Msi B450 Gaming Plus Am4 Amd B450 Review

MSI B450 Gaming Plus and
MSI B450M Gaming Plus

MSI has decided to go ane step farther than competing vendors launching a minimum of a dozen B450 boards, with a  mixture of gaming branded ATX, microATX and Mini-ITX offerings, also equally some more subtle looking models from their budget-friendly Arsenal range. Outset up is the B450 and B450M Gaming Plus models which aside from sharing like aesthetics and feature set, the B450 Gaming Plus is full sized ATX, whereas the B450M Gaming Plus conforms to the slightly smaller microATX grade factor.

MSI B450 Gaming Plus (left) and MSI B450M Gaming Plus (correct)

The general theme of the MSI Gaming branding since the introduction back in 2013 has always been red and black, with both these Gaming branded models conforming to that theme. The heatsinks characteristic a black metallic sheen with ruddy accents which has been carried over and has been printed onto the jet-black PCB. Neither the B450 or B450M Gaming Plus mentions RGB backlighting, just both boards take two 5050 RGB headers built in.

Starting with the ATX variant, the B450 Gaming Plus has 2 full-length PCIe slots with the height slot having a PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, and the bottom slot running at PCIe 2.0 x4. Also present is a full of iv PCIe 2.0 x1 slots. The B450M Gaming Plus has a single full-length PCIe 3.0 x16 slot and is complemented by a pairing of PCIe two.0 x1 slots. Both boards use MSI's Steel Armor on the pinnacle full-length PCIe three.0 x16 slot.

While both boards have support for DDR4-3466 right from the starting time, the B450 Gaming Plus has a total of four RAM slots giving a maximum supported capacity of 64 GB, whereas the B450M Gaming Plus has two slots allowing for a total chapters of up to 32 GB of system memory.

MSI B450 Gaming Plus (left) and MSI B450M Gaming Plus (correct)

While both boards have a single Thou.two slot, the ATX version supports PCIe iii.0 x4/SATA drives up to a maximum size of 1000.2 22110 (22 10 110 mm), and the microATX B450M Gaming Plus having room for upwards to M.ii 2280 (22 x 80 mm); this is a side effect of having a smaller form gene. The full-sized version has a total of half dozen SATA ports with four featuring correct-angled connectors, with the other 2 sporting direct angled ports. The B450M has a total of 4 right-angled SATA vi Gbps ports, with both boards offering the capability for RAID 0, i and 10 arrays.

Providing power to both the B450/B450M Gaming Plus is a 24-pin ATX ability connector, while the CPU gets an 8-pin ATX 12 V input. From a quick glance the MSI B450M Gaming Plus looks like it has a 4+3 phase configuration, with the ATX sized model having a 4+2 power delivery. The B450 Gaming Plus has a heatsink covering the entirety of the power commitment, whereas the B450M'south heatsink covers the CPU surface area, leaving the SoC MOSFETs to be passively cooled by whatsoever method of system cooling is available.

The B450 Gaming Plus has a total of six 4-pivot fan connectors with iv beingness ready aside for instance fans, a unmarried connector for the CPU fan and a dedicated header for h2o pumps. The B450M Gaming Plus has a three in total with two existence dedicated to case fans and one specifically for the CPU fan. Both models have the adequacy to expand on USB ports, with the B450M Gaming Plus having a full of four internal headers which allows for an additional four USB 3.1 five Gbps ports and iv USB 2.0 ports. The ATX B450 Gaming Plus has the selection to add an additional four USB iii.1 5 Gbps ports and two USB 2.0 ports through its internal headers.

MSI B450 Gaming Plus (top) and MSI B450M Gaming Plus (bottom) rear panels

The rear panels on both boards look strikingly similar with only a few minor differences. The B450 Gaming Plus has two USB 3.one 10 Gbps Blazon-A ports, with two USB three.1 5 Gbps Type-A ports also equally two USB two.0 ports; both models too feature a Clear CMOS push and a PS/2 keyboard and mouse combo port. The B450 Gaming Plus does take a slightly beefier sound with the half dozen 3.5mm audio jacks being powered by a Realtek ALC892 audio codec, whereas the B450M makes do with three iii.5mm jacks controlled by a slightly lower grade Realtek ALC887 codec. The unmarried LAN port on both boards is driven by the Realtek 8111H Gigabit LAN controller and both boards have support for the Ryzen and Vega APUs with HDMI and DVI-D outputs.

While MSI has limited pricing pre-launch, the B450 Gaming Plus looks to cost around $109.99 at launch which would correspond relatively modest value for money. The B450M Gaming Plus should by rights come up in at around $99.99, only once official pricing is confirmed on the smaller microATX model, we will update.

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