News ASUS STRIX B350I GAMING

It is happening

https://www.inet.se/produkt/1901045/asus-rog-strix-b350-i-gaming

Price: 199$

 

[threestripevida]

After reading as much about the two boards from all the info in this thread, I can't tell the difference between the two boards? The pages on the ASUS website have identical information for both boards. Can anyone tell me the difference?

 

[Choidebu]

No difference but the chipset which makes X370-i supports bifurcation and dual gpu. But don't take my word for it, if you really wanna go that route.

 

[Ionrent]

 

 

[SeñorDonut]

• Neither supports bifurcation

 

[d10ng]

I'd not read about bclk on these boards, but the only difference I've seen is that thev X370i has the ESD static protection that the 350 doesn't.

 

[Mortis Angelus]

I'd not read about bclk on these boards, but the only difference I've seen is that thev X370i has the ESD static protection that the 350 doesn't.

I just can't believe that they would leave out ESD protection. I thought that was standard on all modern mobos from reputable brands like Asus... Especially at these price ranges; these boards are quite expensive for mITX boards (imo at least compared to even AsRock's offerings)

 

[Sean Crees]

Any word on if this thing will be out before Christmas?

 

[Sean Crees]

I noticed overclockers.net had them. B350-i is currently out of stock but they say they have 3x X370-i's. Prices in USD are $177 and $205, but shipping is $34. Anyone know any place cheaper including shipping to the USA? I can wait till January, but i will need a motherboard no later than then, and i really don't want to get something else.

 

[d10ng]

UK and Europe will probably have higher stock prices than waiting for a US retailer. The place I bought mine from in UK is selling at £155 for the B350i which is about $207 and that's without shipping.

 

[Nightblade]

currently waiting for this to appear for US retailers...and not get tempted to order one from Grooves-inc.

 

[Nightblade]

Not sure how I should be reacting here. I emailed ASUS support for the hell of it to inquire as to when this will be available and got this response back:

Hello <insert real name>,
Thank you for your response.

I hope your day is going well, I am also anticipating this motherboard to go with my NFC SF4 mini ITX build, unfortunately there is no known release date but once released it should be seen on Amazon or Newegg.

Please make note of your case number for future reference: N1712143615



Regards,
Lamar F.


ASUS Technical Support

http://www.asus.com/us/support/

Now, I was kinda expecting this type of response, but what was unexpected that they mention the S4M...

 

[Soul_Est]

One more tag line for @Josh | NFC 's Skyreach 4 Mini: ASUS ROG approved!

 

[SoDelicious]

https://www.pccanada.com/viewitem.asp?id=673360

Seems like we have a rough estimate on when it'll be available in Canada (Jan 16).

Im just going to wait for it to go on sale on Amazon so I can use my gift card balance

 

[Soul_Est]

https://www.pccanada.com/viewitem.asp?id=673360

Seems like we have a rough estimate on when it'll be available in Canada (Jan 16).

Im just going to wait for it to go on sale on Amazon so I can use my gift card balance

That is cheaper than the ASRock AB350-Gaming ITX/ac at Vuugo before taxes! Glad I decided to keep waiting.

 

[SoDelicious]

Haha yeah same. $160-$170 cad is basically the same price as the gigabyte and ASRock itx mobos everyone is buying, so I hope it stays that price!

 

[Soul_Est]

Haha yeah same. $160-$170 cad is basically the same price as the gigabyte and ASRock itx mobos everyone is buying, so I hope it stays that price!

Same here. Really tempted to purchase it now but that would be foolish without a processor and memory to test with and given the shipping times.

 

[Nightblade]

@Soul_Est $162.93 CDN is only $129.53 USD, but like you, I also don't have memory to test it with. Still waiting for that price drop on memory... hopefully should happen after these "sales" end.

 

[Choidebu]

Got the board today, done my build with R5-1600 and team vulcan PC3000 2x8Gb sticks. Boots up with 2133 mhz, enabling 'ai tweaker' boosted it to 2933. Manually set it to 3200 and it worked! But still have to bench it under windows for stability. Anyway, great little board! The dynamo mini fits with 1 mm clearance to my ram stick's heatspreader.

 

[gunpalcyril]

Got the board today, done my build with R5-1600 and team vulcan PC3000 2x8Gb sticks. Boots up with 2133 mhz, enabling 'ai tweaker' boosted it to 2933. Manually set it to 3200 and it worked! But still have to bench it under windows for stability. Anyway, great little board! The dynamo mini fits with 1 mm clearance to my ram stick's heatspreader.

Oh man, I can't wait for the board to release stateside, it looks really good. Which ram are you using, I have a 1600 as well and am looking to see if oc my ram upwards of 2400 will yield me better rendering results.

 

[Soul_Est]

Oh man, I can't wait for the board to release stateside, it looks really good. Which ram are you using, I have a 1600 as well and am looking to see if oc my ram upwards of 2400 will yield me better rendering results.

Team Vulcan PC3000 2x8Gb sticks.