Asus ROG Strix B550-A vs Asrock B550 Steel Legend

ChazzerDaMan · November 8, 2020

Hiya,

I am looking for a motherboard for my 5600x, and have whittled it down to these two. I prefer the Strix B550-A for its looks, but the Steel legend has more features (Post Code, Front panel USB C header, etc). I am planning on doing some overclocking as well. What are your thoughts? Price is about the same, and I really don't know which one to get. Thanks for any help.

boggy77 · November 8, 2020

in terms of overclocking potential, they are both as good, so just go with the one that has the features you need.

Mateyyy · November 8, 2020

The Steel Legend should be good for overclocking a 6/8-core, though I wouldn't go higher than that without some airflow on those VRM heatsinks.

The Strix should have no problem with even an overclocked 16-core but, if the front panel Type-C and POST code are more important to you than overclocking potential, by all means you could just go with the SL.