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Review on ๐ŸŽฎ Powerful MSI Arsenal Gaming B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II Motherboard: AMD Ryzen 2ND and 3rd Gen Compatible by Michael Clarke

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Be careful when removing the CPU

This is my first motherboard so I don't have anything to compare it to, but it's very easy to use and I've only had a problem and a half. glass side. I had to remove my R5 2600 with the Wraith Spire cooler because the fan part is too long and covers the RAM 1 slot, which means if you want 4 sticks of RAM the cooler has to move in a certain direction on the motherboard . Since it was my first time removing the cooler from the CPU, I didn't realize I had to rotate the cooler to make it easier to peel off the thermal paste. I ended up removing the CPU from the cooler, luckily none of my pins were bent, I cleaned them and went to replace them. The processor is in place, it's time to add a processor cooler and. Screws are not screwed in. I don't even see where they're actually going to screw in. Nervous because he had already broken his processor and now nervous because he had broken the motherboard. I removed the back panel of my case and sure enough there it was. Now I'm not sure if this is part of the Corsair Spec-04 case or the motherboard, but there were no screws so I had to use putty to hold it in place. At the same time, the CPU cooler screws had fasteners, all 4 RAM slots were available, and a bunch of nerves went nuts and calmed down. Updating the BIOS is easy and has no problems with M.2 NVMe and multiple disks, it should be noted that SATA 5 and 6 ports are disabled when M.2 is used.

Pros
  • Absolutely amazing!
Cons
  • High price