Gigabyte B550 AORUS ELITE V2 Motherboard - Supports AMD Ryzen 5000 Series AM4 CPUs, 12+2 Phases Digital Twin Power Design, up to 4733MHz DDR4 (OC), 2xPCIe 3.0 M.2, 2.5GbE LAN, USB 3.2 Gen1

I've been running this for almost a year and a half now with a strong CPU and GPU setup. I haven't had any problems, even with it running a high-end RTX. There were no issues swapping over from the previous motherboard at all. In fact, I actually bought this because, unlike the Asus Rog Strix equivalent that I had previously, this motherboard doesn't halve my GPU bandwidth when using both nvme slots, and I'm incredibly glad for it! Plus, it was also cheaper than the somehow worse counterpart from Asus, so that's a great bonus on top! As for fitting it and getting it set up, it was super easy. The cable headers are all placed thoughtfully, which makes it pretty easy to get a tidy look and have no difficulty with the fit. It probably helps that I've got a very roomy case, to be fair, but I don't think I'd have any trouble with a much tighter case due to how well thought-out it is. **There is one relatively minor issue** that could be an irritation if you're using a top-mounted 240/360mm AIO cooler and a smaller case, and that's that the shielding above the CPU can get in the way by just a few mm, preventing you from being able to house the radiator above the motherboard unless you don't mind being a bit forceful and wedging it in there. That's not an issue for my case, but it's worth bearing in mind.

Absolutely love this motherboard. I'm running it with a Ryzen 5800X and an Arctic 360mm AIO in a Montech case, and it's been flawless from day one. No BIOS hassle, just pure plug-and-play — everything worked straight out of the box. It booted up smoothly, recognized all my components instantly, and has been rock-solid since. The VRMs handle the 5800X really well, even under heavy loads, and temps stay cool thanks to the Arctic cooler. Never had a single crash or hiccup. Build quality feels solid, and it was easy to work with during installation. If you're building a mid-to-high-end AM4 system, this board is a fantastic choice. No fuss, just performance. Highly recommend!

I ordered this for a pc build that I'm doing and honestly it works great however just as a warning I paid for a new motherboard but was sent a used one it had a memory of a previous used cpu which shouldn't be the case for a new board and came unwrapped with no plastic covering but other than that it works great it was a good price for what it is and works brilliantly in the care that I bought for it. The USBC header on the board in the main feature I bought it for but if you're looking to install an AIO I'd use a different board as it doesn't have an AIO pump header so beware but other than that a very solid choice for a small form factor build.

Perfect example of a motherboard; reasonably priced, integrated wifi, standard layouts (M-ATX, DIMM 2+4 for standard DDR), hestsinks included where beneficial, port selection is fantastic, VRMs are good enough to handle even budget PSUs for high end components (outside extreme overclocks, in which case, your issues are the OC with budget PSU, not this mobo) Highly recommended for any build that supports M-ATX for speed and ease of installation, especially if you want to maximise AM4 longevity rather than upgrade to AM5. I'd reccommend the 5700X3D with this, if you're running a mid-high end gaming rig. I run that with the 7800XT - zero complaints Purchased one for myself, was so confident in it's quality, I purchase for other's builds too

Bought this as a build to downsize from homelab ex enterprise kit. Very happy with it, accepted all the bits and bobs i needed to attach, and as a bonus it supports bifurcation so it worked with a 4xNVMe pcie adaptor at full pci4 speed Running Windows Server 2022 on it, and the devices could have been a bit easier to setup (but to be fair Server 2022 isnt on the supported OS list). Hyper-V working great on it, paired with 128Gb memory (another nice feature of this board), 2 WD black nvme drives, 3 Samsung SATA ssds and a 5600x cpu, a SAS card stolen from my old Dell server, and a 12Tb SAS hdd. Seems to do a good job of keeping my 3 pin case fans quiet. Have not tried all the RGB stuff since thats not my thing, but there seem to be a bunch of headers on here for it if thats your thing. Only thing worth noting is that only the big metal PCI-E slot is pci4 speed, the other 2 and the 1x are slower, similar for the NVMe slots, only 1 is 4th gen PCIe, which isnt a problem for me, as I can shove the NVMe drives on the fast pci slot, and the SAS controller and basic GPU on the other. For those who want a gaming PC with a fast GPU, you would be limited to a single NVMe at 4th gen on this board. Apparently if the AMD processor has integrated graphics this gets even worse. Overall, would recommend this board strongly. Have achieved my goal of a power drop from 140w idle to 88w, with a noticeable bump in performance and reduction in my computer sounding like an airport - i can barely tell its on. UPDATE Nov 2023 - I liked this board so much I bought a 2nd one for my son as the basis of a gaming PC, and I can report that Windows 11 installs cleanly on it, and picks up all drives auto-magically over wifi, including the suite of Gigabyte tools for things like fan monitoring/control etc. I stand by my 5 star rating - this is a great mobo for this gen of AMD

I bought this Motherboard on Amazon Warehouse and the board is great but the Quality Control of AW items and their descriptions are not good. This was definitely not 'Like New', but more like used with missing parts. But with the 20% off promo and further reductions due to missing parts, it ended up being really good value than it already is. I have the B450 version of this board also and the B550 board is considerably better spec'ed and has many premium features. Not only does it have onboard LED's as you'd come to expect, but the VRM's are much better and a substantial H/Sink design is found on the B550. Not only this, the rear of the motherboard has a metal frame to sink more heat away. This B550 its board has the I/O shield built into the motherboard which is welcome for installation, and has a zero CPU BIOS flash capability. If the BIOS is trashed/corrupt beyond the 'Reset CMOS' or you need the latest BIOS for say your new CPU then this will be invaluable. Another great additional is that this motherboard supports 2 NVMe SSD drives, one at the rear (Gen3) and another at the top (Gen4). This is additional to the 4 SATA ports available onboard. The only two possible downside are: 1) the lack of the new USB 3.2 header for USB-C based cases, but a cheap adapter can be bought to allow a physical connection, but obviously not using the 3.2 functions, only USB 3 functions will be available. 2) LED lights control is no longer in the BIOS menu's but via the LED controller apps. I used the Gigiabyte one in Windows and it does the job. The BIOS seems well laid out for a B550. Generally based on enthusiasts web pages this motherboard is in high regard in terms of features, quality, and value for money. This also has a magnetic 'shark fin' style wifi antenna rather the previous screw on mini antennas as used on their B450 kit. All in all a great motherboard for my R9 3900x with my existing 3200MHz 32GB RAM kit for my compute tasks.

Very nice motherboard. Easy to set up and works wonderfully. Definitely recommend.

Really great board, I'm running a Ryzen 5600, 32bg ram and a XFX 7600xt, 2x M.2, 1x Sata SSD & 1x HDD. The only issue I ran into with my build was with the Sata port placement. If you have a lo ger Gpu then the ports get covered up and it can be very tricky to get the sata cables connected.