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[Pre Order] ASRock B550 Steel Legend AM4 ATX Motherboard $139 + Free Delivery for Metro Areas @ Centre Com

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[Pre Order] ASRock B550 Steel Legend AM4 ATX Motherboard $139 + Free Delivery for Metro Areas @ Centre Com
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Pidaf0 on 09/09/2021 - 14:38 centrecom.com.au (2333 clicks)
Last edited 09/09/2021 - 14:53 by 2 other users

If anyone is looking to build a new pc and can wait till the end of the month for delivery this is a great option. Great reviews for this board.
I personally haven't seen a board with similar VRM performance and features come this low. Seems to be a steal for this price if you can wait.

Pre Order. Current ETA: 25/09/21

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  • snickerz on 09/09/2021 - 14:43
    +4

    Sounds like a great deal …. Unfortunately i have to buy my B550 this week to going with MSI B550 Tomahawk for 199$

    If only the ETA was sooner …

    • readerr0r on 09/09/2021 - 14:47
      +1

      B550 Tomahawk comes with a $40 USD (~$52 AUD) steam gift card via redemption so that'd soften the blow a bit

      • tof on 09/09/2021 - 15:09

        Is the promo still running?

        I found a page on their website but looks like the promo ended last year https://au.msi.com/Promotion/amd-b550-promotion

        VALID JUN 16 - AUG 31, 2020

      • iseeyou1312 on 09/09/2021 - 15:34

        Don't trust it though, MSI never gave me my giftcard on a different promotion.

        • Kitchenhand on 09/09/2021 - 15:58

          Every bonus promo I've had to claim from MSI has been an issue. But after contacting them they have always sorted it out for me… It would be nice if I didn't have to follow them up every single time

        • IronOrchard on 09/09/2021 - 23:45

          I had no issues claiming my freebies at the start of last year.
          It was a massive pain to do though (gathering serial numbers and reciepts).

    • mrtee on 09/09/2021 - 15:37

      Same board is in stock at umart for $169.

  • Dalgona456 on 09/09/2021 - 14:48

    Thanks. I was waiting for Asrock B550 boards so this is good buy.

  • atom1319 on 09/09/2021 - 14:49

    Got the matx of this. Excellent board.

  • alz on 09/09/2021 - 14:51

    How does this compare to the MSI B550 Mortar - better or same?

    • idaf0 on 09/09/2021 - 14:57

      The mortar is in the matx form factor, whereas, this one is full size ATX. From my knowledge the Steel Legend has a better feature set and vrm thermals.

    • OMGJL on 09/09/2021 - 21:59

      both 4 layer pcb (mediocre) , both have good power delivery enough to drive an OCed 5950x, both offer about the same sata port and m.2 port and similar audio, I'd get the cheaper one straight up.

      • alz on 09/09/2021 - 22:15
        +1

        If only it came with Wifi & BT

  • hippyhippy on 09/09/2021 - 14:51

    Using Intel 7700k right now.. I can't use my existing ram on this can I?

    • Dalgona456 on 09/09/2021 - 14:52

      DDR4? Yes.

    • ngoc le on 09/09/2021 - 19:01

      b550 mobo is for ryzen tho, maybe b560 is what u want.

    • OMGJL on 09/09/2021 - 22:29

      Ryzen tends to not like older 4Gb IC ( mind you I didn't mean 4GB stick, but 4Gb IC, aka 512MB per IC, so you need 8 chips to make a 4GB stick, or 16 chips to make a 8GB stick)

    • Void on 10/09/2021 - 21:34

      You can, but if your RAM is as old as the processor chances are it's lower clocked and going to hold a Ryzen CPU back a bit. You could try your hand at overclocking it or just spend $100 to keep your soul and will to live.

  • EightImmortals on 09/09/2021 - 15:05

    Make sure the BIOS is at least 1.3 if you want to put a 3600 into it.

    • idaf0 on 09/09/2021 - 16:14

      In my case, I used this board without updating bios and it booted the 3600 with no issues.

      I understand bios version may be different across different units/different retailers.

      You will most probably need to update for Ryzen 5000 series, however.

      • Creamsoda on 09/09/2021 - 16:32
        +2

        which means if you're going for a 5000 series avoid this board?

      • EightImmortals on 09/09/2021 - 16:33

        Sorry, yes I meant 5600 not 3600. :)

    • cheesecactus on 09/09/2021 - 17:01

      I'll be fine out of the box.

      The one I ordered at the start of this year was good to go with my 5600x.

      I did have to immidiately do a bios update, but it'll boot to bios at a minimum

      Edit: to be perfectly clear I have this exact mobo

      • EightImmortals on 09/09/2021 - 17:31

        Yeah we got one a couple of months back that came with the 1.1 BIOS and wouldn't even boot with a 5600.

