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ASRock B450 Steel Legend vs MSI B450 Tomahawk

    ASRock B450 Steel Legend Motherboard
    ASRock B450 Steel Legend
      MSI B450 Tomahawk Motherboard
      MSI B450 Tomahawk
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      General

      ASRock B450 Steel LegendASRock B450 Steel Legend
      MSI B450 TomahawkMSI B450 Tomahawk
      Motherboard typeATXATX
      Processor socketSocket AM4Socket AM4

      Memory

      ASRock B450 Steel LegendASRock B450 Steel Legend
      MSI B450 TomahawkMSI B450 Tomahawk
      Supported memory bus clock
      • 2400 MHz
      • 2133 MHz
      • 2667 MHz
      • 2933 MHz
      • 3200 MHz
      • 3466 MHz
      • 3533 MHz
      • 2400 MHz
      • 1866 MHz
      • 2133 MHz
      • 2667 MHz
      • 2800 MHz
      • 2933 MHz
      • 3000 MHz
      • 2667 MHz
      • 3200 MHz
      • 3466 MHz
      • 3066 MHz
      RAM technologyDDR4DDR4
      Memory slots typeDIMMDIMM
      Maximum RAM size64 GB64 GB
      Number of memory slots44
      Memory channelsDualDual
      Non-ECCyesyes

      Audio properties

      ASRock B450 Steel LegendASRock B450 Steel Legend
      MSI B450 TomahawkMSI B450 Tomahawk
      Audio codecRealtek ALC892Realtek ALC892
      Audio output channels7.17.1

      Graphics

      ASRock B450 Steel LegendASRock B450 Steel Legend
      MSI B450 TomahawkMSI B450 Tomahawk
      Parallel processing technology support
      • CrossFireX
      • Quad-GPU CrossFireX
      		2-Way CrossFireX
      Maximum resolution
      • 4096
      • 2160
      • 4096
      • 2160

      Technical details

      ASRock B450 Steel LegendASRock B450 Steel Legend
      MSI B450 TomahawkMSI B450 Tomahawk
      Compatible processor seriesAMD AAMD Ryzen
      Maximum number of processors11
      Maximum number of SMP processors11

      BIOS

      ASRock B450 Steel LegendASRock B450 Steel Legend
      MSI B450 TomahawkMSI B450 Tomahawk
      BIOS typeUEFI AMIUEFI AMI
      BIOS features
      • Multilingual BIOS
      • JumperFree
      • SMBIOS 2.3 support
      • UEFI BIOS
      • ACPI 5.1 support
      • BIOS FlashBack+
      • MSI ClickBIOS 5

      Internal I/O ports

      ASRock B450 Steel LegendASRock B450 Steel Legend
      MSI B450 TomahawkMSI B450 Tomahawk
      CPU fan connectoryesyes
      ATX Power connector (24-pin)YY
      TPM connectoryesyes
      Number of SATA III connectors66

      Rear panel I/O ports

      ASRock B450 Steel LegendASRock B450 Steel Legend
      MSI B450 TomahawkMSI B450 Tomahawk
      HDMI ports quantity11
      HDMI version1.41.4
      Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports11
      PS/2 ports quantity11
      USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-C ports quantity11
      USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-A ports quantity11
      USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity42

      Network

      ASRock B450 Steel LegendASRock B450 Steel Legend
      MSI B450 TomahawkMSI B450 Tomahawk
      Ethernet LAN (Network)yesyes
      LAN controllerRealtek 8111HRealtek RTL8111H
      Ethernet interface typeGigabit EthernetGigabit Ethernet

      Dimensions

      ASRock B450 Steel LegendASRock B450 Steel Legend
      MSI B450 TomahawkMSI B450 Tomahawk
      Width12.01 in12.01 in
      Depth9.61 in9.61 in

      Pros & Cons

      Pros
          Cons

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