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lol...So much random hate towards a certain age group.
I did click the link and I could not find it so easily, which is why I commented. I even zoomed in on the photo of the motherboard but did not see an m.2 slot, which is why I commented. This year was the first time in 20 years that I built a computer, so I'm very rusty. I am so sorry if I offended you by asking a simple question that was easily answered.
And thank you MrJayBurns, repped.
Yes, the main one is under the silver m.2 heatsink.
Here is the spec listing from the mfg: "6x SATA3, 1x Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4), 1x M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x2 and SATA3)"
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I've been watching this mobo for awhile now. It's been fluctuating around this price point ($90-98) for awhile. Not a killer deal, but definitely one of the lowest prices you can get it at
I bought the Asrock B550 (Phantom Gaming) last month for not much more. I also did not have to wade though a$$holes up to my armpits like this thread.
I've had this motherboard in my main system since late 2019, and it's been an excellent board. I've got mine paired with a Ryzen 7 2700, 16GB of DDR4, dual M.2 drives and some PCIe expansion cards. It's been very stable, and the BIOS works pretty well.
My main complaint with this board is the RGB software. It's terrible, and a quick look online will back that up. However, you can get it to work most of the time. I don't pay attention to the RGB features though, so I leave them off.
Stability isn't something I can complain about though. I leave the computer on 24/7 performing a variety of tasks, and I can't recall a single time it's crashed during a restart, something that has happened to me with a number of other boards in the past.
$90 is only $5 less than I paid over a year and a half ago, but for such a nice board I'd still recommend it for someone looking to put together a nice system with a full ATX board.
You should probably click the link and view the easily readable information.
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Right?! It's hilarious that people will comment and then wait for someone to answer, instead of checking the link and finding the answer in 30 seconds. This lazy f****** generation.
I'm just assuming that person is a millennial. I'm an older millennial, and I can't stand my generation. They always asks someone else to answer everything for them, when the answer is typically one Google search away.
I was able to find the answer to the M.2 question right away, considering there's a big box, on the website, that gives you the complete rundown of M.2 specs.
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Asking a technical question or experts opinion is fine, but asking about specs that are published is being lazy ass
I've looked through the listing and it does not state specifically NVMe. It references M.2 Form Factor with support PCIe Gen3 x4 and PCIe Gen3 x2 & SATA3 in relation. During your circle-back-pats you might have overlooked the fact that NVMe is a protocol and not a physical interface such as PCIe. Thus, unless one knows these facts then the answer might not be as obvious. Although, the lack of facts seem to be the blissful norm with some. (This is coming from a person that can remember if one was to fall into a still spinning disk pack with the cover removed it could take off your arm, but I will not hold your youth against you. )
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There are two slots, however only one can be used for NVMe drives. The other only supports SATA drives.
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The second M.2 slot is listed as PCIe Gen3 x2 & SATA3. Unknown (without looking it up) what other PCIe interfaces or SATA3 connections you give up when using it in either mode.
Hopefully for folks getting this - this doesn't have the USB bug and/or has an updated BIOS to fix it. Lot of 450/550 boards were affected. I'm done with AMD after that debacle.
Right?! It's hilarious that people will comment and then wait for someone to answer, instead of checking the link and finding the answer in 30 seconds. This lazy f****** generation.
I'm just assuming that person is a millennial. I'm an older millennial, and I can't stand my generation. They always asks someone else to answer everything for them, when the answer is typically one Google search away.
I was able to find the answer to the M.2 question right away, considering there's a big box, on the website, that gives you the complete rundown of M.2 specs.
Wanna know what's hilarious? The hypocrisy of whining about being lazy, by painting an entire age demographic as lazy. That, in itself is lazy (in case you didn't get that.) What's even better is the fact that by you're own definition, you're the same type of millennial you're complaining about. That is a self-referential paradox.
ASRock makes two B450 lines, the "Promontory" (aka PRO4) and the "Steel Legend." Each board comes in two sizes, ATX and mATX, for a total of four board options.
The Promontory is the meat-and-potatoes option, but has better-cooled VRMs so is generally better for hotter/8+ core CPUs or for overclocking a single core to the max. It also costs a few dollars less, so the more common choice for budget builds.
The Steel Legend line has an improved onboard sound card, a basic onboard RGB controller, and is a bit flashier in design. It's more than adequate for up to around 6 cores and a great way to get into a cost-conscious RGB build.
All of them have two M2 slots, but on the mATX versions the 2nd slot is slower. The mATX options also have 2 fewer SATA ports (4 as opposed to 6).
Are you saying that this is the wrong picture for the motherboard? It has "Steel Legend" written on it in 2 spots, but it's called a "Promontory"....
I also didn't mean to cause a "sh**storm" here, but this is a "deals" site, not a "can you please do my homework for me" website. If someone doesn't know the diff between the words m.2 and nvme, then there usually is a search bar up at the top somewhere to google that. This should be filled with "hey, this isn't a terrible deal, but XYZ motherboard is a better deal at XYZ price listed at XYZ site".
Google a review of the motherboard. Google what an m.2 is. Google the information that actual experts in their field have spent HOURS putting together for you on youtube. I would rarely trust blindly someone's opinion here, because the people here aren't the ones doing the actual testing.
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Why is it called Motherboard why not Fatherboard?
