Review on 🔧 MSI B450-A Pro Max ATX Motherboard for AMD Ryzen 2nd and 3rd Gen with M.2, USB 3.0, DDR4, D-Sub, DVI, HDMI, and Crossfire support by Noah Lewis

I was looking for an affordable performance/light gaming/light media creation board. I've gravitated towards gigabytes from my last two builds, but their boards were expensive compared to the features. After some research I decided to try the MSI B450-A Pro Max although my previous experience with MSI was bad long ago (AMD K-6). Six months after purchase I couldn't be happier. Installing the board in my case was easy, as was installing the components. With multiple 4-pin fan headers, I can have a cool and quiet system. The BIOS settings are clear and simple. Everything just worked, and with a little tweaking everything works great! Yes, the board is chocolate brown. My Noctua fans are ugly brown too and they work great, as does this board. I could have deducted 1/2 stars due to the lack of a printed manual in the box, but I have one after downloading the printed manual from the MSI site. The balance of price and features makes the MSI B450-A Pro Max the best value for money. My Build: Fractal Design Define R5MSI B450-A Pro MaxAMD Ryzen 5 2600XCorsair Vengeance LPX 16GB 3000nVidia GeForce 1650 OCSamsung 970 EVO PLUS 250GB m.2Seagate BarraCuda 2 TBWD Black 1TB