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Review on 🎮 B450 Gaming-ITX/AC: Unleash Gaming Power with ASRock Mini-ITX Motherboard by Keyone Brownlee

Revainrating 5 out of 5

So unstable even with the latest (and even unreleased beta) BIOS updates

Initially I was very excited when I received the board because it comes with an updated BIOS to support the 3000 series (and a suitable sticker) was supplied ) on the packaging). However, this quickly disappeared when I realized I was suffering from the non-POST infinite upload loop that many others have reported about here and elsewhere on the web. Even the latest official BIOS update didn't help - on the 3600 it might have only booted every 20 times, which of course is pretty much not quite. Finally, after much searching, I found an unofficial website that offers beta BIOS updates and it seemed to work. But I don't want to spend more than $100 hoping maybe the system can boot stably and I can use it. No, these things should "just work". I ended up sending it back and settled on an MSI Mini-ITX board which (although it didn't come with the 3000 series BIOS) was stable from day one.

Pros
  • motherboards
Cons
  • stock availability