Gigabyte B550M AORUS ELITE Ultra Durable AMD AM4 Socket Motherboard, Micro-ATX, 4x DDR4 Slots, 2x M.2 Sockets, Fitted I/O Shield, GbE LAN, 1x DVI-D / 1x HDMI Port

AMD B550 Ultra Durable Motherboard with Pure Digital VRM Solution, PCIe 4.0 x16 Slot, Dual PCIe 4.0/3.0 M.2 Connectors, GIGABYTE 8118 Gaming LAN, Smart Fan 5 with FAN STOP, RGB FUSION 2.0, Q-Flash Plus

• Supports AMD Ryzen 5000 Series/ 3rd Gen Ryzen and 3rd Gen Ryzen with Radeon Graphics Processors
• Dual Channel ECC/ Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR4, 4 DIMMs
• 5+3 Phases Pure Digital VRM Solution with Low RDS(on) MOSFETs
• Ultra Durable PCIe 4.0 Ready x16 Slot
• Dual Ultra-Fast NVMe PCIe 4.0/3.0 M.2 Connectors
• High Quality Audio Capacitors and Audio Noise Guard for Ultimate Audio Quality
• GIGABYTE Exclusive 8118 Gaming GbE LAN
• Rear HDMI & DVI Support
• RGB FUSION 2.0 Supports Addressable LED & RGB LED Strips
• Smart Fan 5 Features Multiple Temperature Sensors , Hybrid Fan Headers with FAN STOP
• Q-Flash Plus Update BIOS without Installing the CPU, Memory and Graphics Card
• Anti-Sulfur Resistors Design

5+3 Phases Pure Digital VRM Solution with Low RDS(on) MOSFETs

GIGABYTE AORUS series motherboards use a 5+3 phases pure digital PWM + Low RDS(on) MOSFETs design to support the 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen CPUs by offering incredible precision in delivering power to the motherboard's most power-hungry and energy-sensitive components as well as delivering enhanced system performance and ultimate hardware scalability.

Dual NVMe PCIe 4.0/3.0 M.2 Connectors

With NVMe PCIe 4.0/3.0 x4 and PCIe 3.0 x2 M.2 connectors onboard, GIGABYTE Motherboards bring users to experience NVMe mode or SATA mode connectivity for M.2 SSD devices. Delivering up to 64 Gb/s data transfer speed, the dual M.2 connectors design provides an ideal storage solution while also supporting in RAID modes.

Exclusive Realtek 8118 Gaming LAN

High Speed Gigabit LAN with Automatic Bandwidth Allocation

Realtek 8118 LAN is a high performance and friendly network chip for gaming players with automatic bandwidth allocation to ensure the highest network priority of the game or application. It can provide users the most comprehensive features and the fastest and smoothest Internet experience.

Program On Top Gets Highest Priority

HDMI 2.1 for 4K / 60P / 21:9 / HDCP 2.3 Support

HDMI 2.1, which is backwards compatible with HDMI 2.0/ 1.4 and offering 48 Gb/s of bandwidth – twice times more than previous generation. This unlocks the potential for users to transfer multiple video streams, as well as a native cinematic 21:9 ratio (which most movies are shot in), Full HDR and HDCP 2.3 support, to offer the best visual experience for viewers.

Enlarged MOSFET Heatsink

Enlarged MOSFET Heatsink ensures lower temperature.

Pre-installed IO Shield for easier assembly.

Smart Fan 5

With Smart Fan 5 users can ensure that their gaming PC can maintain its performance while staying cool. Smart Fan 5 allows users to interchange their fan headers to reflect different thermal sensors at different locations on the motherboard. Not only that, with Smart Fan 5 more hybrid fan headers that support both PWM and Voltage mode fans have been introduced to make the motherboard more liquid cooling friendly.

RGB FUSION 2.0

With B550 Motherboards, RGB Fusion 2.0 is even better with Addressable LEDs. RGB Fusion 2.0 offers users the option to control onboard RGB and external RGB / Addressable LED light strips* for their PC build. Already feature filled with colors and patterns, RGB Fusion 2.0 are now upgraded to improve the Addressable LED support. With external Addressable LED strips, where each LED is digitally addressable that users can experience even more patterns, styles, and illuminations.

With B550 Motherboards support the external 5V Addressable LED lighting strips and up to 300 LED lights. RGB Fusion 2.0 with Addressable LEDs comes with new patterns and various speed settings with more to come.

High-End Audio Capacitors

GIGABYTE motherboards use high-end audio capacitors. These high quality capacitors help deliver high resolution and high fidelity audio to provide the most realistic sound effects for gamers.

Audio Noise Guard

GIGABYTE motherboards feature an audio noise guard that essentially separates the board’s sensitive analog audio components from potential noise pollution at the PCB level.

