Well, to be fair Bitwit has a low production quality, and does lackluster testing. On the other hand, HWC has makes great cinematic videos with all the information you want to know! Optimum tech is a HWC, not a Bitwit.
I went out and bought one 4 hours after seeing this video. You had me sold. Also, you should do an update video with this board, the newest bios update, and overclocking numbers with Ryzen to show how far the AM4 platform has matured. Would be a very interesting update. I also really want to see the details of this board’s overclocking menu options while I wait for mine to arrive 😭
Sometimes it fails to apply the settings I changed in the BIOS and applies them after a failed boot attempt it also sometimes fails to apply the timings for the memory i manually entered. The offset voltage control is also not particularly great, but I heard it's kinda bad on any b350 board. Those are not considered a deal breaker for me tho because I would have to pay like 150$ more for a decent x370 board in my country so naturally I went for this board.
Hey man, I just built my PC about a week ago with the exact same board, nod I don#t know what your RAM speed is but could you perhaps in God's name tell me how I'm supposed to OC my HyperX Predator RAM to 3200mhz? It just keeps restarting on me everytime I apply the settings.
Posh Cheeky Twat I didnt, and im sort of confused as AFAIK there is no specific 'XMP' option on an ASUS motherboard. I'm using an ASUS bios for the first time so...
Nicolas Gašparović Look for AI Tweaker(iirc) and anything XMP. Been on a Gigabyte board for too long and can't remember the exact details. You'll have only one option under the XMP drop-down besides auto, so select the opposite.
Bought this board for my first ever self build a couple of weeks ago pairing it with a Ryzen 5 1600! Looks Awesome in my Phanteks Pro M Glass! Great video btw!
This thing flew under the radar back then and I picked it up while everyone was focusing on the higher end boards and such. I got it for less than £100 it's now 5 years later and it's about to recieve support for Ryzen 5000 series xD. Epic Win!
I made a $400 mistake when I bought two kits that didn't work with my motherboard because I kept trusting theoretical builds that people wouldn't test. 😓
No matter what you do - " Corsair 3000 Mhz 16GB " kit will be your best bet. Cheapest of them all. Best latency. 100% compatible with this MB. I have mine running at 3066 Mhz. Mega RAM for mega value
Been loving this board. Overclocked my 1600x to 4ghz and even though I messed up and got pc-3000 ram that wasn't on the QVL, I could still get it running stable at 3133mhz.
I still run this board with Ryzen 2700x (precision boost enabled), RTX 2080 Ti and 2866 Mhz RAM, It works great. I bought it on August 2017 with Ryzen 1600 and RTX 1060 and upgraded in 2018. I can't really find any reasons for upgrade atm, evey BIOS update is very smoth, system is stable when gaming, I'm positivly surprised considering that Vcore VRM is rather poor
That's the perfect MB for me. I want to build a nice, flashy PC, with AURA sync, RGB strips and fans, but I don't want to spend 250$ on a MB. Pure perfection from ASUS
You cannot rely on QVL list alone. Most vendors don't test ALL available types of RAM modules in each motherboard model. So if a particular model is not on the QVL doesn't mean it has been tested and didn't worked. It means usually just that it hasn't been tested. An example i've had recently in a system i've build for a client. The Asus B350 Strix-F didn't mentioned the G.Skill Aegis 3000MHz as compatible in the QVL for 3GHz modules, but works like a charm. 100% stable (Memtest86+ pass).
I just bought this board and I got to say I like the fast bios update was having a problem with memory and windows 8.1 but just recently posted a fix for this board. Talk about timing I spent 3 days trying to load into my os.
I can only hope it goes well, I am glad I looked at the approved ram and used it to pick my ram sticks, I just hope ti will reach the 3200 speed as it's what i got for it. Now I waiting for the heatsink hardware so I can use my current heatsink and away I go. I've always had good luck with ASUS Motherboards and I am glad this model is well received by the reviews.
I bought this board a year ago and still haven't got it up and running . Had to put a stop on the cash flow for a bit . Now I'm ready to go and gen 3 ryzen are a month or so away. I guess i 'm waiting longer.
Great review of this board but Newegg reviewers do not seem to have favorable things to say. I am finding it hard to make a choice from about 5 different boards.
If I'm to get a Ryzen, this one is the my top pick (140EUR, though). But it's a real damn shame it doesn't really match with my MSI 1060 Gaming X. The gunmetal grey doesn't fit that well with the black and red theme of an MSI card. But the nice feature on this board is that the two top PCIe ports are both reinforced, so I can put my card in the second x8 slot, thus showing off that gorgeous chipset design. Populating a x8 slot instead of a x16 slot only reduces performance by 0.5 to 1%. Barely noticeable. Steve from Gamers Nexus tested this.
They are physically x16 slots, yes. But the bottom can run only up to x8 when it's the only one populated, or x4 if the top is populated too. These are B350 boards, they don't support (via software) more than one x16 pcie port. Physically they are indeed the real deal, but it's disabled in the BIOS. Same with the bottom pcie 2.0 x16. As seen in the BIOS, it can only run in x2 or x4, even though it's advertised as x16. Manufacturers advertise the size based on the physical size of the port, not how many lanes are connected.
Not gonna lie, the only reason I bought this motherboard was because of the way it looks. Also AURA Sync. Currently have it paired with a Ryzen 1600 OC'd to 3.8Ghz, no complaints whatsoever.
