TUF Gaming B850-BTF WiFi W AMD B850 ATX Motherboard,Hidden-Connector Design, 14+2+1 80A DrMOS Power Stages, DDR5, PCIe 5.0 Ready, 3X M.2, Wi-Fi 7, 2.5Gb LAN, DP, HDMI™, USB 20Gbps Type-C

Absolutely solid motherboard. It came with Bios that registered and worked with the AMD AM5 9800x3d, and since then has had four BIOS updates. I engaged with two with little issue and everything has been working perfectly, so I've been hesitant to grab the others. The bios has a solid suite of features. Good fan controls, and plenty of OC/UC options. I configured it for EXPO with my RAM and it's been stable since then with no extra tweaking. Usually I skimped on motherboards, essentially the cheapest part of my rig. I spent a little more on this and I think it was worth it in the long run.

There are newer chipsets and I largely went with this because of the price to get to the AM5/DDR5 platform without having to sell a kidney. The firmware was pre-flashed with a version that already supported Zen 5 already, so I didn't have to try to figure out how the headless flash function works. There was still a newer firmware version out there, so I still recommend updating, but you should be able to do so as normal through the menus. There is a lot to be said about ASUS one way or the other, but the motherboard firmwares are pretty good with excellent options. There are bonus extras that many others forget like the uncore/memory "OC mode" which doesn't actually overclock (they should probably change that name) but can help with performance. There are lots of other little things here and there, some of which I haven't seen in a few of the other firmwares right now. Nothing major, but altogether you have a lot of control over your system configuration. This doesn't only allow for good overclocking, but just better control altogether (for example, even lowering clocks is easy to do if you want a system to run cooler and quieter.) It even can override CPU speed to a fixed speed if one was so inclined (you have to be _very_ careful with this, but it can yield good results if the cooling can handle it.) The WiFi and Bluetooth functions were a nice little bonus. In Linux they just worked right out of the box for me, so big plus there. (I half expected that they wouldn't work and I'm sure ASUS wasn't thinking of Linux users, but I'm really glad that it does work. Nice bonus feature.) I didn't even know about the Bluetooth until I saw it show up in Linux, but that's a very useful feature to have built in to the motherboard. It also has three M.2 slots, though I'm a bit confused about the PCI-E/M2 configuration in this system. I originally read this as a PCI-Express 5.0 system, but it may only be the first M.2 slot? Very confusing. If it's PCI-E 4.0 only on the PCI-E slot perhaps that will limit later GPU options, but today even if a PCI-E 5.0 card comes out I seriously doubt it could utilize the capabilities of 5.0. All in all a really good bang for the buck if you're looking for something that isn't the absolute top of the line but has plenty of features. The fact that it just works right out of the box with Linux also is an excellent plus.

Excellent mainboard so far, I am using it with an AMD Ryzen 9600X with no issues. The RAM runs at 7000 megatransfers and is very, very stable. No problems at all. I love the variety of ports (USB etc) and install was easy. Wifi works great. No issues at all. I use it for a light gaming and general use machine and it works very well. The audio output is fine with some decent speakers and headphones. No cooling issues with the power conversion, or anything.

A workhorse! Ran it 5,000 hours in under 12 months, became a Fortnite Creator, went to school full time for digital design, built a local ai, edited countless videos, overclocked the 4070ti super I had attached to it daily for several months, NEVER ONCE HAD A PROBLEM, glitch, surge, shitdown, absolutely ran flawless till I sold it last week to upgrade to its predecessor. I love this board. Aside from the enormous learning curve regarding the bios, something I will constantly complain about till a real instruction manual is actually made for any of these mobos not just this one, but the overall durability was unmatched in my 40 years of computing. Great for first time builders and pairs flawlessly with the asus tuf gaming gt502 case, a must for this board, even nowadays, the tuf gaming 4070ti super oc 16, crucial 6000mhz ddr5 ram 32gb perfect size and speed for gaming almost any game btw, nzxt elite kraken 360mm aio cooler, asus tuf gaming 1000w power supply, and a Samsung pro 990 nvme m.2 2tb ssd, and make sure above all you get a cpu aluminum frame, and fans that spin at least 3000 rpms and the extra that sit behind the mobo and you have the perfect pc for design school, streaming with two monitors and gaming Fortnite with maxed out graphics and 240fps Your welcome ;) Btw Flitenite and Liquibox are two maps I published as a Fortnite creator, playable right now and yes those are real player counts, and I owe it to this masterpiece mobo OMG almosr forgot the cpu was an amd ryzen 9 7950x total build nowadays can be done under $2k