Well, simple anatomy. Everything, including the CPU, is pushed into the board's sockets. Just like the father, you know... pushes into..... Same lingo as with connectors and adapters...
I'm going to disagree with the other poster. This term is somewhat lost in history but not out of line with other terms in the era when computers went from having a backplane of uniform parts to having a more asymmetric functioning layout of boards.
In the 50's the term mothership came into popular play. (The idea had been gendered before before then, for example german "Milk Cow" submarines that would nourish/suckle other submarines, implied female. )
So, with this implied nurturing, symbiotic relationship you start to have integrated circuits with more central designs and support cards in the 60s. (the peak of the space race, Apollo Mothership (CSM) which was also dependent on computers in public thought). The astronaut was attached via umbilical during spacewalk, is another example.
Likewise, these baby cards (daughterboards) were dependent on the motherboard for data and function. The form of the connector they use to latch on and 'suckle' to the motherboard (that is, not the sex of the connector) is not as important as the relationship between the parts. Thus, there was a rise in popular imagination around these technologies. So, why invent a new term? There were a few that could already be used. Plus, using human-centric terms to describe them simply added to their importance on what we valued. Mother making the most sense.
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lol...So much random hate towards a certain age group.
And thank you MrJayBurns, repped.
Here is the spec listing from the mfg: "6x SATA3, 1x Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4), 1x M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x2 and SATA3)"
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I bought the Asrock B550 (Phantom Gaming) last month for not much more. I also did not have to wade though a$$holes up to my armpits like this thread.
My main complaint with this board is the RGB software. It's terrible, and a quick look online will back that up. However, you can get it to work most of the time. I don't pay attention to the RGB features though, so I leave them off.
Stability isn't something I can complain about though. I leave the computer on 24/7 performing a variety of tasks, and I can't recall a single time it's crashed during a restart, something that has happened to me with a number of other boards in the past.
$90 is only $5 less than I paid over a year and a half ago, but for such a nice board I'd still recommend it for someone looking to put together a nice system with a full ATX board.
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I'm just assuming that person is a millennial. I'm an older millennial, and I can't stand my generation. They always asks someone else to answer everything for them, when the answer is typically one Google search away.
I was able to find the answer to the M.2 question right away, considering there's a big box, on the website, that gives you the complete rundown of M.2 specs.
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No, this motherboard doesn't have Wi-Fi or Bluetooth built in. You'll have to add that through USB or with a PCIe card.
I'm just assuming that person is a millennial. I'm an older millennial, and I can't stand my generation. They always asks someone else to answer everything for them, when the answer is typically one Google search away.
I was able to find the answer to the M.2 question right away, considering there's a big box, on the website, that gives you the complete rundown of M.2 specs.
Wanna know what's hilarious? The hypocrisy of whining about being lazy, by painting an entire age demographic as lazy. That, in itself is lazy (in case you didn't get that.) What's even better is the fact that by you're own definition, you're the same type of millennial you're complaining about. That is a self-referential paradox.
The Promontory is the meat-and-potatoes option, but has better-cooled VRMs so is generally better for hotter/8+ core CPUs or for overclocking a single core to the max. It also costs a few dollars less, so the more common choice for budget builds.
The Steel Legend line has an improved onboard sound card, a basic onboard RGB controller, and is a bit flashier in design. It's more than adequate for up to around 6 cores and a great way to get into a cost-conscious RGB build.
All of them have two M2 slots, but on the mATX versions the 2nd slot is slower. The mATX options also have 2 fewer SATA ports (4 as opposed to 6).
I also didn't mean to cause a "sh**storm" here, but this is a "deals" site, not a "can you please do my homework for me" website. If someone doesn't know the diff between the words m.2 and nvme, then there usually is a search bar up at the top somewhere to google that. This should be filled with "hey, this isn't a terrible deal, but XYZ motherboard is a better deal at XYZ price listed at XYZ site".
Google a review of the motherboard. Google what an m.2 is. Google the information that actual experts in their field have spent HOURS putting together for you on youtube. I would rarely trust blindly someone's opinion here, because the people here aren't the ones doing the actual testing.
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Well, simple anatomy. Everything, including the CPU, is pushed into the board's sockets. Just like the father, you know... pushes into..... Same lingo as with connectors and adapters...
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I'm going to disagree with the other poster. This term is somewhat lost in history but not out of line with other terms in the era when computers went from having a backplane of uniform parts to having a more asymmetric functioning layout of boards.
In the 50's the term mothership came into popular play. (The idea had been gendered before before then, for example german "Milk Cow" submarines that would nourish/suckle other submarines, implied female. )
So, with this implied nurturing, symbiotic relationship you start to have integrated circuits with more central designs and support cards in the 60s. (the peak of the space race, Apollo Mothership (CSM) which was also dependent on computers in public thought). The astronaut was attached via umbilical during spacewalk, is another example.
Likewise, these baby cards (daughterboards) were dependent on the motherboard for data and function. The form of the connector they use to latch on and 'suckle' to the motherboard (that is, not the sex of the connector) is not as important as the relationship between the parts. Thus, there was a rise in popular imagination around these technologies. So, why invent a new term? There were a few that could already be used. Plus, using human-centric terms to describe them simply added to their importance on what we valued. Mother making the most sense.