Asus PRIME B650M-A WIFI II (90MB1EG0-M0EAY0)

An excellently balanced, compact mini-ITX motherboard built on the basis of modern mid-level AMD B650 system logic. Belongs to the Prime family, which focuses on the quality of the power subsystem, effective cooling of components and additional tools for system control and monitoring. Focused on next generation components. In particular, it is equipped with an AM5 processor socket, which AMD introduced in 2022 to replace the universal but outdated AM4 socket.

As a result, the board declares full support for the new AMD Ryzen 7000/8000 series processors, and with earlier versions of Ryzen it depends. Secondly, the new platform is designed exclusively to work with the new generation of DDR5 RAM, the speed of which significantly exceeds the speed of most RAM samples of previous generations. Thirdly, the declared integration of the PCI-E bus of the fourth and fifth generations frees up the potential owner’s hands when designing a disk subsystem.

The layout of the slots allows you to install a pair of M.2 SSDs and four standard drives with a SATA3 connection into the system. Traditionally, for the Prime series, some technical capabilities were borrowed from the more expensive and functional boards of the ROG Strix series. The extended UEFI mode with a laconic graphical interface, many in-depth settings and a search system deserves special mention.

It will appeal to those who like to independently configure all the working nuances of the system. And support for the Fan Xpert system frees up your hands when organizing powerful air cooling. In addition, Asus PRIME B650M-R has a high-quality element base, including an 8-phase power subsystem, VRM and PCH radiators, as well as reliable chokes and heat-resistant capacitors. Although it is far from the level of ROG Strix boards, like the moon.

For communication with the outside world, the model is equipped with a high-speed 2.5GbE LAN controller from Realtek; the wireless module was abandoned in order to save money. In addition, Asus PRIME B650M-A WIFI II has a high-quality element base, including an 8-phase power subsystem, VRM and PCH radiators, as well as reliable chokes and heat-resistant capacitors. Although it is far from the level of ROG Strix boards, like the moon. To communicate with the outside world, the model is equipped with a high-speed 2.5GbE LAN controller from Realtek and a built-in wireless module with support for Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2.