Hey, thank you for the thread.


Are you interested in to test the ASPM feature? They added a new hidden ASPM option and i'm curious if it is working or if only the old one is working.

 

Hi Reous, sure I could test it, but what is it?

 

It reduce the power consumption for PCI-e devices. With my X570-E i can save 12W in idle and load. Do you have a watt meter or something to measure the power consumption?

 

I don't have any, I will check if I can find a cheap one at a general hardware store. Could always be good to have one! I'll be back at the matter when I've found the meter

 

hi
is this B550 beter than the old B350/450 from Rog/Strix?
had both and they were awfull with memory and crap bios support
hope this one is better,
looking for a good B550
thanks for any help

 

It looks that way. It is basically the TUF X570-Plus but with B550 instead of X570 and without a fan of course. Only six SATA vs eight on the TUF, but memory OC seem like it's better with up to 5.1GHz in the specs. TUF is only 4.4. It's been reported the manufaturers have done some work on better memory traces on the PCB:s so in that case newer is better. 2.5GB Intel LAN is also a plus, and bios flashback is a killer feature for a tinkerer. Bios looks good, it's practically the same as in Crosshair VII and even with a few extra options. If you don't need the extra I/O of X570 it looks like a solid board imho and I also think the manufacturers now takes AMD more seriously than the last round.

Regarding sheer performance, my 3700X performs above average as far as I can see and getting 32GB Hynix DJR up to 3733MHz 1:1:1 was quite easy. Biggest competitor in my opinion("attractive for me") is the MSI X570 Unify, but that board is 100€ more expensive where I live so even if B550 is expensive vs B450 it gives a little more and is still cheaper than X570. Also, I don't need the extra features of the X570 Unify and from what I can see OC will be just as good on the Asus B550-F.

edit. regarding my used memory, I was reading Taiphoon Burner wrong, it is Micron PCB and it is D-die. So far correct. But the chips themselves are Hynix DJR which I missed, they are supposed to be high frequency chips and are used in G.Skill Trident Z Neo amongst others. So the relative easy mem OC may have it's explanation.

 

Some scores with -0.05V offset on the 3700X (PBO on auto, no manual settings). AMD Ryzen Balanced Powerplan this time.

https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/2746310

Not above 70C in CB R20 is impressive!

Trimmed mem a little with a pair of subtimings

It's nowhere as fast as my B-die, but then, half the price.

 

Looks fine with 1900MHz IF and 3800MHz memory! (PBO, still on Auto). Very happy with this board, it does what I tell it.

Still have CCX OC to explore, that feature is killer on my C7H/3900X, it will be fun to explore with this board too.

https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/2763816

 

New bioses from Asus, reported via Hardwareluxx.de. Still not on on Asus page.

Bios version 0805, no changelog as of yet

Non-WiFi

https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/...ASUS/mb/SocketAM4/ROG_STRIX_B550-F_GAMING/ROG-STRIX-B550-F-GAMING-ASUS-0805.zip

WiFi

https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/...tAM4/ROG_STRIX_B550-F_GAMING_(WI-FI)/ROG-STRIX-B550-F-GAMING-WIFI-ASUS-0805.zip

 

Edit: too slow


It has Agesa v2 1.0.0.2

 

Thanks! Don't know why Asus dont show the AGESA in the bios name string anymore?

Anyhow performs fine, my 3700X performs slightly above a 3800X using PBO on Auto.

https://valid.x86.fr/i325pp

Biggest difference is two new menus in AI Tweaker:

CPU Telemetry and SOC Telemetry

You can set Auto or offset the values

I suppose it is following the latest controversy where some mobo makers sent fake telemetry to the CPU, so Asus decided to fully expose the mechanism. No more cheating from the OEM. But the end user can cheat, if he/she likes, with these new options.


These new entries messed it up when I applied my saved profile, as I hadn't noticed they where there. The bios choose to give me a BCLK of above 40 trillions
Strange enough the board booted with a reported BCLK of 0 and FCLK of 1200. So, I went back and noticed what was wrong. After setting the AI Tweaker frontpage manual everything looks to be working. Mem 3800 / IF 1900.

 

Agesa version in still in the bios. Software like CPUz need a update to read it out.

 

Aha, ok, doesn't really matter as long as the bios works well.

Does this add XT- and Renoir-support?

I saw the Renoir-drivers are already on the download page, very early as you can't get the APU:s

 

Looks like a very good bios this 0805, first time over 5100p in CB R20 and with only PBO set to Auto

Result in CPU-Z

https://valid.x86.fr/vpn2gw

 

Did some tinkering with CCX OC, but I came to the conclusion my 3700X is of too bad silicon quality to get any substantial gains.
Had to raise vcore way too high imo. Heat was never a problem, just voltage levels I'm not comfortable with.

