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MSI Performance GAMING AMD Ryzen 1st and 2nd Gen AM4 M.2 USB 3 DDR4 HDMI Display Port WIFI Crossfire ATX Motherboard (B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC)

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Brand MSI
CPU Socket Socket TR4
Compatible Devices Personal Computer
RAM Memory Technology DDR4
Compatible Processors AMD 1st Gerenration Ryzen
Chipset Type Intel B450
Memory Clock Speed 3466 MHz
Platform Windows 7, Windows 10
Model Name B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC
Memory Storage Capacity 64 GB

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  • Support AMD Ryzen 1st and 2nd Generation / Ryzen with Radeon Vega Graphics Processors for Socket AM4
  • Supports 64gb dual channel ddr4 memory 1866/ 2133/ 2400/ 2667 MHz by jedec, and 2667/ 2800/ 2933/ 3000/ 3066/ 3200/ 3466 MHz by a xmp oc mode
  • Supports 2 way amd crossfire technology
  • Mystic light and mystic light sync: 16.8 million colors / 17 effects in 1 click; synchronize rgb/rainbow strips and other rgb solutions for customization
  • Ddr4 boost with steel armor: give your ddr4 memory a performance boost

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This MSI GAMING motherboard supports all the latest storage standards. This allows you to connect any ultra-fast storage device, giving you in-game benefits. Start games faster, load levels faster and have a real advantage over your enemies. Outsmart and outperform your opponents in-game using an array of unique MSI GAMING tools. Operating System: Support for Windows 10 64-bit, Support for Windows 7 64-bit * To support Windows 7 64-bit, you must install an AMD Pinnacle Ridge & Summit Ridge CPU. Clever hardware & software tools, created to keep you one step ahead of the competition and boost your skills. Cooling your PC is essential for reliable performance. We've made sure to include enough fan headers with full control to allow you to cool your system any way you want.

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MSI ProSeries AMD Ryzen 1st and 2nd Gen AM4 M.2 USB 3 DDR4 D-SUB DVI HDMI Micro-ATX Motherboard (B450M PRO-M2)

  • Supports AMD Ryzen 1st and 2nd Generation/ Ryzen with Radeon Vega Graphics/ Athlon with Radeon Vega Graphics Processors for Socket AM4
  • Supports DDR4-3466(OC) Memory
  • Audio Boost: Reward your ears with studio grade sound quality.
  • DDR4 Boost: Fully isolated, shielded and optimized DDR4 PCB design to give your DDR4 memory a performance boost.
  • Turbo M.2: Delivering Speeds Up to 32Gb/s.
  • EZ Debug LED: Easiest way to troubleshoot.
  • PCI-E Steel Slot: Protecting VGA cards against bending.
  • X-Boost: Software that auto-detects and allows you to boost the performance of any storage or USB device.
  • Core Boost: With premium layout and fully digital power design to support more cores and provide better performance.

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4.6 out of 5 stars
4.6 out of 5
900 global ratings

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Customers like the quality, ease of installation, appearance and value of the motherboard. They mention that it's built of quality, runs rock solid, and is easy to work with. Some appreciate the well thought out VRM design and the subtle RGB. They also like the wi-fi, and features. Opinions are mixed on performance.

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74 customers mention60 positive14 negative

Customers like the quality of the motherboard. They say it's built of quality, the VRM construction is solid, and it runs rock solid stable and cool. Some say it works well with Ryzen 7 2700x and is excellent for new builds. They also say the PCI slots are more sturdy than expected and didn't let their giant GPU sag.

"...The PCI slots are more sturdy than I expected and didn't let my giant GPU sag as much as I thought it would...." Read more

"...Make sense, at least for me. The board feels substantial and sturdy. I'm in no way a professional reviewer, but the built quality it quite decent...." Read more

"...All in all this is a very good Motherboard (so far) but I defiantly would have bought some other Board from another company if I knew what a..." Read more

"Great board. Paired with a Ryzen 1600 AF and runs stable @ 3900mhz all day...." Read more

46 customers mention42 positive4 negative

Customers find the installation of the motherboard to be easy. They mention that the bios is not too difficult to figure out, the software is easy to use, and the auto setup is pretty good. They also say that the motherboard is simple and easy to connect your components to.

"...The aesthetics are great, the software is easy to use, and overclocking is *now* a breeze. Highly recommend." Read more

"...The Live Update 6 made it easy to update the drivers after the Windows installation...." Read more

"...Overall pretty easy install, this was my first computer I built myself...." Read more

"...I think the auto set-up is pretty good and it is already maxing out the CPU very well...." Read more

42 customers mention32 positive10 negative

Customers like the appearance of the motherboard. They mention that it's nice looking, has a well thought out VRM design, and has subtle lighting effects. Some appreciate the good layout for the fan pins. Overall, most are happy with the appearance and functionality of the product.

