- The motherboard looks great - Price to features: 4 m.2 slots, convenience features (easy PCIe detach, debug led, m.2 latches, etc.) - Great rear I/O configuration
If you're looking for all the latest, PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot, along with and x4 PCIe 4.0 and a 3rd M.2 for extra storage this motherboard has it all. Good built-in MediaTek Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2, both rock solid and good placement of the annenna's no need for an external antenna base. BIOS seems good, A-RGB is nice to have at this price point and DDR5-6000 OC with EXPO... although my memory couldn't handle this for whatever reason not the motherboard's fault. Running this with a Ryzen 7800X3D and except for the $25 price drop after I bought this board, no regrets.
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Solid feeling board, BIOS seems to have lots of options, plenty of room for everything to be installed and easy to work with. Have not tried overclocking the RAM yet but will update once I do. Great board for the price.
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this board working good awesome easy to setup driver is easy!
First build so dont know much what to say but it was very easy to install and had all the features i wanted custom rgb
The board has all the right ports and plenty of options when it comes to your NVME or SATA drives. I also appreciate the heatsink for one of the SSD spots. It also looks very nice in a black tower white would also give a good look. It definitely isn't built cheap, which gives it a durable and nice feel and look. All of the ports feel good and stable. It is very helpful to have a few different troubleshooting lights as well! That really helped me when I was figuring out my graphics problem.
Worked fine with my new Ryzen 9900X + MSI 5070 Gaming Trio + Linux Mint build. The BIOS fan curves and other settings are easy to adjust (Yes, I'm old enough to be impressed by friendly BIOS screens. You kids dunno how good you've got it these days).
Performance outsurpasses a moderate gamers needs The GPU quick release is clutch if you like to swap parts quickly (note: see cons) Clean look, RGBs are a nice touch Plenty of 2.0 headers, RGB headers ASUS Bios is very easy to use
Went from MSI Z690 Pro to this MSI B850 and windows loaded right up. Did not have to do a clean install. I had the Windows USB boot drive installed and instead of asking me for a clean installed, it somehow downloaded what was needed and booted. Remember to have the internet connect through cable. Only problem I had was with Windows recognizing my key but Windows support helped me getting Windows acivated. All good now
- Looks great - Easy to build with - lots of usb ports - lost of m.2 slots
So easy to work with and set up. Started right up, took me to the BIOS so I could use the EXPO settings with one click. Works perfectly, unlike the last two motherboards I bought from a different (well-known) manufacturer... Consequently, I have now become a fan of Gigabyte, and will use their boards in future builds, without question!
ran a ryzen 5 3600 with 16gb of ddr4 3600mhz out of the box. wifi works good.
- Sturdy, quality construction - Built with overclocking in mind - Large heat sink (probably overkill) for PCIE gen 5 M.2 SSD's
I bought this in a bundle with 32 gb of DDR4 in order to upgrade my current i5 7600k. Install went well, and everything is running great. The price was right to update to windows 11 on the cheap and leave some room for a future cpu/gpu upgrade.
Works well, seems stable. Lots of adjustability for the 'bios' settings for adjusting power and frequency, etc.
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AM5 Socket 3x NVME slots PCI-E 5.0 Nice design.
It has been 13 years since I last built up a PC but was forced to with Microsoft shutting down Windows 10. I've probably built 6 PCs from scratch since the 1980's but have upgraded dozens over the years - friends and churches. This is my second Gigabyte - all the others were Asus. Why are people complaining about the x16 bus having an optional split into 2 Nvme x4 plus an x8? It still gives you two other x4 Nvme (one being gen5). That allows plenty of storage for just about anyone. I can only see using these other two slots if you wanted to configure a RAID. So they gave an option that makes sense. I was lucky enough to score a 5070 GPU at MSRP. And by golly it sits on the x16 bus as gen5. My Nvme sits in the CPU slot as gen5x2. My other sits in the D slot as gen4x4. They both perform to their specs - so says Samsung magician. It's as good as it gets. I initially brought up the board with the internal Ryzen 9900 graphics. It works. I've utilized most of the front panel USB connections. As far as I can tell they are all working. I don't know what some reviewer meant by them not all working at once - if I encounter this, I'll update my review. I installed 2 32G sticks of DDR5600. I expected to have to go into BIOS and set it to 5600 but it adjusted automatically. My MB is in a 4U rack chassis. I have no need for RGB. (Seriously, what's the point?)
Pros are the blue tooth and wireless built in. They board also allows flexibility in storge types
- The all white board looks fantastic in a white case and allows RGB lighting to reflect - It was very easy to install - Layout was intuitive - I liked the quick release for the m2 slots and their heat sinks - I hope I never need to use the diagnostic display code, but I'm thankful it's there