  • bazingaa on 09/09/2021 - 15:24

    is there a MATX version of this?

  • mrtee on 09/09/2021 - 15:34

    This or the ASRock x570 phantom 4 wifi? If I'm able to get them for similar price

    • celery juice on 09/09/2021 - 15:48

      I would get this board as it has the better VRM

    • OMGJL on 09/09/2021 - 23:33

      Asrock x570 has

      weaker VRM (power delivery)
      weak memory topology (4 layer T-topology, T-top sucks with 2 sticks, and 4 layer pcb sucks with 4 sticks)
      no m.2 heatsink

      It basically fails everything a motherboard should be good at.

  • mrtee on 09/09/2021 - 15:35

    Does this support pci4

    • celery juice on 09/09/2021 - 15:43

      Yes

      • Namidairo on 09/09/2021 - 15:49
        +2

        Yes*

        • The G series APU's are only PCI-E 3.0 capable. You probably won't be building with one.
  • Namidairo on 09/09/2021 - 15:46

    No bios flashback (ie. Flash bios without cpu), so be wary if you want to use this with a newer CPU (Ie. 5000 series CPU and especially a 5000 series APU), as you don't know what bios this will ship with…

    Centrecom might be nice enough to flash the latest version on there if you put it in the order notes, maybe?

    Edit: Also some people are against Realtek NIC's. I imagine the experience on Linux will be bumpy without a recent kernel.

  • garylau on 09/09/2021 - 15:47

    this or Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard? the later comes with wifi 6 module by default.

    • vinni9284 on 09/09/2021 - 16:01

      Well the Asus is twice the price plus it has wifi. If you need wifi, then spending a little more for the Asus rather than a dedicated wifi card + Asrock might be worth it.
      Plus there are mixed reviews for this board, USB issues, reliability etc

      • garylau on 09/09/2021 - 19:37

        got any links to the Asus reviews mate?

        • vinni9284 on 09/09/2021 - 20:02
          +1

          No however I'm sure googling will give you your answers immediately.

  • loopededoop on 09/09/2021 - 16:12

    is this a good upgrade for a b450 aorus pro wifi?

    • idaf0 on 09/09/2021 - 16:16
      +3

      I would hold off till AMD release their new chipset which will require a new mobo. As for now, ur board will run 5000 series fine.

      • stevtom27 on 12/09/2021 - 01:21

        New chipset, new cpu? 5000 series just cane out last year

    • Dalgona456 on 09/09/2021 - 16:16
      +3

      no just get a new CPU and new board next time.

    • R3XNebular on 09/09/2021 - 19:50

      I have same board and running 5900x fine. Cinebench gets VRM's very toasty. 100 + degrees.

  • [Deactivated] on 09/09/2021 - 16:38

    Hope it's better than the B450 version, went through 2 of those.

  • drprox on 09/09/2021 - 16:45

    Arhhhh I was trying to wait until the end of the year to upgrade my mobo…

  • jeeg on 09/09/2021 - 16:52

    Wow this is so much cheaper than the B550M Tomahawk that i was contemplating for my wife's video editing PC build!

  • Canberralad92 on 09/09/2021 - 17:46

    The b550 taichi was a ridiculous 199 or something through the week too. Just missed out on that. Cheers to the folks in the comments re. The bios updates.

  • Dalgona456 on 09/09/2021 - 20:09

    My order has been dispatched. Wow

    • vinni9284 on 09/09/2021 - 21:47

      I thought pre order?

      • Dalgona456 on 09/09/2021 - 21:51

        Yeah wonder why its been shipped with tracking number.

        • vinni9284 on 09/09/2021 - 22:18

          Possibly their orders came in early. I've bought one too but no tracking yet

  • Inyokuchi on 10/09/2021 - 02:42
    +1

    Just a warning guys! If you buy this and install a 5000 series, it will not boot properly. You need to update the BIOS from the manufacturers website

  • bonezAU on 10/09/2021 - 09:37

    Ugh!!! I had one of these in my cart last night and had no idea that this $139 price was about to expire on me….was there an expiry on this deal posted on the Centre Com website that I missed?

    I went back to place the order just now and the price has gone to $179.
    I'm not a gamer but it's about time I upgraded my PC, this board looked alright but I guess I'll look around for something else as my budget was $120-140 anyway.

    • vinni9284 on 10/09/2021 - 11:04

      They always have promotions & discounts. Who knows, you might end up with a better board for a similar price. Cheers

      • bonezAU on 10/09/2021 - 12:07

        Thanks, I will keep my eyes peeled. I'm not in a hurry and I was actually just thinking about it now, I may even be better off waiting for black friday/cyber monday in November and hope to snag a discount off a CPU etc via an eBay sale or similar.

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