"...The aesthetics are great, the software is easy to use, and overclocking is *now* a breeze. Highly recommend." Read more

"...It has a pretty good layout for the fan pins and the RGB its a nice accent...." Read more

"...Not a fan of RGB at all and the lighting on this is very subtle and beautiful. Not blaring at all...." Read more

"...While the advanced mode has many layered menus of options, it is laid out poorly resulting in much digging for any meaningful options that aren't..." Read more

24 customers mention19 positive5 negative

Customers like the value of the motherboard. They say it's the best budget motherboard ever.

"it gives you what you need with a good price" Read more

"...The case is Be Quiet Pure Base 500, so far the best case for the money. It is super quiet and easy for installing the parts...." Read more

"Ok, so heres the low down. Great mobo for the price, great features, beafy heat sinks on the VRM's, chipset, and NVME...." Read more

"...It was very affordable for all the features offered, and because of this I will definitely consider purchasing MSI again in the future." Read more

16 customers mention16 positive0 negative

Customers are satisfied with the built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth of the motherboard. They mention that it has an AC wireless and Bluetooth adapter. Some say that the antennas are great without the annoying cord style that most Wi-fi boards have. Overall, most are happy with the performance of the product.

"...It's easy to install, looks great, and the onboard Wi-fi/Bluetooth is awesome...." Read more

"...capacitors area, the audio, the convenience of the 2 NVMe and the integrated WiFi was my main reasons for my purchase...." Read more

"...It comes with an integrated Wi-FI card. Also it comes with a feature that lets you flush the bios without having an old gen Ryzen...." Read more

"...the inclusion of AC wireless and Bluetooth, a lot of fan headers and a variety of led lighting..." Read more

11 customers mention11 positive0 negative

Customers are satisfied with the features of the motherboard. They mention that it has plenty of features and advanced options for enthusiast needs. They appreciate the quality and style of the board.

"...The board also has good clearance for air coolers, good features like the dual M.2 slots..." Read more

"...That's fine, and luckily the motherboard has a very nifty feature that lets you flash the BIOS with nothing but the PSU attached...." Read more

"Ok, so heres the low down. Great mobo for the price, great features, beafy heat sinks on the VRM's, chipset, and NVME...." Read more

"...Otherwise, Love the features and BIOS interface. No problem with MSI, just with the shipper...." Read more

72 customers mention47 positive25 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the performance of the motherboard. Some mention that it has been running very well without any issues, while others say that it wouldn't boot or that it sometimes doesn't register.

"...Granted, I'm also using a Scythe Ninja 5 CPU Cooler. Its stable, its fast and didn't break my bank account...." Read more

"...Overall very happy with it, has been working great for me and very happy I have a computer that I can upgrade in the future now without having to..." Read more

"...Couldn't overclock at all with all 4 sticks. It wouldn't be a big issue, but my RAM is rated for 3600mhz so I want what I paid for...." Read more

"...don't use the wifi and I don't use the on-board audio, but hey, the RGB works...." Read more

Box was munched
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Box was munched
Box arrived badly damaged with inadequate padding. Motherboard's box inside was also damaged and the board within was a tight fit, shipped via UPS. Mobo runs but I'm having intermittent trouble reading the board-mounted NVME drive. Sometimes doesn't register and because of the box damage I can't be sure if it's due to damage to the board or a problem with the drive. Otherwise, Love the features and BIOS interface. No problem with MSI, just with the shipper.Update: I've been using the PC for several months. The NVME trouble I ran into was some inherent, well documented problems with the WD Blue M.2 NVME SSD. Mainly regarding crashing after waking from sleep mode and appearing to have lost the drive after hard reboot. After fixing that the whole PC has been a dream. I love the MSI BIOS far better than the Gigabyte interface in used to. Far more intuitive.
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Alexander Milner
5.0 out of 5 stars A solid addition to anyone's setup.
Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2020
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I'll start off by saying I had a lot of trouble and almost returned it, but that was due to my lack of knowledge, not the board itself. MSI has made a quality mid-range board with ample features for the everyday regular user/gamer. It's easy to install, looks great, and the onboard Wi-fi/Bluetooth is awesome. It allows for an easy and stable overclock, I have my 3.2ghz Ryzen 5 1600 running at 3.85ghz no problem, and my 16gb RAM at a nice 3466mhz. Note: I started out with 32gb RAM, 4x8 DDR4 sticks, and couldn't overclock at all. I'm not sure if it's my CPU or the motherboard itself, but it's a good note to take down. Couldn't overclock at all with all 4 sticks. It wouldn't be a big issue, but my RAM is rated for 3600mhz so I want what I paid for. Moving on, the power/RGB/fan/USB locations are all in standard, but easy-to-reach locations. The Dragon Center software is better than some I've used and allows for easy control of fans, voltages, etc. and even allows for custom fan curves, which is really nice. The PCI slots are more sturdy than I expected and didn't let my giant GPU sag as much as I thought it would. The BIOS (Running the latest, 1B) are simplistic, but easy enough to figure out. Overclocking took a bit of playing around to really nail down but it works really well once figured out. The Memory Try It! feature is an interesting alternative to XMP and basically applies manual timings through preset profiles. Personally I do them manually, but that's quite obviously not for everyone. The one thing I wish this card had was always-on USB ports for charging things like controllers and headsets, my last motherboard had that and it's great, but I'm still very happy with my purchase.

