ASUS ROG Strix B850-I Gaming Wi-Fi Assessment

Introduction

ASUS has been a powerful supporter of the Mini-ITX kind issue ever because it joined the occasion with its enthusiast-orientated P8Z77-I Deluxe practically 15 years in the past, and the ROG Strix B850-I Gaming Wi-Fi sits on the finish of a really lengthy pedigree of merchandise. Since then, ASUS Mini-ITX boards have often been those to beat. ASUS may not have joined ASRock with their fabulous high-end desktop X99 and X299 fashions, however on mainstream boards it is ASUS that has essentially the most drool-worthy choices.

Its high-end fashions typically demand eye-watering value tags because of this, with the present X870 and Z890 choices not leaving you with a lot change from $500. While the quantity of {hardware} crammed into their 6.7 x 6.7 inch PCBs is extraordinarily spectacular—and most would have them of their small kind issue rigs if cash was no object—it is the mid-range chipsets, particularly the B-series for AMD, that find yourself in proud house owners’ system construct posts due to the close to $200 price-saving.

Thankfully, with comparatively few boards to select from, making comparisons is straightforward so we’ll be what you get for $300, what you miss out on in comparison with the X870 flagship, and what the competitors has to supply too. The latter is simply as related immediately because it was six months in the past given value modifications and extra importantly now we have current additions to the AMD Mini-ITX lineup too, resembling MSI’s MPG B850I Edge Ti Wi-Fi.

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