ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z vs ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING

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Crosshair V Formula-Z

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ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING

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Crosshair V Formula-Z

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ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING

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At a glance

Key differences

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Performance4 differences

Compatible processor series

AMD Phenom FX · AMD Phenom II X2 · AMD Phenom II X3

AMD Ryzen 3000 Series

Motherboard chipset

AMD 990FX

AMD B550

Chipset

AMD 990FX

AMD B550

Processor socket

Socket AM3+

Socket AM4

Design1 difference

Weight

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945 g

Connectivity6 differences

Number of SATA III connectors

Parallel processing technology support

3-Way CrossFireX, 3-Way SLI

2-Way CrossFireX

Supported memory clock speeds

1066,1333,1600,1866,2133 MHz

2133 · 2400 · 2666

Supported memory types

DDR3-SDRAM

DDR4-SDRAM

Supported storage drive interfaces

SATA III

M.2, SATA III

USB 2.0 ports quantity

General6 differences

Component for

Cooling Type

Passive

Active

Ethernet interface type

Gigabit Ethernet

2.5 Gigabit Ethernet

Ethernet LAN

Yes

Manufacturer Sku

90-MIBFM0-G0EAY0VZ

90MB14S0-M0EAY0

Maximum internal memory

32 GB

128 GB

Model Number

Crosshair V Formula-Z

ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING

RAID levels

0, 1, 5, 10

0, 1, 10

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Crosshair V Formula-Z vs ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING

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