ASUS STRIX B550-I Gaming review - Product Showcase

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The boards are based upon 10 virtual phases (8+2), cooled by aluminum heat sinks. The front-facing VRM heatsink at the Io bracket has a small fan, we have nog heard it once or see it activated really. The motherboard offers an Intel 2.5 G Ethernet jack(Intel I225-V) controller and AX wifi, with an Intel Wi-Fi 6 wireless (Intel AX200). The Mini ITX motherboard offers 1x PCIe 4.0 x16, 1x M.2/M-Key (PCIe 4.0 x4/SATA, 2280/2260), 1x M.2/M-Key (PCIe 3.0 x4/SATA, 2280/2260, backside). There are four SATA ports (RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 array support).  On the rear IO you'll spot 1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.2, 1x USB-C 3.1 (B550), 3x USB-A 3.1 (B550), 1x USB-C 2.0, 1x USB-A 2.0, 1x 2.5GBase-T (Intel I225-V), 3x jack. The onboard audio based on Realtek ALC1220 HD audio codec. You will spot a HDMI video outputs, and a BIOS Flashback button (an awesome feature that updates firmware without memory, processor, and graphics card installed).  This motherboard has been fitted with 1x 32MB (256Mb).