ASUS ROG Strix B850-I Gaming WiFi AMD AM5 B850 Mini-ITX mITX Motherboard 10+2+1 Stages, DDR5, 2.5G LAN, WiFi 7, 2X M.2, PCIe® 5.0 x16, USB 20Gbps Type-C®, AI Overclocking, AI Networking II, Aura Sync

Very good mid-range board. It's a good looking board and is working great. The B650 is a good chipset for a basic rig that you just want to work or game on and don't plan to do tons of overclocking or need a bunch of features that most people don't use. Very impressed using in a gaming PC with a 9800X3D CPU.

Quick and painless setup with multiple 5v jacks along the right side and bottom of the board for fans. Good setup for a glass case where you want to hide the wires as much as possible. Quality build and the solder job on the PCB doesn’t look bad. Had a few issues with drivers but eventually got it squared away. I like that it has so many M.2 storage slots for expanded storage (games are becoming massive) - PSA I did have an issue with games stuttering horribly because I had an Ethernet cable connected and the WiFi on my PC turned on at the same time so it was bouncing connections back and forth and disconnecting my controllers. Turned WiFi off and got a flawless gaming experience immediately.

If you can get it on sale, it's great value, I'd 100% recommend it, it's safe for X3D CPUs, and asus BIOS allows for good tweakings, just keep in mind it's not fully white, more like silverish, still looks great, good VRMs for pretty much any CPU, and good hearsinks, connectivity wise is good, not great, but if you need a lot of USB ports, just get something else. The manual is also easy to understand, but I wouldn't recommend building without a tutorial. Can handle high speed memory, and the heat sinks are beefy for your primary SSD, BIOS is easy to update and shouldn't take longer than 5 minutes. Overall great if it's on sale or you want some entry level ROG experience.

Functional and stylish. I like that the m2 slots on the front come with a cover already so you do not need to buy your own heatsinks for them. There's an additional m2 slot on the back, but it is very low profile so it may not even fit a heatsink. Another great quality about this board is that it has light indicators at the top for checking each of the systems on boot, so if you have a problem with ram, it will light up the ram light. That was my issue as I didn't fully press my ram sticks in (feels like Im breaking them!). I paired this mobo with a Ryzen 7 9800x3d, 5080 TI oc, 32gb of ram and a 1000w psu. It went on sale for $200 around Black Friday 2025.

First off — yeah, it’s marketed as a white motherboard, and mostly it is… but you do get some black undertones in the PCB and components. Not a dealbreaker, still looks slick, but if you’re going for that full white-out build, just know it’s not pure white like the newer revision that came out later (where even the base PCB is fully white). That said, it feels premium. RGB zones are fully customizable, tons of headers and connectors, CPU socket install was smooth, and everything from unboxing to setup felt like handling a high-end product. What you see in the listing photos is exactly what you get. Now the cons — and this is why I’m knocking off a star: 1. The included Wi-Fi antenna is black. It just… clashes. For a board that leans into the white aesthetic, I was honestly surprised they didn’t throw in a matching white or at least gray antenna. Tiny detail? Sure. But if you’re building a color-themed rig, it stands out. 2. No optical audio out. That really threw me. I get that digital audio is moving to USB and HDMI, but come on — this is a top-tier gaming board. If you’re running high-end speakers or older AV gear with optical input, you’re out of luck. And yeah, maybe I should’ve caught that in the specs, but still — feels like a strange omission at this level. Overall: it’s powerful, it’s pretty, it performs. But for a board this expensive, missing basics like color-matched accessories and optical out kinda takes away from the experience.

