ASUS reveals TUF GAMING B850I WIFI NEO for Ryzen 7000, 8000 and 9000 CPUs
ASUS has revealed the TUF GAMING B850I WIFI NEO, a new Mini-ITX motherboard for AMD’s AM5 platform. The company says this is the first TUF Gaming board in the Mini-ITX form factor. It supports Ryzen 9000, 8000, and 7000 series desktop processors on the B850 chipset.
The board uses an 8+2+1 power stage design rated at 80A and a 10-layer PCB with 2-ounce copper power planes. ASUS lists two DDR5 DIMM slots for up to 128GB, with memory speeds up to DDR5-9600 depending on CPU generation. The primary x16 slot runs at PCIe 5.0 with Ryzen 9000 and 7000 CPUs, but drops to PCIe 4.0 with Ryzen 8000 chips, and rear I/O includes USB 20Gbps Type-C, 2.5Gb Ethernet, WiFi 6E, DisplayPort, HDMI, BIOS FlashBack, and Clear CMOS.
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ASUS’s overview section shows two M.2 slots and labels both as PCIe 5.0, but the formal tech specs page lists one CPU-attached M.2 slot at PCIe 5.0 x4 for Ryzen 7000 and 9000 processors, while the second slot is chipset-attached PCIe 4.0 x4.
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This also makes the new TUF model the lighter alternative to ASUS’s existing ROG Strix B850-I Gaming WiFi. The Strix board steps up to a 10+2+1 90A VRM, WiFi 7, SupremeFX ALC4080 audio, and two PCIe 5.0 M.2 slots, while the TUF board uses an 8+2+1 80A VRM, WiFi 6E, Realtek 7.1 audio, and a one Gen5 plus one Gen4 storage layout.
ASUS’s current US listing for the ROG Strix B850-I shows $469.99, so the TUF board looks set to land below that level once pricing appears. How much would you be willing to pay for this board? ASUS ‘tax’ included.
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