AMD B550 Chipset vs. B550A, B450 Explained: ASRock B550AM Gaming Benchmarks
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Date: 2020-05-06
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Ometecuhtli
Remember when AMD released their RX400 series of videocards they used the marketing strategy of Crossfired GPUs to reach the level of performance offered by the then top of the line GTX 1080 (Ti, they already knew they were getting behind NVIDIA, had to force themselves to believe in what was already clear about multi-GPU setups, so I guess that's the reason their motherboards were segmented the way they did, and not only to upset Intel's marketing. Now they have (had most likely since the specifications should be finished by now) trouble trying to figure out what a B550 motherboard should be, they know still limiting their peripherals to PCIe 2. 0 won't make anyone choose it over B450, storage is a more important consideration and if they had been paying attention to the gaming community a proper B550 motherboards as expectations were would have effectively killed the X470 for that market segment. It is still not too late though, with the success of Ryzen they should command their markets better, it is only on video cards that they are still perceived as the budget alternative, there aren't much compromises to be had from choosing their platform so I hope that for whatever comes after AM4 their motherboard strategy gets perfected from this platform's lessons.
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Remember when AMD released their RX400 series of videocards they used the marketing strategy of Crossfired GPUs to reach the level of performance offered by the then top of the line GTX 1080 (Ti, they already knew they were getting behind NVIDIA, had to force themselves to believe in what was already clear about multi-GPU setups, so I guess that's the reason their motherboards were segmented the way they did, and not only to upset Intel's marketing. Now they have (had most likely since the specifications should be finished by now) trouble trying to figure out what a B550 motherboard should be, they know still limiting their peripherals to PCIe 2. 0 won't make anyone choose it over B450, storage is a more important consideration and if they had been paying attention to the gaming community a proper B550 motherboards as expectations were would have effectively killed the X470 for that market segment. It is still not too late though, with the success of Ryzen they should command their markets better, it is only on video cards that they are still perceived as the budget alternative, there aren't much compromises to be had from choosing their platform so I hope that for whatever comes after AM4 their motherboard strategy gets perfected from this platform's lessons.
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NateOrb
I still say not releasing B550 sooner was a mistake. The 3600 especially is in its own class for value imo(at least for current gen hardware) but they tried/are trying to push it with motherboards that mostly cost as much or more even at the low end At this point its less of an issue since x570 has sales, b450/x470 stock has been mostly updated etc but at launch? 200 motherboards for a 200 CPU, only MSI really had cpu-less bios flashing on b450/x470 but MSI had tons of their own problems. I wonder how many sales were lost to Intel since pcie gen4 isnt actually critical and people didnt want the headache of getting a functional motherboard. I can say I personally waited a few months and ended up getting a discount on a x570 and cpu so thats a direct loss (technically they still got me to buy x570 over probably lower-margin b550 but a discount kinda evens that out) I mean this b550a or a version of it is actually probably the best version pcie4 support(for now) anyway, keeps costs down but offers most/all the benefits of pcie4. 17 can be an entirely different price bracket and thats BEFORE they pass it on to the customer as a 25 or whatever price increase. But hey what do I know Im just a commenter on YT
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I still say not releasing B550 sooner was a mistake. The 3600 especially is in its own class for value imo(at least for current gen hardware) but they tried/are trying to push it with motherboards that mostly cost as much or more even at the low end At this point its less of an issue since x570 has sales, b450/x470 stock has been mostly updated etc but at launch? 200 motherboards for a 200 CPU, only MSI really had cpu-less bios flashing on b450/x470 but MSI had tons of their own problems. I wonder how many sales were lost to Intel since pcie gen4 isnt actually critical and people didnt want the headache of getting a functional motherboard. I can say I personally waited a few months and ended up getting a discount on a x570 and cpu so thats a direct loss (technically they still got me to buy x570 over probably lower-margin b550 but a discount kinda evens that out) I mean this b550a or a version of it is actually probably the best version pcie4 support(for now) anyway, keeps costs down but offers most/all the benefits of pcie4. 17 can be an entirely different price bracket and thats BEFORE they pass it on to the customer as a 25 or whatever price increase. But hey what do I know Im just a commenter on YT
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Archimedes
Thanks for the content Steve. But have to ask and maybe some of your viewers may know that have dabbled in the relatively new PCIe 4 space. In terms of 'tangible' performance difference, will PCIe4 really matter compared to 3? Yes, a different graphics car. faster M. 2 nvme SSD. But what is the real world performance difference? Is it discernible to the average consumer just like a fast M. 2 nvme isn't discernibly faster in 'real world' computer usage unless up/downloading tons of data compared to a SATA SSD. Programs open about the same. Same boot up time. Will it purely be a FPS improvement with gaming and having to spend an arm and length for high zoot GPU? To me, this might just be more for PCIe4 motherboard, GPU and M. 2 for very little perceived performance diff. Maybe to high res gamers. But average user? Marketing upsell for little value added? Opinions? Wait for PCIe5 or 6 when things really start to speed up? Will it just pave the way for higher resolution gaming with high FPS?
