Also I find the AMD CPU and GPU naming is horrendous. We have a 7900X and a 7900XTX! AMD needs to simplify and do a better job of differentiating their offerings... The pre identifier doesn't help much, R3,R5,R7,R9 or RX for GPU. Half the time I am reading a rumor article talking about future AMD products, it takes me a good while to figure out is this a GPU or a CPU they are talking about. Then there is the mess of their mobile cpu decoder... Intel simplified on 12th gen since the disaster of 11th gen naming and is removing old branding (Celeron and Pentium). Would be nice if AMD could follow suite and improve in this department, AMD Ryzen series APUs (Cezanne) support DDR4 4733+(OC) / 4666(OC) / 4600(OC) / 4533(OC) / 4466(OC) / 4400(OC) / 4333(OC) / 4266(OC) / 4200(OC) / 4133(OC) / 4000(OC) / 3866(OC) / 3800(OC) / 3733(OC) / 3600(OC) / 3466(OC) / 3200 / 2933 / 2667 / 2400 / 2133 ECC & non-ECC, un-buffered memory * x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Ports (10 Gb/s) (ReDriver) (USB32_12 are Lightning Gaming Ports. USB32_11 supports Ultra USB Power.)

AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Matisse) support DDR4 4733+(OC) / 4666(OC) / 4600(OC) / 4533(OC) / 4466(OC) / 4400(OC) / 4333(OC) / 4266(OC) / 4200(OC) / 4133(OC) / 4000(OC) / 3866(OC) / 3800(OC) / 3733(OC) / 3600(OC) / 3466(OC) / 3200 / 2933 / 2667 / 2400 / 2133 ECC & non-ECC, un-buffered memory * Memory support goes up to DDR5-6600+ (OC), which is just above average for the platform. Much past the sweet spot (around DDR5-6000 or so), you're spending more green for negligible performance gains, anyway. The motherboard holds up to 128GB of RAM. USB4 technology brings speed and versatility to the most advanced USB Type-C, offering a fast and simple level of connection for work or home. It enables lightning-fast data transfer up to 40Gbps and supports up to 9V@3A 27W with the next generation PD 3.0 for superfast charging! RAID 0 and 1 are supported for NVMe and SATA drives. The NVMe drives can run in RAID 10 mode if you use an NVMe expansion card to mount a fourth drive, but that requires giving up the graphics slot or using the much slower 3.0 x4 slot. A new era is upon us, an era that involves a re-envisioned focus on performance and efficiency leadership in the CPU landscape. There are two companies that are battling hard to hold the throne of this segment but given the incremental (and sometimes revolutionary) changes that each chipmaker is bringing to the field in a span of a few quarters, there's no decisive victor. In return, the consumers keep on reaping the benefits of this heated battle between red and blue which is the most intense it's ever been.Focusing on the top of the board, we get a good look at the oversize VRM heatsinks, reinforced DRAM slots, and more. Starting in the upper-left corner, we spy a vented shroud that reaches over the VRM heatsink to allow cool air to pass through the fan hidden below and onto the heatpipe-connected heatsinks. The fan is barely audible at load and blends in with other fan noise coming from the case, so no worries there. Above the VRM heatsinks are two 8-pin EPS connectors (one required) to power the CPU. M.2 Gen4 Samsung 980 Pro are super fast and discounted now; for SATA SSD Crutial MX500 are performant and affordable (spec sheets attached)

I/O is impressive enough, too. A single USB 4.0 (40Gbps) is augmented by a trio of 10Gbps ports, a further eight 5Gbps, and you can run any Ryzen 7000 Series without a graphics card by using the HDMI port. Rounding it out, Killer provides 2.5G Ethernet and WiFi 6E / Bluetooth 5.3.Thanks so much for this review, Joe. And whoever made this the banner headline this morning. :) You helped me figure out the missing link in my upcoming build. It’s natural to lose a little functionality between AMD X670E and B650E chipsets, so if it matters, the lower PCIe x16 runs off the chipset rather than the CPU and at Gen 4.0 instead of 5.0. Given the dearth of multi-GPU setups today, that’s no major hardship for the vast majority of users. On the negative side, the fan-header layout could be more accommodating. Three of the six fan connectors are along the bottom edge of the board and not terribly usable in many typical tower-case build scenarios. The two CPU fan headers in the top right corner work well for top- or front-mounted radiators. Having only one header on the front edge of the board can be limiting for those who want extra front intake fans. None of them is conveniently located for rear exhaust fans above the rear I/O panel.

The onboard sound is not good. I get bad distortions in sound as if something is interfering with the sound circuits or controller. A lot of video workflows and renderings suggest you might want to consider a board with wide bandwidth video outputs and fast data connectivity ports, to move a lot of data around, and fast, right? If so, I'd suggest motherboards with USB4/Thunderbolt 4 ports at 40 Gbps for speedy transfer and HDMI 2.1 FRL ports for up to 32 Gbps video signal to better monitors. Benchmarking B650 Taichi Lite against its bigger brother, X670E Taichi, is instructive in evaluating whether there are manifest differences when using a gaming-centric AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D and GeForce RTX 4090 tied to DDR5-6000 memory. Benchmark

CPU and Memory: A Power-Driven AM5 Foundation

Jan 20th 2023 PSA: Intel I226-V 2.5GbE on Raptor Lake Motherboards Has a Connection Drop Issue: No Fix Available (203) NVME RAID x4 is also a very expensive add-on solution. Such card with four M.2 drives installed will cost a lot of money, in addition to total system costs. if HDD, buy 7200 rpm and not 5400 rpm. 7200 disks are faster. WD Gold 12TB get you speeds up to 255 MB/s for large video files and renders. 12TB capacity is better than 10TB HDD - 12TB disk uses less power and it's more quiet due to HelioSeal tech.