NZXT N7 B550 - lumbered with ASRock’s failures

Today Luke checks out the NZXT N7 B550 motherboard. The underlying board is supplied by ASROCK and NZXT have done their best to improve on it. Sadly there are rather major issues with this board that Luke delves into in some detail - it’s not all bad though, there are some pretty cool implementation updates from NZXT. Check out the video for more details on exactly what is going on! read the written analysis here: 00:00 Start 00:15 The NZXT N7 B550 details 01:22 Up close look at the board - ports and connectors 05:01 Expansion slots and design 06:43 M.2 situation gets worse - an ‘ASROCK special’ 07:47 Rear I/O 09:13 Power Delivery solution 10:41 VRM heatsink 11:10 UEFI 13:04 NZXT Cam Software 14:27 Test System 15:23 Test Results and fabric clock issues 16:16 M.2 slots performance results and problems 17:26 Overclocking 18:33 Power Consumption and Temperatures 19:30 Luke’s Closing Thoughts, ASROCK issues Check out KITGURU MERCH over here: