The b550 taichi has 2*m.2 slot

TIMESTAMPS: 0:01 - Intro MOTHERBOARDS 0:40 - MSI MEG B550 Unify-X 4:31 - Gigabyte X570 Auros Master 8:13 - ASRock X570 Taichi 11:29 - ASRock B55 Taichi 13:27 - Gigabyte B550 Auros Pro V2 EXPENSIVE KITS 15:39 - G.Skill Ripjaws V 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3600 C14 18:09 - G.Skill Trident Z NEO / Z RGB / Z Royal 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3600 C14 20:12 - Crucial Ballistix 64GB (2x32GB) DDR4 3600 C16 AFFORDABLE OC-KITS 22:50 - G.Skill Ripjaws V 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3200 C14 23:05 - G.Skill Flare X 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3200 C14 BUDGET KITS 24:22 - Crucial Ballistix 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3600 C16

00:00 - Intro MOTHERBOARDS 00:39 - MSI B550 UNIFY-X (aside from memory overclocking, also applies to non-X) 04:25 - X570 BCLK Limitations 05:54 - Gigabyte X570 Aorus Master ("expensive, all-around motherboard") 08:13 - Asrock X570 Taichi ("the everything motherboard" non-oc feature-wise) 11:28 - Asrock B550 Taichi ("interesting alternative to the X570 board if you'd like to save a bit of money and maybe get somewhat better overclocking") 13:25 - Gigabyte B550 Aorus PRO V2 ("the cost effective option", "strong memory overclocker", "same VRM as X570 Taichi") MEMORY KITS 15:26 - G.Skill Ripjaws V 2x16GB DDR4-3600 CL14 ("strong Samsung B-die bin", good for intro to manual oc or set and forget XMP) 18:00 - RGB flavours of the same kit (Trident Z Neo, Trident Z, Trident Z Royal in Silver, Trident Z Royal in Gold) 20:09 - Crucial Ballistix 2x32GB DDR4-3200 CL16 ("as high performance as it gets for 32GB DIMMs") 22:47 - G.Skill Ripjaws V (and Flare X/Trident Z) 2x16GB DDR4-3200 CL14 ("cost-effective B-die kit", "terrible at [XMP]") 24:18 - Crucial Ballistix 2x8GB DDR4-3600 CL16 and G.Skill Ripjaws V 2x8GB DDR4-3600 CL16 ("'I don't care about overclocking but I want good performance' kits") Also includes tangent into practicality of doubling up on two DIMM kits 27:27 - Closing comments/Outro

Thank you very much for this. I am an enthusiast who likes to tinker with their daily setups and learn hardcore overclocking because it fascinates me and indirectly teaches me about the hardware and the physics/engineering behind high-performing hardware. But having high-end dailyable set-ups is perfect content for me, and I think a lot of people. Also, using your power-plane cooling idea (not fool cooling, but basic heatsink and fan) did increase performance by a measurable amount on a 5900x.

I mod my PCIe covers to add extra buttons such as Clear CMOS and my case didn’t have a reset switch and I have added a power button in parallel to case one and mounted it on my desk

I got 4x8gb Patriot Viper Steel 4000 C19 and damn I am glad I listened to you. With them it made memory overclocking a lott less painful because basically anything I typed in worked andwould stay stable. Thanks for showing me a kick ass memory kit for cheap.

This is consistently the best series of overviews, great work.

10:01 On the ASRock X570 Taichi board, I believe the 3rd m.2 only shares PCIe lanes with the bottom PCIe x4 slot, so you should be able to run 8 SATA drives and 3 m.2s if you wanted, and give up the bottom PCIe slot (if I'm reading the manual correctly. ASRock doesn't have a nice storage compatibility chart like gigabyte or ASUS). Thanks for the great video as always Buildzoid. Nice to have a great summary video like this. Helped me makes my final purchasing decisions.

My Favorite PCB and Bdie education channel. 🧠 ❤️ P.S thank you so much for informing us about the additional discrepancy between x570 base clock issues, I was about to get a x570 for some hobby OC, 😅 phew.i wasn't aware of this.

Howabout the gigabyte vision d-p? Just dropped on newegg. What I mean is it seems to trade little ram overclocking for more pcie slots and dual x8 pcie simultaneously/sli.

