As usual in comparisons of the average ranges of any chipset, MSI again disappoints against its rivals. Instead, it is surprising to see BIOSTAR as a manufacturer that initially joins the car, although this time with a much more conservative bet.
ASUS ROG Strix B550-E Gaming
It will not be this time when ASUS dominates the mid-range market with this chipset, not at least with this B550-E Gaming. Although we are facing a very competent and complete motherboard that will integrate a system of 16 VRM with 8 + 4 EPS, has been overtaken as we will see later by another of its rivals.
It will integrate two M.2 with passive heatsinks (only one is 4.0), three PCIe of which two are 4.0 in x16 or x8 / x8 configuration, sound SupremeFX with ALC1220 codec, WLAN 802.11ax and 2.5 GbE network (maybe i225-V?). To finish, it will include QCODE and LEDs diagnostic.
GIGABYTE B550 AORUS Master
ASRock B550 Taichi
Being the most premium option of the company for this B550 chipset, the reality is that it is a worthy successor to the B450, but it lags behind the efforts of its rivals for this new batch. Will only offer a PCIe 4.0 x16, reason why it will not be able to count on a distribution of the bandwidth between its slots. with an M.2 for the same bus to x4, while the rest of connectivity will be based on the PCIe 3.0 version.
Its VRM is also the most succinct of those presented in the premium range, as it offers only 14 phases. Finally and although it offers 802.11ax connectivity, your Ethernet will only be 1 GbE. The most striking will undoubtedly be its LED system, the second most complete after the ASRock, something that is of little use if it falls behind the rest.
All the models will arrive at our main stores sometime in June, with no specific date for their staging. Prices have not been disclosed.