This motherboard is well built. It is capable of running 16 GB Corsair ram at 2666 It is easy to adjust the bios settings to meet your needs. I have been running this motherboard since August 2017 Overall a great board
You are wrong. Not both slots are running 3.0 x16. Their physical size iz x16 but electrically only first one runs x16 while second one runs x4. B350 does not support double x16
I personally have the asrock fata1ty b350 k4 . It's a great. Board. With a ryzen 1200 oc to 3.8 with 1.3125v I am getting max 52c package temps. 35c on CPU using cooler master master 240.
Hello sir i am building a pc now and i am going for the 1700 and a B350 motherboard.. Do you think is gonna be ok ? Should i go for an X370 (like an Aorus k5 which is 15 euros more ) ? i dont really care for the SLI since the prices on the Gpu's are to the top now and i can only afford to get one. If you could answer me quick i would be very happy :P I am building it in 5 days so i am in a little bit of a rush...
Thanks for the review; i've about decided to get this one and pair it with the rysen 1500X. With my puny RX560 GPU, and 16gb of ram, i should be okay for triple a games, yeah?
For anyone with this board I recommend reading through this ROG Forum: rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?94642-ROG-STRIX-B350-F-GAMING-issues&highlight=B350 Lots of user feedback regarding capability, issues and solutions. You will find useful guides on overcklocking both the CPU and RAM, particularly RAM that is not yet on the QVL list.
Yeah I stuck with this board and they finally updated there bios in May 2022 now I’ve got the Ryzen 5 5600x in it with ballistix 3200mhz cl16 8x4 32gb and I can now oc the ram past 3200mhz got it stable at 3400mhz pretty sure I could push it to 3600mhz but I’m happy now esp with that new bios they released.
B350-F in an S340 Elite you say? I just happen to be planning a Ryzen 1300x B350-F build with an S340 Elite. Really excited, won't be ordering parts for at least a few weeks.
So I bought Dual Rank 2666 Ram and it only seems to run at 2400 according to the QVL, but DR is faster than SR and it was the cheapest DIMM so I didn't really make a huge mistake I guess lol
These board will support And Ryzen 2400g directly. Or first we have to update it's bios with Ryzen 1 generation processors. Then it will work. plz reply
PopularMods12345 Go on google and google asus rog strix b350-f cpu compatability and the page should come up. I’ll check for you since I have my page open. Edit: Yes, I think that it works. I’ve checked the page so I’m not 100% sure but you can go to the page. The one there is like 3.4GHz, 95W, yeah yeah yeah.
Sorry but the flarex from g.skill is the only kit wich works 3066mhz default docp on this mobo with 4dimms. But not 3200. I bought flarex which is not in qvl but no problem at all. Though very costly. Hope soon it will support 3200 for flarex without tweaking
@Optimum Tech Hello there! I bought this motherboard, and i really love it! BUT, i have a concern. In the MoBo manual it says that it has two 16x PCI-e slots. So i plugged my GPU in the 2nd slot because of that rgb heatsink with strix logo. Because of the aesthetics. But when i open GPU-Z it says that gpu is plugged into 16x slot but running at 4x (PCI-E 16x @4x). Then i plugged it into the first slot, and GPU-Z shows PCI-E 16x @16x I was wondering if there's any difference? Why would it cut down the speed of that slot if only one GPU is used? I am using GTX 1050 TI Gigabyte OC Windforce X2, it as 6pin connector, and runs somewhere in between 1860-1890 MHz. And also, I've managed to overclock my Corsair LPX Vengeance 2x4GB 3000MHz to 3200 MHz, and it's working stable. How's that even possible? I'm running a Ryzen 7 1700 on this MoBo, with factory cooler, Wraith Spire LED, and i left it at 3.5GHz because of the temperatures. Any suggestions about that? About voltage, frequency etc..
It's all fun and games but my msi b350 tomahawk overclocks my R7 1700 to 4.1ghz and although I like the RGB-ness of the Strix, I'm not sure anything else can pull the same, plus it has more fan connectors =/
These reviewers never talk about memory ... The memory of this card only goes up to 2666 mhz without overclocking and the ryzen 3 goes up to 2933 mhz. You have to do OC on the board to operate in 2933 or the ryzen releases the motherboard to use the factory 2933 ??? PFV ANSWER THIS BECAUSE I DON'T SEE THIS ANYWHERE!
I have a question what is better .To keep my old r9 270x 2GB and get ryzen 5 1600 (not only for gaming...i am going to use it for streamming and photoshop) or to get gtx 1060 3GB and ryzen 5 1400 and use it for the same tasks.
hey man you said the strix b350 f gaming only supported ram up to 3200mhz but in my bios list mine lists speeds all the way up to like 4000mhz... now that said i did update the bios to the newest version when i built it back in march 2018 think im running version 3908 or 3809 or something like that lol id have to look and im not powering down just to do that atm but my build and i have a ryzen 5 1600, asus b350 f gaming, gskill ripjaws 4series 3000mhz (the blue set btw) overclocked to 3200mhz at 1.35volts (had to lower the timings one level to get that stable but all good i think, it handled prime95 mem test for about 6.5hrs and no issues there) also got the msi 1050ti 4gt oc gpu, and a seagate firecuda 1tb hybrid hard drive. tbh i didnt do as thorough of a job on my homework before pulling the trigger on this build but being my first build and step into pc gaming and tech i am pretty happy with the results thus far. i even had the cpu overclocked to 3.9ghz at 1.4volts even got 3.95ghz stable for some benchmarks on my quest for a 4.0ghz clock but unfortunatley that just wasnt meant to be with my chip the 3.95 was with 1.45 volts and i didnt feel comfortable pushing higher then that even just for 10mins to put in some benchmark test results online :( btw i have the corsair h100i v2 aio liquid cooler i def wasnt doing those clock speeds with the stock fan.
