Affordable B550 VRM Thermal Performance, In Search of the Best Value Board

00:00 - Welcome back to Hardware Unboxed
01:13 - Asus Prime B550M-A
02:07 - MSI B550M Pro-VDH Wi-Fi
03:18 - MSI B550M Bazooka
03:58 - Gigabyte B550M DS3H
05:05 - Gigabyte B550M Aorus Elite
05:56 - Gigabyte B550M Aorus Pro
07:04 - Asrock B550M Pro4
08:41 - Test Setup
10:56 - Ryzen 7 3700X
12:14 - Ryzen 9 3900X
15:09 - Ryzen 9 3950X
16:31 - Ryzen 9 3950X OC
17:50 - Final Thoughts

Affordable B550 VRM Thermal Performance, In Search of the Best Value B550 Board

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[HeirofCarthage]

As someone who builds PCs frequently I have to say thanks for all the work you put into these. Building and testing all these is tedious and a ton of work. These videos are very informative. Great work.

[andrewcz]

The A in Prime B550M-A stand for AVOID

[Alexandra-Rex]

Blacklisted by Asrock.. that's some fragile minds over there.

[the_haakinton]

Was really looking forward to this because I haven't found any in depth comparisons of B550 mobos.

[Yellowswift]

The bazooka blew it out of the water - I see what you did there. :D The Asrock board did reasonably well; it's a shame about the situation with them. I hope things improve in the coming months. Great content as always. :)

[RinoAP]

Waiting for your report of Asus's blacklist 😏

[zeemonkeyman]

Watching this on my one day old Pro VDH build, super happy with it!

[ClaicGse]

In part-2 of this, requesting you to add some mini-ITX motherboards too, if possible. Thank you for your awesome videos!

[Catalinddm]

Just in time. Thinking of a new rig with the (edit: ryzen 5000). Cheers mate. Great content.

[ameersyazly]

fun facts: in Malaysia, ASRock B550M Steel Legend is cheaper than MSI B550M Pro-VDH Wi-Fi 😅

[kiritokirigay]

Why is asus doing this to AMD?
They ruined a15 temps and now these.

[Revolve-Studios]

I just used the B550i Aorus Pro AX for a new build with the 3700X. Very happy with it & it sets me up to replace the CPU down the line without upgrading the motherboard again. Great comparisons.

[DSP_Visuals]

The ASRock board seems pretty good. 6 SATA ports, 2 m.2 slots, improved audio, and at least some USB 3.2 gen 2 ports.

[chunger]

Absolutely phenomenal information! Thanks for putting all of these boards up against each other in such a useful, informative manner. This is way better than squinting at webstore photos to try and make a decision.

[thentil]

ASRock blacklisted you guys? 😟 Definitely not buying any of their stuff!

[DrearierSpider]

Hey Steve, always appreciate your in depth benchmarking. With the RTX 3000 series imminent, would you consider doing a revisit of a 1080 Ti vs 2080 vs 2080 Super revisit? I'd be interested to see if the continued driver updates and refreshes have increased the performance gap since launch.

[paulunga]

Just bought the Asrock Pro4. The audio (ALS1200) was the thing that tipped me towards that one instead of a MSI board. I hope they're sending you stuff again, as your review is what made me interested in the board.

[inferno]

Why is asus sabotaging themselves? Lately every single AMD board that is semi-competitively priced has been a fire hazard and the boards that are actually not shit are so overpriced that it doesn't matter.

[cipher]

Love when a video justifies my purchase, even 2yrs later. Got my boy the MSI B550M WiFi 👌

[pedropau]

I like how MSi's b450 tomahawk is almost cannibalising their newer brethren.