ASUS outs ROG STRIX B550-A GAMINGwith Intel 2.5G LAN

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 09/10/2020 08:47 AM | source: | 10 comment(s)

The AMD B550 gaming motherboard dubbed ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING will be fitted with 2.5 gigabit LAN (Intel I225-V) and become available from September 11th.

The power circuit, M.2 SSD, and chipset are equipped with a silver heat sink. The rear interface shroud and pre-installed I / O shield are both unified in white. The main specifications are DDR4 x4 (maximum 128GB) memory slot, M.2 x 2, storage SATA3.0 (6Gbps) x6, expansion slot PCI-Express4.0 (x16) x1, PCI-Express3.0 (x4 / x16 shape) x1, PCI-Express3.0 (x1) x3, equipped with 12 + 2 phase DIGI + power supply.

The audio circuit is 8ch HD audio "ROG Supreme FX" by S1220A, and a header for Thunderbolt is also prepared.

Related Stories

ASUS Outs Pro WS X299 SAGE II Workstation motherboard with 7 PCIe Slots - 08/27/2020 08:10 AM
A workstation motherboard that uses the Intel X299 chipset. The socket is LGA2066, the form factor is CEB (305mmx267mm), and the CPU is compatible with the Core X series with 6 or more cores priced at...

ASUS Outs new TUF Series Bronze Certified power Supplies - 08/10/2020 08:34 AM
ASUS last week released some new STRIX power supplies, this week you may add some TUF series as well, the new PSUs carry an 80-plus Bronze certification. ...

ASUS Outs four ROG Strix series full modular GOLD power supplies - 08/07/2020 09:14 AM
ASUS releases four new PSU models all sitting in their ROG Strix range, these are 80 PLUS GOLD series certified power supply units, including an nice white edition....

ASUS Outs Vivo AiO V222 FAK AIO Windows 10 PC - 08/07/2020 09:09 AM
Today ASUS offers a petite Vivo AiO V222 FAK all-in-one PC. Too bad it's only Full HD, but we do like the looks of that. The unit uses a narrow frame design with a bezel width of 7 mm. ...

ASUS Outs New AGESA Firmware To optimize Ryzen 3000XT processors - 07/08/2020 08:40 AM
ASUS today announced that the new BIOS with AMD AGESA 1.0.0.2 update for X570 and B550 series motherboards are now available for download....

2 pages 1 2

rl66
Senior Member

Posts: 3374
Joined: 2007-05-31

#5828055 Posted on: 09/10/2020 10:15 AM

Intel are nice in lan... very compatible with everything too.

Pictus
Senior Member

Posts: 189
Joined: 2015-03-20

#5828469 Posted on: 09/11/2020 04:48 AM

Intel are nice in lan... very compatible with everything too.

But not the Intel Foxville i225, but by the date they probably will be using the chip version #3, bug free.
https://www.reddit.com/r/intel/comments/gp2okm/intel-25g-lan-issue-impacted-models/?sort=new

Venix
Senior Member

Posts: 2419
Joined: 2016-08-01

#5828583 Posted on: 09/11/2020 12:29 PM

What's wrong with the realtek ones? It is a category i never paid much attention but i never really encounter any problems with realtek .... although by reputation alone if i am 50-50 on an offering and one has intel lan i would get the intel one, but my question is this ...what makes it better than the realtek one , was i just lucky to never get problems ?

wavetrex
Senior Member

Posts: 1455
Joined: 2008-07-16

#5828597 Posted on: 09/11/2020 01:41 PM

- Realtek 8125 is running out of buffers if doing very intense UDP traffic and just freezes (followed by a driver reset and loss of connection)
- (earlier?) Intel i225 versions are bugged and sometimes fails to see the link at all, or just loses connection for no reason

This generation of 2.5G chips is borked... hopefully in 2021 we'll have proper stable 2500Base-T NICs...
I learned to deal with mine, but it's still annoying.

Oh, and 2.5G switches are still as rare as leprechauns...

Pictus
Senior Member

Posts: 189
Joined: 2015-03-20

#5828699 Posted on: 09/11/2020 05:51 PM

- Realtek 8125 is running out of buffers if doing very intense UDP traffic and just freezes (followed by a driver reset and loss of connection)

Overheating?
From https://www.reddit.com/r/sffpc/comments/i56htd/pushing-1g-over-gigabyte-b550i-25g-realtek/g0nioyl?utm-source=share&utm-medium=web2x&context=3
"If the RTL8125 is dropping connection due to overheating it may be relatively easy to fix the issue by sticking a thermal pad on it. It’s on the back side of the B550I board under the back plate but it’s not touching it, there is an air gap."

2 pages 1 2

Post New Comment

Click here to post a comment for this news story on the message forum.