ASUS Prime B550M-A WiFi II AMD Micro ATX Motherboard with PCIe 4.0, WiFi 6, ECC Memory, HDMI 2.1, RGB Header

I used the ASUS Prime B550-PLUS AC-HES AMD AM4 motherboard for my home arcade build, and it’s been a fantastic choice. The setup was smooth and the board offers great compatibility with my components. The B550 chipset provides solid performance, and the board handles everything from light gaming to heavy multitasking with ease.I was particularly impressed with the built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, which made setting up my arcade PC wireless and hassle-free. The board’s design is clean and compact, and the onboard audio is crisp, which is perfect for my arcade cabinet’s sound system.Overall, this motherboard offers incredible value for the price. It’s stable, reliable, and more than capable of supporting the needs of a home arcade system. Highly recommend for anyone looking to build or upgrade their setup!

Excelente Placa Madre, buena marca y precio ajustado, por su precio no le puedes pedir mucho, pero cumple al incorporar chipset b550 a éste precio, y algo de protección en las VRM, además tiene wifi lo cual es increíble.

Bought this one to replace a dead Asrock board. It posts on first try, and starts Window 11 from old drive without any issue. This board is refurbished. Hopefully, it would last.

THE PRODUCT ITSELF IS NOT DEFECTIVE JUST THAT IT NEEDS AN INSTALLATION METHODOLOGY FIRST INSTALL THE AMD PROCESSOR AND A RAM MEMORY IN THE A2 SLOT AND START THE PC, THEN ENTER THE BIOS AND TURN OFF THE PC, THEN ADD THE SECOND RAM MEMORY IN THE B2 SLOT AND TURN OFF THE PC, THEN ADD THE NVME OR SATA STORAGE AND START THE PC AGAIN AND ENTER THE BIOS, FINALLY TURN OFF THE PC AND BOOT FROM THE NVME OR SATA STORAGE NORMALLY, IF THESE STEPS ARE NOT DONE LIKE THIS THE BOARD WILL NEVER START AND WILL REMAIN IN AN INFINITE CYCLE OF RESTARTS, THIS IS INFORMATION THAT I DID NOT KNOW AND I HAD TO LEARN AFTER SPENDING MORE THAN 3 DAYS TRYING TO GET THIS BOARD WORKING, HOPEFULLY THIS HELPS SOMEONE ELSE.EL PRODUCTO EN SI NO ES DEFECTUOSO SOLO QUE NECESITA UNA METODOLOGIA DE INSTALACION PRIMERO INSTALAR EL PROCESADOR AMD Y UNA MEMORIA RAM EN EL SLOT A2 Y ARRANCAR EL PC, POSTERIORMENTE ENTRAR AL BIOS Y APAGAR EL PC, AGREGAR LUEGO LA SEGUNDA MEMORIA RAM EN EL SLOT B2 Y APAGAR EL PC, LUEGO AGREGAR EL ALMACENAMIENTO NVME O SATA Y VOLVER A ARRANCAR EL PC Y ENTRAR AL BIOS, FINALMENTE APAGAR EL PC Y ARRANCAR DESDE EL ALMACENAMIENTO NVME O SATA NORMALMENTE, SI ESTOS PASOS NO SE HACEN ASI LA BOARD NO ARRANCARA NUNCA Y QUEDARA EN UN CICLO INFINITO DE REINICIOS, ESTA ES UNA INFORMACION QUE YO DESCONOCIA Y TUVE QUE APRENDER DESPUES DE PASAR MAS DE 3 DIAS INTENTANDO HACER FUNCIONAR ESTA PLACA, OJALÁ A ALGUIEN MAS LE SIRVA ESTO.

This is a excellent motherboard. It has enough "hooks" for what you'll need. The price point was excellent. The motherboard was easy to install into the case I had purchased. So the size of the board isn't too large or small. I did have to download and test multiple wi-fi drivers because the one on the board is definitely unique.

