ASUS ROG Strix B650E-I Gaming WiFi AMD B650 AM5 Ryzen™ Desktop 9000 8000 & 7000 mini-ITX mITX Motherboard, 10+2 Power Stages, DDR5, 2X M.2 Slot, PCIe® 5.0, 2.5G LAN, WiFi 6E, USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type-C

Pretty much my only complaint is that it boots slow, as others have said. It takes like 5 seconds to display the BIOS, so it's really only a problem if you're going in and out of the BIOS a lot. Otherwise, it really won't bother you. But it probably will bother you if you need to do extensive BIOS troubleshooting. I only had to go into the BIOS a few times and was getting annoyed.I also didn't know that with AM5 the backplate is typically attached to the board, so I bought the wrong heatsink at first. Just make sure you buy a heatsink that is made to attach to the AM5 bracket and doesn't REQURE it's own (like some do), and you'll be fine with this board.If you don't know these things ahead of time, it can be a pain, though.Also, remember to pair this with a CPU that has enough lanes to support a full x16 graphics card and NVME drive, or the GPU may run at half speed.I paired this with the 7950X3D and a AXP120-X67 Air Cooler, and RTX 4070 12GB (I get like 20K in Time Spy, so it's not a bad board).That's about it, I think. Oh, and the onboard Bluetooth sucks (but it does on most motherboards, from my experience -- they really need to put in better adapters, IMO).It's a good board, but DOES boot kind of slow, but it's only a problem if you go into the BIOS a lot or start having problems and need to start doing that.Oh, and I almost forgot -- Windows 11 setup didn't recognize the network adapter right away (which is a problem during setup because it needs a network).So, I had to enter special commands during setup (found online in Microsoft's help docs or Google).It probably deserves a star off for it booting slow and the network adapter not working during Windows 11 setup, but since I had zero problems with it other than that, I'll give it a 5 just because it works so well than those two things (besides those two things I'm very happy with it, and I even bought another which I just put together).

win11 installed.Armoury crated install , had no issue with all the driver updated. wifi 7 ran fine. Hand down the best ITX motherboard for am5

First of all, after reading some reviews where it appears people would report issues with not being able to POST the first time around, etc... I preemptively cleared the CMOS/BIOS memory prior to starting my build. This is one of those things that should always be done with a brand new motherboard, but one doesn't always remember to do so. Since they undergo QC testing, it is entirely possible the loaded profile/timings from the memory installed during testing might still be lingering, which could cause conflicts with your specific configuration.That out of the way, I am beyond impressed with this board. It is beautiful to look at and very well built. There has been critique over the choice of VRM hardware but I believe this won't be an issue for the vast majority of those looking to put this into an SFF build since keeping things cool and quiet will be a priority, and thus they might not push this thing to its limits (not to say this can't handle it...just less likely it will be placed in that situation). However, do your own due diligence and decide if this could be an issue for you. I don't know how much weight and validity the critiques have and the phase configuration seems appropriate for the intended purpose.My B550-I Gaming is paired up with a 3700X and Corsair Vengeance LPX 3600mhz CL16 memory. They are a true trifecta. I also added a Samsung PM981 M.2 NVMe SSD, taking advantage of the heatsink design this board provides. If you're trying to build the basis for an Xbox Series X'esque build, that is as close as you can get, sans the choice of GPU. Speaking of, due to the current GPU shortage craze, it is temporarily housing an RX 580 8GB during testing, but soon a 1080 Ti I have in another system at the moment. I'm a bit of an agnostic double-agent when it comes to hardware vendors.This has been running 100% stable and I have not encountered a single issue with the configuration. I did notice that the XMP profile isn't loaded by default (that's usually the case with most motherboards, but I've seen them load up on their own in the past), so be sure to go into the Ai Tweaker area of your BIOS and set things accordingly.All in all, very please with this purchase.