ASRock B550 Steel Legend (90-MXBDF0-A0UAYZ)

Wir machen nun zwar mit einem Mainboard von ASRock weiter, doch widmen wir uns nun wieder den klassischen Desktop-Mainboards zu. Mit dem ASRock Z390 Steel Legend (Hardwareluxx-Test) haben wir uns einem ersten Modell der neueren Steel-Legend-Serie angenommen und heute schicken wir das noch junge B550 Steel Legend in den Mainboard-Parcours und untersuchen die Platine. Ist es eine Empfehlung wert?

With the B550 chipset, you get a single PCIe 4.0 for graphics, one M.2 slot, and overclocking ability. This should be enough for the majority of consumers. Dare we say it?, X570 is not worth the price premium for this user base. We also need to emphasize that B450 motherboards were significantly cheaper but, on the other hand, most B550 products are priced okay, also in the VRM department a lot has changed and that shows on the B550 series. The Asrock B550 Steel Legend is no different, as it should handle even the 16-core Ryzen 9 3950X. The price is about 180 USD, so quite a lot for a B-series chipset, but you get 2.5 GigE, 14-phase power stages, good audio performance, 6 SATA ports, reinforced PCIe slots, and all the essentials (and even more) are here. This is a good motherboard that’s not flashy (but you still get two regular and two addressable RGB headers). It’s worth buying.