I pulled the trigger on asus b350 plus. Yeah, i saved some money but i have strix gpu and i cannot sync it, i dont have that nice supremeFX audio and that awesome look, but i dont wanna take my pc apart to swap my mobo
At my local store, the Asus B350-F Strix costs around 20$ more than the Asrock X370 Fatal1ty Gaming K4 Which one should I get? (I don't plan on doing an SLI setup)
Board is nice, but it's major features are LEDs. For the price, Asrock X370 is going to be much better choice. X370 boards have much better power section. Anyway, nice review - keep up a good work!
Among B350 - yup, but for similar price you can get ASRock X370 Gaming K4, and this is one of best medium range motherboards, with X370 Taichi at total top. For 4.0 Ghz on Ryzen, I would sugest X370 board (can be MSI if you like it, I think they went down with quality last years, same as Gigabyte) or your power section would be hot as hell. Here you can actually see the temps on VRM section, compare Pro Carbon to Taichi. MSI can't match Asrock. MSI www.tweaktown.com/reviews/8175/msi-x370-gaming-pro-carbon-motherboard-review/index10.html Asrock www.tweaktown.com/reviews/8099/asrock-x370-taichi-amd-motherboard-review/index10.html
X370 boards have better VRM section than B350 boards. Just because of it for OC I recommend X370. And new Asrock boards are insane value - had few in hands, builded few systems with Asrock - they are now best choice along with ASUS.
Can someone tell me if these specs will well work. Asus rog strix b350 f Ryzen 3 1200 (planning to upgrade to ryzen 7 1700) Gtx 1060 6gb 8 GB ddr4 corsair lpx at 2666mhz Also will this board fit in the nzxt h500 case? I'm asking because I'm new to PC building I've had gaming PCs in the past but never built one. Thank you.
Wow, 4.0GHz on only 1.36v? Pretty good, considering some need to crank it up to 1.425v on other cheaper boards. A comparion between the three most popular high end B350 boards would be nice though, i.e. the gigabyte gaming 3; MSI b350 gaming pro carbon; and this one.
I need a b350 board under 100$ wit the best overclocking performance for a ryzen 5 1600. Everything else is not interesting for me. So which one should I choose?
I have been using Intel from past 20 years. I have no clue about amd ryzen. I don't use graphic card. Only thing I know is amd has inbuilt graphics. Is there any ryzen processor which can stream 4k video on 4k TV.? Any major negative of amd when compared to Intel?
srsly amd now with theyre ryzen cpu have more performance for the money and if you wanna go all out streaming 4k then go with the ryzen 7 2700x but use a x470 motherboard or b450 motherboard which can give you the most out of your cpu
Ok so I'm confused on the asus qvl list this ram (CORSAIR CMK16GX4M2B3600C18) is on the list but you said it only supports 3200mhz. will this ram work or is it a waste of money and should I go for the 2666mhz. I'm building this pc for Star Citizen.
How many USB controllers does this motherboard have? How an I tell how many controllers a motherboard have? I'm looking for a motherboard with 3 controllers.
I've got one and it's great, my only problem is that my RAM won't go above 2933Mhz, anything higher and the system fails to post. Sucks because I bought 3200Mhz RAM but it's my fault for not checking beforehand.
Listen carefully. Return that RAM if you can, and buy G.Skill Trident Z RGB (F4-3200C14D-16GTZR) memory. If you're in Canada, Canada Computers sells it: www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=24_311_1326&item_id=103830 as well as Newegg in both Canada: www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820232485&cm_re=F4-3200C14D-16GTZR-_-20-232-485-_-Product and the US. It's critical that you get the 'C14', NOT the 'C16' version, as the 'C14' uses Samsung B die memory chips. If you do, you WILL get 3200MHz memory speed, assuming your Ryzen motherboard and BIOS support it. I have this exact RAM, and it runs at 3200MHz on all three of the following mobos: Asus Prime X370, Asus Prime B350-Plus, and the MSI B350M Gaming PRO. I went through Crucial Ballistix and several other G.Skill and this was the ONLY RAM that ran at 3200MHz. Even the Trident Z 3600 RGB C16 wouldn't hit 3200MHz! It is also critical update the BIOS to the latest version for all Ryzen motherboards, especially if the board is one that was released earlier, as it invariably will have an old BIOS that doesn't support the latest AGESA code necessary to run the memory at 3200MHz stable. Do not buy C16 (or CL16) or C15 (CL15) memory for Ryzen, get the C14 (CL14) G.Skill, and specifically, the Trident Z RGB memory I specified above, which is the good stuff.
If a 3000 and a 3600 from Corsair is on that list then my 3200 should work since all numbers are the same but faster than the 3k but slower than the 3.6k, right?
