Well rounded motherboard for the price
by JasonOverall a decently well rounded motherboard for AM5. Has a good selection of I/Os, especially with the USB C that has DP functionality for monitors that specifically use USB C. PCIe 5.0 for the PCIe slot and M.2 SSD are also two major features for this board. One minor thing I noticed when I had unboxing the motherboard, the motherboard did seem to a bit dusty from the factory in Vietnam for some reason. The board looks to be new but definitely would've hoped that it came out of the factory a bit cleaner. The motherboard was straightforward to build, but I did notice some issues with installing the M.2 SSD at the front. The heat pad on the heatsink seemed to be too thick so it applies a lot of pressure on the SSD. Ended up not fully tightening the heatsink to avoid damage to the SSD. Updating the BIOS on the motherboard was also fairly easy using their BIOS EZ Flash Utility within the BIOS. The motherboard came preinstalled with a BIOS from 09/28/2023 and had no issues updating to 04/07/2024 BIOS before installing Windows. When installing Windows, WiFi drivers weren't available for this motherboard's WiFi card but you can install it using a USB drive through terminal. Been using this motherboard for a week and so far has been performing well. Haven't yet noticed the VRM heatsink fan turning on during use so there's no noise from it. There is some small amount of coil whine when there isn't load on the CPU. It sounds closer a fizzing sound and isn't particularly noticeable when inside a case. Overall a decent performing motherboard for the price so far.