All in all, this board may seem a little pricy until you factor in the onboard Wi-fi and Bluetooth, and performs better than I expected, that is once I figured everything out. The aesthetics are great, the software is easy to use, and overclocking is *now* a breeze. Highly recommend.
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TZARHINO
5.0 out of 5 stars Mines came Ryzen 3600 ready.
Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2019
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I watched a lot of different YouTube videos regarding this board and also the different Reddit forums talking about the complications they had. i still went ahead and bought it base on the solid recommendations. i have to confess: I was nervous, because after pulling the trigger I read that they where some BIOS issues. I received it and for my surprise, it said it was Ryzen 3000 ready on the box. The problem is that it was an after thought sticker, that in my opinion didn't looked official. So, I...well... to be sure... still went ahead and updated the BIOS with the most recent one (as of Aug. 30). I was shocked...it worked.

But that was the easy part. Then it came the part of assembly. The manual could really be worked. I humbly suggest to color code the different sections for easy and logical understanding of the presented information. This is not my first time building a PC, but if it wasn't for the fact that MSI has the manual in digital PDF version on their support page, I could have made a mistake. MSI, you added RGB to the Motherboard, add some to the manual.

I'm happy with the support on their web page. Make sense, at least for me. The board feels substantial and sturdy. I'm in no way a professional reviewer, but the built quality it quite decent. I feel that they should drop the price on this board a little bit more, since its was a complicated to download the Nahimic Audio Software. If you care for the audio, I'll tell you: its really good! And if you want to take the full potential of it, download the Nahimic Software from the Windows Store. Don't bother downloading it from the MSI support page. Save the time. But, while you're on the MSI support page, do yourself a favor and download their proprietary software for the board. I took a gamble expecting bloatware, I was wrong. It works. The App Manager its a convenient way to keep all of their software organized. The Live Update 6 made it easy to update the drivers after the Windows installation. (I know Windows update the drivers too, but I wanted to play safe).

It has a pretty good layout for the fan pins and the RGB its a nice accent. My ideal motherboard would have been this board without the RGB- I don't need the lights, pass that savings to the consumer MSI. The feature of the motherboards on the capacitors area, the audio, the convenience of the 2 NVMe and the integrated WiFi was my main reasons for my purchase.

To finish, i can happily said that after the updates, installing Win10 Pro, running the tests to make sure all is running like a Swiss submariner clock and enabling the XMP profile, my Ryzen 3600 (non X) is running at 4.2 Mhz. Granted, I'm also using a Scythe Ninja 5 CPU Cooler. Its stable, its fast and didn't break my bank account. This is my first MSi product and I'm a satisfied customer.
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hamad
5.0 out of 5 stars good motherboard
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2024
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it gives you what you need with a good price
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Patrick
5.0 out of 5 stars Great, was able to use stock wraith spire cooler
Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2020
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first I would like to say I also had issues with stock wraith spire cooler that came with my Ryzen 7 2700 processor but if you move the black clamps to the back of the motherboard I was able to fit the cooler without issues. It took me a while to figure out and was very close to buying a new cooler but as long as you move the black clamps to the back instead of the front this won't be an issue. Overall pretty easy install, this was my first computer I built myself. The only other issue I had was installing the M.2 in the slot without the cover I got so frustrated trying to screw the hand screw back in I went out and bought a small screw driver to use the slot with the cover. I tried using a normal screw instead for second M.2 slot and it didn't work but I think this is more my fault of being a novice. The wifi and bluetooth works great and I am able to use my airpods and walk to the other side of the house with good connection. Using my playstation the connection is lost when I got in the garage but surprisingly the bluetooth keeps connected anywhere I go in the house.

