Review on 🎮 Powerful MSI Arsenal Gaming B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II Motherboard: AMD Ryzen 2ND and 3rd Gen Compatible by Darrell Verduzco

Despite MSI's claims to the contrary, this board is NOT (yet?) compatible with Ryzen 3000 series chips. With a new working Ryzen 3600, my first board got stuck after a BIOS flashback and wouldn't turn on (nothing). I got through two bios updates with the exchange, but the board remains extremely unstable. It only reports 1/4 of the time when I turn it on, the rest of the time there is an LED code for the processor. When it is posted my computer is working fine and I have tested the processor thoroughly to determine that it is not the problem. state clearly in their advertising and refuse to publicly state that there is currently a major problem with the current boards. Also, they will no doubt sell the Max at a significantly higher price should it be a direct replacement - especially for those who bought their lies and bought this product in the first place - to benefit from their fraudulent methods. Even when MSI releases a BIOS update that fixes instability issues, they did so at the expense of most overclocking and hardware tweaks. Most of the tools that made this board so popular have been removed to make room in the BIOS for a wider range of compatibility. TLDR: currently not working with Ryzen 3000 chips, BIOS (OC etc.) not working if/when.