Asrock B550M Steel Legend Motherboard, Supports 3rd Gen AMD4 Ryzen, PCIe 4.2

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Moreover, the ASRock B550M Steel Legend is equipped with the AM4 socket, allowing compatibility with both Zen 2 and Zen 3 Ryzen processors. However, in our tests with the Ryzen 7 5800X, one of the hottest CPUs in the 5000 series, we observed that the VRM circuit came close to reaching its maximum recommended temperature. the aRGB accuracy on my sample on the PCH and rear I/O isn't 100% accurate on all white but you can adjust the color slider with the MB software thankfully. This can potentially create an awkward situation if you prefer a completely dark room when your PC is not in use.

High Density Glass Fabric PCB design that reduces the gaps between the PCB layers to protect the motherboard against electrical shorts caused by humidity. Compared to traditional chokes, ASRock’s premium 60A power chokes effectively make the saturation current up to three times better, thus providing enhanced and improved Vcore voltage to the motherboard. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. With the 3C design concept, “Creativity, Consideration, Cost-effectiveness”, the company explores the limit of motherboards manufacturing while paying attention on the eco issue at the same time, developing products with the consideration of eco-friendly concept.Lastly, this board features: 2 x RGB LED Headers, 1 x Power LED and Speaker Header, 2 x Addressable LED Headers, 4 x Chassis/Water Pump Fan Connectors (4-pin), 1 x CPU/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin), 1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin). Kaza (UK) Limited acts as a credit intermediary and offers credit products provided by Klarna Bank AB (publ). Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site.

Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. You can quickly size up your PC, identify hardware problems and explore the best value for money upgrades.Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). As mentioned earlier, the ASRock B550M Steel Legend features the B550 chipset, which falls into the mid-to-high-end range and offers comparable performance to the X570 chipset. This means you can easily pair it with CPUs from the Ryzen 5000 series, including the top-tier models with high thermal design power (TDP).

So with that said, I’m sure that the B550M Steel Legend is already an interesting option for gamers and performance users alike. If you’re not too sure what the main differences are between the X570 and the B550 chipset, here is an easy chart for comparison. ASRock motherboards deliver stunning performance and superior aesthetics to rule your own colorful lighting way! The port selection is pretty good but I personally would've preferred more USB ports instead of a PS/2 or HDMI port, since most of AMD's CPUs don't have internal graphics, and I doubt many people still use PS/2 keyboards. Furthermore, this motherboard supports the Extreme Memory Profile ( XMP), a feature that simplifies the process of overclocking your RAM modules.

If you work from home or are thinking of doing so in the future you need to have the right tools available to do your job as efficiently as possible. ASRock has been growing fast and become world third largest motherboard brand with headquarter in Taipei, Taiwan and branches in Europe and the USA.