I'm back at PBO Auto, almost the same performance and quite a bit lower voltages.

My 3900X in the sig is another story, much better silicon, it gained a lot from CCX OC and at reasonable voltages. Somehow earns it's higher price.

 

I need a b550 board with strong memory overclocking potential. The b550-F is tempting because I can get it on sale.
But the Intel 2.5Gb nic worries me, because all but the latest revision is bugged causing lost packets when running 2.5Gb, effectively dropping speed to about 2Gb.
What revision is the nic on your board?

And how much memory do have installed?

 

I need a b550 board with strong memory overclocking potential. The b550-F is tempting because I can get it on sale.
But the Intel 2.5Gb nic worries me, because all but the latest revision is bugged causing lost packets when running 2.5Gb, effectively dropping speed to about 2Gb.
What revision is the nic on your board?

My particular Revision is v1.03, sold here in Convict Town. No longer buy direct from US or Europe now, keeping my money here instead.

No problems with the Intel 2.5Gb connection.

 

New bios out, 1004, to replace the withdrawn 1002 bios.

https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/...ASUS/mb/SocketAM4/ROG_STRIX_B550-F_GAMING/ROG-STRIX-B550-F-GAMING-ASUS-1004.zip

Version 1004
2020/08/1718.45 MBytes
ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING BIOS 1004
"Improve system performance and stability
Improve Fan control function
Improve DRAM stability
Update AM4 AGESA combo V2 PI 1.0.8.0
Improve system stability
Improve DRAM performance"

 

who updated their bios to the latest 1004?

 

I did, very stable, not a single hiccup. Been gaming for hours and hours. Some settings are missing though, like settings related to Global C-states and such. They are still there, and can be found using search, if you know the name of a particular setting.

 

Hello. How did you update it? EzFlash keeps telling me "Selected file is not a proper BIOS!" and ArmoryCrate says there is no new BIOS available.

I checked everything, but no matter what, I can't update the BIOS.

 

will be updating now... thanks!

 

Anyone else having issues with POST on reboot from windows?

Cold boot and reset switch appear to POST reliably but about 1 in 20 reboots from Windows get past post.... Very strange

 

Not happened to me even once, possibly you have some voltage setting that is off.

 

Is this board compatible with 2700X? I read some Asus B550 (B550M-plus) will run with 2nd gen desktop Ryzens even though product page only lists 3000 series.


edit: Reous told me it is compatible in another forum! Thanks

 

That does not sound correct, since the B550 chipset only support Zen 2 and above. (Basically, 3*** series CPU's but not the APU's.)

 

Recently got this board and it has a fair few improvements over my previous C7HWIFI and it's nice. Wonder how long it'll be before we see AGESA 1.0.8.2 hit this board as the improvements sound truly amazing

 

Oh good, another plus on having bought this board, the non wifi version, I mean. My ram is not really overclockable and my 3700X works great without an all core overclock on it.

 

anyone overclocking their procies using this mobo?

Can U share your mobo settings? im using Ryzen 7 3700x..

im new to Ryzen (was a former Intel user)..

 

anyone overclocking their procies using this mobo?

Can U share your mobo settings? im using Ryzen 7 3700x..

im new to Ryzen (was a former Intel user)..

Honestly, manual overclocking all core on these processors are not worth it. (I have systems with 2 x 3700X and 1 x 3600.) Most of the time, the processor boosts to good speeds without manual overclocking.

 

Wasn't able to overclock my CPU per se. Offset undervolted my 3600 by -0.01825 stable, about the same as my previous C7HWIFI

 

im at manual right now 1.275v PBO enabled.. i didnt touch any other settings.. procie boosts to 4.3Ghz from time to time.. stable at Cinebench R20 and while playing games..

 

when I set vcore to manual, it stays the same never and downclock, is it normal and ok?

 

When using PBO you should not use manual vcore, use offset instead to lower/raise the voltage

 

yeah im back using offset (-)

 

Asus has released a 1202 bios with AGESA 1.1.0.0 rev B, sadly it's very buggy. It has extreme high DPC latency, USB ports intermittently cuts out(USB audio is on the brink of unusable), video flickers intermittently like every other minute, bios 1004(AGESA 1.0.8.0) was ultra stable not a single problem so a big regression.
OC is the same though, and it can take 3800MHz memory just fine, benchmarks are same too latency is just slightly worse. It has the new Fmax feature from The Stilt, I couldn't use it Windows just bluescreens during boot. For anyone running a Zen 2 I would strongly recommend to stay on bios 1004. Possibly this new bios works better with a Zen 3, but I would rather hope for a new and more stable bios.