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

Used with a Ryzen 3600 and it booted up on the first try. This was my first time trying to build a PC. NOTE it has been announced that zen 2 won’t work with b450 motherboards so if you want an easy path to upgrade consider getting a b550 motherboard.

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.

I like how this motherboard don't give me fits like my old one,but also seems to be good constructed runs smooth as it should I had a problem getting mystic lights to work. I realized that was due to not doing a Windows update ,did that and it works fine. All in all out of all the motherboards I've ran I do like this one the most because of quality and features.

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.

Excellent choice for any Ryzen 3000 user not wanting the pcie 4.0 storage at an excellent price. No update needed, Zen 3000 ready. Purchased this for my daughter to pair with her 3600 and was one of the most flawless and painless builds I've ever done. As an administrator and moderator on numerous AMD pages on Facebook and a moderator on amd's official page, I used to call the tomahawk crowd a Colt clan but now I see why they loved this motherboard so much.

Easy board to pair a ryzen 3xxx series CPU with. Didn't need to update firmware out of the box.

Great features and is easy to use. Works great with my build

Works great! Mine shipped with the most current BIOS version. Onboard RGB control is a nice touch. Pairs nicely with a Ryzen 5 3600 out of the box. It's got everything you need in a modern motherboard.