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Mini ITX ASUS ROG STRIX B350-I Gaming Motherboard
Maybe a bit late to the market, but most definitely appealing, check out the AMD Ryzen ASUS ROG STRIX B350-I Gaming motherboard. A Swedish retailer, Inet has listed a new Asus Strix B350 ITX motherboard.
What's intersting is that this motherboard has a peculiar setup, check just above the PCI Express x16 slot, there is a daughterboard containing the soundcard it seems. The 17cmx17cm mobo also holds an M.2 slot with cooler. The board costs about 229$
- Number of M.2: 2 (So apparently this board has two M.2 ports. I wonder if the second is on the back)
- USB 2.0 (Internal): 2
- USB 3.1 (Internal) Gen 1: 2
- USB 3.1 (External) Gen 1: 4
- USB 3.1 (External) Gen 2: 2
The B350 chipset based unit can house AMD AM4 processors as well as up to 32 gigabytes of DDR4 3200 MHz (OC) DDR4. It has four SATA 6.0 Gbit/s headers and thus the two M.2 slots, you'll spot Gigabit ethernet as well as built-in wifi, and SupremeFX 8-Channel High Definition Audio.
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#5478484 Posted on: 10/04/2017 06:12 PM
the B series is just fine for itx as there is no possibility of sli or x-fire in this form factor anyways.
now if MSI comes out with its "gaming" series am4 itx, that would make 3 decent itx am4 boards (Asus, Asrock, & maybe MSI).
Yes - the B350 is pretty good for ITX. A little overkill, due to the extra PCIe lanes, but at least it isn't a total waste like the X370. In case you're not aware, there is a Gigabyte board, too, which seems to be great in every way except board layout. But, the Asrock board layout isn't all that great either. Though I have liked every MSI product I used, they seem to really be losing touch with what consumers actually want. They have way too many full ATX boards when there's a significant demand for smaller ones.
maybe the mobo manufacturers are waiting for the ryzen apu's, as that would put them on a 1:1 with Intel's 7 and 5 series.
At first, I think it was more a matter of cost. ITX boards are more expensive to manufacture, since they tend to have components soldered on both sides, and they're probably more difficult to design due to the cramped layout. From what I recall during the release day of Ryzen, Asus and MSI had no public plans to support ITX in 2017, while Gigabyte and Asrock were being vague about it, and Biostar was trying to be the first to release one. This leads me to believe some of the bigger companies were probably like "let's wait and see if Ryzen ends up being a success before we spend too much time and money into making this". Gigabyte and Asrock probably thought it was worth spending the money to design their boards early on, but held off on manufacturing in case Ryzen flopped. I get the impression Asus didn't even start designing one until after Ryzen 5. MSI seems totally oblivious to the ITX market.
the B series is just fine for itx as there is no possibility of sli or x-fire in this form factor anyways.
now if MSI comes out with its "gaming" series am4 itx, that would make 3 decent itx am4 boards (Asus, Asrock, & maybe MSI).
Yes - the B350 is pretty good for ITX. A little overkill, due to the extra PCIe lanes, but at least it isn't a total waste like the X370. In case you're not aware, there is a Gigabyte board, too, which seems to be great in every way except board layout. But, the Asrock board layout isn't all that great either. Though I have liked every MSI product I used, they seem to really be losing touch with what consumers actually want. They have way too many full ATX boards when there's a significant demand for smaller ones.
maybe the mobo manufacturers are waiting for the ryzen apu's, as that would put them on a 1:1 with Intel's 7 and 5 series.
At first, I think it was more a matter of cost. ITX boards are more expensive to manufacture, since they tend to have components soldered on both sides, and they're probably more difficult to design due to the cramped layout. From what I recall during the release day of Ryzen, Asus and MSI had no public plans to support ITX in 2017, while Gigabyte and Asrock were being vague about it, and Biostar was trying to be the first to release one. This leads me to believe some of the bigger companies were probably like "let's wait and see if Ryzen ends up being a success before we spend too much time and money into making this". Gigabyte and Asrock probably thought it was worth spending the money to design their boards early on, but held off on manufacturing in case Ryzen flopped. I get the impression Asus didn't even start designing one until after Ryzen 5. MSI seems totally oblivious to the ITX market.
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#5478553 Posted on: 10/04/2017 09:55 PM
I second this, just looked at it a little more today and only con about the Gigabyte opposed to this for me is that it lacks a second m.2 slot but honestly, i wouldnt need 2 as ill most likely be saving cash on m.2 drives to get a larger capacity SSD.
In case you're not aware, there is a Gigabyte board, too, which seems to be great in every way except board layout
I second this, just looked at it a little more today and only con about the Gigabyte opposed to this for me is that it lacks a second m.2 slot but honestly, i wouldnt need 2 as ill most likely be saving cash on m.2 drives to get a larger capacity SSD.
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#5478598 Posted on: 10/05/2017 03:17 AM
the gigabyte is a non starter for me due to horrible layout and thin pcb. plus by the time i fixed up the living room htpc gigabyte will have gone and changed the board. they do that way too much post review... at least for the last three years, and at least in the u.s.
so i will buy a gigabyte videocard where any deviation from spec is noticeable, plus their aib's have been pretty good.
i kind of think the whole "aorus" brand is a way to move away from the trashed mobo reputation.
so when i say three decent itx am4 boards (if MSI gets it together) i was pretty serious.
the gigabyte is a non starter for me due to horrible layout and thin pcb. plus by the time i fixed up the living room htpc gigabyte will have gone and changed the board. they do that way too much post review... at least for the last three years, and at least in the u.s.
so i will buy a gigabyte videocard where any deviation from spec is noticeable, plus their aib's have been pretty good.
i kind of think the whole "aorus" brand is a way to move away from the trashed mobo reputation.
so when i say three decent itx am4 boards (if MSI gets it together) i was pretty serious.
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its about freakin' time.
while the price is about $50-75 too high, i'm very glad to see a decent am4 board in itx. the B series is just fine for itx as there is no possibility of sli or x-fire in this form factor anyways.
now if MSI comes out with its "gaming" series am4 itx, that would make 3 decent itx am4 boards (Asus, Asrock, & maybe MSI).
maybe the mobo manufacturers are waiting for the ryzen apu's,
as that would put them on a 1:1 with Intel's 7 and 5 series.