I have the "avoid" B450 Gaming F from Asus and it's running 2000 FCLK on the 5600X quite ok, I just had to bump the four voltages that dram calculator recommends you use, and just a tad over that recommended value for three of them. I did experience some USB reconnecting issues like Ryzen does, like you said that is unstable infinity fabric, so I bumped up those four voltages and now it's running ok. No memory errors on 4000 CL 16, overclocked 3200 CL14 Flare X. I could not get CL 14 to work on 4000 yet. Thanks for creating this channel, I have learned a lot from it. Good luck with your XOC endeavors! I am currently building a custom water loop for the 5600X. Why? Because I want to overclock the snot out of it, and maybe get a 5800X in the future.

Question BZ, What are your current thoughts on the B550 Unify-X? People are saying it's inconsistent and some of them such as mem OC and that I should not buy it if I can't get it binned? It fits more or less what I want to try and play with but I csnt afford to buy a few and bin to sell the bad ones. Is this a real concern or?

This are your best vids love them the most cant wait to see best MB and mems for the am5 boards when out

I'm currently running 32GB (2x16GB) of Crucial 3600 CL16 at XMP on a 3400g / MSI x570 Gaming Plus (yeah yeah I know the VRM is crap on this board, but I don't overclock these days). I've also got a 16GB (2x8GB) kit of the same stuff, identical XMP timings just single rank Rev-E instead of dual. I was thinking of running all 4 sticks as 48GBs in a triple-rank configuration after I eventually swap out this 3400g for something with Zen3 when prices hopefully come down a bit later in the year. Any oddities you can think of that I might run into when running such a configuration?

I'm having trouble overclocking with the B550 Unify X. I had a B550 Aorus Pro AC and was able to overlcok my Patriot Viper 4000mhz 2x8 b-die to 3800cl14 but I cant do it with this Unify X. It would boot on the Unify X but it would BSD when I ran Aida or TestMem or any other applications. I used the same ram timings as I did for the Aorus Pro AC with the same ram timings of 14-15-8-12-28-40 but don't know why it wont work on the Unify X. I have a 5800X3D. Can you please help? Any suggestions?

Bought my MSI MEG ACE X570 for MAX OC based on AHO's review, and I'm a VERY happy Ryzen 3900X user!

What more can you hope to get than 4000Mhz IF and ram speeds? This runs perfectly stable on my Dark Hero with an x5950/Samsung 4000Mhz b-die mem kit. Afaik that's basically as far as IF will go anyway. Or can B550 push this meaningfully higher with BCLK?

Would the G.SKILL DDR4-3600MHz CL14-15-15-35 (4x16GB) work well just using with the 5950x using XMP?

No mention of the Patriot Viper RAM? WHY? Weren't those your favorite memory to OC?

I'm feeling better about my Aorus B550Pro AC (V1.3) and 5900X build after seeing this. Thank you.

what memory kit would you recommend for a b350 board running a 1800x . running an older 2666 kit now on 2800 speed with low timings. but with all those 3600 kits I'm lost . i know I might have to turn the speed down . but is it still better for timings? i mean will a 3600 kit cl 16 run 3200 cl 14 for example ? I'm no expert , my knowledge is basic.

hi Buildzoid, I have two sets of Patriot 4400 CL19 kits (cause they're so cheap!) to run with a 5950x. I understand running xmp is a no-go, but what frequency and timings should I be aiming for? Edit question: How badly does my Asus x570-F (yea I know it's a dumb board but it came through a bundle deal) hinder me tightening the timings?

BZ conforming to the 29 min algorithm preference.

So just a question about the MSI Meg Unify-X. If I wanted to get it and get a sabrent rocket gen4 m.2 for my bootdrive and another sabrent rocket gen4 for gaming. Would they both run just fine? Or would I have to get a sata ssd for my games?

I bought the patriot viper steel 4x8 4000mhz CL19. For my motherboard msi mag b550 tomahawk atx am4 and I have a ryzen 5600x. I don’t know much about overclocking ram but what can I do to be able to run stable at xmp or close to that?

What do you find is the most common reason to not being able to hit 1900FCLK? 5950x, x570 Aorus Master, TridentZ Neo 3800CL14. Like you mentioned 1900 will just not boot. Any tips to getting a boost in FCLK? or does it come down to the individual CPU or MB just not being up to the task? Thanks for the video!

Just purchas the crosshair viii extreme. Which memory you recommend and m.2. Thank you for the help. Also it with the 5950x

I got the unify-x a while back on your recommendation, its great on custom bios for the 5950x ram oc etc, having fun with ram

Has there been an update to the 570 Bios/chip drivers that allows for better Mem OC. I have the 5950x and the Asus HeroVIII.

