 Alright, what's up internet? Today, pagusapan natin yung mga bagong B55 mobos from Astrock and parang part 2 to nung series natin kasi nakagawa na ako ng unang video. We have no favorites here at Hardware Sugar kung gusto mo Intel, no problem. Kung gusto mo AMD, no problem. It's only fair na tingnan din natin yung mga bagong B55 mobos na para sa AMD naman. And thank you to our friends at Astrock for lending us these boards in advance. We honest na to ako na, you know, we got the chance to play around with them. And again, if you watched my first video, you know, I don't really get excited about motherboards kasi parang madaling mahayap, madaling mahayap sa CPU, sa GPU, kahit yung RAM, may RGB or something. But yung motherboards sobrang mahalaga. But at the same time, medyo mahirap na, oh yes, bay bagong motherboard. But as I mentioned in the first video, may mga features yung Astrock motherboards na nakaka-excite naman. These are the things I kind of focused on when I looked at both the Intel and the AMD motherboards. Pero bago noon, you need to know that lahat to B55 mobos and yung mga B55s, compatible lang sila sa 3rd gen pataas na Ryzen. This is sort of an exception and it kind of doesn't make sense and it's kind of annoying na ginoa to ni AMD. Kasi dahat ay simple lang, AM4 lahat nung Ryzen, AM4 socket. Kung 1st gen, 2nd gen, 3rd gen, upcoming 4th gen, lahat yan AM4 socket. Tapos sa motherboard naman, lahat yung AM4 socket din. Yung rule of thumb, basta pareho yung socket nung CPU at pareho yung socket nung motherboard, compatible yan. Yes, there were rare exceptions dahil hindi na update yung bio, things like that. But general rule kung AM4 socket, pwede sa AM4 motherboard. Pero ngayon sa mga B55s, AM4 yung 2nd gen Ryzen, AM4 yung motherboard, yung B55. Pero hindi na sila compatible. It's just one of those things, if you're buying a B55, you need to know na 4th gen Ryzen lang sila pataas. And even then, I think I've heard some reports na hindi sila compatible dun sa Ryzen na may integrated graphics. So yung may G sa dulo. Yung 3200G, chaka yung 3400G. Hindi lang ako sigurado kung lahat nung B55s and if this has been cleared up in a BIOS update for those mogos. But I remember, may mga balitan nung bagong-bago si B55 na yung may integrated graphics or onboard graphics sa hindi gagana. You do need to check if you're buying a B55 that number one, you're getting a 3rd gen Ryzen. And number two, you are getting one with onboard graphics, siguraduhin mo na compatible siya dun sa B55 board na bibilin mo. So that's in general for all B55s, regardless kung Astrock yun, kung Asus, MSI, Gigabyte, all of the B55s para sa 3rd gen Ryzen lang sila pataas. But we have three boards for you all from Astrock today and we'll start out with two na kamukang-kamuka as in they look virtually identical. That's the B55 Xtreme 4 and the B55 PG or Phantom Gaming Velocita. Behind me is the Xtreme 4 and you'll notice it has this nice dark blue finish to it or nice blue accents in the base of the motherboard. And then the Velocita na kaano naman yun, parang naka Italian race car na red, so red naman yung highlights niya mas gray red kayong sa Black Blue. But both of them have a very similar design. Let's start out with the caps. Both of them have Japanese Nitchicon or Nightchicon caps, Batomahalaga. Isa sa mga pangunahing trabaho ng motherboard is deliver the right power, the right amount to the right place, to the right component, at the right time. Tiniting na nung mga medyo tech enthusiasts kung ano bang capacitors yung gamit ng motherboard at kung anong quality. Because the capacitors are a big part of what allows the motherboard to send power to the right place at the right amount at the right time. And so Japanese caps are basically the top of the line. And you can see them actually on the motherboard here on the side and then here again. So it's a good sign for the longevity and reliability of this motherboard na it uses itong Japanese caps yung Nitchicon caps. One small thing that I appreciated was both boards have a power button on the motherboard as well as a reset button. Gumawa ako nung video na pinakita ako yung personal rig ko at sobrang duma na sira na yung power button ng case. So yung ginagamit ko yung power button ng motherboard, it doesn't seem like a big thing but believe me, pag nanon ka na sa situasyon na yun, sobrang lakin tulog na may power button sa motherboard. Kung