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Motherboard ASUS PRIME B450M-A II Review

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Description of Motherboard ASUS PRIME B450M-A II

Manufacturer:ASUS ;Total number of SATA connectors:6 ;PCI Express 3.0 support:Yes ;Sound adapter chipset:Realtek ALC887 ;Rear displayPort connector:No ;Form factor:microATX ;CPU power connector:8-pin ;Main power connector :24-pin ;Rear HDMI Connector:Yes ;Rear DVI Connector:Yes ;Rear D-Sub Connector:Yes ;LPT Interface:No ;S/PDIF Out:Yes ;Sound Design:7.1 ;Sound: HDA ;Bluetooth:No ;Wi-Fi Type:No ;Ethernet Controller:1000Mbps ;PCI Express 2.0 Support:Yes ;ECC Support:ECC/non-ECC ;Maximum Memory:128GB;Minimum Memory Frequency:2133MHz ;Max memory frequency:4400MHz;Memory type:DDR4 DIMM ;Number of ...

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It does not support Ryzen 5 * X out of the box (but it is flashed elementarily, described above, the "old" percent is not required). New board model (August 2022) for not the latest B450 chipset (August 2022). The AMD B450 chipset is already a couple of years old, unlike the AMD B550, it lacks progressive features, such as PCI Express 4.0 (here - 3.0). Square (24 * 24 cm), which is a little unusual. When connecting M2, SATA5 and SATA6 do not work. On inexpensive motherboards, this is the…

Pros
  • Many supported processors (list): 4 slots for memory, which makes it easy to increase the amount of RAM. Heatsinks on the VRM part - perhaps just calms, and perhaps really reduces the likelihood of overheating of the power subsystem. Support for Ryzen 5000 series (Zen3 architecture) starting from firmware 2409. ating using BIOS Flashback is elementary (you need a flash drive and firmware, the "old processor" is not required for ating). The modern chip size for firmware is 32 megabytes (256 megabits).
Cons
  • You cannot disable the sata device in the BIOS. This functionality was with older asus motherboards. According to the firmware from the "misunderstandings": when sata is disabled (in the motherboard settings) - a pause on the detection of sata devices. On the bright screenshots you can see that: 1. with "logo=auto" and loading into UEFI graphical mode (in particular windows installation) - resolution = 1920*1080 2. with "logo=disable" (or "logo=full" ) and loading into UEFI graphical mode (in particular windows installation) - resolution = 1024*768; In the dark screenshots you can see that: 3. when booting into UEFI - refind - text mode = 80*25 Explaining what I don't like about it: 1. When the logo is on * it is not clear what exactly happens when you turn it on, there is no additional information. When loading from a USB flash drive, there is no information (there is no "feedback") and a pause of 10 seconds causes some discomfort (because it is not clear whether the download is in progress or "everything is frozen"). 2. with logo=disable - we get a resolution of 768p which is not very cool on the picture when loading (boot screen) windows (permanently), in windows without installed drivers - also discomfort. A couple of little things, but annoying.

Revainrating 5 out of 5

One of the best deals, glad I bought this.

Fresh motherboard with a time-tested chip. Not the most budget solution available on the market, but it is practically devoid of dimensional compromises in relation to the "big brothers", with the exception of the only PCI-E x16 slot. Got pros: Compact without feeling flimsy. Ability to ate BIOS without a processor. Four memory slots, six SATA connectors. There is a heatsink on the VRM, albeit a simple one. Despite the size, the layout leaves enough space for components - a 120 mm arctic…

The mother is in a "multimedia" sharpened for viewing and easy video editing, supposedly trimming the mix can slightly edit the colors. From iron 1050ti, samsung 2400 2 8gb operative, hard drives for 8 and 1 tb + ssd for 250mb, dropsy from alik and all this in a 15cm wide case is clamped on the sides in the closet) surprisingly does not heat up.

Pros
  • For my money, the motherboard is normal, the 5600X started up right away on it, the Samsung operative easily overclocked from 2400 to 3200 without problems in the A2 B2 slots. Timings in the photo will be
Cons
  • For this money it will do, it’s stupid to find fault, except maybe not all connectors are convenient for my config .

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Thought it would be better, but overall not bad.

About this moment it is written only in the manual and personally I did not know at all that this happens, in the description it is not indicated anywhere ! Neither on the Asus off site, not on other sites . why I don’t understand why. For this I put 3, because. I needed exactly 6 SATA connectors plus an m2 drive, which is why I purchased this motherboard model.

Pros
  • In general, the board is excellent for its price! BUT, there is one big BUT for those who want to connect hard drives to all 6 SATA connectors!
Cons
  • The catch is that if you have an SSD M2 drive installed in your motherboard, then 5 and 6 SATA connectors will not work! Since they will not be powered in this case, and will work only if the M2 slot is free!

Revainrating 4 out of 5

I like it, thanks for the quality product.

would you charge another fee? probably not, because for this money there is no motherboard with firmware without a processor. I would also like a DisplayPort connector instead of the outdated VGA / DVI Pros below: What you need for an inexpensive Ryzen system. I don’t know what bios came with it from the factory, she didn’t see the 4560G processor with it. Those. silently initiated and all. Fortunately, you can flash the BIOS on it without a processor, you need to remove the processor, memory…