The B550 Creator features an all-black colorway with hints of gold on the I/O covers and chipset heat sink. It's a three-slot PCIe x16 board with support for two NVMe SSDs and four SATA ports.

SATA performance is quite good with the B550 Taichi, and we see results in line with the other B550 on the chart. The randoms are a bit above the other B550 board on the chart.

The NZXT N7 B550 comes with six SATA 6Gb/s ports and two USB 3.2 front panel connectors that will both offer two USB 3.2 ports for the front panel on your case.

Unusually for a B550, there are eight SATA ports, four provided by the chipset, another four by an ASMedia ASM1061 controller. Graphics-wise, there are three PCIe x16 slots.

A PCIe USB expansion card is a cheap and quick solution, making use of that vacant PCIe x1 slot. Instead of getting a USB hub to get more ports, an expansion card makes full use of the USB bandwidth, ...

Running down the right side of the motherboard are two USB 3.0 headers, along with a USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C header and eight SATA 3.0 ports.

USB 2.0 Ports HDMI 2.1 Port USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps (Type-A) USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps (Type-A+C) Optical S/PDIF-Out On the back of the board, we have a whole lot of nothing going on! Just as we would ...

The Asus ProArt B550-Creator is a niche product, but its rare inclusion of Thunderbolt 4 on a midrange AMD motherboard makes it very appealing if you need these ultramodern ports.

Each SATA port on the motherboard has its own individual bandwidth, so you won't see a speed improvement by switching around the ports. This is a key difference between PATA, where devices on the ...

I have a 12 drive SATA chassis, and I have a motherboard and a SuperMicro PCI-X 8 port card I can use in it.<BR><BR>However, I'm interested in upgrading to a quieter, less power-hungry board ...

The B550 chipset offers 20 PCIe 4.0 lanes, up to 10 PCIe 3.0 lanes, up to six USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports, up to two USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports, up to six USB 2.0 ports, up to eight SATA ports, and overclocking ...

The Asus ProArt B550-Creator is a niche product, but its rare inclusion of Thunderbolt 4 on a midrange AMD motherboard makes it very appealing if you need these ultramodern ports.