Best B550 Motherboards for AMD Ryzen CPUs: MSI, Gigabyte, ASRock, & ASUS

We're comparing AMD B550 motherboards to discuss the list of best AMD Ryzen boards and their differences. Not all boards made the cut, so we narrowed it down to the most interesting.

We previously covered the best AM4 motherboards for Ryzen CPUs, comparing X570 vs. X470 and B450, but with the launch of B550, we wanted to make a dedicated video for just the top B550 motherboards to watch in 2020. This mostly considers the AMD Ryzen 3000 series (R5 3600, 3600XT, 3700X, 3800XT, 3900XT, 3950X), so we talk about VRM heat capabilities and efficiency, I/O options, PCIe configuration arrangements, troubleshooting features, and other differentiating factors between motherboards.

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00:00 - Best AMD Ryzen B550 Motherboards
01:34 - Expensive B550 Boards Worth Considering
11:38 - Best AMD B550 Motherboards Under $150 (ATX)
14:40 - Best Micro-ATX Boards: $160 Mortar & TUF
17:40 - Best Micro-ATX Boards: $100 to $130
23:49 - Most Expensive ITX B550 Board Worth Considering
25:53 - ITX B550 Board at $130
28:05 - Conclusion: $140 Baseline for B550


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Host, Analysis: Buildzoid
Video: Keegan Gallick, Andrew Coleman

[GamersNexus]

Links to all the boards in the description. Note that some haven't been listed in some regions yet.

[AlexSchendel]

"The high-end boards cost too much. The low-end boards suck too much"
My sentiment exactly 😂

[BattoEnstien]

00:00 Intro
01:34 B550 Steel legend
05:57 B550 Aorus Pro
09:28 B550 Aorus Elite
11:38 B550-A Pro
14:40 B550M Plus / B550M Mortar
17:44 B550M Aorus Pro
20:03 B550M Pro4
22:22 B550M DS3H
23:54 B550I Aorus Pro AX
25:56 B550M-ITX/ac
28:00 Conclusion

[tomkavulic]

Buildzoid is my favorite anime character

[thomasl.]

Thanks, I was searching for this earlier today and nobody has really gotten a comprehensive "Best of b550" yet

[shanez]

"Time to go to bed"

GN/BuildZoid: nothing stops this train

[teddygoboom]

Just commenting to tell you guys you're both fucking amazing. Steve, you're probably my biggest role model and I feel like I couldn't choose anyone more appropriate for the position, and bz, I feel like you genuinely brought low level motherboard features closer to the mainstream, actually affecting design and engineering of new products. Thanks Keegan, Andrew and anyone else assisting GN for the awesome stuff you do. Yeah I've had a few drinks tonight for those who find my comment weird

[crowcore]

Thanks for including micro-ATX. It's too often ignored/overlooked but I use & love this form factor. So to me the video wouldn't have been worth a watch without this inclusion :)

[kez]

Whenever I hear Buildzoid critique motherboards I look at mine and ask if it’s gonna be ok.

[kennbiz]

The amount of marketing jargon buildzoid is tired of, you can feel it in his voice. 🤣

[Delta-itou]

Buildzoid: It has 13 usb ports so it made it on the list

[lunchie]

Good job putting the B550 vision in the thumbnail and then not actually having it in the video.

[HMarcBower]

"It could be worse, but this is already quite bad." You, sir, are a wordsmith. :)

[evasuser]

Probably one of the best reviews, please keep uploading.
03:10 downsides 4-layer pcb might be worse at memory overclocking when running a lot of ram ...
or just 4 ingle rank sticks you're not gonna have problems
03:30 it's only if you're gonna be like running 4 dual rank sticks that you might start running into issues
05:55 GIGABYTE B550 AORUS PRO (rev. 1.0)
06:41 6-layer pcb
09:30 GIGABYTE B550 AORUS ELITE (rev. 1.0) 4-layer pcb
11:24 if all you are interested in is hammering a 3950X this is gonna do a great job
11:40 MSI B550-A-PRO 140$ uses a revised version of the X470 gaming pro carbon vrm, ... not as rediculously as good as the B550 as the elite or the pro or the steel legend ... 4-layer pcb ... you kind of get a little bit of everything
14:41 mATX boards

[AlexSchendel]

Also, thanks for also covering ITX boards, you revealed the B550I Aorus and it seemed like the best option for me! Just installed it in my system.

[mystical]

Buildzoid dedicating a good chunk of the video for Micro-ATX, a true MVP by my books.

[Lintary]

I seriously love these MB roundups, MBs are by their nature complicated things so these really help me when people want parts lists and such for their builds :)

[sbin]

These videos are valuable it's insane

[ssXD]

that intro
is fricking legendary
buidzoid is a gold mine i love this man

[nathangamble]

10:00
Look at the line below! The board is capable of 4733MHz, so there's nothing wrong with the topology, they probably just don't validate it above 4000MHz with Ryzen 3000 because no-one should be running RAM above that with Ryzen 3000 anyway.