Good board, but bad ethernet port. When connected through ethernet my downloads will be below 10 while upload is above 500. I have to use wifi and I would prefer ethernet to have less issues. I tried to fix this through updates, but nothing will get the speeds where they need to be through hardwired connection.
Response from https://www.asus.comBy Chantae, CLM, January 24, 2026
Dear Terrell1990,
Thank you for sharing your experience with the ASUS B650E MAX GAMING WIFI W Motherboard. We are glad to hear you find the board overall to be good. We sincerely apologize, however, for the ethernet performance issues you encountered, including slow download speeds despite strong upload results. We regret that this impacted your ability to use a wired connection as intended.
To help address this issue, we recommend following the steps outlined in our FAQ guide linked below. If the issue continues, please contact our support team at https://www.asus.com/us/support/CallUs so we can assist you further or arrange repair service if necessary.
We stand behind our products and continuously strive to improve our products and processes to achieve customer service excellence. For more information, email us at customerloyalty@asus.com and include the case number "N2506034401-0002" as a reference. We will do our best to resolve your case quickly. Your feedback is very important to us and enables us to improve our support channels. Thank you for choosing ASUS.
Best Regards, Chantae ASUS Customer Loyalty US Support
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The only thing keeping me from giving this is a 5 star is a chipset/driver issue. It refuses to recognize my 3.2 usb-c ports, so I can't use them. But that could be an AMD issue, and not solely an ASUS issue. Also, I can't get HAL to update, keeps failing. Overall though, pretty good mobo. I like that the wifi antenna is magnetized at the bottom.
great clean board, not white but sliver looks good with white build. no issues since install everything worked from start no bios updates needed. only issue was windows not finding wifi driver so download from asus on usb if possible before building.
awesome board for snowblind s pc case with led side panel by ibuypower make sure you install ram on dual channel mode on a2, b2 gray slot if you using 32gb ddr5 ram
Just look at a build with this B650e Max Gaming WiFi W! The ASUS B650E Gaming Wi-Fi W is one of the best motherboards I’ve used. It was easy to set up, looks great, and works like a beast!
Wi-Fi 6E is fast, the BIOS is simple to use, and I love that it supports DDR5 and PCIe 5.0 — so it’s ready for future upgrades.
I paired it with a Ryzen 5 9600x, and it runs smooth and cool, even under heavy use. No problems at all.
If you’re building a high-performance PC, this board is 100% worth it. Great job, ASUS!