GIGABYTE B550 AORUS Pro

Gigabyte offers a nice B550 motherboard with the Aorus Pro. I just wish the B550 series overall would be a notch cheaper. My gut feeling tells me that if this board would be priced 150 SUD< it would have been a hit. I mean, decent features, good looks, proper performance and satisfactory VRM, but it is just that. The audio is Realtek 1220 based backed with WIMA capacitors. Next to that, you'll have an abundance of USB 3.2 connectivity at your disposal making this board really feature-rich. Of course, the VRM design is majestic, even after 15 minutes of 100% load on a 12-core processor I could place my hand on the VRM heatsink, it remains luke-warm. The overall performance is in line with X570, and memory support is great. With B550 AMD still allowed partial PCIe Gen 4.0 support on one M2 slot and your graphics card (x16 lanes), which is great to see. In closing I can keep things simple, this is your normal mainstream motherboard that will tick all the boxes you need to build even a powerful PC. Compared to X570 the differences are harder to spot compared to previous generations. Its feature set is more than sufficient for all your needs. If pricing would come down a bit, it would be a very recommended product as other then pricing it's delivering on all fronts.

The Gigabyte B550 AORUS Pro is a well built, practical board with great features, including 2.5 Gb/s LAN, a powerful VRM, and an integrated I/O shield. When it comes to looks, the Gigabyte B550 AORUS Pro may not turn heads like some more flashy designs, but the neutral gray and black theme of the B550 AORUS Pro has an appeal of its own and will be an easy fit in almost any build.