ASUS ProArt B550-Creator AMD (Ryzen 5000/3000) ATX content creator motherboard (Thunderbolt™ 4, dual M.2, PCIe 4.0, Dual 2.5 Gb Lan, DisplayPort/HDMI, USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A and Type-C, and RGB headers)

Simple and powerful board.Two 2,5g ethernet and thunderbolt.If you are a gaming that will use only one ssd m.2 and one vga, this is your best option.

Best motherboard I have ever owned, everything works out of the box, running a R7 5700x and 32 gb of corsair ddr4 absolutely flawless. Tons of overclocking options in bios.

I’ve built computer workstations for 20 years. And I’ve never seen anything like this. During the POST / System Check phase on first boot, THREE OF THESE BOARDS FAILED.First, “No VGA Detected” - which meant the HDMI port on the boards is no goodSecond “Hardware Component Failure” - which meant some hardware portion of the board failed. GOOD LUCK FINDING WHICH ONE.On the second board, I was able to get it to work after installing a graphics card. However, a day after successful install or Windows, etc, I attempted a boot, and I got “NO MEMORY DETECTED.” So I removed and replaced all the RAM, and it started fine. THEN, I decided to move the system from the test bench I had it set on into a proper ATX case. After I did that :NO VGA DETECTEDHARDWARE COMPONENT FAILURE.Okay… Maybe three time’s a charm. But the third board FAILED on first attempted boot.NO VGA DETECTEDHARDWARE COMPONENT FAILURESame result after installing the GPUI’ve always relied on ASUS and AMD hardware. So, this is a real stumper. Also very frustrating.I have another ASUS board that is INTEL based, running just fine.I don’t know what to think. There are no jumper/switches on this board which might change the outcome. And I’m sorry, but I’m not going to spend hours and days waiting on service from ASUS. It doesn’t work, so I’m sending it back FOR THE THIRD TIME, and sticking with INTEL, apparently.Components:Ryzen 5950XCorsair 32GB DDR4RADEON PRO WX6800CORSAIR 750 watt PSU

I purchased this to replace an ROG-Strix mobo that was giving me grief with my build. So far, I have had no issues, so as of right now I’m happy.PROS:1. The layout of this board is very intuitive; I found it easy to set up, had no trouble when it came time to manage cables, and never felt pressed for space. I also quite like the look of it, as all the LEDs and flashy branding are a huge waste of space on a PC that isn’t going to be set out for display.2. The latching mechanism for the M.2 sockets is a nice upgrade from having to deal with tiny, annoying screws. My fingers appreciated this a lot.3. There are indicator lights on the board to help troubleshoot any issues you might have during setup. For instance, if you forget to plug in the 8-pin connector, a red light will remain lit to show you that it’s missing. Similarly, there are lights for the RAM and CPU during bootup, which will also stay on if there is a problem. Since there are no 2-character coded LEDs, this is the next best thing.4. This might sound odd, but the manual was an improvement over some other ASUS manuals I have thumbed through.5. No issues with Ryzen 7 5700G, although it’s worth noting that I’m fairly certain you need an HDMI connection if you want to use the onboard graphics; the provided DisplayPort is an input port, not an output.6. Thunderbolt should make it simple to run a multi-screen setup, although I haven’t tested this out yet.7. There are plenty of fan headers, but if you need more than 12W, you might have a problem.CONS:1. This may have just been my board, but the screws holding in the CPU cooler mount were way too tight. I needed to remove it to install my preferred cooler and it was a bear to get out. Only one came loose without a struggle and one of them left behind some small pieces of metal, which originally had me quite worried that the board was damaged. Thankfully, that doesn’t seem to be the case.2. There are only 4 SATA ports, so if you have multiple drives or expansions, you will want to save one of your small PCIe slots for a SATA card or pick up a SATA hub port multiplier. The addition of two M.2 sockets helps, but obviously only if you are running M.2 drives. I can always use more SATA ports and more M.2 sockets.3. If you have a front-end USB 3.0 cable (coming off the chassis) you might not have a place to put it, depending on the plug size and shape. There are adapters for this, but you’ll have to make sure you’re getting the correct header/plug configuration.4. The bottom full-length PCIe slot shares bandwidth with Thunderbolt, so if you use it, you have to change the settings of the M.2 socket to allow both of them to work. Having a populated bottom slot will prevent Thunderbolt from having any output until you do this. Keep in mind that with the shared bandwidth, neither will be operating at full capacity. If you absolutely must use Thunderbolt, all of your slots, and M.2 sockets, this may not be the motherboard for you. An Intel board or a ProArt X-570 might be better for your needs.5. This isn’t an issue for me, as I actually want an offline machine, but there’s no WiFi.THOUGHTS: All in all, I think this is a solid board as long as you work within its limitations and understand that AMD boards still are not the answer for Thunderbolt. I purchased this because I needed an AMD board to go with the rest of my components, so this is not the “perfect” board for what I wanted to do, but it was within my budget and it works well enough. I think I will enjoy it regardless, and hopefully someday I can migrate my work to the “perfect” build after all.PS: Make sure you peel off the plastic covering the ProArt heatsink. Not sure why they bothered putting that there, honestly.

The little things, like having the rear I/O plate pre-attached, and having screwless lockdowns for the M.2 cards...

Excelente, funciona perfecto con interfaz de audio apollo twin x, puerto thunderbolt 😌

This board runs my Ryzen 9 chip like a stallion.Unfortunately, the main reason that I got this MB - the built in Thunderbolt 4 - can be sketchy at times. I will occasionally find myself unplugging/replugging the TB cable from/to my monitor to get it to recognize properly. Doesn't matter if I use the 85W or the 15W port on my monitor. BIOS and drivers are all updated, too. It gets worse, however.My efforts to get this board working with the Razer TB4 Dock Chroma have also failed. I could just plug all my peripherals in directly, but this dock (and many others) have that sweet, sweet UHS-2 SD Card slot that makes transferring 4k video from a camera so much faster. You would think it is a simple operation - plug the TB cable from the board into the 'source' TB port on the dock, run all the peripherals through the dock then run a TB cable from the dock to the monitor, right? The results have been less than stellar. Sometimes I can get the video to work, but NONE of the peripherals are ever recognized by my computer or by Razer Synapse. It's not the dock either, because when I change the source from my PC to my Razer Book 13 laptop, everything works the way it is supposed to. My best guess is that there is a power flow issue between the dock and the PC/board that does not exist with laptops. Either way, my main purpose for buying this motherboard doesn't even work.Hopefully the problems can be corrected with driver/BIOS updates, because for this amount of trouble, I could have just spent the few extra dollars and gotten the x570 Taichi board and a discrete TB card, but who knows if that would have worked...