ASUS TUF Gaming B550-PLUS WiFi II AMD AM4 (3rd Gen Ryzen™) ATX Gaming Motherboard (PCIe 4.0, WiFi 6, 2.5Gb LAN

Absolutely excellent motherboard work perfect out of the box. Zero issues

Bznalcapone · 2026-05-06 · via amazon

I purchased this board to replace an ASUS ROG X-470F motherboard that died. Pros: This board has the same number of SATA ports as the 470 (6), which was important for me, because all my games are stored in SATA SSDs. This MB boots quite a bit faster than my previous board. That’s always a plus. Built-in Wi-Fi controller. While I had a Wi-Fi expansion card for the x470 board, it was good to have it built-in to help clean up the interior of the case. Plenty of ports. Not only the above mentioned SARA ports, but plenty of USB ports, as well, including support for front-of-case ports. I have 6 USB cables plugged in and still have two free ports in the back, and 6 more on the case top. Drivers included on CD/DVD. This is a big deal to me, because newer boards don’t appear to include them. PNP picks up much of the drivers, but not all. Without included drivers, you might have to go to another machine to download them. That’s not customer-friendly. Cons: The Wi-Fi antenna is non-magnetic. This allows the antenna to slide off the case way too easily, diminishing the signal from the router, if you don’t notice it immediately. The Aura lights are not on top of the board. If you have ARGB light bars, it can flood out the boards built-in lights. DisplayPort and HDMI ports included, but so far, I have not been able to find integrated video hardware. This one has me confused.

Shaun · 2025-04-25 · via amazon

Purchased as Amazon Warehouse "Fair" condition motherboard. This ASUS board is immaculate and still had plastic on the bridge heat sink which I have now removed. I discovered that the topmost m.2 heat sink had already had the protective plastic removed from the thermal pad while the bottommost m.2 heat sink did not. The bottommost m.2 slot was missing the m.2 standoff screw which seems to be a different screw from industry standard. Nothing on the board damaged. The original box and documentation was not included which is fine. The i/o shield was included in box. I noticed the wifi antenna was destroyed as the cable gold screws were ripped off so I used my own antenna. Additionally, two sata cables and what appears to be a fan splitter for an NZXT case were also included for some reason? lol Most importantly, it posts just fine and the bios recognized my Ryzen 7 2700 immediately (despite not being on the official list of compatible CPUs for the B550 chipset). For the heavily discounted price I purchased this for, I am very pleased. I hope I can also use this motherboard for many years to come as well. Update 6/6/2024 Still going strong. No issues.

Isa G. · 2024-05-05 · via amazon

I used this board for my niece’s PC but. I have a 550-Pro, and this board is identical minus the USB-c front panel, a few of the USB ports in the back, and a couple less RGB headers. Otherwise, it is the same. This does have Wi-fi and Bluetooth built in unlike the 550-Pro. Great board to build on. Quick tip just like the 550-Pro if you use the second NVME M.2 slot Sata port 6 will not work because they share the same lane. If you do not use the second NVME you have use of all 6 sata ports, but keep in mind you will lose one if you do. 5 Sata ports is more than enough these days especially if you have a massive Gen 3 NVME in the second SSD slot. And my final tidbit, you this MOBO supports up to a Ryzen 9 5950X if you flash the bios to version 0303. So, if you have a Ryzen 3, 5, 7, you can upgrade all the way up to the Ryzen 9 5950X with this board in the future.

Bryan · 2025-06-04 · via amazon

Solid main board, and very forgiving of mixed ram sets, trains better than many boards in its class. Getting the drivers for this boards built in Bluetooth/wifi is a complete pain in the but. The manufacturers support is utterly and completely useless, pointing you to their web site which does NOT deliver the correct drivers for these functions. They don't listen, don't acknowledged their website providing the wrong/unusable drivers, , and eventually just stop responding. Once you get the correct drivers, this is one fast, flexible, solid performer worth the trouble getting the drivers youlll need.

Network Native · 2026-02-09 · via amazon

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Socket

AM5

Chipset

B850

Form

ATX

WiFi

WiFi 6E

Socket

AM5

Chipset

B850

Form

ATX

WiFi

WiFi 6E