ASUS ROG Strix B650E-E Gaming WiFi AMD Ryzen AM5 ATX motherboard, 16 + 2 power stages, DDR5, four M.2 slots, PCIe 5.0, WiFi 6E, 2.5G LAN, USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type-C rear I/O port, and Aura Sync RGB

I’m very impressed with its performance and value for money. The power delivery is excellent, providing stable and reliable performance even under heavy loads. The selection of ports is more than sufficient for my needs, and the overall design is both practical and stylish.Considering its features and capabilities, the price is incredibly competitive, making it a great choice for anyone building a high-performance PC. The only minor drawback is the exclusion of USB4, which I find unnecessary for my setup. Aside from that, this motherboard is nearly perfect.I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a powerful, feature-packed motherboard at a reasonable price.

Excellent board. Trades blows with x670 boards for a discount price. Lots of storage, IO ports and having an onboard led panel for troubleshooting were my main priorities. It's 4 m.2 slots and 6 usb 3.2 slots aswell as 2 usb C slots on the back panel were fantastic for me.Throw in 16+2 power stages, PCIe 5.0 for one of the m.2 slots and wifi 6e with bluetooth 5.2, and i think it's a solidly packed offering. Plenty of rgb and cooling connections are included too. It's also cool looking design with a reassuring weight to.I only miss usb 4, but we can't have everything!

The ASUS ROG Strix B650E-E Gaming WiFi is an excellent choice for AMD Ryzen AM5 builds. It offers robust performance, a sleek design, and plenty of connectivity options, including fast WiFi. The BIOS is user-friendly, making setup and overclocking a breeze. With PCIe 5.0 support and great thermal management, it’s perfect for high-end gaming rigs.

I initially bought a Gigabyte B650 from Amazon but it appeared to be DOA. Meantime I decided to spend a bit more and got this.I flashed the bios prior to build, which is really easy. Just need to download latest (stable or beta). I used a 2.0 16gb drive just because I'd seen some people have issues with 3.0 larger drives. On a seperate machine, download bios files, use the included "name changer" .exe to change the file name appropriately. And put on your FAT32 USB.Plug in your MB power cable and the CPU cables (I did both CPU cables) and then put the USB into the labelled port. Do not install any components yet. Press the usb flash button on the rear panel and around 10 mins later you'll be done. Then go about your build.One thing I noticed is that on first start up, "memory training" occurs which results in a slow post. Don't panic, it will be fine.-Plenty usb ports on rear.-Nice little WiFi antenna with magnetic base.-Loads of slots for expansion-LED error code display-Loads of fan and ARGB headersReally glad I spend the extra money on this. Would highly recommend for an AM5 build.

The board's build quality seems really good - it was easy to install the CPU, CPU cooler, RAM, NVMe storage and GPU.Biggest issue I faced during build was identifying the front I/O panel pins as the manual, for some reason, doesn't seem to include a detailed diagram of the separate pins, so I ended up having to Google around for this and found the info I needed on a random forum somewhere.Post-build, the main niggle was slow boot times (hanging on code 15 / 'memory training' [I believe]) after turning on EXPO for my Trident Z5 Neo RGB RAM (so that it runs at 6000mhz as it should, rather than the default 4800mhz without EXPO). The only way I resolved this was after lots of Googling again and finding a random Reddit post which suggested turning on 'memory context restore' and 'power down mode' instead of leaving these as 'auto' like the rest of the RAM settings. Personally I think 'auto' should ensure fast boot times in this common RAM configuration scenario, and it should definitely be covered in official documentation from ASUS, which I could not find.Sadly, although unimportantly, the RGB default settings for the RAM aren't quite synced so if you care how it looks inside, more fiddling with software will be required as there are no BIOS settings for RGB control - that would also be a nice-to-have, since I am not a fan of unnecessary bloatware in my Windows setup.Otherwise, everything seems great. Easy to control fan curves, excellent (as far as I can tell) audio quality (tested both front I/O headphone jack and rear lineout so far, using decent headphones, without noticing any problems. Also to note, the Bluetooth range seems great, but only with the WiFi antenna connected (without, it's terrible, so I assume this is a normal requirement), and the WiFi itself seems good and stable. Ethernet too.That's all I can say for sure up to this point having built it just under a week ago. If anything changes I'll drop an edit.

rubbish board, incapable of applying any tuning which is the whole point of spending extra on a board like this, takes a straight 5 minutes to POST and on the one I was sent had a faulty clear CMOS button so everytime it failed to boot, I had to physically pull the battery outAND when it did turn on, it completely failed to apply tuning tweaks a cheap ASRock B850 board could do perfectly resulting in pulling the battery each time.

Amazing motherboard, great AM5 specifications for a B650 board. Working perfectly a few months in now and looks amazing being a Strix board.

Initially I had a different motherboard and had CPU and Memory lights lit. I couldnt resolve the problem.This Asus motherboard is one of the few that has a bios Error code readout which hlped me decide to buy it along with several favourable reviews.Updated bios using the motherboard bios update, before fitting the CPU.Built went smoothly with no issues.A big thumbs up for the board and its capabilities at this price.