B450M PRO-M2 MAX
BUSINESS CLASS
- 1 Keyboard & Mouse
- 2 DVI-D & VGA
- 3 HDMI
- 4 USB 2.0 Ports
- 5 USB 3.2 Gen1 Ports
- 6 USB 3.2 Gen1 & LAN Port
- 7 HD Audio Connectors

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- 8 DDR4 Boost
Optimized traces and isolated memory circuitry - 9 Turbo M.2
NVMe support, delivering speeds up to 32Gb/s using PCI-Express Gen3 x4 - 10 PCI-E Steel Slot
Reinforced against bending - 11 Heavy-Plated Heat Sinks
Designed for maximum cooling - 12 Audio Boost
Reward your ears with studio-grade sound quality








Pros: MAX upgraded BIOS ROM for better across-the-board Ryzen support. Board is not full-length which may make building easier in some mATX cases.
Cons: Budget board with a budget feature level (single chassis fan header, 4 SATA ports, 2 RAM slots, etc)
Overall Review: I used this board with a Ryzen 1600 build and it went very smoothly. No issues with memory speeds or CPU overclocking (3.6 GHz all-core on my sample with no voltage tweaking). VRMs are running reasonably cool at that level even under load. BIOS is Ryzen-3000 ready out of the box without compromises for older gen Ryzens. It's a budget board and as such it's up to the buyer to ensure that it's not lacking some feature such as extra fan headers or multiple m.2 slots. The VRM components are not heat-sinked and I would not attempt to drive a high power CPU with it; no 2700X's or 3800X's please. Given fitness to usage purpose, it seems like a solid board.