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 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.

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.

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

SATA ports are semi-rectangular with an L-shaped tab in the middle. On ASUS motherboards, they are often brightly colored and found in groups of two to eight near the corners.

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.