Gigabyte B550M DS3H AC
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A compact motherboard from Gigabyte, which stands out for its affordable price and high-quality design approach. Based on the modest AMD B550 chipset, it is designed to install most AMD processors released between 2017 and 2022, focused on socket AM4. Part of the 2023 Gigabyte Ultra Durable office line, it's a great solution for a low-cost PC for work or school, and can be the foundation for an entry-level gaming system tuned for 1080p gaming.
When trying to assemble something more powerful, the limiting factor will be far from the most powerful 8-phase power converter, which physically cannot serve a too demanding multi-core processor. Instead, the manufacturer took care of the durability of the board, using double locks for RAM modules, long-life resistors with anti-sulfur coating, compacted textolite and a Q-Flash bootloader that allows you to work with firmware without including the processor, memory and video card.
Up to 128 GB of DDR4 RAM with a maximum frequency of 4733 MHz and support for XMP technology can be loaded into the four available slots. Four classic SATA 3 connectors and two modern compact M.2 ports for installing fast NVMe SSDs are provided for installing drives. There is also a built-in RAID controller for creating a disk array. The gigabit network controller from Realtek with a built-in wireless receiver (Wi-Fi 5 + Bluetooth v 4.2) is responsible for processing and distributing incoming Internet traffic. There are also HDMI and DVI-D ports on the board, which allow you to transfer images from the Vega video core built into Ryzen processors.
