Question 1

Do you need to buy antennas to use the built in wifi?

Accepted Answer

No, the MSI performance gaming B450 carbon comes with two antennas. One for Wi-Fi and the other for Bluetooth.

Question 2

Does this need the BIOS Updated to use 2nd generation Ryzen?

Accepted Answer

Based on my experience, it won't be necessary. The board I received came with the latest BIOS available at the time, which supported 2nd gen Ryzen processors right out of the box. I installed it with a 1700X, and it booted up first try, with no errors. Really great experience. I have since updated the BIOS to the newest version and everything went smoothly.

Question 3

Is this compatible with a Full ATX case correct? and thank you

Accepted Answer

It should be, however its not the motherboard that needs to be compatible it's the case that needs to be, you need to check if whatever case you're using has standoff inserts that supports an atx form factor.

Question 4

So I can put a nivida GeForce 1080 and it will work right? just not sli compatiable  right?

Accepted Answer

I see no problem installing a 1080T. For this build, I chose a AMD Radeon RX580. It's made by PowerColor and I specifically ordered the "Golden" edition because it has a massive heat sink... So massive that it takes 3 slots worth of space on the PCIe.

FYI - The biggest problem with this board, and I've come to learn this applies to many others as well, is the marketing hype over dual M.2 slots. Yup, you get two slots. If you're like me, you then invest in two identical 1TB M.2 SSD's. Trouble is, the second slot WILL NOT recognize an identical SSD if one is already located in slot #1. It will not work no matter what you do. I had to buy a $20 PCIe x1 adapter card to install my second M.2 SSD.

Turns out it's not just MSI. If you are looking for a dual M.2 board watch out! Find out if you can have two identical SSD's. You need to ask. The marketing material is misleading.

Why is this such an issue? Well, for a lot of us who are used to using RAID arrays, the common wisdom is that the best way to make a RAID array work properly is to use identical drives throughout the array. It makes sense, and simplifies things. This is why NewEgg will often have 2-packs or 3-packs of the same drive on sale.

RAID is a good way to have a secure fault tolerant system. Anyhoo, just watch out for the dual M.2 feature on this an many other boards. I'm trying to get the word out on this issue. At the very least, it's something they should tell you in the specifications. They do mention that the higher number SATA ports will be automatically disabled by installing M.2 devices... (If the board has 6 SATA ports, numbers 5 and 6 will become disabled with the installation of M.2 devices in slots M.2(1) and M.2(2).

Hope I've been of help.
Mr. Joey

Question 5

Does the Built in Wifi support 5ghz? or just 2.4ghz?

Accepted Answer

Dual Band (2.4 and 5ghz) up to 1.73Gbps according to their data sheets on their website.

Question 6

Just trying to make sure this works with ryzen 7 8700x before I buy it?

Accepted Answer

I am using mine with an AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 8-Core 3.7 GHz, if that helps. It's a beast. And you didn't ask, but the video card is an out-of-stock MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 192-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready ATX Video Card (probably a bit too much alphabet soup in there as I grabbed it from the product page). Between that and the colorful fan and completely superfluous lighting that's all the rage these days, inside a glass-sided case, it's quite the light show. Zero issues so far. I don't do any overclocking or tweaking of that sort.

Question 7

Is it compatible with ryzen 3200g? the features say only 1 and 2nd gen but i thought this was for 3rd gen now too.

Accepted Answer

Hi, if you goto the MSI B450 Page on their website you will see the processors that it is compatible with.  Generally speaking this board with a Bios upgrade will continue to be compatible with all new Ryzens.  As of July 2019 this board is compatible with all 3rd series Ryzen chips.  You will want Bios ver 7b85v17 or better for support.

Question 8

Is the blue and purple light under the MSI shield changeable/addressable? Ex: I want no light or I want only red and orange or I want it to strobe or marquee effect? Thanks!

Accepted Answer

This was one of my concerns, yes you can turn it off and have total control over it with the lightweight MysticLight software. Also is retains the last setting after power down and restart. No worries my friend.

Question 9

My power supply only has an 8 pin CPU power connector. Do I need to get a new PSU with 12 pin?

Accepted Answer

It has 8 and 4 connectors. So your motherboard needs 8 pin or 4 pin to make it work. 4 pin connector completely unnecessary. That board never able to provide that much power to justify extra 4 pin connector. I did plug in my board 8 pins and it works great

Question 10

Can it support a ryzen 7 2700x ?

Accepted Answer

Hello,

Thank you for contacting us in regards to your question.

Yes this motherboard would work with the Ryzen 7 2700X.

Thank you and have a nice day! 
Newegg Support

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