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 Li Kai ᠌

Just a solid motherboard for an adequate price, the shortcomings are not critical for me. I took it in February 2022 for 6000. More than satisfied with the purchase. Has some pros -Low price; -Power supply system and radiators are enough for 16 cores to work in stock; -Regularly ated QVL, which greatly simplifies the choice of memory (relevant for all MSI); -Set HyperX HX434C16FB3K2/16 started on native 3466 without any problems, despite the Hynix chips (see shortcomings); -On boards with the MAX prefix, the amount of BIOS memory has been increased, thanks to which there is support for the 5000 series processors (you need a BIOS version of MC and higher); -Ability to flash BIOS without CPU and RAM. Some cons: -Long start; -After turning on XMP, the CPU NB / SoC voltage was raised above the safe 12022 V, which occasionally caused BSODs. Setting it manually to 1 V solved the problem; -The audio path is poorly isolated, which is why electronic noise sometimes appears in the headphones, for example, when fps exceeds 500; -After ating the BIOS to M7, the ability to configure the Hot Plug for SATA 5 and 6 disappeared, the ports themselves work. I think it's just a bug and will be fixed in the future.