ASRock B550M Pro SE: A Stylish All-White Motherboard for Ryzen CPUs
This isn’t ASRock’s first foray into all-white motherboards, as the company has previously released models with white armor atop black PCBs, with designs that would look good in any Gaming PC. Now, the company is set to launch its first all-white motherboard to support the latest Ryzen 3000G and older Ryzen processors, with the B550M Pro SE micro-ATX model offering all the features you’d expect from a mid-range motherboard.
The B550M Pro SE is, as the name suggests, a micro-ATX motherboard that supports the AM4 socket and the B550 chipset. While the AMD 500-series chipset is compatible with Zen 3, there may be limitations due to the BIOS chip’s capacity, but ASRock says the B550M Pro SE should support a range of CPUs.
The company says the motherboard should be able to handle Ryzen 3000 and 5000 series CPUs, along with the Ryzen 3000G, 4000G, and 5000G series APUs. This feature set alone puts the B550M Pro SE ahead of most other 500-series motherboards, as most models only support the latest Ryzen 3000 series processors.
Renders of the B550M Pro SE reveal an eight-phase power delivery subsystem, with power supplied via a 24-pin connector and an 8-pin EPS connector. You’ll find four DDR4 memory slots, which should be able to support up to 128GB of memory at speeds depending on the paired Ryzen processor.
In terms of storage, the B550M Pro SE features two M.2 slots. The first slot adheres to PCIe 4.0 x4, which will give compatible SSDs a nice performance boost over SATA SSDs. The second M.2 slot is likely PCIe 3.0 x2, meaning it will offer a performance boost over SATA drives but likely won’t reach the speeds of PCIe 4.0 storage.
You’ll also find a collection of standard SATA III ports, with four ports on the B550M Pro SE to provide additional storage options. Finally, the motherboard offers three expansion slots, with the primary slot operating at PCIe 4.0 x16 and the secondary slot limited to PCIe 3.0 x4 (again, expect slower speeds than the primary slot).
Of course, you’ll need to pair the B550M Pro SE with a Ryzen APU if you want to take advantage of its integrated graphics, but ASRock says the motherboard offers HDMI 2.1 and DisplayPort 1.4 outputs. Unfortunately, this will require integrated graphics, meaning you won’t be able to use these ports with discrete GPUs installed.
Elsewhere, you’ll find a PS/2 combo port, six USB ports, an Ethernet port, and three 3.5mm audio jacks, giving the B550M Pro SE a decent range of connectivity options. ASRock has also registered the motherboard with the Korea Radio Research Agency, suggesting the company will release the B550M Pro SE sooner rather than later and providing a comprehensive specification sheet.
For more details on the B550M Pro SE, check out the official product page here.
