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I saw this but instead went for a used ASRock B550M Phantom Gaming from Amazon Warehouse. It's my first AW mobo, so I'm hoping it works out.
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I saw this but instead went for a used ASRock B550M Phantom Gaming from Amazon Warehouse. It's my first AW mobo, so I'm hoping it works out.
So don't expect to put a 5950x cpu into this motherboard 😂 gotta have low expectations. A stock 4 core ryzen or maybe you have an older ryzen 1600x laying around or something and want to make a cheap stock system this isn't bad. What's the alternative for the same price?
And this is Amazon and not goose egg (Newegg)
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The (initial) 5000 series BIOS update was released almost a year and a half ago. Maybe these boards already have it. A reviewer from January said theirs came with it.
If not, it appears one needs an older CPU installed to perform the BIOS update allowing a newer CPU to run. I think there is a "loaner" program for doing this but still a P.I.T.A.
Somebody looking to build a capable budget system might use this with a Ryzen 5 5600G, two 8GB DDR4 modules, an M.2 NVMe SSD (capacity as required/budgeted, 1TB deals around $80 these days), and a cheap case with decent 400-450 watt power supply. Add a PCIe x1 wifi card if needed. The graphics built in to the 5600G are decent enough for some casual gaming, and if one wanted to rev up the graphics they could always install a dedicated graphics card later on.
For a budget Ryzen build, there is nothing wrong with this board that I can tell.