I was building a medium budget pc and this motherboard was a great fit for a reasonable price. Great quality, spacing between components was not an issue. I have had for about 5 months and haven't had any issues with the motherboard. It handles gaming well, temperature holds well with my setup, even with some modern games. I like the lighting options, while it is not essential, but it gives it a nice look. It has handled all updates, gaming, downloads, streaming with no problem or issues, great performance. This is a great value if you are a building a mid budget pc.

This is a solid main board. The built in Wi-Fi is strong can use SSD drives and plenty of ram fits well.

I really wish I had gone over the tech specs and diagrams with a fine-toothed comb before I purchased this, because this board is an anachronistic cluster-fudge of chipsets and connectors that would only be appropriate if you were building for an ultra-cheapskate business customer, or maybe your 77-year-old aunt finally decided Windows Me was feeling a little outdated. Me? I was putting together a system on a budget that needed half-decent VRMs to deal with a 5900xt, and I guess I got lulled into complacency.Cons:- No debug LEDs. Instead, it has an "LED Illuminated Design" which is basically a glowing urine-trickle originating behind the I/O shield. If your system won't boot then you better plug in Ye Olde PC speaker (which isn't included in the box BTW).- Wifi Driver Disaster. I originally installed Ubuntu 24.04, and it detected and installed drivers for a Mediatek MT7921 or some derivative thereof. I later went back and installed Windows 11 to run some benchmarks, and Windows couldn't load the WiFi drivers. I downloaded the latest drivers off the ASUS site but those didn't work either. I tried a couple different versions of the Mediatek drivers ASUS had listed, and those were broken too. Finally, after digging through Reddit posts, I had to go several versions back and install not Mediatek, but Realtek drivers in order to get the WiFi to work. The net result was four wasted hours and a second clean install of Windows 11 because ASUS has incompatible drivers posted on their site.- No Type-E connector. Whatever change they made that justifies the "WiFi II" moniker doesn't include a USB 3.2 Gen 2 header (AKA USB Type-E), so if you want the USB-C port on your shiny new case to work you're going to have to buy a PCIe card or get a splitter and some wonky adapters while losing some speed in the process (and increasing the cost of the build another ~$20). This is particularly dumb because the board DOES have USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type A ports, just no header. Hey ASUS, maybe ditch the DVI connector and put a Type-E connector on the board instead?- Does AuraSync even work anymore, bro? To test out the RGB functionality I (sadly) installed Armoury Crate, which lately has gone through some major "updates" and struggles with basic features. Now, to control RGB, you have to first install Armoury Crate (which takes like a full minute to load). You're directed to the feature library, but there isn't a link for Aura Sync. Supposedly it is part of the "Playground". When you try and install that feature you're told that you need updates and get directed elsewhere. Those updates take several attempts to install because they fail, but with enough perseverance, prayer, and therapy you'll get through it, only for the feature library to then direct you back to the update page. I finally gave up and installed the standalone version of AuraSync (for which support is ending soon).- DVI and VGA ports. When I saw this I was worried that I had accidentally purchased a Z68 board for my Core i5-2500K from 2012. Having a legacy video port for Aunt Mildred's ancient CRT monitor or some obscure industrial system is fair. Having two of them is a waste of space. Is there really someone out there building a 5600g rig with dual VGA monitors and a DVI-VGA adapter?Pros:- Amazon's return policy. I really tried to get along with this board, but the missing features, extra cost of adapters, and lame driver issues was filling me with regret, and it was the weak link in what was turning into a flagship AM4 system.- It booted. So there's that... when I installed a CPU and turned it on, it worked. It ran stable for a couple days while I had it assembled. This was worth a second star I guess.- It isn't a bad looking board. The silver heatsinks and black-and-white color scheme looked pretty sharp.Conclusion:I ended up buying an MSI B550M-VC WIFI instead, which is way more sane and doesn't require adapters to work in a modern case. Overall it is a more modern board with better features, debug lights, and a Type-E header, and it actually costs less right now. My only regret is that I had to tear down a fully-assembled and cable-managed system to dump this albatross. That nice little fishtank you see in the picture? Powered by MSI.