It 'supports' any AM4 Ryzen CPU (up to a 2700X at this point). For heavy OC's make sure you've got some airflow going around the VRMs (rear and / or top exhaust) and you'll be fine :)
whats wrong with the ram running at 2133 for gaming? I'm running 24gb of 800mhz ram and I've been able to play all the games I want like fallout 4 warframe metal gear solidV on an 08 Mac Pro...
Q: so the 2400 mhz kit i got is good? i hear again and again Ryzen loves faster RAM speeds and on this mobo u just mash delete and don't have to wait for the flash screen correct?
Is there no option to disable SMT? I can't find it in my bios and I heard that's the only way to fix my Pubg and Rainbow Six Siege crashes right now...
I have this board matched with a 2600x but my PC won’t even start up. Power goes to the motherboard and the RGB node flashes its colors and does that normally but there’s a small orange light on the right corner at the bottom, no fans on my pc turn on period, and my pc case power button will flash blue when I press it so it’s getting power too. Please help.
I don't know whether I should go for this or the MSI B350 PC MATE. Both of them have RGB headers and that RGB lighting on the chipset is hidden by the GPU so I don't know whether it's worth it to spend an extra $40 on it or not.
honestly its one strip of light and if you buy a strix graphics card for aura sync its gunna be worth the money cuz of higher clock speeds and they look sexy and support aura sync and second your motherboard shouldnt be asthetically nice cuz its not gunna be that visible
Im new to building and just saw this video, when I go thought the QVL list, what am I looking for to make sure that the ram I buy will work with the motherboard. Was looking to buy the Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400MHz 8GB and I found it in the QVL list, then what, am I good to go? PLEASE HELP.
Even though this channel is small, its quality is on par or sometimes better than other larger channels such as Hardware Canackus and BitWit
Thanks so much for the kind words :)
Optimum Tech just keep up the great work and one day you will be a bigger channel than them ;)
I bet your channel will blow up soon. This quality at your channel size is unheard of.
Slender Men yep agree with ya man
Well, to be fair Bitwit has a low production quality, and does lackluster testing. On the other hand, HWC has makes great cinematic videos with all the information you want to know! Optimum tech is a HWC, not a Bitwit.
I went out and bought one 4 hours after seeing this video. You had me sold.
Also, you should do an update video with this board, the newest bios update, and overclocking numbers with Ryzen to show how far the AM4 platform has matured. Would be a very interesting update.
I also really want to see the details of this board’s overclocking menu options while I wait for mine to arrive 😭
Can confirm guys. I have this board and besides some minor problems it holds up really well.
Sometimes it fails to apply the settings I changed in the BIOS and applies them after a failed boot attempt it also sometimes fails to apply the timings for the memory i manually entered. The offset voltage control is also not particularly great, but I heard it's kinda bad on any b350 board. Those are not considered a deal breaker for me tho because I would have to pay like 150$ more for a decent x370 board in my country so naturally I went for this board.
Hey man, I just built my PC about a week ago with the exact same board, nod I don#t know what your RAM speed is but could you perhaps in God's name tell me how I'm supposed to OC my HyperX Predator RAM to 3200mhz? It just keeps restarting on me everytime I apply the settings.
+Nicolas Did you attempt to use the XMP profile on the ram?
Posh Cheeky Twat I didnt, and im sort of confused as AFAIK there is no specific 'XMP' option on an ASUS motherboard. I'm using an ASUS bios for the first time so...
Nicolas Gašparović Look for AI Tweaker(iirc) and anything XMP. Been on a Gigabyte board for too long and can't remember the exact details. You'll have only one option under the XMP drop-down besides auto, so select the opposite.
Bought this board for my first ever self build a couple of weeks ago pairing it with a Ryzen 5 1600! Looks Awesome in my Phanteks Pro M Glass! Great video btw!
This thing flew under the radar back then and I picked it up while everyone was focusing on the higher end boards and such. I got it for less than £100 it's now 5 years later and it's about to recieve support for Ryzen 5000 series xD. Epic Win!
Thank you for mentioning the vendor QVL list for the motherboard , I was about to make a costly mistake .
QVL is #1 when it comes to Ryzen!
I made a $400 mistake when I bought two kits that didn't work with my motherboard because I kept trusting theoretical builds that people wouldn't test. 😓
Seriously, Thanks. Its my first build and i was about to use an noncompatible memory. Returning ram asap and looking for better one
favaslabs I might have just made a mistake...
No matter what you do - " Corsair 3000 Mhz 16GB " kit will be your best bet. Cheapest of them all. Best latency. 100% compatible with this MB. I have mine running at 3066 Mhz. Mega RAM for mega value
i bought this board and a r5 1600 along with a 2x8 flare x 2400 kit that i turned right up to 2933 and havent looked back, great combo
Been loving this board. Overclocked my 1600x to 4ghz and even though I messed up and got pc-3000 ram that wasn't on the QVL, I could still get it running stable at 3133mhz.
I still run this board with Ryzen 2700x (precision boost enabled), RTX 2080 Ti and 2866 Mhz RAM, It works great. I bought it on August 2017 with Ryzen 1600 and RTX 1060 and upgraded in 2018. I can't really find any reasons for upgrade atm, evey BIOS update is very smoth, system is stable when gaming, I'm positivly surprised considering that Vcore VRM is rather poor
That's the perfect MB for me. I want to build a nice, flashy PC, with AURA sync, RGB strips and fans, but I don't want to spend 250$ on a MB. Pure perfection from ASUS
You cannot rely on QVL list alone. Most vendors don't test ALL available types of RAM modules in each motherboard model. So if a particular model is not on the QVL doesn't mean it has been tested and didn't worked. It means usually just that it hasn't been tested.