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Thanks for the content Steve. But have to ask and maybe some of your viewers may know that have dabbled in the relatively new PCIe 4 space. In terms of 'tangible' performance difference, will PCIe4 really matter compared to 3? Yes, a different graphics car. faster M. 2 nvme SSD. But what is the real world performance difference? Is it discernible to the average consumer just like a fast M. 2 nvme isn't discernibly faster in 'real world' computer usage unless up/downloading tons of data compared to a SATA SSD. Programs open about the same. Same boot up time. Will it purely be a FPS improvement with gaming and having to spend an arm and length for high zoot GPU? To me, this might just be more for PCIe4 motherboard, GPU and M. 2 for very little perceived performance diff. Maybe to high res gamers. But average user? Marketing upsell for little value added? Opinions? Wait for PCIe5 or 6 when things really start to speed up? Will it just pave the way for higher resolution gaming with high FPS?
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John
I'm really disappointed with the whole B550 holdup. I had been holding off building a new rig for months because (in theory) the B550 would better fit my needs than the X570 motherboards since I don't overclock. At Christmas I just couldn't pass on some of the component deals so I started slowly picking up parts. I'm down to CPU and motherboard now which I'd held up because word was the B550 would be released in January. So now it's Feb. and they're talking like 2nd quarter - end of 2020. At this point it looks like a B450 or X570. Would sure like to hear from AMD why the delay on a product that shouldn't have taken this long to be released to the consumer (especially if it is being made available to some system builders.
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I'm really disappointed with the whole B550 holdup. I had been holding off building a new rig for months because (in theory) the B550 would better fit my needs than the X570 motherboards since I don't overclock. At Christmas I just couldn't pass on some of the component deals so I started slowly picking up parts. I'm down to CPU and motherboard now which I'd held up because word was the B550 would be released in January. So now it's Feb. and they're talking like 2nd quarter - end of 2020. At this point it looks like a B450 or X570. Would sure like to hear from AMD why the delay on a product that shouldn't have taken this long to be released to the consumer (especially if it is being made available to some system builders.
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ALT
If it was the Crossroads Best buy you had to go to for this video. You have my respect that store is completely useless. They have the worst customer service I have ever experienced. Bought my first laptop from from them less than a week later a automatic update nearly bricked the laptop. Took it back to the store to be fixed they called a week later, and said they did not understand the issue. But my laptop was ready to be picked up. Took it home only took twenty minutes to boot, but nothing like bad IT to teach you how to fix your own PC. Second experience was not improved. Took a hour and a half to exchange a pair of earphones( 30) that was covered under their own warranty with receipt!
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If it was the Crossroads Best buy you had to go to for this video. You have my respect that store is completely useless. They have the worst customer service I have ever experienced. Bought my first laptop from from them less than a week later a automatic update nearly bricked the laptop. Took it back to the store to be fixed they called a week later, and said they did not understand the issue. But my laptop was ready to be picked up. Took it home only took twenty minutes to boot, but nothing like bad IT to teach you how to fix your own PC. Second experience was not improved. Took a hour and a half to exchange a pair of earphones( 30) that was covered under their own warranty with receipt!
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Logan
In my opinion there is zero reason for AMD to even make B550. No one cares about PCI E Gen 4, and by the time it matters, this will all be obsolete. I see people below in comments talking about B650, I would put money on that never happening. The only reason there is a B550 is because the CPU does the pcie gen 4, and B450 already had some enablement for it. Something stinks here. Another question is when games, especially older games, will be fast enough on a GPU to even push enough bandwidth for it to matter, and I say the same thing for SSD's on the pcie 4 bus too, who needs this.
