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
ENHANCED BIOS COMPATIBILITY
& CROSS-GEN RYZEN SUPPORT
MAX motherboards have been upgraded to support multiple Ryzen processor generations including Ryzen 3000 series processors.
Get more with Click BIOS 5, designed with an easy-to-use layout and advanced system-tuning capabilities.
EXTREME STORAGE PERFORMANCE: TURBO M.2
Enjoy a blazing-fast system boot up and insanely quick loading of applications and data. Delivering speeds up to 32Gb/s per device using Gen3 x4.
CORE BOOST
Core Boost is the latest advancement of MSI's motherboard CPU power delivery system. A reserved zone of premium power delivery components on an optimized circuit design results in a highly efficient power system capable of precise current output to the CPU.
UNMATCHED MEMORY PERFORMANCE
MSI takes memory stability and performance to the extreme. We've designed an optimized memory circuit design for reliability and tested compatibility extensively in partnership with major memory manufacturers.
BEST COMPATIBILITY
Get more out of high-performance RAM with DDR4 Boost. The memory circuit design has been optimized for short and fast transmission on a reserved section of the motherboard fully isolated from any other circuit.
FORTIFY YOUR SYSTEM WITH PCI-E STEEL SLOTS
MSI PCI Express Steel Slots are secured to the motherboard with extra solder points and reinforced to support the weight of heavy graphics cards.
AMPLIFY YOUR GAME WITH AUDIO BOOST
Like a dedicated sound card, Audio Boost offers a HD audio processor, dedicated amplifier and high-quality audio capacitors, all physically isolated from the rest of the motherboard circuitry to ensure the purest audio signal to locate enemies with pin-point accuracy.
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.