Motherboard
ASRock B850 Steel Legend WiFi
ASRock's newest mid-range AM5 board — B850 chipset with Wi-Fi 7 and solid VRM for Ryzen 9000 X3D chips.
Pros
- ✓ Wi-Fi 7 at a mid-range price
- ✓ Good VRM for X3D CPUs
- ✓ 3× M.2 slots
- ✓ USB-C front panel header
Cons
- – No PCIe 5.0 M.2 on base model
- – Fewer SATA ports than ATX boards
- – Newer chipset, smaller BIOS track record
Full specifications
Platform
SocketAM5
ChipsetB850
Form factorATX
VRM (power stages)14+2+1 phase
Memory & Expansion
Memory typeDDR5
Memory slots4
Max memory capacity256 GB
Max memory speed7200 MT/s
PCIe slots1× x16 4.0, 1× x16 3.0, 1× x1 3.0
M.2 slots3
SATA ports4
Connectivity
Wi-FiWi-Fi 7
Bluetooth5.4
LAN2.5 GbE
Rear USB1× USB-C 10Gbps, 6× USB 3.2
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