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In my opinion there is zero reason for AMD to even make B550. No one cares about PCI E Gen 4, and by the time it matters, this will all be obsolete. I see people below in comments talking about B650, I would put money on that never happening. The only reason there is a B550 is because the CPU does the pcie gen 4, and B450 already had some enablement for it. Something stinks here. Another question is when games, especially older games, will be fast enough on a GPU to even push enough bandwidth for it to matter, and I say the same thing for SSD's on the pcie 4 bus too, who needs this.
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Navdeep
Why there is no video on YouTube on Nvidia rtx quadro cards. I can guess with specs that rtx 4000 = rtx 2070, rtx 5000 = rtx 2080 and rtx 6000 is equal titan rtx, but is it same for gaming, I know quadro is not for gaming but what is the difference can't we use gaming cards for production work as specs are same. But the problem is there is no real comparison on the internet. Only thing i want to know if both cards can be used vise versa. Please make a video on it if you ever get the chance, I'll be thankful to you.
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Why there is no video on YouTube on Nvidia rtx quadro cards. I can guess with specs that rtx 4000 = rtx 2070, rtx 5000 = rtx 2080 and rtx 6000 is equal titan rtx, but is it same for gaming, I know quadro is not for gaming but what is the difference can't we use gaming cards for production work as specs are same. But the problem is there is no real comparison on the internet. Only thing i want to know if both cards can be used vise versa. Please make a video on it if you ever get the chance, I'll be thankful to you.
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Иосиф
I actually just bought a prebuilt with the B550A chipset, HP Erica 2 motherboard. Looks pretty bad, small heatsink on the chipset and nothing whatsoever on the VRM (although it's rather for 65 tdp max. The Ryzen 5 3400g that it comes with has just a 45W rated cpu cooler mounted on it. but I haven't turned it on yet, as I'm waiting for the monitor. I hope temps will be decent at least, but I doubt that I'll be able to overclock my stock 2666 Samsung ram, as OEM Bios is usually really castrated.
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I actually just bought a prebuilt with the B550A chipset, HP Erica 2 motherboard. Looks pretty bad, small heatsink on the chipset and nothing whatsoever on the VRM (although it's rather for 65 tdp max. The Ryzen 5 3400g that it comes with has just a 45W rated cpu cooler mounted on it. but I haven't turned it on yet, as I'm waiting for the monitor. I hope temps will be decent at least, but I doubt that I'll be able to overclock my stock 2666 Samsung ram, as OEM Bios is usually really castrated.
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Juan
I bought a cyberpowerpc asrock B450M-pro4 of a friend and it turns out it had a custom UEFI bios that was incompatible with Asrock's Bios update I had to get them from cyberpowerpc' website but they never published an revision past 1. 30 while Asrock has a 2. 00 revision which adds support for newer cpus and that was for the 2000 series. I would heavily advice against buying OEM mobos even if they look identical to an off the shelf part there is a chance for hidden limitations
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I bought a cyberpowerpc asrock B450M-pro4 of a friend and it turns out it had a custom UEFI bios that was incompatible with Asrock's Bios update I had to get them from cyberpowerpc' website but they never published an revision past 1. 30 while Asrock has a 2. 00 revision which adds support for newer cpus and that was for the 2000 series. I would heavily advice against buying OEM mobos even if they look identical to an off the shelf part there is a chance for hidden limitations
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ajosepi1976
I got an Alienware Aurora R10 with the 3950X (don't care if people hate Dell/Alienware) and HWinFO64 says my motherboard is AMD B550 chipset. No A. Is there a way to tell if that is true B550? I am using this as a work PC and not for gaming. I needed a prebuilt for tax and warranty reasons, and at the time I ordered, Alienware was the best price for the options I needed. NEVER buy Dell without a coupon! LOL! Also I don't care if it is true B550, just curious.
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I got an Alienware Aurora R10 with the 3950X (don't care if people hate Dell/Alienware) and HWinFO64 says my motherboard is AMD B550 chipset. No A. Is there a way to tell if that is true B550? I am using this as a work PC and not for gaming. I needed a prebuilt for tax and warranty reasons, and at the time I ordered, Alienware was the best price for the options I needed. NEVER buy Dell without a coupon! LOL! Also I don't care if it is true B550, just curious.
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