Pros: Works as advertised: fast and dense storage. Worked in both my Canon SD700IS & Palm Treo 700p. Lifetime warranty.

Cons: None?

Pros: Great feature set; Crossfire/SLI with 8x on each slot

Cons: Bad BIOS version F10?

Overall Review: I had this board for almost a year, before I finally got around to using it. I had the board rev 1.0, which NewEgg might not be selling anymore. Anyways, I installed Windows and was up and running great! I then noticed there was a new F10 BIOS, so updated it. Things still were fine. I then added two cards in crossfire, and things got weird. I had BSODs, drivers were not being found for USB 3 (even though they were installed properly before) and the Intel Management Engine Interface (MEI) was not starting (exclamation point in device manager). I tried fresh windows install, on-board graphics, reinstalled Intel MEI, etc. but still had flaky operation. I then remember the BIOS update to F10, and noticed that the description mentions MEI. I downgrade to F9 BIOS, and just like that, no problems! Cards in crossfire, running Furmark at 100% per card with Prime95 running on all four cores of i5-2500k. Whew, finally! Just not sure what that F10 bios was doing to me, but be warned.

Pros: - For the price, one of the better AM5 motherboards - Heavy and well built! - Q-Flash button on back - Four SYS_FAN headers, and one CPU_OPT

Cons: - Even though one of the better priced AM5 motherboard, still expensive! - Only four SATA ports - Small scratches / scuffs on heatsinks out of the box - No manual! Come on, man!

Overall Review: Deciding to bypass the X670/X670E motherboards that cost > $300, I waited for the B650 models to arrive. Unfortunately, the prices are still high! Gigabyte has a DS3H uATX model for $160, while these normally go for well under $100. So I settled on the B650 AORUS ELITE AX, as it offered the best features and looks versus the competitors. So still expensive, but the best of the over-priced AM5 motherboards! ;-) Upon taking it out of the box, it is heavy, so certainly has a qualify feel to it. Lots of heatsinks and metal on it, versus plastic. Five fan headers, distributed nicely. Two 3-pin ARGB headers, also at top / bottom of mobo. Three M.2 slots, all with heatsinks. There is a Q-Flash button on the back, which isn't important currently as the BIOS is up to date for Zen4 CPUs. However, I have recently found it useful for two motherboards that wouldn't POST, but would take a BIOS flash via Q-Flash. So good for future-proofing. Plenty of USB ports on back, including TypeC. Also a TypeC front panel header, which it should be noted most B550 AORUS boards lacked. What surprised me on inspection is that there were a few scuffs / scratches on the heatsinks, which must have gotten there at the factory, as the motherboard was sealed in anti-static bag. Not really noticeable once installed in a case or with a large GPU installed, but still...this shouldn't be there for a premium motherboard. Installed a Ryzen 7 7700X CPU, a Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE CPU Cooler, Samsung 980 PRO 1TB Gen4x4 NVMe SSD and G.Skill RipJaws S5 5200MHz CL40 DDR5 RAM. Initial boot up time was over a minute, with multiple restarts. After that, boot time was normal for a motherboard, not like what I have been reading about some AM5 mobos. I updated to the beta F3b, as it had quite a bit of changes from the F2. BIOS version F1 was pre-installed. It was a slow process, but completed just fine. Install Win11 Pro x64 ver. 22H2, and it went smoothly. Gigabyte Control Center pops-up to install automatically, which I allowed. I then used it to install all the necessary drivers and RGB Fusion (for RGB control). There was also a chipset firmware update which I ran within windows, which opens a primitive pop-up window to run the update. All in all, the install went fine with no issues at all. Note that I wasn't pushing the limits of the DDR5 RAM, as I only had two sticks and they are running at slower 5200MHz CL40. I don't have more RAM to install to test the limits of the mobo/CPU. So overall, quite happy with the purchase. The only reason I gave it 4 starts instead of 5 was due to the cost of the motherboard. So not a great value compared to B550, but decent value relative to other B650 motherboards.

Pros: - Supports 9th generation Intel CPUs (not all Z370s will do this) - Built-in Wifi - Decent VRMs - USB 3.1 Gen2 Type C on back - Appears very similar to ASRock Z370 PRO4

Cons: - No M.2 screws included (in my situation) - Only DVI port on the rear - No support or BIOS updates readily available