Hi! Thanks for your videos. What set of 64gb (or 128?) I have to choose for Msi Meg x570s ace max? I'm studying and searching the entire internet but I'm not sure yet. I hope you'll find some second for answer me because I need some help. Thanks again for what you do for the community. Bye!

I already have a set of the g.skill F4-3600C16D-16GVKC 2x8 GB that i bought 8 months ago, would you recommend me buying another set of the same kit, or getting rid of the kit i have and get the 4x8gb kit they sell? .btw i have the b550 aorus pro v2

Great video mate. I just got a B550 Vision D from the italian Amazon. I was thinking about going for the Aorus Master x570 but I wanted the looks of the Vision D.

Hey buildzoid, I have Strix B550-F, 5900x and F4-3200C14D-32GTZR samsung b-die dual rank kits. My memory is super unhappy with this board. But I know the board was running my single rank kits @ 4000. Do you think I should sell the board and get a unify x or I should sell the kits and try to get another b-die kit. Thanks.

Are you willing to do or suggest a guide for overclocking the 2x16GB 3200 CL14 kits? They have been around a fair while so I imagine wquite a few of us have them.

great video!

I was literally just looking at boards for the CPU I managed to finally get, thanks!

I have a question about ram, so if I want to run the highest lets say at 4000ish and have 4 slots filled ideally what should I go with?

Hey man, love your videos covering the guts of the motherboards, what is your honest opinion on the b550 aorus master?

Great video. Also do you have a Best Z590 Motherboard for an old i9-10850k and memory ? i haven't find it in your videos

This might be a stupid question, but why is it okay to get 2 sets og the 8gb kit(4*8) but not the 16GB kits ?

can you do a mobo led debug code video? there is little information on the net about this. are the codes different by mobo brand? chipsets? platforms? amd or intel? or are debug codes universal? pls help

@buildzoid. You mentioned 4 stick DDR4 being horrible? why? what's the tech limitation that's causing this? I have 4 sticks (8 GB) of B-die and on my Aorus X570 Aorus Elite Wifi, I can't even enable XMP which was 3600-CL18-19-19-39-58 older Coasair Vengeance (with just white LED lights). The best I could do with my 4 stick is 3400 CL14-15-15-31-48. 33 MHz over 3400 will result in mobo not even POST regardless of voltage adjustments on b-die or mem controller on my Ryzen 5900x.

I'm going to ask the maybe stupid question but I have 2 sticks of Viper steels 4000 CL19 (PVS416G400C9K), running at 3800 CL16, on a 5600x , would it be a bad idea to try to get 2 more sticks to get 32gb of ram?

Okay Buildzoid I have small question. When I build one year ago my new pc, tryed so hard to buy G.Skill TridentZ Royal 3600 mhz CL14 in Central Europe where am I. That didn't happen so I searched specifically for B-Die kits. I managed to get a dual 8gb Corsair Dominator Platinium 3600 CL16 which apparently is worse B-Die on the market but still. Please tell me if Typhoon confirms that those are Samsung B-Die, they should be easy to OC with my Ryzen 3 3300x placed on Asus X570 Crosshair VIII Formula. Why they basically don't go more than stock D.O.C.P.?

Opinion on the Asus Crosshairs Hero VIII? I have it in my system and seems great to me.

What X570 board does you recommend for normal CPU?

Hi there I would like to ask you for your help ? My new pc build is going to have a 5950x with a gigabyte auros X570S master, but am struggling for which memory to use. The store that is going to build it for me have picked Corsair dominator platinum 16Gb (2x8Gb) 3600Mhz Cl 14 X2 packs. They only stock Corsair memory, I won’t be overclocking the memory so wanted to know if this was good memory to use or if you would recommend a really good kit that maybe I could buy separately and plug in myself. Many thanks in advance

thanks to your advice I got the b550 aorus pro mb, so far so good!

using msi x570 gaming plus with 5950x , it was working perfectly , yesterday it is stuck on cpu redlight ( i checked processor , ram , graphic on other board they are fine but having issue on board) can any one help?

How do you feel about the x570 ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero motherboard for Ryzen 5950x? If you had these two, what specific RAM and cpu fan would you recommend?

No to 2 of the same trident kits, what if I want 4 ram for 64gb how do I do that? And with overclocking as well

Would these be your same recommendations for the 5900x?

So even if I use 2 dimms and reasonably oc them I can still use them with the Master x570 and just leave those 2 slots empty. My goal is max exploit of IF... which is 3866ish? Question is I'd like to have 64gb in my system for longevity (on a 5950x). but rumours here and there are 32gb sticks are more difficult to oc. Could I ever reach 3866ish ( if cpu permits) with a 2x32gb?