wala, you can always jump it, you can take a screwdriver and then stick it between the pins and then that will jump, start the motherboard. Pero sobrang hasal noon especially if you need to do it every day. Malaking tulong na may power button doon sa motherboard mismo and may error code na rin silang dalawa. So there's a small display and if things are not booting up, the display will give you a code. So again, very easy for troubleshooting, it's these little touches that make you appreciate the motherboards. Kung di ka builder, hindi mo masyadong iniisip kasi iba mas stress figuring out na but ayaw magboot up. If you're a builder or you're looking to doing your own builds, sobrang lakin tulong na may error code display and patin na rin yung power button on the motherboard. Dasi itong si Velocita and the Extreme 4, they both have that. For both of them, their PCBs are made out of two ounces of copper. Supposedly the copper in the PCB allows for better circuits and again better pathways for all of that power that the motherboard needs to transport to the different components. Another thing I appreciated a lot was that both boards come with four RGB headers or it's two RGB headers and two ARGB headers. For me, this is always a markup of premium board. I mean, again, it sounds like a small thing but this is really useful for yung mga builders na hindi pa ganoon kasanay sa RGB. May nakita lang na RGB product, ay gusto ko yan binili, tapos di nila na tanong kung ARGB ba to or 5V3 pin or 12V4 pin which is RGB, nakakalito talaga. Even us here at the shop when we do our builds, nakakainis pag maraming RGB renequesty customer tapos ko lang yung RGB headers sa motherboard. So, inisipan namin na pano to, pwede pa to palitan kung ito ay DCChain na lang dito. It's a big help to have two ARGB headers and two RGB headers. Mas nakatulong dun sa medyo hindi pinansin masyado. Mumili ka lang yung RGB, wala kang pa kaya yung ARGB RGB. And with these boards, you don't need to worry kasi either option na dyan na sa board. Pwede may plug in. It's one less headache you need to worry about kasi sa tuto lang, malaking problema yan. Ilang customers na nagtanong sa amin na ay bumili ako nito, tapos hindi palagumagana. And you know, there are all sorts of products like RGB converters na para mapagana yung ARGB sa RGB header. You know, with these boards, all of those headaches are solved because they come with not one but two RGB header and two ARGB headers. It's really the small things and I appreciate these things about the Astrak Mobos. Yung next feature na nagsustuhan ko parihodin dun sa Intel motherboard nila. So, makusadli or they market their PCIe slots sa steel reinforced. Again, I don't really know if there's steel inside those slots. Pero, it's true pag sinubukan mo yung classic nila yung switch nila dun sa ilalim, yung pang lock dun sa graphics card or whatever you put in the PCIe slot. The feel is very sturdy. It's very robust. You feel na, yes, ito kahit malaki yung graphics card ko, kaya niya. Di ka natatakot, you know, bibigay yung PCIe slot. Ganon din sa Intel motherboard nila, ganon din sa mga bagong B55 motherboard ni Astrak. So, makusadli the chokes are rated at 60 amp. The chokes are one of those motherboard features that allow them to deliver power accurately and reliably. So, the chokes at 60 amps is not bad for these boards and they contribute to the reliability of the power transfer. There are also multiple headers for fans. There are five fan headers which also double up or can be used as water pump headers in case you are thinking of water cooling your rig. And five is very generous for a motherboard. Again, this is a common problem. People want to add fans to their cases. Not kaya hindi ng RGB, basta regular fans lang. Pero nabusan sila nung headers sa motherboard. Sa yun, hanap na naman nung power hub or some other way kung ididaisy chain balahat and then isasata nalang, I don't know, you know, some other way to power all of the fans that they want. And five, fan headers is pretty generous. And again, and it's nice to have them on these boards. So ay option ka pa na gamitin pa ang water pump header. So, lahat na nabanggit ko, pareho yun sa both motherboards. The only thing I could find na pinakaiba dun sa dalawang boards aside from their, you know, color design. Yung si Extreme 4 kaya niya up to 4733 MHz na RAM, tapos ito si PG Velocita 4666 MHz of RAM. But