Rog Strix B650E-I Gaming WiFi is DDR5 Mini-ITX motherboard for Ryzen 7000 CPUs. It’s equipped with capable VRM, power delivery and supports PCIe 5.0 for graphics and 2x M.2 slots.

KEY FEATURES

Supports AMD Ryzen™ 7000 Series Desktop Processors

Supports DDR5 Memory, upto 6400+(OC) MHz, 2 DIMMs, RAM Overclocking

Direct 10+2 Phases. Combining 70A Smart Power Stages.

WIFI 6E, BT5.2, Intel® 2.5GbE LAN

PCIe 5.0*x16 for Graphics

1x PCIe 5.0*x4 + 1x PCIe 4.0*x4 M.2 (front, back)

Rear USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 Type-C® + Type-C® with DP Alt mode, Front USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C®

4 Debug LEDs, BIOS Flashback, Pre-installed I/O Shield

Dedicated Water Pump 4PIN Header (1 Amp Power Delivery), Dedicated Thermal Sensor Header

TEST SYSTEM

CASE	BC1 Mini v2 (Open Testbench)
MOTHERBOARD	Rog Strix B650E-I Gaming WiFi (paid link)
CPU	R7 7800X3D (paid links)
CPU COOLER	EK 280 ARGB (2x BeQuiet SWP4 140)
PSU	Extreme 850R (paid link)
RAM	32GB Gskill Ripjaws S5 DDR5, 6000MHz, CL30 (paid link)

COOLER COMPATIBILITY

CPU COOLER	COMPATIBILE
Thermalright AXP90-X47	Y
Thermalright AXP90-X53	Y
Thermalright AXP120-X67	Y
Thermalright SI-100	Y
Alpenföhn Black Ride rev.B	AM5 mounting kit not available and requires removing M.2 heatsink.
DeepCool AN600	Y
IDCOOLING IS-47-XT	Y
IDCOOLING IS-55	Y (heatsink over RAM only)
IDCOOLING IS-67-XT	Y
Scythe Big Shuriken 3 rev.B	Y (heatsink over RAM only)
Noctua NH-L9a AM4	Y (NM-AM5-L9aL9i mounting-kit required)
Noctua NH-L12 Ghost Edition	Y (second orientation only)
Noctua NH-L12S	Y (default orientation only)
Noctua NH-C14S	Y

CONCLUSIONS

The Rog Strix B650E-I Gaming WiFi is an excellent motherboard with great aesthetic and packed with features. The only downside is the varying degree of VRM coil whine, which we experienced only during gaming scenarios. This was not present during CPU only workloads.