ASUS ROG Strix B850-I Gaming WiFi AMD AM5 B850 Mini-ITX mITX Motherboard 10+2+1 Stages, DDR5, 2.5G LAN, WiFi 7, 2X M.2, PCIe® 5.0 x16, USB 20Gbps Type-C®, AI Overclocking, AI Networking II, Aura Sync

Booted on the first attempt and going on and strong. Never had to fiddle with anything. Transferring drive with windows 11 from my older x570 rig was a bit of a hassle. But that’s part of DIY PC hobby.Tons of usb ports(8nos), great quality aluminum heat sinks for the VRMs and onboard connectivity options, PCIe 5.0 X16 slot and M.2, wifi7. This thing is future proof till 2030.At $300 it’s the cheapest I’ve seen this board go on sale. I think it’s a steal in this economy.Highly recommended.

Pretty much my only complaint is that it boots slow, as others have said. It takes like 5 seconds to display the BIOS, so it's really only a problem if you're going in and out of the BIOS a lot. Otherwise, it really won't bother you. But it probably will bother you if you need to do extensive BIOS troubleshooting. I only had to go into the BIOS a few times and was getting annoyed.I also didn't know that with AM5 the backplate is typically attached to the board, so I bought the wrong heatsink at first. Just make sure you buy a heatsink that is made to attach to the AM5 bracket and doesn't REQURE it's own (like some do), and you'll be fine with this board.If you don't know these things ahead of time, it can be a pain, though.Also, remember to pair this with a CPU that has enough lanes to support a full x16 graphics card and NVME drive, or the GPU may run at half speed.I paired this with the 7950X3D and a AXP120-X67 Air Cooler, and RTX 4070 12GB (I get like 20K in Time Spy, so it's not a bad board).That's about it, I think. Oh, and the onboard Bluetooth sucks (but it does on most motherboards, from my experience -- they really need to put in better adapters, IMO).It's a good board, but DOES boot kind of slow, but it's only a problem if you go into the BIOS a lot or start having problems and need to start doing that.Oh, and I almost forgot -- Windows 11 setup didn't recognize the network adapter right away (which is a problem during setup because it needs a network).So, I had to enter special commands during setup (found online in Microsoft's help docs or Google).It probably deserves a star off for it booting slow and the network adapter not working during Windows 11 setup, but since I had zero problems with it other than that, I'll give it a 5 just because it works so well than those two things (besides those two things I'm very happy with it, and I even bought another which I just put together).

I’m not taking off a star since this is on me but I just noticed it when reviewing my purchase to check off the part in my part list; but I got a Used - Like New board.Check the details of purchase and shipping before buying peeps. I’d rather have spent another $70 on a new part.But it’s on its way, so we will see how it looks when it gets here.

I won’t go into detail about ASUS the company, there is more than enough details online, but I will go into detail in regards to the B650E-I.The first problem that I got was the fact that there are no Internet drivers preinstalled onto the motherboard meaning that you have to save your Internet drivers onto a separate USB before you actually get even LAN working. This is a problem because if you are like most people, you will be reusing part from your previous build and will not have a computer to actually download the drivers until it is already too late. I was fortunate enough to have actually done this however it shouldn’t even be a problem, yet it is.The second issue is the boot times last substantially longer than any other motherboard that I’ve used before.The third issue is going to be the fact that there is coil wine on my unit. It’s not entirely audible, only noticeable if I have my fans at a low speed and the case panels off, however, based on previous reviews, it is likely that this will get worse overtime and I have purchased motherboards for 1/3 of the price that had no coil line.The fourth and final problem, which is the most important for me is that the audio solution on this motherboard is absolutely horrible. For whatever reason the audio signal that comes out of the rear is incredibly loud, it distorts my headphones even at 50% system volume on windows. There is a lot of distortion and the audio sounds tinny, installing the drivers from the ASUS website does not help. This is not an issue that I have seen substantially covered at all except for one Reddit thread, this in my opinion, makes the board unusable and even though you can compensate by reducing your system volume it is common for volume to reset on startup and it shouldn’t even be an issue in the first place.Yes, the motherboard does have many good features and the rear Io is best in class and there are no extra daughter boards that you have to use to get full features like other manufacturers, but it is not worth the price nor the quality.EDIT: Some extra info.- Coil whine can be “solved” by keeping your CPU above 1.2V at all times. Should not have to do this for $300.- Long boot times are a problem with AM5 in general apparently. Go into your BIOS and turn on BOTH Memory Context Restore AND Memory Power Down. ASUS BIOS should do both automatically when one is enabled. Fast boot helps as well, 13second boot times.- Audio is done by Realtek ALC4080 which does audio over USB and has “impedance detection”. This does not work. It detects 80ohm headphones as over 1000ohms, massively over amplifying the signal. Realtek audio drivers (not Microsoft defaults) and Realtek Audio Console must be installed to manually change amplifying level, but ohm detection is still wrong. This fixes sound level, but ALC4080 implementation and noise isolation is still bad. Get constant crackles during any bass notes above 50% volume. Especially when CPU utilization or Ethernet utilization is high due to bad isolation. Stick to motherboards that use ALC 800/1200.I will be returning this when the ASRock B850 boards come out.