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Customer Review
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 May 2023
An expensive motherboard but worth it if you will use the extra features. By far the biggest draw for this board (as another reviewer pointed out) is that is does not take away from the GPU lanes if all NVME/Sata slots are populated. This is massive compared to most other AM5 boards if you hold a lot of data/media. I originally had a Strix motherboard but felt like I could never use the 4th slot, which kind of defeated the point of having it.
The post code screen is handy, that it tells you the CPU temp. If RGB matters , the Dragon logo looks great, in a subtle way, that I prefer. There are lots of connections and all at the edges of the board so you shouldn't have any problems. The primary GPU slot is super low down, if your case has fans at the bottom they are literally two inchs away, its great for making sure your GPU never has to spin up and become noisy.
The one click Bios is as dependable as ever. Top tip, put your CPU in Eco mode. Significantly less power and noise and little to no performance loss (in fact its a gain for me as it boosts more consistently). With my 7600x I prefer 65 TDP. The Bios has been updated and it now boots 50% faster, which is great.
The downsides (as there is with any board) are as follows. The board is slightly tacky on the back, looks uniform but is likely some residue left over from the factory. Washers under the NVME heatsinks look a little cheap and liable to be lost. No paper manual. Only small nit picks, but I'm considering the price point when writing this.
Overall a great board, so I'm happy to give this a 4 out of 5 stars. Excellent compared to other AM5 boards and "good" in the wider PC ecosystem. Should last many years, with AMD's continued CPU socket support. Recommended.
The post code screen is handy, that it tells you the CPU temp. If RGB matters , the Dragon logo looks great, in a subtle way, that I prefer. There are lots of connections and all at the edges of the board so you shouldn't have any problems. The primary GPU slot is super low down, if your case has fans at the bottom they are literally two inchs away, its great for making sure your GPU never has to spin up and become noisy.
The one click Bios is as dependable as ever. Top tip, put your CPU in Eco mode. Significantly less power and noise and little to no performance loss (in fact its a gain for me as it boosts more consistently). With my 7600x I prefer 65 TDP. The Bios has been updated and it now boots 50% faster, which is great.
The downsides (as there is with any board) are as follows. The board is slightly tacky on the back, looks uniform but is likely some residue left over from the factory. Washers under the NVME heatsinks look a little cheap and liable to be lost. No paper manual. Only small nit picks, but I'm considering the price point when writing this.
Overall a great board, so I'm happy to give this a 4 out of 5 stars. Excellent compared to other AM5 boards and "good" in the wider PC ecosystem. Should last many years, with AMD's continued CPU socket support. Recommended.