For 128GB 4x32GB Ryzen systems, it is ever worth doing more than XMP? Also it looks like the Crucial kit you recommended only comes in 2x32 configs. It's difficult to find any information on working 128GB Ryzen configs. I know quad rank is terrible on Ryzen but some projects actually need the ram! Threadrippers are so expensive...

Any opinion on the asus 570 crosshair dark hero?

Thanks for the excellent shopping tipps.

I find the x570 dark hero to be a good step up from the x570 master I get a bit better memory O/C as well as far less annoying quirks (ie my board not turning on every week or two unless I pull the battery for 5min). Also I really think for a high end gaming setup the b550 master is a fantastic board. Really good vrm and great feature set, yes the dual bios is kind of odd but that really does not come up unless you are really giving it.

On the ASRock X570 Taichi (Razer Edition) the only compromise is that you have to choose if you want to use the third M.2 slot, coming from the chipset or the regular chipset PCIe slot. The 8 x SATA always works. (Source: Me and a personal system 🙃)

Can you make a ryzen 5 series pbo overclocking video? Tia

WOW incredibly descriptive, I loved it, More, more, more please. I've been looking for a motherboard and Processor like a Ryzen 7 5800X or (really leaning towards) 5900X. I was seriously looking at ASRock X570 Tiachi. After your review and some insight, I believe MSI MEG B550 UNIFY X might be it if I can find one. I was on the right track for ram and bought G.SKILL Ripjaw V32 GB (2X16) DDR4 3600 but didn't realize the CL was 16 until now hope their ok. P.S. I "Subscribed", "Clicked the Bell" and chose "All" to get every video.

Wait, I thought Aorus Master did have dual bios? Am I understanding something wrong? I am quite new to all this

Since you really seem to know your ram and motherboards, Could you recommend any budget samsung b-die kits for a 4x4gb or 4x8gb configuration? This is for mining monero-xmr where 4 sticks is optimal, would be paired with an underclocked 3900x or 3950x. Could you recommend a budget b550 motherboard that can handle 3600 cl14 ram configuration with the best vrm possible at or under US $150?

Hey, my buddy has a problem with his RAM for 5950X (G.Skill Ripjaw 4000mhz CL16 32 GB), it only does 2133MHz (1064.5), all XMP profiles are unstable. Could you explain how to set it up? Can it work at the recommended 3600 MHz?

Interesting video, as always. By the way, I'm kinda mad that ASUS didn't made to your list (yeah I love ASUS, judge me) but I can see why. Also, could you post a video on overclocking with PBO2? It's quite fun and different using the curve optimiser vs all-clock overclock.

I bought 2 sets of G.Skill Flare X 16GB (2x8GB) 3200 C14. Planned to OC to 3600 C14 or C16 FCLK 1800. Is that possible? According to your video it would be terrible, close to impossible. Please advise.

So are are 4 single rank sticks worse than 2 dual ranked ? I have a month to decide on what 3600 memory to get for my 5900x. I want at least 32gb.

I while ago got a HX436C18FB4K4 (4x16, 1R, Micron) for the lolz, it is really fun kit to play with on Ryzen.

20:10 "If you want 64 Gigs of RAM. This, just get this." Bought the Ballistix 64 GB kit because of the capacity, awesome to hear him recommend it, makes me want to buy another kit.

Hmm, any reason you dropped the X570 Unify? Thought they both (Unify and Aorus Master) are pretty similar and isn't the Unify even a bit better with memory 5000 to 4400.

I had a heck of a time finding a 64gb kit for the x570 Taichi. The crucial ballistix 2x32 cl16 was finally the answer and runs 1900:3800 on a 3900xt. It hated 4x16 3200 cl14 and was never even quite stable with a 3x32 garbage lpx 3200 cl16.

If i use a x570 rog strix F is there anything i should look out for for 5950x?

Love this channel. The "Rainman' of Motherboards. Golden Channel.

Very helpful solid advice for new builders. I was looking at the MSI X570 Unify and the ASUS ROG Strix X570-E Gaming when I was configuring my build. I finally decided to pair my 5950X with the Unify and have been happy with it ever since MSI released a bios with AGESA 1.2.0.0 and up solving a lot of nagging issues. I never really liked ASROCK boards and that's totally subjective and not based on any of my own experience. 4 sata ports is more than I need let alone the 8 of the Taichi.

Unfortunately my 5900x is limited to 1866fclk, so I ended up selling my 2x16 b-die and getting that 2x32 rev b ballistix kit... it was basically an even trade for double the capacity. They both run 3733 cl14 and while the timings don't generally play as nice, it's really not that big of a deficit. Highly recommended for anyone looking for higher capacities.