really, it's just a difference on paper. Sa totoong buhay, you don't want to get speeds past 3,800 MHz ng RAM para sa Ryzen because the Ryzen chip design can't, you know, doesn't deal well. It doesn't play well with RAM speeds past 3,800. Pero usually kung Ryzen system ka, okay na okay ka na at 3638. So itong supported na mas matas na RAM speeds. You know, maganda pakinggan, but in real life, you probably will never use them. So yun yung dalawang ATX B55 MOBOs, the Extreme 4 and PG Velocita. We do also have an ITX board. Uso-uso yung ITX ngayon. For yung mga nagsismalap sa PC building, iba'y ba kasi yung sizes nung motherboards? Basically, iba'y ba yung system size. Like kung gusto mo sobrang liit na build, yun yun yung mga ITX builds. They're a bit pricey, mas mahal yung mga ITX builds because they're the same speed. Kasing, kasing bilis lang nung mga ITX builds, yung mga ATX builds. But the parts are much smaller, so the manufacturers had to figure out how to get the same amount of speed or the same level of speed into a much smaller package. The ITX MOBO is the B55 PG ITX slash AX. It's actually an MITX format. And it has a lot of the things that its bigger brothers have. So naka 9chicon caps din siya. Chokes actually on the B55 PG ITX are of a higher capacity. Kain nila nung 90 amps. This is actually quite high. And it's nice to have on an ITX board. Hindi naman daw ganun ka laki yung difference between 90 amp capacity and 70 amps. Although yung dun sa extreme 4, chaka sa vilosita 60 amps yun. So just taking note of the differences dito sa ITX board. One interesting thing this board does have na hindi karaniwan sa ITX boards is na yung sata ports niya naka right angle. Yung ibang ITX boards hindi ganun. Yan yung standard sa ATX naka right angles yung sata. But it sort of fit or miss with the ITX boards. Tingga kasi sobrang cramped nung space nung ITX boards. The designers really have to change things up a little para mapagkasha lahat. Dito sa B55 PG ITX kaka right angles yung sata ports. It only has two dim slots or two slots for RAM although this is not uncommon in ITX mobos. The PCIe slot is the same as its bigger brothers. It may parang reinforce steel but sa sobrang solid yung feeling nung PCIe slots the clasp sounds really tough when you try it out. It does come with Wi-Fi so out of the box Wi-Fi ready na si B55 PG ITX. This also comes with RGB ARGB although just one each. So it has one RGB header and one ARGB header but I appreciate the effort na yun nga, kaya nung nandun yung dalawa. The RAM speed actually on this thing is insane. It can handle like 5100 MHz. Maganda pakinggan on paper pero di mo naman ang gagamitin in real life. This thing has three fan headers, two for the CPU and of those two, one can double up sa water pump header and then the last header is for the third header is for chassis fan. So there's only one header for fans here. Again, unlike the five in the ATX B55 we looked at. So yun, three very interesting motherboards from Astrock and we are trying to stock more Astrock products in the shop. Sa toto lang, we had, na sold out and now we're trying to get more stock pero auto-stock yung mga gusto namin. But among the three, actually sobrang interested ako dun sa Extreme 4. The PG Velocita steady lang yung color scheme for me but parang, for me the Extreme 4, I like that kind of dark look aesthetic wise and a lot of the cases now kasi may TG side panel or open air case like the TT Corp. 3 nakikita mo talaga si Motherboard. Aside from the technical specs, you also take into consideration the look of the Motherboard when you decide to get one. Yung sikat sa Astrock yung STee Legend, we look one of the versions of STee Legend in the Intel Motherboard lineup. We'd be curious to carry it in the shop for the AMD MOBOs. Di ako usually na-excite sa Motherboards but actually yung nga si Extreme 4 parang na-excite ako nung nakitako nung inund box ko. Magadarin specs niya. The Nichicon caps look very sturdy. Sobrang late lang na bagay but I really like that may power button si Extreme 4 pwede si PG Velocita. So that's it for today. Thanks for watching. So, I hope that these basic tips helped you. If you found this video helpful, please drop a like and hit the subscribe button. For your PC needs, consider buying format, hardware sugar, atlasada, or on our website. You can find links in the description below. And thank you for watching. See you next video.