An example i've had recently in a system i've build for a client. The Asus B350 Strix-F didn't mentioned the G.Skill Aegis 3000MHz as compatible in the QVL for 3GHz modules, but works like a charm. 100% stable (Memtest86+ pass).
Besides few minor issues this board is great with a lot of headroom for overclock within budget.
I just bought this board and I got to say I like the fast bios update was having a problem with memory and windows 8.1 but just recently posted a fix for this board. Talk about timing I spent 3 days trying to load into my os.
I can only hope it goes well, I am glad I looked at the approved ram and used it to pick my ram sticks, I just hope ti will reach the 3200 speed as it's what i got for it. Now I waiting for the heatsink hardware so I can use my current heatsink and away I go. I've always had good luck with ASUS Motherboards and I am glad this model is well received by the reviews.
I bought this board a year ago and still haven't got it up and running . Had to put a stop on the cash flow for a bit . Now I'm ready to go and gen 3 ryzen are a month or so away. I guess i 'm waiting longer.
good stuff! keen to see you grow the rest of the year, and cant wait to see what you have in store next year!
Thank you! Can't wait to show you guys the content that I have lined up over the next few months :)
Thank you so much for this! I really needed a high quality review of this!
Wow, finally an Australian PC youtuber I can relate to :D You have some really solid content!! Keep up the amazing work bro!
bought this 4 years ago, gonna put the 5000 series ryzen on this baby soon
I guess I should pay this guy for the video quality this channel should be on 5 million subs seriously.
Fine review of those Asus motherbord. I want to buy this, or the bigger brother 370's
I miss hearing about the capacitors the sound quality etc.
Great review of this board but Newegg reviewers do not seem to have favorable things to say. I am finding it hard to make a choice from about 5 different boards.
I have this board too, great board. Though no Pstate control and aura sync doesn't seem to be working.
If I'm to get a Ryzen, this one is the my top pick (140EUR, though). But it's a real damn shame it doesn't really match with my MSI 1060 Gaming X. The gunmetal grey doesn't fit that well with the black and red theme of an MSI card.
But the nice feature on this board is that the two top PCIe ports are both reinforced, so I can put my card in the second x8 slot, thus showing off that gorgeous chipset design.
Populating a x8 slot instead of a x16 slot only reduces performance by 0.5 to 1%. Barely noticeable. Steve from Gamers Nexus tested this.
STR33TSofJUST1C3 i'v paired this with an msi gtx 970, looks great. This board is stealthy looking enough to fit with any colour.
the 2nd PCIe slot is x16 anyway, as mentioned at 1:10
No it isn't. It may "physically" be a x16 slot, but it's only given x8 lanes.
i mean the manual also say that the top 2 PCIe 3.0 slots are x16.
They are physically x16 slots, yes. But the bottom can run only up to x8 when it's the only one populated, or x4 if the top is populated too.
These are B350 boards, they don't support (via software) more than one x16 pcie port. Physically they are indeed the real deal, but it's disabled in the BIOS.
Same with the bottom pcie 2.0 x16. As seen in the BIOS, it can only run in x2 or x4, even though it's advertised as x16. Manufacturers advertise the size based on the physical size of the port, not how many lanes are connected.
This is why I subscribed to this channel. Awesome quality content.
Which one is better? This one in the video or the MSI B350 Tomahawk Plus?
Not gonna lie, the only reason I bought this motherboard was because of the way it looks. Also AURA Sync. Currently have it paired with a Ryzen 1600 OC'd to 3.8Ghz, no complaints whatsoever.
This motherboard is well built. It is capable of running 16 GB Corsair ram at 2666 It is easy to adjust the bios settings to meet your needs. I have been running this motherboard since August 2017
Overall a great board
DJLuisGarciaMixShow dose a gtx 770 work on this motherboard?
You are wrong. Not both slots are running 3.0 x16. Their physical size iz x16 but electrically only first one runs x16 while second one runs x4. B350 does not support double x16
nice video man, road to 20k subs. I'll give it a week or two. love you man
Thanks
hard to get by a gaming mobo with a good color neutrality these days...good looking stuff right there
I personally have the asrock fata1ty b350 k4 . It's a great. Board. With a ryzen 1200 oc to 3.8 with 1.3125v I am getting max 52c package temps. 35c on CPU using cooler master master 240.
Hello sir i am building a pc now and i am going for the 1700 and a B350 motherboard.. Do you think is gonna be ok ? Should i go for an X370 (like an Aorus k5 which is 15 euros more ) ? i dont really care for the SLI since the prices on the Gpu's are to the top now and i can only afford to get one. If you could answer me quick i would be very happy :P I am building it in 5 days so i am in a little bit of a rush...
Thanks for the review; i've about decided to get this one and pair it with the rysen 1500X. With my puny RX560 GPU, and 16gb of ram, i should be okay for triple a games, yeah?
Kevin S. You should be OK but the 1500x is a bad purchase
if thats the case, i will wait for the 2nd gens to surface. thanks
Kevin S. It is a bad purchase because it is a 1400 but more expensive. Get the 1400 instead
ahh; gotcha. thanks!
