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Shawn A.

Shawn A.

Joined on 11/25/09

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Most Favorable Review

Runs great

MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T OC
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T OC

Pros: Price, performance, no coil whine. HUGE upgrade from my GTX 260.

Cons: None that I've found so far.

11/25/2014
Most Critical Review

Nice design, bad execution

ASUS ROG Strix B650E-E Gaming WiFi AMD B650 AM5 Ryzen™ Desktop 9000 8000 & 7000 ATX motherboard, 16+2 power stages, DDR5, 3x M.2 slot, PCIe® 5.0, WiFi 6E, 2.5G LAN, USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type-C®, Aura Sync)
ASUS ROG Strix B650E-E Gaming WiFi AMD B650 AM5 Ryzen™ Desktop 9000 8000 & 7000 ATX motherboard, 16+2 power stages, DDR5, 3x M.2 slot, PCIe® 5.0, WiFi 6E, 2.5G LAN, USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type-C®, Aura Sync)

Pros: Great look and features.

Cons: Motherboard is on the newest BIOS and had a 7700x installed. It will fail to post about 4 out of every 9 reboots and I have to clear the CMOS for it to post again. It won't show any Q codes on boot, it just spins the fans up and does nothing. There are no custom setting in the bios either. I replaced the CMOS battery and it acts the same way. This motherboard should run flawlessly for $350. Also the Asus Armory crate software needs to go. Its bloatware and junk.

Overall Review: I have been an Asus fan for years. Expected great things from this board and was left extremely disappointed. I returned the board and I'm now using an Asrock B650E Tachi for the same price. It has been rock solid and no bloatware.