Joined on 11/22/04
Rocky start
Pros: Could not get windows 10 to recognize the hardware, filed for RMA. I was contacted by the seller with suggestions on what may help. Simple, MB is long in the tooth and with my duster(paintbrush) I dusted the PCIe socket and presto . great signal, WiFi & Bluetooth. Good product Good responsive help. I should mention I'm 75 and generally need all the help I can get.
Cons: None
disappointed
Pros: None
Cons: I knew the speed from the specs would be OK for me, but when it was half of the rated speed (read and write) I returned it even tho it cost me. I have three NVME sticks that don't match specs, and don't expect them too. But nothing this bad or even close.
Overall Review: Not worth it
Perfect
Pros: I made myself a USB with a SilverStone M.2 SATA SSD to USB 3.1 Gen 2 Enclosure with Retractable Aluminum USB Type-A with a write speed of 400Mbs. fantastic!
Overall Review: A USB with a write speed of 400Mbs
A lot of punh for cheap
Pros: Runs cool at my preferred 4.7 GHz. This was my update from the I7 2600 (witch sold quickly with it still in the motherboard) It's all about the cores & threads and it's got-em.
Cons: None
Overall Review: Worth every penny.
Creepy Slow
Pros: Stores music very well, cab even play from it on U Connect.
Cons: Just really slow. 14 GB usable.
Overall Review: Adequate for My use
Nice
Pros: Fast
Cons: None
Overall Review: Sequential Read-3457 MBs Write-2374 Random IOPS Read-194091 Write 234375. Every thing I would expect.
1 of 3 MSI motherboards
Two AMD and one Intel, MSI has served me well. I payed primmum price during the motherboard shortage. It replaces one that had a hiccup during BIOS upgrade, First in hundreds of BIOS updates. MB has every thing I need and nothing I don't. Amd Ryzen 5 3600X 6-core,12 Threads 3.8 Ghz (4.2 GHz Max Boost)95W Ram 16 GB G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB GPU Sapphire Radeon NITRO RX 590 8GB GDDR5 OC (Tucson) MSI B450 Gaming Max AM4 AMD Disk drive ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1TB 3D NAND NVMe Gen3x4 PCIe M.2 2280
No muss no fuss
Good seller.
good, and quiet
People who have trouble installing this or any cooler on an AMD 4 socket, It's easy if you loosen the 4 screws on the motherboard brackets. then when the cooler is captured cross tighten the screws. easy peasy.. Cooler keeps ryzen 5 2600x nice and cool. quiet even at full speed. the ryzen has dynamic over clocking but I did try manual to 41.5 but fans run full speed all the time. I did XMP the memory. love it.