For anyone with this board I recommend reading through this ROG Forum: rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?94642-ROG-STRIX-B350-F-GAMING-issues&highlight=B350 Lots of user feedback regarding capability, issues and solutions. You will find useful guides on overcklocking both the CPU and RAM, particularly RAM that is not yet on the QVL list.
I own this board :) pretty adequate for an upper mid range build.
That's my same motherboard. I absolutly love it
Great buy!
Just bought this yesterday, hopefully tis dope
Yeah I stuck with this board and they finally updated there bios in May 2022 now I’ve got the Ryzen 5 5600x in it with ballistix 3200mhz cl16 8x4 32gb and I can now oc the ram past 3200mhz got it stable at 3400mhz pretty sure I could push it to 3600mhz but I’m happy now esp with that new bios they released.
B350-F in an S340 Elite you say? I just happen to be planning a Ryzen 1300x B350-F build with an S340 Elite. Really excited, won't be ordering parts for at least a few weeks.
BoostAddict Do not get the 1300x. Get the 1200 instead
Why? Actually, I haven't had a chance to order parts yet but I think I'm going to use a 2400G instead.
BoostAddict The 1300x is just a overclocked 1200
I got a Ryzen 7 in the corner waiting and this thing have colors so i WILL buy it!
Just bought this for $50 and a ryzen 2600x for $170 did I do good (my first build be nice)
you did updated the bios first before putting the 2600x? or no need to update the bios ?
Just ordered my own!
So I bought Dual Rank 2666 Ram and it only seems to run at 2400 according to the QVL, but DR is faster than SR and it was the cheapest DIMM so I didn't really make a huge mistake I guess lol
These board will support And Ryzen 2400g directly. Or first we have to update it's bios with Ryzen 1 generation processors. Then it will work. plz reply
Can’t wait to upgrade to ryzen! This is a very good board!!
Should I go for this or the ASUS Prime B350-Plus?
(My processor is AMD Ryzen 5 2600 and my GPU is GTX 1060)
This board, Asus B350F.
PopularMods12345 Go on google and google asus rog strix b350-f cpu compatability and the page should come up. I’ll check for you since I have my page open.
Edit: Yes, I think that it works. I’ve checked the page so I’m not 100% sure but you can go to the page. The one there is like 3.4GHz, 95W, yeah yeah yeah.
Awesome review, just subed!
Great work man!
Sorry but the flarex from g.skill is the only kit wich works 3066mhz default docp on this mobo with 4dimms. But not 3200. I bought flarex which is not in qvl but no problem at all. Though very costly. Hope soon it will support 3200 for flarex without tweaking
newegg have this board as a $67 (after $20 rebate) as a add on for Ryzen 1600 that cost $179 = $246 combo
@Optimum Tech
Hello there! I bought this motherboard, and i really love it! BUT, i have a concern. In the MoBo manual it says that it has two 16x PCI-e slots. So i plugged my GPU in the 2nd slot because of that rgb heatsink with strix logo. Because of the aesthetics. But when i open GPU-Z it says that gpu is plugged into 16x slot but running at 4x (PCI-E 16x @4x). Then i plugged it into the first slot, and GPU-Z shows PCI-E 16x @16x
I was wondering if there's any difference?
Why would it cut down the speed of that slot if only one GPU is used? I am using GTX 1050 TI Gigabyte OC Windforce X2, it as 6pin connector, and runs somewhere in between 1860-1890 MHz.
And also, I've managed to overclock my Corsair LPX Vengeance 2x4GB 3000MHz to 3200 MHz, and it's working stable. How's that even possible?
I'm running a Ryzen 7 1700 on this MoBo, with factory cooler, Wraith Spire LED, and i left it at 3.5GHz because of the temperatures. Any suggestions about that? About voltage, frequency etc..
Got this board for 90 bucks a few months ago, now its between 110 and 150 so i can say i got a rly expensive one :D
It's all fun and games but my msi b350 tomahawk overclocks my R7 1700 to 4.1ghz and although I like the RGB-ness of the Strix, I'm not sure anything else can pull the same, plus it has more fan connectors =/
These reviewers never talk about memory ... The memory of this card only goes up to 2666 mhz without overclocking and the ryzen 3 goes up to 2933 mhz. You have to do OC on the board to operate in 2933 or the ryzen releases the motherboard to use the factory 2933 ??? PFV ANSWER THIS BECAUSE I DON'T SEE THIS ANYWHERE!
I have a question what is better .To keep my old r9 270x 2GB and get ryzen 5 1600 (not only for gaming...i am going to use it for streamming and photoshop) or to get gtx 1060 3GB and ryzen 5 1400 and use it for the same tasks.
DeltaDead ryzen 5 1400 and gtx 1060 off courseee
hey man you said the strix b350 f gaming only supported ram up to 3200mhz but in my bios list mine lists speeds all the way up to like 4000mhz... now that said i did update the bios to the newest version when i built it back in march 2018 think im running version 3908 or 3809 or something like that lol id have to look and im not powering down just to do that atm but my build and i have a ryzen 5 1600, asus b350 f gaming, gskill ripjaws 4series 3000mhz (the blue set btw) overclocked to 3200mhz at 1.35volts (had to lower the timings one level to get that stable but all good i think, it handled prime95 mem test for about 6.5hrs and no issues there) also got the msi 1050ti 4gt oc gpu, and a seagate firecuda 1tb hybrid hard drive. tbh i didnt do as thorough of a job on my homework before pulling the trigger on this build but being my first build and step into pc gaming and tech i am pretty happy with the results thus far. i even had the cpu overclocked to 3.9ghz at 1.4volts even got 3.95ghz stable for some benchmarks on my quest for a 4.0ghz clock but unfortunatley that just wasnt meant to be with my chip the 3.95 was with 1.45 volts and i didnt feel comfortable pushing higher then that even just for 10mins to put in some benchmark test results online :( btw i have the corsair h100i v2 aio liquid cooler i def wasnt doing those clock speeds with the stock fan.
