Conclusion
The board also improves power circuitry and WiFi, adds 2.5G Ethernet, and performs well in our slew of benchmarks.Asus understandably knows that it needs a presence in the B550 market and has seven boards that span the pricing spectrum. The TUF B550M-Plus WiFi is a natural successor to the B450 and provides super-fast PCIe 4.0 for graphics and a single drive.
The board also improves power circuitry and WiFi, adds 2.5G Ethernet, and performs well in our slew of benchmarks. However, we'd prefer the upper NVMe slot to feature a heatsink, but the biggest problem, one that is common amongst manufacturers, is the high price of B550 offerings.
This TUF Gaming costs £185 and firmly steps on the toes of micro-ATX X570 boards that are inherently more feature-rich. So, whilst we appreciate the improvements from one generation to the next, these B550s need to be properly sub-£150 for a recommendation.
Decent networking
Overclocks well for CPU and memory
Expensive
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