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 Chris Shepherd

I have had three versions of this board. I bought the first one because I thought it looked good and matched my color scheme. My problems first appeared when trying to plug in the USB 3.0 cable, the pins were bent (maybe shipping related) and the fact that one of the RAM slots was defective. On the second board I had a problem with very slow boot times, the drive was fine but booted like a hard drive. In the meantime I was trying to mount another drive while getting permission for nvme ssd when I noticed another problem. No other drive was recognized, m.2 or sata. On this third motherboard, my scores are extremely high. I've redid the thermal paste, switched from liquid cooling to air cooling, updated the bio, but nothing helped. I know my temps aren't high because I switched to a gigabyte board and my temps were fine, exactly the same settings but a gigabyte board instead. Overall the time I've spent troubleshooting, combined with the time between receiving my motherboard and the time I have to wait to replace it with a genuinely working motherboard really left a sour taste in my mouth, when it comes to msi. Products. I would not recommend it.