MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (Socket AM4) USB-C Gen2 AMD Motherboard

Great motherboard ! worked well with my new cpu and gpu

Very value board with good features. It isn't the prettiest (doesn't have RGB lighting, and no chrome) but it fits well in my all black build. I get all the features of running zen 3 in it, without going x570. Supports my 4 sticks of ram up to 3666mhz cl 16 so no issues there, and has plenty of fan headers for fans.

Love it bought this for my first build and love how it lights up because it also has rgb. If you want to not spend much this is a good MOB to get if you want to spend a little more get the b550 but this one will do. Its also future proof just in case you want to upgrade to a better cpu or gpu in the near future. If anybody is trying to build their first pc and don't know where to see if parts are compatible check out pcpartpicker.com thats what helped me pick my parts for my build.

I bought this board just about 3 months ago and I'm currently using it with a Ryzen 5 3600 O.C.'d to 4.2Ghz. It's a great board and does *just* about everything you could ask for. There are only 2 downsides I've had while owning the product. The first is that it has a single M.2 NVMe drive bay. It's not a deal breaker by any means (especially if all you're doing is gaming, like I am). I would just recommend you get the largest capacity NVMe SDD you can afford (using the M.2 bay will disable 2 SATA ports I believe). The second is that it DOES have USB 3.1 Gen 2, but as a port on the back of the board. It DOES NOT have a USB 3.1 Gen 2 header on the board. Only a standard 3.1 Gen 1 header is available. This is only a bummer if you have a case that supports 3.1 Gen 2 via USB-C and you don't have a header available for it. Yes, I can just use the rear port so I don't find that it truly matters. Also, if you're curious as to the differences between the B450 Tomahawk and B450 Tomahawk Max...I believe the Max version supports 3rd Gen Ryzen out of the box, DDR4-3466, and has an increased 32mb BIOS chip. Lastly, the board is very under-stated and clean, which I love. The RGB lights on the side are a nice touch. I also love that it has RGB headers that work extremely well with Mystic Light. It's been extremely reliable for me and I always recommend this board first.

This motherboard is great! it was easy to plug in all of my components and the rgb is a nice touch. Works great and I haven't had any problems

Works with 3800X. So far I got it up to 4.3GHz stable. Mated with a Sarbent 1TB M.2.(SB-ROCKET-1TB), 4 stick of 16GB (MD4U163216CGDA), EVGA 700W (100-BR-0700-K1), and MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT EVOKE OC. Used the stock cooler that came with the CPU and a cheap generic case. The enabling the XMP did not provide any increase in my RAM performance. The RAM setting remain unchanged even with XMP enabled. Tried to take CPU up to 4.4GHz but it would revert back to 3.9GHz and I don't know why. Tip: Clear the CMOS if you happen to change setting in BIOS that makes it unbootable.

Reliable motherboard. Worked with my Ryzen 5 2600 just fine and supports Ryzen 3000 out of the box and Ryzen 5000 with a BIOS update. It also handled overclocking my 2600 to 4.0 GHz at 1.325V with no issues. I wish it had another M.2 slot but other than that I've had no other issues with this motherboard.

My grandson needed this to build his gaming computer. He is ver happy with it.