Update 12/18/2025 Stay away from all Asus motherboards related to TUF... why? These MOB are buggy as hell and their don't care at all on fixing the bugs. So i'm stuck with a MOB that won't work perfectly like it meant too. I'm hoping to switch to MSI once save up. What bugs these MOB have on Asus tuf? Lots random disconnection USB or Network and Blue screens of death for no reason. Sable BIOS almost is 3208 but it does disconnect on USB and Network and BSOD a few times or so. Update 1/14/2025 WARNING TO ALL USERS HERE! I had built a awesome custom gaming pc desktop I wanted for so long and it work fine for weeks until the latest BIOS Asus release TUF GAMING B650-PLUS WIFI BIOS 3057 which caused my pc to start acting up weird daily to weekly until the point it's a nightmare to turn on my pc now. If you wish to hear more check my reddit post "TUF GAMING B650-PLUS WIFI BIOS 3057" & "TUF GAMING B650-PLUS WIFI & BIOS 3067" about it. ASUS are releasing bad BIOS that kill/damage their MB from working right and also don't use BIOS Flashback button either a youtube by the name jay2cents had lost 3 MB from using it. I used it once but everything work fine until i used the built-in BIOS within the settings that causing my MB ran crazy. I need to RMA it soon once i get a replacement MB not from asus. I love to share more but stay away from ASUS Motherboards. Honestly any reviews on this motherboard about booting up is the end user who didn’t listen well about building first time pc hardware together. My first time putting together this hardware was fun and scary experience for me. Motherboard didn’t boot up fully; I freaked out and said i got a defect motherboard. I was so wrong and stupid, the likely causes are either motherboard, cpu, or ram sticks. Bios on the motherboard was out of date and root caused on why the yellow dram light turning on and main issues on booting up. I had to redo all the Fan pins connecting again so it’s in order starting with main case fans and water cooler pump/fans. RPG on the water cooler fans were cool but not a main thing for me as long as it cools the cpu heat greatly which does i believe. I can’t say for 100% sure since I haven’t had a desktop PC in years especially one that is gaming desktop pc over normal desktop computers are. I picked an AMD CPU Ryzen 5 7600X since its friendly budget cpu and handles all my gaming needs greatly. It can handle 5200mhz speeds from ram good. The system rams are Corsair Vengeance DDR5 clock at 5200mhz speeds, two sticks of 8gb for total of 16GB in duel memory channel mode. Plan to upgrade it to 32gb later on. Cpu cooler is water cooler by Corsair H100xRGP elite liquid cooler. Finally main boot drive is crucially p3 plus 1TB gen 4 which has incredible read and write rate speeds that the motherboard handles like a pro. Motherboard has many USB ports for connecting USB of different speeds like USB 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 and USB type C as well two of then for 10 or 20 speeds. I would had love if it supported USB 3.0 speeds or higher since they are already backwards compatible towards older usb speeds. Anyway we have 4 x usb 2.0 ports, two usb 3.0 ports, and finally two usb c ports for connecting with. One Ethernet connection port that gives 2.5 gigabytes speeds for online experience. The system is fully stable on running all the hardware perfectly. I plan to upload a video review so keep eye out for other parts mentioned here.

Looks great and has a lot of great features for the price. I had to replace an ASRock motherboard that was just a giant pain in my butt. All the heat sinks on this motherboard really make it look industrial while being functional. My gen 5 m.2 drive runs much cooler on this board vs. the old ASRock board. There are plenty of USB ports and lots of fan headers. Only wish it came with an optical out for audio too. The only negative is the USB-C header is super sketch and falls out with the slightest touch. UPDATE: Seems to be an issue with the pump header. No matter what I connect to that header it causes no video output on boot up.

I’ve been using the ASUS TUF Gaming B650E-E WIFI for a few months, and it’s been an outstanding motherboard overall. The build quality is solid, as expected from the TUF series — durable components and clean layout. Installation was easy, with clear labeling and plenty of room for cable management. Performance-wise, it handles my Ryzen 5 9600x perfectly. Boot times are fast, memory compatibility is great, and PCIe 5.0 support gives it excellent future-proofing. The BIOS is intuitive and stable, with frequent updates from ASUS. The integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth work flawlessly, and the multiple M.2 slots with heatsinks are a big plus for NVMe users. The only minor downside is that the RGB lighting options are limited compared to ROG boards, but that’s not a dealbreaker. Overall, it’s a reliable and high-performing motherboard for gaming or productivity. Highly recommended for anyone building an AM5 system.

I'm not a gamer. I use my personal computer for various hobbies, such as routing circuit boards, rendering video, the occasional AI project, running Linux VMs, etc. I had no trouble at all with this motherboard. I purchased 64GB of DDR5 RAM at the same time, as well as a new 9900X CPU, a Noctua cooler, and a Samsung 990 SSD. All of this worked well and booted properly on the first time. I burned in the system using Ubuntu 24.04 live distribution on a USB stick, ran some performance tests, and used Ubuntu to copy over my existing Windows 10 image onto the new Samsung SSD. Unlike the other reviewer, I had no problem using the Wifi under Ubuntu. I don't use Wifi on Windows, so I wouldn't know whether it works there or not. As a productivity user, I don't really care about some of the "Gamer" features of this motherboards, nor do I care about aesthetics like glowing LED lights. I picked the Tuf series over the ASUS B840 because it seemed like a beefier build overall. The only drawback is the relatively large heatsink at the rear of the motherboard -- it precludes me from the possibility of installing a second fan on my Noctua cooler. I'm skeptical whether such a large heatsink generates any real benefit, other whether it is done for appearance sake. Nevertheless, I don't really need that second fan anyway. Installing the SSDs was a little bit unorthodox with a plastic springy clip that ASUS uses rather than a screw, but it worked fine. There's a hefty heat sink that fits over the SSDs and will further hold them snugly in place. One complication I had during boot was that I had the enable Compatibility Support Mode (CSM) to get it to boot from the Samsung 990 SSD. Not sure if that's typical or if it was because of the idiosyncrasy of the existing SSD image that I brought over from my old computer (it was a new Samsung 990 SSD, but an existing image that I wrote to it). All things considered, a good motherboard that feels like it's more than tuf enough for my needs.