We and our partners use cookies to give you the best online experience, including to personalise advertising and content. Data about your interaction with this site and the ads shown to you may be shared with companies involved in the delivery and/or personalisation of ads on this site and elsewhere online.

Compare 3 products

Close
Asus WS C246M PRO/SE Motherboard
Asus WS C246M PRO/SE
Close
MSI B450 Gaming PLUS MAX Motherboard
MSI B450 Gaming PLUS MAX
Close
MSI B450M Mortar Motherboard
MSI B450M Mortar
Editiorial reviews
3
3 editorial reviews
MSi B450M Mortar (Electronic): 4.8 out of 5 stars from 6 genuine reviews on Australia's largest opinion site ProductReview.com.au.Read more
B450M Mortar We haven't seen many B450 motherboards in for review since they launched, so today is a good day. I have in my hands, the B450M Mortar from MSI. We loved their B350 version which joined us with the previous Ryzen launches, and they should be a nice upgrade for it. It's still pretty much the same design, but a few nips and tweaks are included. Of course, it comes with the right BIOS out of the box too, making it compatible with Ryzen 2000 series CPUs and more. There haven't been many mATX Ryzen motherboards either, so it'sRead more
As a spin-off for this month's Labs test, we've also included MSI's B450M Mortar micro-ATX motherboard in the roundup. It first appears to be a B450 TomahawkRead more
Read editorial reviews
User rating
7
4.1 out of 5
7 user ratings
5 stars
28 %
4 stars
57 %
3 stars
14 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
0 %
43
4.0 out of 5
43 user ratings
5 stars
39 %
4 stars
30 %
3 stars
25 %
2 stars
4 %
1 stars
0 %
38
4.2 out of 5
38 user ratings
5 stars
39 %
4 stars
42 %
3 stars
15 %
2 stars
2 %
1 stars
0 %

General

Motherboard typeMicro-ATXATXMicro-ATX
Processor socket
LGA 1151
Socket AM4Socket AM4

Memory

Supported memory bus clock
  • 2400 MHz
  • 2133 MHz
  • 2666 MHz
  • 2400 MHz
  • 1866 MHz
  • 2133 MHz
  • 2667 MHz
  • 2800 MHz
  • 2933 MHz
  • 3000 MHz
  • 2667 MHz
  • 3200 MHz
  • 3466 MHz
  • 3733 MHz
  • 3866 MHz
  • 4000 MHz
  • 4133 MHz
  • 3066 MHz
  • 2400 MHz
  • 1866 MHz
  • 2133 MHz
  • 2667 MHz
  • 2800 MHz
  • 2933 MHz
  • 3000 MHz
  • 2667 MHz
  • 3200 MHz
  • 3466 MHz
  • 3066 MHz
RAM technologyDDR4DDR4DDR4
Memory slots typeDIMM
N/A
DIMM
Maximum RAM size64 GB64 GB64 GB
Number of memory slots4
N/A
N/A
Memory channelsDual
N/A
Dual
ECCyes
N/A
N/A
Non-ECCyes
N/A
yes

Audio properties

Audio codecRealtek ALC887Realtek ALC892Realtek ALC892
Audio output channels
N/A
N/A
7.1

Technical details

Compatible processor series
  • Intel Celeron
  • Intel Core i3
  • Intel Core i5
  • Intel Core i7
  • Intel Pentium
  • Intel Xeon
N/A
AMD Ryzen
Maximum number of processors111
Maximum number of SMP processors
N/A
N/A
1

BIOS

BIOS typeAMI
N/A
N/A
BIOS features
  • WfM 2.0 support
  • ASUS EZ Flash
  • IPMI support
  • USB BIOS Flashback
  • ACPI 5.0a support
  • DMI 3.0 support
  • SMBIOS 3.0 support
MSI ClickBIOS 5
  • BIOS FlashBack+
  • MSI ClickBIOS 5

Dimensions

Width9.61 in12.01 in9.61 in
Depth9.61 in9.61 in9.61 in

Often compared with MSI B450 Gaming PLUS MAX

MSI B450 Gaming PLUS MAX Motherboard
ASRock B450 Steel Legend
MSIB450 Gaming PLUS MAX
ASRockB450 Steel Legend
MSI B450 Gaming PLUS MAX Motherboard
MSI B450 Tomahawk MAX
MSIB450 Gaming PLUS MAX
MSIB450 Tomahawk MAX