MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX
AM4, AMD B450, ATX
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35 reviews
One of the best boards, if not the best in the price segment.
Pro
- Equipment
- Enormously good voltage converter
Excellent motherboard for the price and bonus support for future ZEN 3 processors
Pro
- Clear & simple BIOS
- USB-C + NVMe
- Awards
- Future Ryzen ZEN 3 support
- Excellent VRAM cooling
Contra
- Only 2 SATA cables in the box
Fast free delivery, Top product, Good price
The mainboard is simply top and has everything you need.
good
good motherboard in general
Pro
- price (125frs)
- accepts ryzen 3000
- good finish
Contra
- the rear cover for the Ethernert cable not strong enough for me
Very Good Motherboard!
can be recommended for a budget Ryzen build, even with a more powerful CPU
Resilient and full of potential
Pro
- Resistance
- Style
- m.2 MVME
Super Board
Super board, no negative comments! Works flawlessly with a Ryzen 3600x and 3200Mhz RAM.
BIOS update already installed. Runs with Ryzen 5 3600
BIOS update was already done. Ryzen 5 3600 runs perfectly. A very good motherboard for the price.
Pro
- Price
- BIOS update already done
- Design
A Super Budget Ryzen 2000/3000 Series Motherboard
I have used the MSI B450 Tomahawk in several builds and I am completely satisfied. It has everything you need at a very good price. In addition, it offers an upgrade path for the new Ryzen processors.
Visually, it is very beautiful and the design is simple yet fitting.
The VRMs are well cooled and also handle the high-end Zen 2 processors.Pro
- Upgrade possibility
- Price
- Ryzen 3000 compatible
- Optics
Contra
- none
Best b450
Super price/performance!
Perfect.
Best motherboard for the price I have ever seen. The MB is well equipped and already has the BIOS update installed. Msi mystic light is also pretty handy. But the voltage conversion coolers are the best thing about this maimboard.
Pro
- Equipment
- Heatsink
- Plug and play for Ryzen 3000
Contra
- -
I will also buy this for my Team Red Pc.
Was given as a gift together with a Ryzen 3600X and is a great product.
It was ready to use immediately and the explanations in the manual were very clear.Works very well
I don't really like the star rating, as potentially missing features in and of themselves do not prevent the product from working. So I'll put 5 stars because the motherboard works very well.
Pro
- "It just works"
- "Flash bios" button in case of a glitch.
Contra
- I/O protection is not integrated, which detracts a bit from the aesthetics
- The rectangular "gaming arsenal" image when starting the machine is very ugly
- Additional usb ports would not have bothered anyone
Very cheap and easy to install
Pro
- good bios
- fast
- cheap
Good motherboard
Good for "beginner PC assemblers". I would buy again
Pro
- Good and valuable. Sufficient for my purposes
Contra
- nix
Good for 5 3600 OC
Pro
- Overclocking goes very well!
Super mainboard
Pro
- Clear BIOS
- Mystic light adjustable
- Many controllable cooler outputs
- M-Sync
- Biosflash without screen possible
Contra
- Single SATA ports cannot be switched off
- When using the M.2 interface, 2 SATA ports are omitted
Red card!
I go back to my review, a few months after I got this motherboard, I now rate 1 star instead of 4.5.
1. I tried to connect various sound cards (audio interface) via a USB cable. I learned after having disconnections recurrently, that this was a problem with this motherboard, related to the USB ports. Only the USB 3.2 ports (and still...) can really support sound cards. After sorting out the ones that work and the ones that don't on these ports...
No Bios update, no driver, etc, can really solve the problem. You have to use a powered USB 3.2 HUB or use only some USB 3.2 sockets on the motherboard, to avoid disconnection at some point.
This can happen for a sound card or any other device, like a midi keyboard for example. In short, you like to make music outside of gaming? Run away from this motherboard!
2. Mystic light. I sent the info to MSI, which apart from advising me to flash the Bios (already executed several times) doesn't know what to do. 1 month of email exchange, just to tell me to update, a little bit too much. The Mystic Light, even set to off, resets to red by default. For example, a fan was unplugged and plugged back in (even after the PC tower was turned off, then rebooted) and the Mystic Light resets. Same after a long time.
I ended up hiding these LEDs on the motherboard, not finding any solution with MSI, nor with the bios, drivers, etc.. Moreover there is no option in the bios concerning the Mystic Light. I had to use their software, Dragon Center, just to turn off the Mystic Light, which is a very limited procedure.
3. Impossible to operate a microphone. The CM is the cause, see topics on the net. Unbelievable.
From now on, it's 100% Gigabyte for the CM.
Contra
- Mystic Light problem
- USB 2.0/3.1 port problem
- Useless MSI after sales service
- Dragon Center = Gas factory
- Microphone / realtek problem
Cheap and good
A good and inexpensive board for my Ryzen 5 3600 XT. Installation went without a hitch and my system is still completely silent. I would buy again
Pro
- Cheap
- Inaudible
- Sufficient connections
- Good bios
Very good price / performance
Pro
- Cool VRM
- Good looks
- Ryzen 3000 ready
- Price
- Features (M2, High DDR4)
Contra
- Nothing
Great board with many connections
Pro
- Price / performance is top
- Works without bios update with Ryzen 3
- Many SATA connections
Contra
- Side SATA ports not optimal depending on the enclosure (cable routing) (criticism at a high level ;-))
Good motherboard overall
Pro
- Simple design
- Rich in connectivity
- Two graphics cards
- Supports M2 Nvme
- Flash Bios button
Contra
- No PCie 4.0
Excellent motherboard
Excellent MoBo, the only thing was that I had to update the Bios, but the process was really easy.
Pro
- Good VRM
- Nice looking
- USB-C
- NVMe
- Price
- Many fan headers
Contra
- It could has more USB ports
- Bios is not updated, installed version is from 2019
Super mainboard
Mainboard for my son's first self-built PC; he managed it without any problems (Ryzen 3700X). The only "problem": The sound only worked after 1. the sound output in the device manager was reconfigured from monitor to Realtek/speakers and 2. the Realtek sound manager (internet download) was installed in Windows; the software on the enclosed CD was not sufficient.
Pro
- good value, comfortably equipped
- Runs directly with Ryzen 3700X
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