Does a higher base speed (ex. 4400Mhz CL19) allow for lower secondary timings at also lower frequency when trying to keep the 1:1:1 Ratio?

What do you think about Patriot Viper Steel DDR4-4400 ?

Does 3rd Gen Ryzen benefit from Dual Rank memory? I bought a B550 Aorus Pro V2 and now I'm curious if I can gain some points by going that route

What do you think about the Asus Tuf x570 Pro

Got 5950x back in February with B550 Unify(non-x) with 4x8Gb Viper steels 4400cl19 following your PCB review. What a great memory for it's price,currently daily driving 3800 cl14 at 1.5V in 1:1, beast for daily PC.

I chose that Crucial Ballistix kit for my Ryzen 5600X build despite my MSI MAG B550M Mortar having four DIMM slots as I learned my lesson with my 2600 build that had 32GB in a four DIMM config. I tried the G.Skill RpiJaws V kit first but it ran a bit warm and didn't really clock all that well on top of being pricier than the Crucial kit (at the time).

What about the B550 Tomahawk? I have currently the 5600x on it, but later on I would consider upgrading it to a 5900x or 5950x.

I want to use this board for my 5950x build... I can't stop watching this video ha... ty for the info 🙌

The Asrock x570 Taichi allows you run 3 x M.2 and all 8 SATA ports at the same time, I've been running it like this since buying it about 1.5 years ago. If using the 3rd M.2 you lose pci slot 5. its a choice between the two. Its been a really great board.

Biggest drawback from B550 is ONLY 1 Gen4 SSD capability.

Can Senpai give a suggestion for a Mainboard that is dummy proof to run the G-Skill Trident Z Neo 4000 CL14 in XMP with FCLK 2000mhz stable without fiddling with voltages? Is there a Board that can do that? I have seen many people having trouble with the ASUS Motherboards (Many cant even hit 1900 before some Bios Updates)

Nice ! ... have you tested the Asus B550 XE ?

Doesn't the VRM of the B550 Unify and Unify-X have terrible coil whine issues?

I have an Asrock X570 Taichi. I quite like the board, but only for its feature set. Clear cmos, bios flashback, both things I've used a quick rescue, lots of storage expansion which I'm keen on, running it with lots of PCIe (SLI, all M.2s populated). I quite like the board but you really hit the nail on the head with bios being clunky

So what is the worse that can happen if I have an Asrock B550M-ITX with a 8 Phase (3+3) + 2 SOC paired up with the 5950X and a 3090 and Trident Z Neo (2x16) B-Die?

I got a B550 F Wi-Fi II is that good enough?

Sooo what if I want 10 G? Is the ASRock Creator still the best one?

You're the kind of content creator whose videos I like before I start watching, because I already know you're THAT good. Keep up the awesome work, Buildzoid! 🤩

ASUS dark hero viii ? Thoughts?

Gigabyte x570 pro massive vdroop(3%) even with highest llc setting(turbo), also BCLK always hover around 99mhz. Is it normal? Should i upgrade? processor is 5900x.

Can i adapt this 1:1 for the 5800X ? Or is there anything more OC-special with the 5950X ? thanks !

ok now I have a question so when I adopted I made a comment mistake and bought high speed memory just to find out my cpu IF is rubbish and is just about OK at 3600mhz even tho my ram kit is a 4600 18 22 22 48 I think ether way gskills anyhow the xmp never worked and was wrong via bios for ages so I did that all manually and I run them happy and stable at 3600 1:1 at 14 14 14 28 and some secoundarys crunched down if I put the same kit in so I'm running 2 sets /4 dimes it won't work anywhere close to those settings cos it's using 4 dimes ? also so if I did some thing crazy like bought a 3600 cl 14 kit that would also brake the set up ?

Where does the Asus x570 Crosshair VIII Hero now sit in your 5950X board ranking?

Have you been able to test the Asus Dark Hero yet? Interested to find out more about the Dynamic OC Switcher feature.

freaking thankyou!!!!!

I need 128GB for a 5950X, but around here I only have the Crucial Ballistics 3200 in 2x32GB kits. My country sux when it get about memory choice. The 3600 CL16 appears from time to time, but it is rare. Is there an absolutely "no-go" situation for running 4x32GB of 3200DIMM on a Crosshair VIII Formula? I would appreciate any advise around this. Thanks. Edit: I would run this CPU as closely as stock as possible.