Good review! Thanks, made me buy this :)
I pulled the trigger on asus b350 plus. Yeah, i saved some money but i have strix gpu and i cannot sync it, i dont have that nice supremeFX audio and that awesome look, but i dont wanna take my pc apart to swap my mobo
fantastic job as always!
Thanks for watching :)
Oh, how is the sound? My amd board uses 'realtec'; is the b350 better, would you say? thanks
At my local store, the Asus B350-F Strix costs around 20$ more than the Asrock X370 Fatal1ty Gaming K4
Which one should I get? (I don't plan on doing an SLI setup)
Board is nice, but it's major features are LEDs. For the price, Asrock X370 is going to be much better choice. X370 boards have much better power section.
Anyway, nice review - keep up a good work!
MSI Gamıng Pro Carbon has a better VRM's
Among B350 - yup, but for similar price you can get ASRock X370 Gaming K4, and this is one of best medium range motherboards, with X370 Taichi at total top.
For 4.0 Ghz on Ryzen, I would sugest X370 board (can be MSI if you like it, I think they went down with quality last years, same as Gigabyte) or your power section would be hot as hell.
Here you can actually see the temps on VRM section, compare Pro Carbon to Taichi. MSI can't match Asrock.
MSI
www.tweaktown.com/reviews/8175/msi-x370-gaming-pro-carbon-motherboard-review/index10.html
Asrock
www.tweaktown.com/reviews/8099/asrock-x370-taichi-amd-motherboard-review/index10.html
I agree with Taichi very nice at oc'ing
but, u dont need x370 at all if u are not gonna SLI
Pro Carbon has a better audio and things like that than k4
X370 boards have better VRM section than B350 boards. Just because of it for OC I recommend X370. And new Asrock boards are insane value - had few in hands, builded few systems with Asrock - they are now best choice along with ASUS.
Can someone tell me if these specs will well work.
Asus rog strix b350 f
Ryzen 3 1200 (planning to upgrade to ryzen 7 1700)
Gtx 1060 6gb
8 GB ddr4 corsair lpx at 2666mhz
Also will this board fit in the nzxt h500 case?
I'm asking because I'm new to PC building I've had gaming PCs in the past but never built one.
Thank you.
i bought today this motherboard and i would like to know if it works fine with my RAM (Corsair LPX 16GB CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 )
should i get the Asrock AB350M Pro4 R2.0 or this one for 20€ more?
The first one is new, the second one is used but condition is "as new", on amazon
I know the review is probably a work in progress but any chance you could shed some insight on its overclocking performance?
R3 1200 - 3.9GHz @ 1.32V
R5 1400 - 4.05GHz @ 1.35V
R5 1600 - 4.0GHz @ 1.36V
Greeko85 not good no p states and only offset. The vrms are ok
Wow, 4.0GHz on only 1.36v? Pretty good, considering some need to crank it up to 1.425v on other cheaper boards.
A comparion between the three most popular high end B350 boards would be nice though, i.e. the gigabyte gaming 3; MSI b350 gaming pro carbon; and this one.
To be fair, it depends a lot on the CPU. Sure, there's some variability between motherboards, but there's a lot more between processors.
The worst? Please elaborate.
I need a b350 board under 100$ wit the best overclocking performance for a ryzen 5 1600. Everything else is not interesting for me. So which one should I choose?
Kigama MSI B350 PC Mate
Worth getting this over the AsRock Killer SLI?
Bought one for 55
Also bought a Ryzen 5 1600 with an rgb fan for 95 from the same guy.
Just waiting for them to arrive 😝
I literally got one of these motherboards today for $50 as well.
GOD DAMN IT I'M NOT FIRST I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS
would a RYZEN 5 SIX CORE 1600X 4.00GHZ (SOCKET AM4) PROCESSOR - RETAIL be ok for this motherboard
I have been using Intel from past 20 years. I have no clue about amd ryzen. I don't use graphic card. Only thing I know is amd has inbuilt graphics. Is there any ryzen processor which can stream 4k video on 4k TV.? Any major negative of amd when compared to Intel?
srsly amd now with theyre ryzen cpu have more performance for the money and if you wanna go all out streaming 4k then go with the ryzen 7 2700x but use a x470 motherboard or b450 motherboard which can give you the most out of your cpu
I have 5 fans in total. should I put a normal fan into a CPU fan header or buy a y splinter cable???
Ok so I'm confused on the asus qvl list this ram (CORSAIR CMK16GX4M2B3600C18) is on the list but you said it only supports 3200mhz. will this ram work or is it a waste of money and should I go for the 2666mhz. I'm building this pc for Star Citizen.
How many USB controllers does this motherboard have? How an I tell how many controllers a motherboard have? I'm looking for a motherboard with 3 controllers.
I have this board. Only problem is the bios time at pretty slow 13.5 secs
Hello, can you change the light color in BIOS? Thanks for answer, Joe.
