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Review on ASRock B450M STEEL LEGEND: AM4 Socket, AMD Promontory B450, DDR4, CrossFireX Support, M.2, SATA3, USB3.1, A&GbE - MicroATX Motherboard by David Monaco

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Best board in this price range for looks and performance, RGB controller works great now!

I was very happy with this board, especially at this price. Pros: Looks good Works good Uefi is ok to overclock just about anything. lots of USB 3 Decent Audio Cons: Hmmmmmmmm. Well, first off, "polychrome" software sucks, but if you're smart you'll eventually get it working. But for me I finally synced all aRGB fans, ram, board, etc., then the board's LEDs and everything synced to it wouldn't turn on the very next day. After a halfway competent conversation with asrock, it seems, that the RGB controller itself has stopped working so I can't sync it anymore and LEDs mobo just don't work SHIT OUT OF WARRANTY. SSD/HDD installed in a SATA 3 port AND a SATA M.2, it's either one or the other, so if you plan to use that m.2 port you are actually losing one of the multiple SATA ports. Not sure if this is on all boards or something but it's a bit lame. No WiFi option, I bought a good adapter and an Intel WiFi/Bluetooth m.2 card, works great ($30). It's still the nicest board at this price point, but Asrock quality should be a consideration if you're really into aRGB materials. It will be very difficult for me to choose asrock in the future. EDIT: So after a year I finally decided to try asrocks ploychrome as rrgbled can't decide on the name of the software and guess what. The firmware is automatically updated after starting the program, and guess what happened? Come on, after reading my review guess. MOBO LIGHTS! have returned Check out my review of the CPU cooler I've been using all along, it's UpHere 5v argb, there you'll see my pics. I can only recommend this cooler and the matching case fans. I give this board 3-5 stars for its full functionality. This is an Asrocks software that should get 1 star.

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