Review on MSI MAG B550M Mortar Gaming Motherboard: Ideal for AMD Ryzen 5000 Series Processors; AM4 Socket, DDR4, PCIe 4.0, M.2, USB 3.2 Gen 2, HDMI/DP, Micro-ATX by Ben Chase

First, what happened to the white stuff on the box? Carton, but the packaging structure inside the white carton material did not hit the material plate. I called Revain to complain and got a discount instead of a return. ** The motherboard itself is good. This is a mid budget ATX b550 microboard that has everything I need. A few things I learned about these boards that you may need. You cannot use all slots. I installed an nvme SSD right above it - so far so good. Slots under a graphics card are a different story (and the details are confusing), but you can use a specific combination of extensions BUT some extensions in some slots disable the use of other slots. If you are planning an additional ng a few expansions/m.2 ssd then look at this issue first. - RGB titles can only work after installing "Control Center" software. My fans didn't light up directly on the Jrainbow headers, I used the RGB controller that comes with my case and used a SATA power connector. The MSI software doesn't have a good reputation, so I didn't install it. *** Overall - if I did it again I would still use this board.