ASUS - ROG Strix B450-F Gaming (Socket AM4) USB 3.1 Gen 2 AMD Motherboard with LED Lighting

I purchased this mobo at best buy retail store. I like that Best Buy had it in stock as it was just what I was looking for. The Asus boards are my preferred brand because I have always found them to be of high quality. I also like that it has usb-c so I can connect newer devices. I has connections for the ROG leds and Aura sinc can be used to control them. Asus also has other utilities downloadable for it. The board also supports AMD Ryzen™ 2nd Generation/ Ryzen™ 1st Generation Processors and 2 slots for M.2 Socket 3, with M key, type 2242/2260/2280 storage devices, and multiple other features.

Bought it to temporarily replace my MSI MPG X570 Gaming Edge Wifi. With a Ryzen 5 3600, I got a stable 4.3 Ghz OC out of it, which is what I had my other board OCd to. RAM was overclocked to just under 3200 Mhz with Corsair Vengeance 3k Mhz (I believe it only listed 3193, or something close to that). The only thing that I wasn't happy about was the lack of 5V RGB connections, which half of my lights in my build are 5V, the rest are 12V, but I knew that going into the purchase. The board is capable of everything I threw at it, and trust me, I tossed everything at it that I could. It's going to be used in a new gaming build soon, just getting parts together now.

ASUS ALL THE WAY. I purchased this at my local BestBuy for two reasons. 1-They were the same price in store as online, and 2-Buy local, stay local. I loved having the ability to go to a BIG box store, like BestBuy, and gazing upon all the computer components they have in the store, and they have roughly the cheapest prices around. I did have ONE issue with this motherboard. Upon installing RAM, CPU & cooler, and m.2 NVMe SSD, I installed it into the case (Corsair 100r), I booted to BIOS with no issues. I stepped away for 5 minutes and the computer shut down. When I pressed the power button, it practically blinked, all the fans turned on, and then immediately turned off. After 1.5-2 hours of diagnostics, I've come to the conclusion that the Mobo was shot. EVEN though the ROG IO RGB was illuminating and working. I checked every component starting with the CPU, and RAM only, still got the issue. The funny thing is I have 3 LED indicator lights for diagnostics, none of them showed errors. Spoke with ASUS customer support at 8 p.m. on a Monday night, and got a person on the phone at 8:05 p.m. I told him all that I have done and he said that unfortunately those were the procedures he recommends doing before filing a warranty. He then gave me a case number and told me to take it back to BestBuy and get it exchanged. So, I ended up boxing both the PSU and the Mobo up and I took them back to my local BestBuy (after they got a new one in stock (5 business days)). I even made sure to pack all the SATA and power cables, and made thepackages all nice and neat and BestBuy employees didn't LOOK INSIDE. Oh well, they exchanged them, and as soon as I got home, I bench built the Mobo back again on its box, starting with CPU and RAM, and EVERYTHING WORKS! So far, 2 weeks in, everything works great! Computer build: PICTURE IS PRE-CABLE MANAGEMENT Ryzen 5 2600x stock cooler ROG Strix B450-F Mobo Ballistix Sport 16gb RAM @ 3200 MSI Armor RX 580 8gb Intel 660p 512gb M.2 NVMe SSD Toshiba P300 3tb HDD @ 7200 Corsair CX650m PSU 09/2019 Build! Corsair 100r ATX

Replaced a 12yr old motherboard. Had all the features I was looking for. Running Ryzen 2700, G. Skill 16gb DDR4 memory at 3200mhz and Nvidia 1070gtx. No issues with BIOS. RGB logo is pretty good. Used more for productivity then gaming. But no problems running COD modern warfare on high settings. Will be able to still upgrade in the future as needed. Excellent upgrade!!!

I'll start by saying that this mobo looks great aesthetically. You may need to purchase an internal USB hub for your entire build and it is important to know that this motherboard does not support addressable rgb. It has two 4 pin 12v headers and lacks the 3 pin 5v headers for addressable rgb. The vrm temps are also not great but this board should be fine for the average consumer.

Giving this 5 stars because its a solid board. Plenty of upgradability for a low price. My only complaint was that the ram slots are close to the cpu slot, so my NZXT Z73 (water cooling AIO) could not have the cpu block with the tubes oriented to the right side with all 4 memory sticks installed, so I just rotated the tube side to the bottom.

Bought this back in November paired with a ryzen 5 3600 with no issues or problems.

This MB is not only beautiful but also has everything you need. It has 2 M.2 spots, 4 RAM slots, plenty of USB for VR, and runs everything amazingly. The BIOS system is easy to use as well for tuning and tweaking performance.