Review on MSI MPG B550 Gaming Carbon WiFi: Unleash the Full Power of AMD Ryzen 5000 Series Processors with PCIe 4.0 and Wi-Fi 6 AX by Christina Potter

Name: MSI MPG B550 Gaming Carbon WiFi: Unleash the Full Power of AMD Ryzen 5000 Series Processors with PCIe 4.0 and Wi-Fi 6 AX
Item: MSI MPG B550 Gaming Carbon WiFi: Unleash the Full Power of AMD Ryzen 5000 Series Processors with PCIe 4.0 and Wi-Fi 6 AX
Rating: 4

October 17, 2022

Good board, update the bios asap

got corrupted This board came with a BIOS that didn't work with XMP on a RAM kit that I knew worked at rated speeds worked. A friend received the same board with the same BIOS version and the same problem. If the BIOS version ends in .130, DO NOT try XMP. Updating the BIOS to version .150 solved all the problems. I think other MSi B550 and X570 boards have the same problem with this BIOS version. Anyway, for the rest of the review. Good feature set, I wanted a good looking board with a decent amount of USB and ARGB headers and since MSi cleverly cropped the Edge down to 5 Type A's I got an extra one for the Carbon. Good power supply, worked out of the box with 5800X, apart from the BIOS issue mentioned above I have no real complaints.

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