ASUS ROG Strix B450-F Gaming Motherboard (ATX) AMD Ryzen 2 AM4 DDR4 DP HDMI M.2 USB 3.1 Gen2 B450

I took the risk and decided to go Ryzen for the first time and was glad I did. I went with the Asus B450-F mainly from the good reviews, affordability and my having settled on a Ryzen 2700x with 16GB of Corsair memory on board.For those who have either never built a gaming PC or are a bit rusty, don't worry, this is a great motherboard and I had only a few small snags in my install, mainly because I was new to the AMD way of doing things and also to the BIOs and a few things it wants when you test your POST for the first time. Just take your time and if you are not sure as to the answer for a question, Google or YouTube it or call the support line for help. I watched the YouTube videos on the Asus board and it all went well save for my little goof-up on POST.The two main takeaways: 1.) Make sure to plug the keyboard and mouse in during your first POST test. I was used to motherboards that didn't require it and that little mistake cost me an hour of scratching my head! And 2.) Put cardboard down in a couple of layers next to the mounting clips for the Ryzen fan/heat sink so you don't run the risk of damaging the motherboard when attempting to clip the heat sink to the motherboard. Make sure to use the motherboard cardboard box as a nice testing stand for your motherboard while you run the first POST test before installing it all into the case... This is experience talking.The Ryzen CPU came with the thermal compound applied and while I usually use my own brand, I opted to go with the pre-applied compound and it went great. I will, however, change the compound in six months or so to see how it is doing and replace it with Arctic Silver compound I normally use. As far as the installation of the CPU went, it was perfect. I handled the CPU by the edges and was super gentle in my install. Having had bent CPU pins in the past, I was in NO hurry here and triple-checked to insure all was as expected before I moved on to lock down the CPU and install the heat sink/fan.Power supply was a Corsair CX series 750 watt power supply that was specified in the Asus list of compatible power supplies. Really nice bit of kit there and I liked the ability to plug in ONLY the cords I needed to for my setup. Worked just great right off the bat.I opted for a Rosewill Cullinan RGB case with the fancy smoked glass sides and front panel and love how it all looks with the RGB fans with a fan hub/controller. I'm still figuring out if I can link the RGB hub up to the motherboard to take advantage of the Aura Sync system built into the motherboard. I rather do like the neat RGB lighting built into the motherboard and have yet to test the software that is freely available for Aura Sync. I did have to add 2 standoffs to the case where the motherboard attaches to get full coverage for the motherboard and other than that, it was all smooth sailing on the installation.As for a graphics card, I opted for the ZOTAC Gaming GeForce GTX 1650 OC 4GB. It is performing well so far. All of my gaming systems have used Zotac cards and I have enjoyed how well they work in the prior two gaming systems I have built. We'll see how this new one works, but so far, in the 3 days of burn-in I've done, it has held up. I downloaded the drivers from Zotac's site and the drivers and support software installed with no troubles.I will likely add 2 more sticks of memory on-board to take the system to 32gb and see how it all goes.I'm a retired IT professional who did a LOT of server installs in my day. I would recommend a nice set of tools like a simple needle-nose plier set, some mid-sized screwdrivers (phillips and flat head) plus a magnetic base to hold all the screws you will inevitably be working with. It's best to have them all in one place and impossible to lose. Expect to budget 4 or 5 hours to the build and likely it'll spread over a couple of days. As I mentioned earlier, I do a one week burn-in for my systems and it is a good test of the hardware. You can get away with 24 hours, but I like to see the system truly get exercised for that full week to insure all is good.So... In conclusion: What did I think of the Asus B450-F? So far, it is running great! The normal learning curve for a new type of motherboard and brand. Not too many surprises other than the POST requirement for a mouse and keyboard attached. I am pleased with how it all integrated. I'll update this review over time, but with 3 days so far in the burn-in time, the system is working like a dream and the motherboard temps are running low and the system boots in 15 seconds flat to login screen. I'm giving this motherboard a BUY rating and a thumbs-up.

Estupendo me funciona al 100%actualice la Bios y puedo usar procesadores más modernos a hora mismo un rizen 7 3700x

Great Mother Board and updated the bios with ease

The motherboard is a great board for a functional low hassle motherboard.The best feature of this board is the Q-LED. It is quickly able to troubleshoot hardware problems that are normally very challenging to find.An example is if using an old video card it will appear not to POST and the VGA light with be amber. The PCI Express one PCI_1 slot is actually set to PCI express 3.0 when set to auto. 3.0 is not backward compatible with 2.0 cards. It will have the VGA light as if your card does not work. The problem is that it "does not work", does not mean the card is broken. The easy fix is just to move card down to PCI_2 and that system should POST.The Q-LED is a really great helping in troubleshoot by narrowing down the potential issues as hardware issues are challenging. It may seem minor, but there are many potential problems that can occur when building a new system as I thought the RAM of CPU could be faulty.The system is partially compatible with Ubuntu 18.04, but not really. Not entirely sure why, but it would randomly freeze for no reason. It could be in use or not, but it would just freeze where nothing would work. The network card was detected as gigabit but the bandwidth utilization was a closer to 100mb speed.Was forced to use Windows 10 and system is stable. The network card operating at detected speed and random system freezing has gone away.Not sure if a big deal, but if you install Windows, it does auto inject the ASUS Grid requesting you to install the software. I installed then uninstalled due to not useful. Not a fan of general gamer advertising, if it were more focused on hardware then it might be useful. The random crashing could have been caused from ASUS Grid injecting into the Ubuntu platform trying to use Wine, but no proof of that. The locking up of the system was after I installed Wine on Ubuntu, so it could be possible, but haven’t gone back to troubleshoot. If ASUS was not injecting software into your computer from the BIOS that would be nice. If this is true having the ability to turn off ASUS grid would be great.BIOS was not updated: I was not forced to update BIOS, but it was not updated upon receiving the item. I was able to update the BIOS with no issues. It may seem slow… because it is, just wait for it to do what it needs to do. It appears to be frozen with no progress, but it isn’t. It is best to walk away and check on it every so often. I used a 2000 series cpu, so no problems here.RAM Profile was clocking my RAM at 2600 when it detect it as 3200 ram. Wasn't sure how to get what I paid for but accidentally went to easy mode and had it auto detect recommended configuration. It build a profile to allow my ram to run at 3200 with the different timing and voltage profile. Seems to be working fine now.The LED isn’t overly bright, so I use it to tell if the computer is still on. I didn’t like the power button on my case because it is so bright, so the LED inside the case is just bright enough to see that it is on.Overall still think this is a great board. I would prefer to save money by being on Linux, but having to use Windows is fine too, just cost more.The only non BIOS or compatibility recommendation is to test components outside the case before installing. Due to some of my late errors it was more challenging to use a flashlight to check components.