Specifications

CPU

AMD Socket AM4, support for: AMD Ryzen 5000 Series/ 3rd Gen Ryzen and 3rd Gen Ryzen with Radeon Graphics Processors

AMD B550

Memory

4 x DDR4 DIMM sockets supporting up to 128 GB (32 GB single DIMM capacity) of system memory

AMD Ryzen 5000 series processors/ 3rd Generation AMD Ryzen

Support for DDR4 4400(O.C.) / 4000(O.C.) / 3866(O.C.) / 3800(O.C.) / 3733(O.C.) / 3600(O.C.) / 3466(O.C.) / 3400(O.C.) / 3333(O.C.) / 3300(O.C.) / 3200 / 2933 / 2667 / 2400 / 2133 MHz memory modules

3rd Gen AMD Ryzen with Radeon Graphics processors

Support for DDR4 4733(O.C.) / 4600(O.C.) / 4400(O.C.) / 4000(O.C.) / 3600(O.C.) / 3333(O.C.) /3200/2933/2667/2400/2133 MHz memory modules

• Dual channel memory architecture
• Support for ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 memory modules
• Support for non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules
• Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules

Onboard Graphics

• Integrated in the 3rd Generation AMD Ryzen with Radeon Graphics processors:
• 1 x DVI-D port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200@60 Hz
• * The DVI-D port does not support D-Sub connection by adapter.
• 1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@60 Hz
• * Support for HDMI 2.1 version, HDCP 2.3, and HDR.
• Maximum shared memory of 16 GB

Audio

Realtek Audio CODEC

High Definition Audio

2/4/5.1/7.1-channel

* To configure 7.1-channel audio, you need to open the audio software and select Device advanced settings > Playback Device to change the default setting first. Please visit GIGABYTE's website for details on configuring the audio software.

LAN

Realtek GbE LAN chip (1000 Mbit/100 Mbit)

Expansion Slots

• 1 x PCI Express x16 slot (PCIEX16), integrated in the CPU:
• 3rd Generation AMD Ryzen processors support PCIe 4.0 x16 mode
• 3rd Generation AMD Ryzen with Radeon Graphics processors support PCIe 3.0 x16 mode

* For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.

• 1 x PCI Express x16 slot (PCIEX4), integrated in the Chipset:
• Supporting PCIe 3.0 x4 mode
• 1 x PCI Express x1 slot (PCIEX1), integrated in the Chipset:
• Supporting PCIe 3.0 x1 mode

Storage Interface

1 x M.2 connector (M2A_CPU), integrated in the CPU, supporting Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SSDs:

• 3rd Generation AMD Ryzen processors support SATA and PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSDs
• 3rd Generation AMD Ryzen with Radeon Graphics processors support SATA and PCIe 3.0 x4/x2 SSDs
• 1 x M.2 connector (M2B_SB), integrated in the Chipset, supporting Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280 SSDs:
• Supporting SATA and PCIe 3.0 x2 SSDs
• 4 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors, integrated in the Chipset:
• Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10

USB

CPU

• 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports on the back panel
• Chipset:
• 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports available through the internal USB header
• 6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header)

Internal I/O Connectors

• 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
• 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
• 1 x CPU fan header
• 2 x system fan headers
• 2 x addressable LED strip headers
• 2 x RGB LED strip headers
• 1 x CPU cooler LED strip/RGB LED strip header
• 2 x M.2 Socket 3 connectors
• 4 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
• 1 x front panel header
• 1 x front panel audio header
• 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header
• 1 x USB 2.0/1.1 header
• 1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header (2x6 pin, for the GC-TPM2.0_S module only)
• 1 x serial port header
• 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
• 1 x Q-Flash Plus button

Back Panel Connectors

• 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port
• 1 x DVI-D port
• 1 x HDMI port
• 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
• 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
• 1 x RJ-45 port
• 3 x audio jacks

I/O Controller

iTE I/O Controller Chip

Hardware Monitoring

• Voltage detection
• Temperature detection
• Fan speed detection

Overheating warning

Fan fail warning

Fan speed control

* Whether the fan speed control function is supported will depend on the cooler you install.

BIOS

• 1 x 256 Mbit flash
• Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS
• PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0

Unique Features

Support for APP Center

* Available applications in APP Center may vary by motherboard model. Supported functions of each application may also vary depending on motherboard specifications.

@BIOS

• EasyTune
• Fast Boot
• Game Boost
• ON/OFF Charge
• RGB Fusion
• Smart Backup
• System Information Viewer
• Support for Q-Flash Plus
• Support for Q-Flash
• Support for Xpress Install

Bundled Software

Norton Internet Security (OEM version)

Realtek 8118 Gaming LAN Bandwidth Control Utility

Operating System

Support for Windows 10 64-bit

Form Factor

Micro ATX Form Factor; 24.4cm x 24.4cm