How worried should I be about the Asrock motherboard and the 9700x?

[jay1091]

Hello, I was planning on getting the Asrock B850 Steel Legend to pair with the 9700x. Since Hardware Unboxed use to ravage about Asrock B650 motherboard. However, I’m now worried about the whole fried CPU problem. Should I just avoid Asrock altogether and hope I get better luck with other brands or is the problem overblown? Moreover, after posting this question on Reddit. The opinion is pretty divided. One side said avoid Asrock board and the other said it's a very small failure and nothing that I should be too worried about. I'm also open to suggestion and opinion on other b850 motherboard!

PS X870 and B850 is the best option for me since X670 and B650 have limited availability in my region

[GuiltySpark_]

General Asrock fan but I’d skip their 800 series boards and Zen5 at the moment. Casual scroll through /r/Asrock for the past few weeks was all I needed. 

[jay1091]

9 minutes ago, GuiltySpark_ said:

General Asrock fan but I’d skip their 800 series boards and Zen5 at the moment. Casual scroll through /r/Asrock for the past few weeks was all I needed. 

Honestly, I have been lurking in that sub too. It not only scare me away from Asrock, but also makes me sweat a little for going with the 9000 series CPU. I'm currently looking at the GIGABYTE B850 AORUS ELITE WIFI7 ICE since it have plenty of USB port. You can never have too many native port. But Gigabyte is you know Gigabyte. They have a pretty mix bag reputation. What are your opinion?