Tuf B450M

Asus continues to expand its TUF Gaming Motherboard series, and this time it is on the AMD platform with the new TUF B450M-Pro Gaming. As the name implies, this is a Micro-ATX kích thước board with hãng asus positioning it above the TUF B450M-Plus Gaming. The Pro Gaming version features two M.2 slots (versus one on the Plus Gaming), as well as more tín đồ headers. In addition, the CPU VRM was beefed up, và VRMheatsinkswere added and enlarged. Even with the new additions, the B450M-Pro Gaming commands an entry-level price of around $99.

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The most obvious changes to the board are the larger heatsinks và what"s hiding underneath. The Pro Gaming uses a much beefier 10-phase VRM kiến thiết compared lớn the 6-phases on the Plus Gaming. Since the VRM changed và more was extended on top, there"s a second heatsink to keep them under control. These can be helpfuloverclockingAMD RyzenCPUs, which is possible on the hãng intel B450chipset(see ourAMD B450 vs. Hãng sản xuất intel B360 Face-Offfor a comparison of the mid-range chipsets).

Another difference comes on the storage side with the addition of another M.2 slot. SomePCIeports had khổng lồ be moved around, but now the top slot will tư vấn both SATA & PCIe 3.0 x4, with the bottom slot wired PCIe 2.0 x2 và SATA.

The last major update on the board was moving from a more entry-level audio CODEC in the ALC887 to lớn the premium Realtek ALC1220A CODEC sporting a better S/N ratio and better sound overall.

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Outside of those changes, the B450-based AMDmotherboardis essentially the same & will support AMD Ryzen AM4-based CPUs and up lớn 64GB of DDR4RAM(DDR4-3533 speeds max overclock). The location of the PCIe slots changed to accommodate the second M.2 slot but still includes two full-length slots supporting AMD Crossfire X multi-GPU giải pháp công nghệ (noNvidia SLI), with the đứng đầu slot reinforced using the asus Safeslot. The board is also equipped with six SATA ports to lớn complement the two M.2 slots.

In its announcement, asus said the board will cost around $100, và at the time of writing it was on Amazon for $97/£110.47 via third-party seller. If you"re looking to save money on a motherboard while having a robust VRM for overclocking, multiple M.2 slots and improved audio, this looks lượt thích a solid improvement over the B450M-Plus Gaming; although, we"ll have to lớn reserve true judgement until we test it ourselves.

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