I needed an upgrade as my old desktop was starting to show its age; this board has worked quite well and may just be the smoothest build I’ve ever done problems-wise. I was able to install without issues and luckily all the components I ordered work with the board and the case and each other. Overall very satisfied with the performance boost I got and having onboard wifi is a huge bonus.
Works fine not complicated to install. Had to replace a msi b550m. Overall happy with the ROG STRIX B550-F. Using an existing ryzen 5500 and 132 gb of ram from old board.
This is a good motherboard!! Powerful, fast wifi, kool rgb lighting! Many many features, very good components, good bios! Only downside is comes with no drivers. You must have access to another pc with internet and download all the drivers to usb drive and install the drivers via usb drive.
Very pleased with the ease of installation and performance. A straightforward upgrade from my Asus Z-170E. Most of my components and the cabinet survived the trip (I had to change out a USB Serial cable, no upgrade path for W11. Not an Asus issue.).
Installation was quite simple, as I have done several of these in the past. The only problem was the lack of networking (Wi-Fi and LAN). The provided drivers on the web site did not correct this problem, but after communicating with Support, a different set of drivers fixed it. Once up and running, it has been flawless.
I chose this motherboard because of the upcoming change to Windows 11; my old board was a (still working and >10 years old) Z-97.