Asus B650M-AYW WIFI AM5 micro-ATX Motherboard $129 + Delivery ($0 VIC/ NSW/ ACT/ QLD/ WA/ TAS C&C) @ Umart & MSY

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Good budget motherboard, better than Gigabyte B650M Gaming/Gaming PLUS WiFi.

Highly recommended for 7800X3D and below

1st slot graphics card slot with PCIe 4.0 x16
2 M.2 slots (PCIe 5.0x4, 4.0x4)
Front panel USB-C (5Gbps)
MT7902(WiFi 6 & BT 5.2/5.3?)
2.5Gb Ethernet
6 Layer 2oz copper PCB
3x 5V ARGB headers
3x 4pin fan headers(1 on top, 2 at bottom)
The second PCIex16 slot supports PCIe 4.0x4

Down sides:
No POST LED
No BIOS Flashback
No rear USB-C
No DisplayPort
Hard to install AIO liquid cooler (hard to connect both pump and pump fans pins concurrently because only one 4pin is on the top)

Surcharges: 0% direct deposit, 0.9% card, 1% fee on all other payments including Google Pay & Apple Pay.

Can stack with 3% off Category Choice Department Store on Amazon until tmr

Related Stores

Umart
Umart
MSY Technology
MSY Technology

Comments

  • +5

    if you choose google pay in MSY website, then no surcharge fee.

    • Wow indeed. I just checked there is a 1% surcharge on Umart but none on MSY. Hope they won't fix that.

  • Why is this better than the gigabyte one?

    • +2

      Gigabyte B650M Gaming WiFi is worse than this in almost all aspects:
      ❌4 layer PCB while this one uses 6 layer,
      ❌1 M.2 while this has 2 M.2,
      ❌worse wireless card (RTL8821CE WiFi5 vs MT7902 WiFi6),
      ❌lower graphics card slot (2nd slot vs 1st slot),
      ❌worse BIOS support (does not allow CPU overclocking),
      ❌even higher price

  • +2

    Very cheap for a B650m but looks like it has extremely weak 4 phase Vcore - expect it to run hot. Should be just passable for a Ryzen 5 or 7 and a 7800x3d could do with something better.

    • I was looking for this spec, 4 phase is so bad, where did you find the info?

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