Test Setup
For testing, I used the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X and the four different B650 series motherboards that we took a look at above.
AMD AM5 Motherboards Test Setup:
| Processors | AMD Ryzen 9 7950X |
|---|---|
| Motherboard (BIOS) | Biostar B650MT (B65CQ426.BSS) ASRock B650E Taichi LITE (1.28) ASRock X670E Taichi (1.09) X670E AORUS Xtreme (F6a) X670E AORUS Master (F8a) ASUS X670E ROG HERO (0705) MSI MAG B650M Mortar WIFI (7D76vA1) ASRock B650E Taichi (1.11) ASRock B650E PG ITX (1.11) B650 AORUS Elite AX (F3b) |
| Power Supply | ASUS ROG THOR 1200W |
| Solid State Drive | Samsung SSD 980 PRO M.2 (1 TB) |
| Memory | G.SKILL Trident Z5 32 GB (2 x 16GB) CL36 6000 Mbps (DDR5 Platforms) |
| Video Cards | MSI GeForce RTX 3090 SUPRIM X |
| Cooling Solutions | Corsair H115i (With LGA 1700 Mounting Kit) |
| OS | Windows 11 64-bit |
Our test rig includes the Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB SSD that boots up our main OS while a 2 TB Seagate HDD is used for the storage of games and applications. In addition to these, we are running an MSI GeForce RTX 3090 SUPRIM X graphics card, and an ASUS ROG Thor 1200W power supply. For this specific review, we used G.Skill's latest Trident Z5 NEO DDR5-6000 memory kit running at CL30 timings. We also got an AM5 mounting kit for the Corsair H115i to use as a cooling solution for our test setup.
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