As one of the more affordable options in the ASUS Ampere RTX 3080 range, the TUF follows the Nvidia setup very closely, except for the addition of the triple fan cooler. This particular model has a factory overclock, although neither the packaging nor the specifications table on their website specify exactly how much quicker this is than the default TUF.
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Asus duly obliges the bigger-is-better crowd with a package that’s 300mm long, 127mm wide and 52mm thick. That’s big, but its Strix brother is 20mm longer, 13mm wider and 5mm thicker. Asus says Gaming TUF OC is a 2.7-slot card, but you can ignore that and assume the hulking cooler obscures three slots.
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In our testing, the B550M-Plus Wi-Fi performed well at stock speeds, easily matching all other B550 results. The only potential outlier was application startup and the Powerpoint tests in PCMark. Outside of that, our gaming results were spot on and power consumption was right about in the middle.
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At around $420, the Apex is not a cheap motherboard. We’ve been conditioned to think that well over $500 for a motherboard is almost normal, however compared to some of the flagship boards, the Apex is quite the bargain. In fact it’s only a few dollars more than the lighter-spec Maximus XII Hero.
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The Micro ATX Asus Prime B550M-A Wi-Fi ($149.99), lives on the less-expensive side of B550 based motherboards currently available. For this price, you’ll get dual 4+4 phase VRM, M.2 slots, integrated Intel Wi-Fi 6, four SATA ports, and a single Gigabit Ethernet port.
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We check out the more affordable Dual Radeon RX 5700 XT DUAL EVO OC edition. A product that sits on a more mainstream segment compared to the STRIX boards. The product is performing pretty spot on really. Fitted with a thick dual-fan cooling solution we have lots to talk about and check out of course.
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Today we are going to evaluate a pair of ASUS GPUs, the TUF Gaming X3 Radeon RX 5700 EVO and RX 5700 XT EVO. The headlining feature intended to separate these cards from other designs is a much beefier cooler. ASUS says these cards have a 44% larger cooler surface area than before, a claim that should show itself in higher clocks, lower GPU temperatures, or both.
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The TUF Gaming B550M-Plus (Wi-Fi) comes in a MicroATX form factor (as indicated by the M after the chipset ID). After almost exclusively reviewing ATX and Extended ATX motherboards for the last year, this thing feels extraordinarily small mounted inside my midtower test chassis.
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That’s where today’s three ITX motherboards come in to play. All three are the peak of their respective ranges in the ITX format, and we’re going to put them head to head. We have the ASUS ROG Strix Z490-I Gaming, the MSI MEG Z490I Unify, and the Gigabyte Z490-I Aorus Ultra. Let’s see how they stack up.
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Built around a 4-layer PCB and 8+2 stage power delivery solution, the ASUS TUF Gaming B550M-Plus (Wi-Fi) is aiming to tempt users who want a premium micro-ATX motherboard. Bells and whistles come in the form of high-speed networking, sizeable VRM heatsinks, and smooth RGB LEDs.
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