I've got one and it's great, my only problem is that my RAM won't go above 2933Mhz, anything higher and the system fails to post.
Sucks because I bought 3200Mhz RAM but it's my fault for not checking beforehand.
Deliverygirl close enough :)
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 PC4-25600 16GB 2x8GB CL16
Listen carefully. Return that RAM if you can, and buy G.Skill Trident Z RGB (F4-3200C14D-16GTZR) memory. If you're in Canada, Canada Computers sells it:
www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=24_311_1326&item_id=103830
as well as Newegg in both Canada:
www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820232485&cm_re=F4-3200C14D-16GTZR-_-20-232-485-_-Product
and the US. It's critical that you get the 'C14', NOT the 'C16' version, as the 'C14' uses Samsung B die memory chips. If you do, you WILL get 3200MHz memory speed, assuming your Ryzen motherboard and BIOS support it. I have this exact RAM, and it runs at 3200MHz on all three of the following mobos: Asus Prime X370, Asus Prime B350-Plus, and the MSI B350M Gaming PRO.
I went through Crucial Ballistix and several other G.Skill and this was the ONLY RAM that ran at 3200MHz. Even the Trident Z 3600 RGB C16 wouldn't hit 3200MHz! It is also critical update the BIOS to the latest version for all Ryzen motherboards, especially if the board is one that was released earlier, as it invariably will have an old BIOS that doesn't support the latest AGESA code necessary to run the memory at 3200MHz stable. Do not buy C16 (or CL16) or C15 (CL15) memory for Ryzen, get the C14 (CL14) G.Skill, and specifically, the Trident Z RGB memory I specified above, which is the good stuff.
Deliverygirl you can just set proper ram timings, search on youtube how to do this. You will get 3200mhz, just with little bigger lattencies
Bigger latencies than the XMP profile says?
If a 3000 and a 3600 from Corsair is on that list then my 3200 should work since all numbers are the same but faster than the 3k but slower than the 3.6k, right?
Would I be alright with the PRIME B350 PLUS? Watching this kinda makes me wisj I got this board instead
Optimum Tech:: whats the highest Ryzen chip the Asus B350-f gaming will support??? wanted to pair it witha Ryzen 7 1800X ??? what say you??? thanks
It 'supports' any AM4 Ryzen CPU (up to a 2700X at this point).
For heavy OC's make sure you've got some airflow going around the VRMs (rear and / or top exhaust) and you'll be fine :)
whats wrong with the ram running at 2133 for gaming? I'm running 24gb of 800mhz ram and I've been able to play all the games I want like fallout 4 warframe metal gear solidV on an 08 Mac Pro...
Q: so the 2400 mhz kit i got is good? i hear again and again Ryzen loves faster RAM speeds
and on this mobo u just mash delete and don't have to wait for the flash screen correct?
Is there no option to disable SMT? I can't find it in my bios and I heard that's the only way to fix my Pubg and Rainbow Six Siege crashes right now...
Hey so does this B350 board need a bois flash or is it ready to go out of the box for my Ryzen 5 2600?
Your never know. Luck i guess.
B350 and X370 boards need a BIOS update before being used for 2nd Gen Ryzen. If you want to use your 2600 out of the box, go for a B450 or X470 board.
QVL
dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/SocketAM4/STRIX_B350-F_GAMING/ROG_STRIX_B350-F_GAMING_SummitCPUDDR4_DRAM_QVL20170520.pdf
Thank you. This should be up higher.
thanks for the post
I have this board matched with a 2600x but my PC won’t even start up. Power goes to the motherboard and the RGB node flashes its colors and does that normally but there’s a small orange light on the right corner at the bottom, no fans on my pc turn on period, and my pc case power button will flash blue when I press it so it’s getting power too. Please help.
I had the choice between this and the Msi carbon black pro. I went with Msi as asus had horrible reviews.
MSI Carbon is an exceptional board also! Would love to review it
Is it ok, if i use this motherboard for the new chipset Ryzen 5 2600x?
I don't know whether I should go for this or the MSI B350 PC MATE. Both of them have RGB headers and that RGB lighting on the chipset is hidden by the GPU so I don't know whether it's worth it to spend an extra $40 on it or not.
same fr
I'd say this is worth it for the right-angled SATA ports alone.
honestly its one strip of light and if you buy a strix graphics card for aura sync its gunna be worth the money cuz of higher clock speeds and they look sexy and support aura sync and second your motherboard shouldnt be asthetically nice cuz its not gunna be that visible
I am guilty of looping some of yours videos just to hear your voice :D
Haha! Appreciate it :)
lol
lol creepy xD
Still a great board match with 1600?
Andrew Francies yes
Im new to building and just saw this video, when I go thought the QVL list, what am I looking for to make sure that the ram I buy will work with the motherboard. Was looking to buy the Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400MHz 8GB and I found it in the QVL list, then what, am I good to go? PLEASE HELP.
Nice video I am getting it tomorrow
You just earned a sub
Paid £49! For my budget build and £120 for my ryzen 5 3600
can you pair it with a ryzen 5 2600 with no issue?
this or msi b350 gaming carbon and why
bro
if u put vga in slot 2?
how about the perfomance?
ok just see the gold pin inside the slot 1 and 2,,,, is same?
Can I run my Team Delta RGB 3200 at its rated speed on this Board? PLEASE HELP ME! thanks