For drivers, I was confused at first doing all the drivers since I have never done it before but if you download the MSI command center first it will tell you everything else you need to download from there and it made it a lot easier. That way I dont have to figure out the most recent upgrades and everything.

The only thing I wish it had was a USB type c connection on the motherboard itself rather than just the back. There is a usb type c slot on the front of my computer case but there wasn't a connection for it on the motherboard and I am not sure where to find a converter to change it to a 10 prong slot.

Overall very happy with it, has been working great for me and very happy I have a computer that I can upgrade in the future now without having to buy a whole new computer every 5-10 years
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soumyadip chakraborty
5.0 out of 5 stars Looks great, robust quality
Reviewed in India on July 16, 2019
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it has best in class features and is a must if you are planning to build a gaming rig.
impressed with the quality compared to other brand motherboards of the same price.
paired up with msi gtx 1060 and ryzen 3600X
Motherboard looks really cool with the rgb sync and inbuilt aura lights
Inbuilt wifi is even an additional benefit.
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Bharath Kumar H
5.0 out of 5 stars Best budget gaming motherboard
Reviewed in India on July 30, 2019
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Best mother board for a budget rig and ready to take on any other peripherals for future upgrades. Running it on and ryzen 5 3400G , with the GTX 1660 ti graphic card, WD 250Gb green SSD, 2TB Seagate HDD, and Corsair vengeance 8*2gb RAM and the performance is mind-blowing
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Bharath Kumar H
5.0 out of 5 stars Best budget gaming motherboard
Reviewed in India on July 30, 2019
Best mother board for a budget rig and ready to take on any other peripherals for future upgrades. Running it on and ryzen 5 3400G , with the GTX 1660 ti graphic card, WD 250Gb green SSD, 2TB Seagate HDD, and Corsair vengeance 8*2gb RAM and the performance is mind-blowing
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Aries
5.0 out of 5 stars Msi
Reviewed in Canada on April 25, 2024
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Toujours un 10/10 avec MSi.
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Kal
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Value and Packaging
Reviewed in Canada on January 29, 2019
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I purchased the MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon AC to use in the new computer I was building. It was the first computer I'd ever built completely from scratch. I had done some research that the Gaming Pro Carbon AC was generally regarded as the best B450 board on the market, and that it was even better than some of the low end X470 boards.

After assembling my computer, I have no reason to doubt that assessment. This motherboard worked with my 2700x right out of the box, though you will want to update your BIOS to the latest version as there was a recent update which improved performance for certain CPUs. I found the BIOS easy to navigate, and updating it was a simple matter, as was setting my RAM speed to 3200.

Much to my delight, when I opened the motherboard box, I was greeted with a quick install guide for various processor architectures, as well as a hard copy of the motherboard manual. Being somewhat old-fashioned, I much prefer leafing through a hard copy than having to go online (which sometimes isn't convenient when you're putting together a PC). The last motherboard I purchased only had an electronic manual, so MSI definitely earns some brownie points for that.

The inbuilt WiFi is a nice touch, and it's been just fine for my connection (which is 200 Mbps).

In my view the board could have been improved in the following ways:

1. There are five USB ports at the back (and one C-type), and I find myself wishing it had one or two USB ports.
2. There is no internal USB 3.1 Type C connector that I saw, so if your case has one on the front, you won't be able to use it.
3. In my case (a Corsair 500D), the rear 120mm fan casing brushes up against the protruding armor thing at the top left of the motherboard that says "Gaming Pro". Not a big deal, but I thought I'd mention it.

Overall I'm extremely happy with my purchase, and despite my nitpicks, I give this board five stars.
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Stuart M.
1.0 out of 5 stars Did not work correctly
Reviewed in Canada on July 24, 2019
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Bought this items for a newly purchased Ryzen 5 3600. MSI stated at that time their currently released bios would work with this generation of cpu. It did not for me and many others. After a new BIOS version, the board only booted occasionally. At the end it crashed on a game and would not boot again (CPU Debug light constant). Many other MSI purchasers of the B450 series boards at this time were having similar issues. MSI was almost dead silent during all of this, and only suggested fixes that many people have already attempted and were not successful.

They then did a livestream build which did nothing to assist anyone with these issues, and almost verbatim stated to return your board if it did not work and get the MAX version (this board does not have a max version) which is just being released. As if they expect the people with issues to return to MSI after that.

I did open a ticket with MSI for this issue, and the tech was prompt with responses and did not seem to be a bot. After a few days the tech did not reply for several days. Last response was to try booting with one stick of ram, which I had already tried, but I did so again to no effect.

Do not buy MSI B450 boards for Ryzen 3rd gen CPU's.
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