ASUS TUF Gaming B550M Plus Micro ATX - Luke's Deep DIVE

Today Luke gives his analysis on the ASUS TUF Gaming B550M Plus Micro ATX motherboard. Can it justify the high £185 asking price in todays market?

Timestamps:

00:00 Video Start
00:13 Introduction
01:15 A closer look at the board
03:01 Top Edge connectors
03:32 SATA area
04:19 M.2 connections
05:43 PCIe slots
07:19 Bottom edge of the board
08:26 Fan headers and control
09:38 Rear I/O Panel
11:00 Power Delivery solution
12:35 VRM Heatsinks
13:44 Test System/Bios setup
14:45 Test Results
16:22 Manual overclocking, temps and power draw
18:20 Lukes Closing Thoughts / Pricing

Test System:
•Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X.
•Memory: 16GB (2x8GB) G.SKILL 3200MHz CL14 DDR4 @ 1.35V.
•Graphics Card: Gigabyte Aorus RTX 2080 Ti XTREME (custom fan curve to minimise thermal throttling).
•System Drive: WD_Black SN750 PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 SSD.
•Games and Test SSD: Crucial MX300 750GB & Aorus 2TB PCIe Gen 4 M.2 SSD.
•CPU Cooler: Fractal Celsius+ S28 Prisma 280mm AIO (full speed fans and pump to eliminate thermal throttling).
•Power Supply: Seasonic Prime TX-1000 1000W.
•Case: Lian Li Open-air Test Bench.
•Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit.

BIOS Version:
•BIOS Version 0803 (latest at the time of testing)
•AGESA version 1.0.0.2

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