Review Asus ROG Strix B650E-E Gaming Wi-Fi Review: More Affordable ROG

[Admin]

The Asus ROG Strix B650E-E Gaming is a cost-effective, B650 flagship-class motherboard with 12 USB ports on the rear IO, two PCIe 5.0 M.2 sockets, and a solid audio solution for under $350.

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[pug_s]

I thought B650 mothboards would be cheaper. I would expect them be around $100 for the budget range, but I guess I am wrong.

 

[belgeek]

I would have loved a test of their "PBO Enhancement" feature.
It's one of the reason that i'm considering their board.

 

[CeltPC]

I would have loved a test of their "PBO Enhancement" feature.
It's one of the reason that i'm considering their board.

Tom's used to do quite in-depth MB reviews, they now seem to be cursory. Not only do they skip the PBO enhancement - a very cool and useful feature, but they rate the Auros Master higher, despite the less than desirable PCI-e sharing arrangement of the Gigabyte. Always look to other reviews to get a complete view of things.

 

[jimbo6262]

The Asus ROG Strix B650E-E Gaming is a cost-effective, B650 flagship-class motherboard with 12 USB ports on the rear IO, two PCIe 5.0 M.2 sockets, and a solid audio solution for under $350.

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Question, in the manual, says: "When M.2 3 is occupied with an SSD device, PCIEX16 1 will run x8 only." also when PCIEX16_2 is plugged in, it will be PCIEX16_1 running at 8X, PCIEX16_2 will run at 4X and M.2_3 will be 4X ALL GEN5.

I'm thinking that instead of PCIE 8X 8X, this board will share that 2nd PCIE lane as PCIEX16_2 at 4X and M.2_3 at 4X GEN 5.

However, the review state that "Last, M.2_3 also sources its lanes from the chipset and runs PCIe 4.0 x4 (64 Gbps) speeds..."

I'm just confused...

 

[javorenator]

Asus really outdid themselves putting only a slow third party SATA chip ASM1061. This was not tested in the review and this is not really good. You can only find it in the forums where people complain. Did you guys forget that if now I want to put 4TB or 12TB or even 2TB cheap storage I can easily go for a SATA drive.

 

[Safetytrousers]

Question, in the manual, says: "When M.2 3 is occupied with an SSD device, PCIEX16 1 will run x8 only." also when PCIEX16_2 is plugged in, it will be PCIEX16_1 running at 8X, PCIEX16_2 will run at 4X and M.2_3 will be 4X ALL GEN5.

I'm thinking that instead of PCIE 8X 8X, this board will share that 2nd PCIE lane as PCIEX16_2 at 4X and M.2_3 at 4X GEN 5.

However, the review state that "Last, M.2_3 also sources its lanes from the chipset and runs PCIe 4.0 x4 (64 Gbps) speeds..."

I'm just confused...

I don't know of any board where you populate the second PCIe slot the 1st slot doesn't drop to x8. It's no surprise that populating the second slot would make those drops if m2.3 is used. But the board gives you those choices (2nd slot or 2nd nvme x5), and the 2 PCIe 4 nvme slots can both be used with no other consequence.