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I've been fed-up with ASRock ACPI for a while and was considering moving to something else. But never got around it since it worked good enough until now, when it became apparent that SmallTree is dead in the water and my X570 ITX/TB3 uses I211-AT.
I looked at Asus and Gigabyte and oh boy - is there a price difference.
However, the only Asus board that does not have I211 is their B550 board – it has I225-V.
Gigabyte boards are less clear in the spec list, still checking what exactly are they using. B550 has Realtek 2.5G while X570S is Intel 2.5G. Regular X570 just says Intel 1G which could very well be 211-AT too.
I'm attaching comparison PDFs.
Any info / recommendations are welcome.
- MSI is a no-go due to their BIOS shenanigans with X570.
- Also no-go are any boards that use LAN chips covered exclusively by SmallTree kext.
- I am looking at ITX boards exclusively as all cases are ITX
I looked at Asus and Gigabyte and oh boy - is there a price difference.
- B450 ITX are 108€ for Gigabyte and 170€ for Asus here in Serbia
- Gigabyte X570 is 200-210€ while Strix is 280-310€
- Gigabyte is also the only company that has X570S board which is welcome improvement (same as X570 but improved thermals)
However, the only Asus board that does not have I211 is their B550 board – it has I225-V.
Gigabyte boards are less clear in the spec list, still checking what exactly are they using. B550 has Realtek 2.5G while X570S is Intel 2.5G. Regular X570 just says Intel 1G which could very well be 211-AT too.
I'm attaching comparison PDFs.
Any info / recommendations are welcome.
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