ASUS ROG Strix B650E-F Gaming WiFi Motherboard

Again and again I had crashes with this board, replaced the video card (regret there, but it seemed like that was the problem). Audio hissing and pops, okay, fine- typical from realtek, but it even made noise when the machine was *off*. Eventually this motherboard determined the CPU was bad, and refused to boot. Checking online, reseating the CPU might solve the problem. So I did (which means more wasted thermal paste), and then, finally it determined that the issue was I had USB power overloads. Even when I unplugged EVERY USB device on the the board. It just wouldn’t boot. I spent over a month and am now outside my return window.

The solution? I bought an ASRock motherboard and it’s been fine. This product is trash, and ASUS should be ashamed for making it. I’ve been building computers since 1988, and this is by far the worst experience I’ve ever had. Absolute junk. And the ASRock board? Not only does it “just work”, it’s got a 100% better UI for the BIOS. ASUS bios still feels like it’s 1990..

I would not recommend. I don’t even know what to do with this trash. This *probably* cost me $400 because of me not knowing WHAT exactly is wrong; I spent $1200 on a GPU and based on it constantly crashing, I went all out and spent $1700 on another, then the board just decided a permanent reboot loop at 15 seconds due to USB issues (with NO usb plugged in) was how it wanted to go.

Maybe I just got a bad board, but if you google ASUS motherboard, I sure don’t seem to be the only one. 100% money wasted

Edit: sent to ASUS for repair, they refuse warranty repair claiming there is a bent CPU pin, which is somehow my fault. They want $130 to repair it, at which point they will send a replacement. I didn’t bend it, it came that way. I can’t even imagine what you could do to bend one (1) pin and not affect any of the ones around it. So apparently they aren’t QCing their boards and blame the customer. I’m 100% out the $220 I spent on this board, they wanted to kick it up to $350, and on top of that, I had to pay $25 to send it in for an RMA they denied. Do not do business with ASUS. I’ll be looking into litigation over this one.

I used this motherboard for my first PC build. While there were a lot of headaches involved, this motherboard made the daunting task of booting up and installing the necessary software very easy.

The build quality is impressive and slick. The overall design made for quick installation of all my components. I appreciated the ease of removing all the components too when it came to troubleshooting. The GPU release button made removing the GPU quick and safe. That’s something more motherboards need to implement

The motherboard took up quite a bit of room inside my PC case. The tight fit left just enough room on all sides to get some creative cable management going. I would do a little more research on tolerances inside the case if cable management is a priority for you.

A month later, I’ve had no issues with the preinstalled components. The onboard WiFi 6e delivers on its promised Internet speeds and stability. Bluetooth works well and can easily handle all my devices. There’s plenty USB A ports and audio jacks included that’ll handle pretty much everything you’ll need. There is only one USB C though so if you’d like more slots a good expander or a slightly different version of this card might be the move.

All in all great experience with this! ASUS never fails to deliver on their ROG Strix line.

Bought the motherboard from Gigabyte installed it, but not does not work! immediately switch back to my always go to brand ASUS!

Excellent product. Access to Gen 5 PCIe and solid performance all around. Matched with a Ryzen 7 7800x3D and a RX 7800 XT. Very happy with the PC Build.