ASUS ROG Strix B850-I Gaming WiFi AMD AM5 B850 Mini-ITX mITX Motherboard 10+2+1 Stages, DDR5, 2.5G LAN, WiFi 7, 2X M.2, PCIe® 5.0 x16, USB 20Gbps Type-C®, AI Overclocking, AI Networking II, Aura Sync

Booted on the first attempt and going on and strong. Never had to fiddle with anything. Transferring drive with windows 11 from my older x570 rig was a bit of a hassle. But that’s part of DIY PC hobby.Tons of usb ports(8nos), great quality aluminum heat sinks for the VRMs and onboard connectivity options, PCIe 5.0 X16 slot and M.2, wifi7. This thing is future proof till 2030.At $300 it’s the cheapest I’ve seen this board go on sale. I think it’s a steal in this economy.Highly recommended.

Initially thought this was gong to be a great build in a FF04 case; however ASUS did not have the drivers for the wifi or BT features for Windows 10. Yes, I know Windows 10 is on its way out; however the customer wanted that OS. I found the patch files in an ASUS forum but the question remains is why do I have to hunt for drivers other than the manufacturers website for the mobo.? I had no choice but to install Windows 11 to solve the issue for the wifi (that patch files for BT fixed the problem, but not the wifi. You may think this is an extreme down-rating for this issue; but when you build PCs, this is the difference between a poorly ran company and a good one. I will look elsewhere for ITX mobos

Works great with my 9950X3D

There are at least two other ITX B850-sized boards; in my case, I am not able to detail full ITX usage, as I bought this board for a combination of stability and RAM overclocking.First and foremost, this motherboard does not support an Arctic Liquid Freezer III; the tubes will be hitting the NVMe heatsink block, as well as even the NVMe when the block is off. You may be able to install the pump NORTH; however, you may cause your cooler to develop bubbles or deteriorate.When it comes to overclocking RAM, this was on beta BIOS 1001 and 1002; it is able to go to its supported rate; however, it seems to be unstable, and this will depend on your CPU IMC (9800x3D here) and the RAM you are installing. I would recommend if you are buying this board for a new board, to look into 2x24 GB M-Die, which will be less intensive on the memory controller (less SoC voltage as well) and should be easier to stabilize at 8000 MHz.The features this board has does indeed beat the Gigabyte alternative and are comparable to the Asrock version, in my opinion. Due to the above issues, I cannot fully recommend the board in my use case, but I can recommend it for those who want a nice and feature-heavy board.When it comes to BIOS, ASUS is still cleaning up their AMD board's BIOS, and so my recommendation goes to the other company, Asrock. Memory training and bootup times have been faster on the competitor, while on this board they have been fairly long. Assuming you place in numbers, Asus can take up to 3 minutes even then.Unfortunately, we don't have much ITX or dual DIMM boards that are both cheap and good, but I wish anyone reading luck on their SFF builds or RAM overclocking!The build in image:9800x3dCopper Thermal Paste Guard (There is a Japanese review noting a few C lower in temps)This Board2x24gb TeamGroup Expert 7200 (@7800mhz stable, Y-cruncher, Karhu, TM5, 3h+)MSI RTX 4070 Super Gaming X SlimArctic Liquid Freezer IIIPhanteks Enthoo Pro IIDue to the motherboard and case constraint, I am also unable to install the "VRM FAN" for the AIO. It doesn't affect much other than some VRM temperatures (which are fine even without).This board is extremely powerful, and can be good if you are looking for a plug'n play!In my use case, I will most likely be returning this board.

Most of the poor reviews for this board are for issues that won’t be a problem for most users. I don’t think it deserves such a poor rating. Board has good amount of IO, 2 gen 5 nvme ssd slots, no coil whine (at least not audible above Noctua fans), and no need for the ridiculous hive module with the X series. For 95% of people, this is a better option than the X870i. Also, since this is priced similarly to the b650i, just get this one for the updates and less coil whine. Also, if you like more of a hands off approach of pc monitoring and whatnot, the ai controls are pretty decent.

After assembly, and powering on for the first time, it doesn't post. I get the solid orange LED. So now have to remove and swap around RAM slots.After several attempts, find that one of the RAM slots finally works, only to now power on and get a solid white LED and still no display.Also, the case fan doesn't power at all, can only get the heatsink and GPU fans to run.Reseated the PCIe slot, and still no change. Tried clearing CMOS (after shutting off) and still nothing.Buying this motherboard will give you headache and the need to RMA.

The good: Sound is okay even though they used the awful USB based Realtek device that will stutter if you have high latency. Not many pops or clicks. Decent selection of ports. Great 2.5gbps chip for the Ethernet.The bad: Wifi/Bluetooth through a cheap Mediatek chipset so they could save a few dollars. Some sort of awful proprietary antenna connector that no one wanted or asked for. Chipset fan that's incredibly loud, thankfully it can be disabled. An "unknown USB device (device descriptor request failed)" on my board even after all the drivers are installed.The terrible: They "closed" the monster hunter promotion 3 days before it was scheduled to closed, presumably to try and save money. They were still actively advertising the deal on every website even though they were no longer accepting the promotion. They seemed to honor it in the end if you bothered to e-mail them, but I wonder how many people just didn't get to redeem it because the website said "closed"... Very shady.This is unfortunately the "best" out of a pile of just terrible B850i boards.If you're thinking of building a new system, hold on. Both NVIDIA and AMD seem to be having absolutely terrible driver issues right now. Best case you'll get tons of stuttering/lagging/freezing in windows.