ref=cfb_at_prodpg which I got on Amazon at the top of the case. I have a Ryzen 5700G with 32 gig Corsair LPX Vengeance 3200, Gigabyte B550M DS3H micro board and a EVGA 750 GA modular power supply. The case has several areas to run your cords through to the back. Many ways. Had a place in the back to put a ssd but I wanted to use the front hard drive holder which I put a crucial SSD (acquired from Amazon too). It does have two spots for a dvd drive too. I use one. I would but this again if I had the need. Hope this helps. Oh and I don't overclock and with all the fans in the case the cpu runs at 34c in a 74F room. The motherboard has more usb ports than I thought and has DVI, HDMI and Displayport. I was hoping to use an adapter for the DVI but you CANNOT do so. I needed a vga available just in case the person I was building it for didn't have that on their monitor. I did not see that noted in the description so keep that in mind. The Displayport and HDMI do not have that issue. The motherboard is F1 bios which accommodated my 5700G with no update. I installed Windows 10 and then upgraded to 11 with no issue. No problems with the motherboard at all. No cons.

The B550M DS3H generally works. It recognizes the 3700X CPU and 32 GB of DDR4 memory without issue. However, some auxiliary functions do not work correctly on the latest F16a BIOS:The Gigabyte Download App would leave a black box in the middle of the screen whenver the system is booted up or resumed from sleep. There is a BIOS option to turn off the app but it only caused Windows 10 to blue screen on start up. This was finally fixed by reinstalling Windows with the BIOS option off. Do yourselves a favor, turn of this option in the BIOS under Settings\IO Ports\App Center Download & Install Configuration before the first boot into Windows.The system would not stay in sleep mode. It would wake up 5 seconds after entering sleep. The sleep issue was not fixed by Windows reinstall.Update: The sleep issue was fixed by replacing the mouse.