Overall Review: This appears to be a custom motherboard designed by ASRock for iBuyPower pre-built PCs. But if you look closely at the motherboard, it looks nearly identical to the ASRock Z370 PRO4. The differences are DVI port on the Z370/OEM (vs HDMI, DVI + VGA) and Wifi/BT (vs. none). So assuming you are adding a graphics card, this motherboard is actually better. The motherboard came in a generic white box, with I/O shield, wifi antennas and a simple manual. Mine didn't come with any M.2 screws, so wasn't able to use either of the two M.2 slots. Not sure if this is the same for all, or just an issue with mine. Installed Windows 10 with no issues. I went to the web-site for ASRock Z370 PRO4 and downloaded all the drivers from there. Also used Intel Driver and Support Assistant to install a few other Intel drivers. Wifi worked great. XMP 3200MHz for the RAM with an i5-9600k worked great as well. I was very happy that the BIOS version L0.01 (7/17/19) supported Intel 9th generation CPUs out of the box. Not sure how to update the BIOS in the future, as there is no support provided. I'd have given this 5-stars if there was more support - dedicated site to download drivers and BIOS updates. So if your a first time builder, just be aware of this, and hopefully my tips can help. UPDATE: After 4-months, or just after the 90-day refurbished warranty, the motherboard died! Stay away from this product. Shame on ASRock / NewEgg selling this product!

Pros: - Nice color scheme and board layout - Heatsink for two NVMe SSDs - USB 3.2 on back and on-board header (for port on front of supporting case) - Easy to navigate BIOS - Fast Boot - XMP 3600MHz CL18 worked - Decent built-in RGB and headers

Cons: - Missing power/reset buttons (space is there, but no buttons!) - No WiFi (but it can be added, though not sure where to get a kit - mini PCIe WiFi, antennas and cables) - Not sure how to turn of RGB when system is asleep or turned off - Expensive relative to B450, but that is common for all brands

Overall Review: Full disclosure: "This review for ASRock review rebate program." But that doesn't alter my review. Was looking for a decent featured B550 ATX motherboard, that was cheaper than X570, and had USB 3.2 mobo header and ports on back. Wanted ARGB / RGB headers. Didn't care about wifi, but wanted an upgrade path. Wanted one that wasn't just black, but a tad bit different. This model fit all those requirements. Install Ryzen 9 3900X CPU, Noctua NH-D15 CPU Cooler and Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO 32GB 3200MHz CL16 RAM. System booted to BIOS fairly quickly, updated BIOS and set XMP. Installed windows 10 with no issues, and have stress tested with no issues. Enabled PBO, which only made a 100-200MHz difference, but benchmark scores were higher. Satisfied with the quality of the board. The BIOS is easy to navigate. Disabling the RGB when the computer is asleep / turned off is not obvious. I fiddled with a few options, one of it being wake on LAN, and then RGB was off.

Pros: - Great value - Decent feature set + appearance - works with 2933MHz RAM - USB 3.1 Type C

Cons: - Sloooow boot - Silly slow wake from sleep/standby - Restart to UEFI doesn't work

Overall Review: First off, full disclosure: "This review for ASRock review rebate program." My initial impressions with this board are good. I installed a Ryzen 5 1600 CPU and some Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) 3000MHz RAM, and it worked off the bat with the XMP for 2933MHz. This is with latest (as of 8/13/17) P3.00 BIOS. This same set of RAM failed miserably in more expensive ASUS STRIX X370-F and B350-F motherboards (by fail, I mean strange stability issues). The RAM speed was correctly reported by both CPU-Z and Ryzen Master. I ran Prime95, using 6.5GB of RAM for 2-hours w/out issues. Did not try over-clocking, as I am just trying to insure stability. Note that Windows 7 will likely not work with this board and Ryzen CPUs. You get a pop-up message from Microsoft indicating incompatibility (same for 7th gen Intel). I ended up upgrading to Win10, so it wasn't an issue. Now for the negatives! The boot time is extremely slow, using latest P3.00 BIOS. From a cold boot or restart, it takes a full 25-sec before you get a POST beep and display. Thereafter, it is extremely fast to get to windows desktop. So total time from colt boot to desktop is 35-sec! Ouch! Ultra Fast Boot setting makes no difference. Matter of fact, do *not* use Ultra Fast Boot with this version of BIOS (have not tried older version yet)! If you do, you won't be able to get into BIOS unless you do a CMOS reset! They provide a windows utility called RestartToUEFI, which allows you to select to enter UEFI on next boot, but it doesn't work! System restarts right away, but skips going into BIOS. For now, I have skipped Ultra Fast Boot, particularly as it does nothing to speed up the boot time. On a similar vein, typically when you put your computer to sleep, it only take a few seconds to wake back up. However, with this board, it take a full 35-sec before you get the login screen!! I have tried various settings, and nothing helps. Updated nvidia drives for GTX 1060 as well. No good. The slooooow boot is actually faster than the wake from sleep, which is ridiculous! So bottom line, if you don't care about fast boot, wake from sleep, and RestartToUEFI utility, then this motherboard is great and very stable. As I said, no overclocking attempted yet, so no comments on how well it might before. Hopefully, there is a subsequent BIOS update which will address these issues, or I find some workarounds.

Shipped within the stated shipping time, but they changed the tracking number twice. First was a FedEx number, then a TBA#. It shows up out of the blue, and the tracking was never updated. Just be patient with any orders!

Shipped quickly and arrived exactly as advertised.