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Asus ROG Strix B450-I Gaming vs MSI B450I Gaming PLUS AC

    Asus ROG Strix B450-I Gaming Motherboard
    Asus ROG Strix B450-I Gaming
      MSI B450I Gaming PLUS AC Motherboard
      MSI B450I Gaming PLUS AC
      Editiorial reviews
      6
      6 editorial reviews
      The Strix B450-F Gaming is a middle of the road gaming motherboard from its ROG lineup. With a price of $120 and support for both AMD- and Nvidia-based multi-GPU builds, it’s a solid mid-range board, with some premium aesthetics.Read more
      We'd avoid using both of its M.2 slots, but the ATX-size Asus ROG Strix B450-F Gaming is otherwise a solid AMD AM4 motherboard for a midrange Ryzen PC build.Read more
      A compact mini-ITX system no longer has to be Intel by default as AMD's Ryzen CPUs have facilitatedRead more
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      User rating
      34
      4.1 out of 5
      34 user ratings
      5 stars
      		38 %
      4 stars
      		38 %
      3 stars
      		23 %
      2 stars
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      34
      4.1 out of 5
      34 user ratings
      5 stars
      		38 %
      4 stars
      		38 %
      3 stars
      		23 %
      2 stars
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      1 stars
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      Full Comparison

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      General

      Asus ROG Strix B450-I GamingAsus ROG Strix B450-I Gaming
      MSI B450I Gaming PLUS ACMSI B450I Gaming PLUS AC
      Motherboard typeMini-ATXMini-ITX
      Processor socketSocket AM4Socket AM4

      Memory

      Asus ROG Strix B450-I GamingAsus ROG Strix B450-I Gaming
      MSI B450I Gaming PLUS ACMSI B450I Gaming PLUS AC
      Supported memory bus clock
      • 2400 MHz
      • 2133 MHz
      • 2666 MHz
      • 2800 MHz
      • 2933 MHz
      • 3000 MHz
      • 3200 MHz
      • 3400 MHz
      • 3466 MHz
      • 3600 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
      Maximum RAM size32 GB32 GB

      Audio properties

      Asus ROG Strix B450-I GamingAsus ROG Strix B450-I Gaming
      MSI B450I Gaming PLUS ACMSI B450I Gaming PLUS AC
      Audio codec
      SupremeFX
      		Realtek ALC887

      Technical details

      Asus ROG Strix B450-I GamingAsus ROG Strix B450-I Gaming
      MSI B450I Gaming PLUS ACMSI B450I Gaming PLUS AC
      Maximum number of processors11

      BIOS

      Asus ROG Strix B450-I GamingAsus ROG Strix B450-I Gaming
      MSI B450I Gaming PLUS ACMSI B450I Gaming PLUS AC
      BIOS typeAMIUEFI AMI
      BIOS features
      • WfM 2.0 support
      • Multilingual BIOS
      • UEFI BIOS
      • ASUS EZ Flash 3
      • SMBIOS 3.0 support
      • ACPI 6.0 support
      		MSI ClickBIOS 5

      Dimensions

      Asus ROG Strix B450-I GamingAsus ROG Strix B450-I Gaming
      MSI B450I Gaming PLUS ACMSI B450I Gaming PLUS AC
      Width6.69 in6.69 in
      Depth6.69 in6.69 in

      Pros & Cons

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