I ordered this motherboard as I was planning on upgrading my 8-year-old AMD 3700/Geforce 2060 system. The first motherboard arrived with the packaging severely damaged. This was not a shipping issue; the entire box looked like it had gone through some difficult times. So I did not trust what was inside the box. I requested a new motherboard while sending the first one back. The new board arrived two days later. I was excited. I put the PC together, and the CPU fan was only turning its lights on, but not spinning. Removed and reseated the CPU fan, and that started working. However, one of the error/boot lights on the motherboard was yellow. Typically meaning there was an issue with the DRAM. I took the RAM out, used a fan to blow out any dust, and reseated the memory. Booted again, and nothing. So I thought maybe it's a BIOS issue, looking up this board and issues with a 9900 series processor. I was able to download the BIOS update to my cell phone and use an "on the go" cable to transfer the BIOS to a USB flash drive. I initiated the BIOS update as per the instructions, and when I booted the PC, it just got stuck in a "BIOS is updating LED firmware. Do not shut down or reset the system to prevent system bootup failure" screen. I looked at several forums, and some said it took minutes to a day for the system to update. I thought that to be unusual, but not impossible. I let it run overnight and then the next day, since I had to work. Came home, and it was still stuck at the same screen, just looping. I boxed it up and requested a return. I do not recommend this motherboard until ASUS fixes the issues with its quality. The quality of this particular board was very bad.

So to be clear: I bought the renewed/used like new version of this MoBo, and this is my experience. I've been using this motherboard for a few days now on a brand new build, and everything is working smoothly and without issue. I was able to boot into Bios easily and make all the necessary adjustments with no major issues. The Bios that it came with is from October so about 8-9 months old, but it still worked right off the bat with my Ryzen 5 9600x, which was my major question. I didn't want to have to do a Flashback immediately before getting things up and running. When I got the package, everything looked as it would have if it were new, except that the anti-static bag the Mobo came in was taped closed, not necessarily factory sealed, but that's sort of irrelevant. I *believe* that it came with all of the extras/accessories/cables but honestly if it did, I would have liked more. There weren't any extra screws, other than the M.2 clip-screw replacements, and there weren't any extra cables, which would have been nice. The manual was there and looked new, and is not a bad manual when it comes to explaining all aspects of the function of the motherboard and features. Speaking of which, the rear ports are a great selection on this mobo, plenty of ports, everything working as they should, and the quality of the board seems great. Another reason I bought this motherboard was the SupremeFX audio codec on board, which as far as mid-tier motherboards go, seems to be a pretty good on-board audio setup. So far, with testing on intricate songs like Steely Dan's Aja and Daft Punk's Touch, the sound is amazing, very clear, multi-layered, and no static-y edge that I was getting in the past. Overall, I think this board is a steal at $160 in 2025, and I am happy to report no issues with a "used" or "renewed" motherboard. I will update this review if there are any major failures or issues.

Been running this board for almost a year now. I'll start with the build (was just an additional system for my computer room). This mobo. 64gb Acer Predator Vesta II CL30 PC5 6000 Two Samsung 990 PRO SSD (2tb each) AMD 9800X3D cooled by ASUS ROG Strix LC III 360 Powercolor Red Devil 7900XT All thrown together in the SSUUP Xhuttle case - Air flow - Bottom / Front IN - Topside Exhaust The board has been flawless. CPU, GPU and RAM speed / throughput has been clean, without issue and top speeds. The board has excellent RAM capacity, fit perfectly in the case and although I disabled the WiFi, I did run it for a few days and it functioned flawlessly with my ASUS ROG Rapture WiFi 6 AX Gaming Router (GT-AX6000). It was all purchased here on Amazon, so if you're in the market for a super solid, top end gaming rig, here's your shopping list. Unless you're doing mad overclocking, a whole lot of tweaking, the bells, whistles and features of higher model boards are literally throwing money in the fire, when you could use it for fancier fans, or cables, etc. Highly recommend this board, Can't go wrong. Pay attention to detail and you're golden. I've been building for 35 years now, and I'm still just as meticulous now as I was on my first build. It pays off in the long run. I'm attaching a few awful pics. I did not take any for this review, these were just a couple pics I snapped for friends who asked. Never intended to share them, but alas, it gives you an idea of what my list comes out to be.