Asus Rog Strix B650E-I Gaming WiFi Review

Rog Strix B650E-I Gaming WiFi is DDR5 Mini-ITX motherboard for Ryzen 7000 CPUs. It’s equipped with capable VRM, power delivery and supports PCIe 5.0 for graphics and 2x M.2 slots.

KEY FEATURES

Supports AMD Ryzen™ 7000 Series Desktop Processors
Supports DDR5 Memory, upto 6400+(OC) MHz, 2 DIMMs, RAM Overclocking
Direct 10+2 Phases. Combining 70A Smart Power Stages.
WIFI 6E, BT5.2, Intel® 2.5GbE LAN
PCIe 5.0*x16 for Graphics
1x PCIe 5.0*x4 + 1x PCIe 4.0*x4 M.2 (front, back)
Rear USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 Type-C® + Type-C® with DP Alt mode, Front USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C®
4 Debug LEDs, BIOS Flashback, Pre-installed I/O Shield
Dedicated Water Pump 4PIN Header (1 Amp Power Delivery), Dedicated Thermal Sensor Header

TEST SYSTEM

CASEBC1 Mini v2 (Open Testbench)
MOTHERBOARDRog Strix B650E-I Gaming WiFi (paid link)
CPUR7 7800X3D (paid links)
CPU COOLEREK 280 ARGB (2x BeQuiet SWP4 140)
PSU Extreme 850R (paid link)
RAM32GB Gskill Ripjaws S5 DDR5, 6000MHz, CL30 (paid link)

COOLER COMPATIBILITY

CPU COOLERCOMPATIBILE
Thermalright AXP90-X47Y
Thermalright AXP90-X53Y
Thermalright AXP120-X67Y
Thermalright SI-100Y
Alpenföhn Black Ride rev.BAM5 mounting kit not available and requires removing M.2 heatsink.
DeepCool AN600Y
IDCOOLING IS-47-XTY
IDCOOLING IS-55Y (heatsink over RAM only)
IDCOOLING IS-67-XT Y
Scythe Big Shuriken 3 rev.BY (heatsink over RAM only)
Noctua NH-L9a AM4Y (NM-AM5-L9aL9i mounting-kit required)
Noctua NH-L12 Ghost EditionY (second orientation only)
Noctua NH-L12SY (default orientation only)
Noctua NH-C14SY

CONCLUSIONS

The Rog Strix B650E-I Gaming WiFi is an excellent motherboard with great aesthetic and packed with features. The only downside is the varying degree of VRM coil whine, which we experienced only during gaming scenarios. This was not present during CPU only workloads.