Any b450 owner here? Contemplating whether will be the B550 worth waiting since price is almost twice of B450.
Only Benefit of going B550 that I see
1) PCIE4.0-Not much diff since not having a PCIE4 Nvme ssd
2) Extra M2 Nvme Slot - I do have a 1x512GB and 1x 1TB Nvme but 1TB shud be sufficient for me since I only play Destiny and Apex Legends.
3) Wifi 6 - This would need some input from B450I owner whether you guys have tried upgrading the wifi card to Intel AX200, i already have this card so it should be a simple swap for the upgrade.
4) Overclocking - Not really ocing but rather more on undervolting to keep temps in check for me.
5) Extra Fan Header - no room for additional case fans in my build so non-issue
So, really hard for me to justify the roughly estimated 300-400 extra for B550 :/
Source:
WCCFTEChMost people will spend extra $ for X570 instead of B550 because it is huge increament pricing compared to its predecessor B450.
Or you can skip entirely and wait for the next gen Zen 4 with AM5 socket + DDR5 ram
Comming from B450 user.