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MSI B450 Gaming Pro CARBON AC

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4 stars
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With the release of AMD's latest chipset, B450, the world's motherboard manufacturers have been busy preparing their offerings. Today we look at MSI's flagship, the B450 Gaming Pro Carbon AC....Read more
The AMD B450 series chipset is here, with the full-size ATX MSI B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC. MSI is walking the tightrope of a budget board that still offers a premium experience, for example it has two M.2 slots, full RGB support and WiFi.Read more
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Pros

  • affordable boards that still offer good performance
  • The included warranty is also pretty nice
  • good price to features such as decent onboard wifi

Cons

  • board looks a little less skinny
  • s a small spattering of RGB LEDs around the motherboard
  • AES Encryption Performance TrueCrypt

Key specs

  • Realtek ALC1220
  • DDR4
  • 64 GB
  • 4
  • UEFI
  • 1
  • ATX
  • Socket AM4

MSI B450 Gaming Pro CARBON AC - Pros & Cons

MSI B450 Gaming Pro CARBON AC

Pros

  • affordable boards that still offer good performance
  • The included warranty is also pretty nice
  • good price to features such as decent onboard wifi
  • it is handsome

Cons

  • board looks a little less skinny
  • s a small spattering of RGB LEDs around the motherboard
  • AES Encryption Performance TrueCrypt
  • GAMING PRO CARBON AC features no less than six SATA ports
  • The area around the socket is not as open as on some boards

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MSI B450 Gaming Pro CARBON AC - Full Specifications

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General
Motherboard typeATX
Processor socketSocket AM4
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Audio properties
Audio codecRealtek ALC1220
Audio output channels7.1
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Technical details
Compatible processor seriesAMD Ryzen
Maximum number of processors1
Maximum number of SMP processors1
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Storage
Supported drive types
  • HDD
  • SSD
RAID levels
  • 0
  • 1
  • 10
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Internal i/o ports
Serial port headers1
CPU fan connectoryes
Number of chassis fan connectors4
12V power connectoryes
EPS power connector (8-pin)yes
ATX Power connector (24-pin)Y
TPM connectoryes
Number of SATA III connectors6
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Network
Wi-Fiyes
Wi-Fi standards
  • 802.11a
  • Wi-Fi 5
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • Wi-Fi 4
Ethernet LAN (Network)yes
Bluetoothyes
Bluetooth version5.0
LAN controllerIntel I211AT
Ethernet interface typeGigabit Ethernet
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Memory
Supported memory bus clock
  • 2400 MHz
  • 1866 MHz
  • 2133 MHz
  • 2667 MHz
  • 2800 MHz
  • 2933 MHz
  • 3000 MHz
  • 2667 MHz
  • 3200 MHz
  • 3466 MHz
  • 3066 MHz
RAM technologyDDR4
Memory slots typeDIMM
Maximum RAM size64 GB
Number of memory slots4
Memory channelsDual
ECCyes
Non-ECCyes
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Graphics
Parallel processing technology support2-Way CrossFireX
Maximum resolution
  • 4096
  • 2160
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Bios
BIOS typeUEFI
BIOS features
  • Multilingual BIOS
  • UEFI BIOS
  • BIOS FlashBack+
  • MSI ClickBIOS 5
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Expansion slots
Number of M.2 (M) slots2
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Rear panel i/o ports
S/PDIF out portyes
HDMI ports quantity1
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports1
PS/2 ports quantity1
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-C ports quantity1
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-A ports quantity1
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity4
DisplayPorts quantity1
DVI-D ports quantity1
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Dimensions
Width12.01 in
Depth9.61 in

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