ASUSROG Strix B650-A Gaming WiFi 6E AM5 (LGA1718) Ryzen 7000 Motherboard(12+2 Power Stages,DDR5,3xM.2 Slots,PCIe® 4.0, 2.5G LAN,WiFi 6E,USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type-C® Port)

The ASUS ROG Strix B650-A Gaming WiFi 6E motherboard, with its distinctive silver/white accents, stands out as an excellent foundation for any high-performance AMD Ryzen 7000 series build. Combining robust power delivery with cutting-edge connectivity and the renowned ROG Strix design, this AM5 motherboard offers a compelling package for gamers and enthusiasts alike.

Loving it! Build came right up and bios was easy to navigate. Did go with a solid state drive so very fast with AMD 9600 cpu. My old dual monitors work great as do the old HDs and DVDs and a few other legacy parts.

Looking for a good motherboard for your mid range setup? Not ready to fork over the money for that X870E? Need lots of USB ports? Here, my friend, is your motherboard.Now, is it a tad expensive? A little. But it's worth it. It's quality is absolutely amazing, and you can feel just how well made this thing before you take it out of the static bag. The pins are all labeled and easy to identify. And for all you storage lovers out there -- 4 SATA/HDD ports and three SSD ports, with one handling your Samsung Gen 5!There's also a ridiculous amount of RGB headers. I forgot how many there were exactly, but I think there's like four or five. Don't quote me on that one. Anyway, plentiful for your case fan needs. Also, integrated IO shield. No tearing apart your shiny new build to pop it in after you forgot!Of course, there's gonna be cons: Yes, the other reviews aren't lying. Booting up takes a hot second, around 20 seconds, give or take. For me personally, it also started throwing codes when I installed my AIO, but that was fixed with some BIOS settings that took a bit to find. Personally, I think it should change that automatically when detecting an AIO, but who am I to tell ROG what to shove into their motherboards?Now, what about overclocking? I don't know. Being honest, I'm no overclocker and baby my computers. That's for you to take the journey to discover!Overall? It's a solid motherboard. Are there better ones out there? Of course there are! But if you're looking to build a mid-range computer, this one right here is a good pick. Happy building!

This is a great MOBO. The modern Type-C buses are super nice to have, multiple NVME slots. If you plan to run multiple GPUs make sure your case is large enough. Only beef I have with ASUS is that the Armory Crate software is hot garbage. Seriously. They moved Aura Sync into Armory Crate so just to run the LED drivers you need almost 3 GB of SDKs and frameworks to use it with the native app. It requests multiple admin permissions on startup. Why? The software hogs resources during runtime. Needs updates otherwise it breaks. Won’t download and apply updates correctly due to tight system permissions, no debugging. Utterly ridiculous. I guess they spent the entire budget on UI R&D

First off — yeah, it’s marketed as a white motherboard, and mostly it is… but you do get some black undertones in the PCB and components. Not a dealbreaker, still looks slick, but if you’re going for that full white-out build, just know it’s not pure white like the newer revision that came out later (where even the base PCB is fully white).That said, it feels premium. RGB zones are fully customizable, tons of headers and connectors, CPU socket install was smooth, and everything from unboxing to setup felt like handling a high-end product. What you see in the listing photos is exactly what you get.Now the cons — and this is why I’m knocking off a star:1. The included Wi-Fi antenna is black. It just… clashes. For a board that leans into the white aesthetic, I was honestly surprised they didn’t throw in a matching white or at least gray antenna. Tiny detail? Sure. But if you’re building a color-themed rig, it stands out.2. No optical audio out. That really threw me. I get that digital audio is moving to USB and HDMI, but come on — this is a top-tier gaming board. If you’re running high-end speakers or older AV gear with optical input, you’re out of luck. And yeah, maybe I should’ve caught that in the specs, but still — feels like a strange omission at this level.Overall: it’s powerful, it’s pretty, it performs. But for a board this expensive, missing basics like color-matched accessories and optical out kinda takes away from the experience.

Excelente board, buena calidad

I bought this just to deal with the impending Windows 11 updates and went for the wifi features more as a gimmick than anything else. The board itself was solid and could support everything I was putting into it, but the wifi came in clutch a few months later after having a small house fire. After living in a hotel for 2 months, I'm glad I had it as that would eb the only way I was connecting to the hotel's slow internet. Thing performed like a champ and it allowed me to imaging I was still at home.