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Posted 31 August 2023
MSI B550-A PRO AMD Ryzen 3rd Gen ATX Motherboard
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My Motherboard died yesterday (had a cheap Asrock that lasted me 5 years) and needed a new one as I use my PC for work (Work From Home).
This board seems to be getting some good reviews, is now sub £100 and the spec for what it is pretty good!
Its has:
This seems to be a good upgrade from what I was running.
More details about the Board:
CPU: Supports AMD Ryzen™ 5000 & 3000 Series desktop processors (not compatible with AMD Ryzen™ 5 3400G & Ryzen™ 3 3200G) and AMD Ryzen™ 4000 G-Series desktop processors
CHIPSET: AMD B550 Chipset
MEMORY:
EXPANSION SLOT:
ONBOARD GRAPHICS:
The supported specification depends on installed processor.USB:
AMD B550 Chipset
AUDIO:
Realtek® ALC892/ALC897 Codec
INTERNAL CONNECTORS:
BACK PANEL PORTS
DIMENSIONS:
MOUNTING: 9 mounting holes
More info can be found here: msi.com/Mot…ion
This board seems to be getting some good reviews, is now sub £100 and the spec for what it is pretty good!
Its has:
- 1 x m.2 gen 4
- 1 x m.2 gen 3
- 6 x fan headers
- for those that like the lights (I much prefer the darkness and Noctua browns) it has 1x 4-pin RGB LED connector and 2x 3-pin RAINBOW LED connectors
This seems to be a good upgrade from what I was running.
More details about the Board:
CPU: Supports AMD Ryzen™ 5000 & 3000 Series desktop processors (not compatible with AMD Ryzen™ 5 3400G & Ryzen™ 3 3200G) and AMD Ryzen™ 4000 G-Series desktop processors
CHIPSET: AMD B550 Chipset
MEMORY:
- 4x DDR4 memory slots, support up to 128GB 1
- Supports DDR4 1866/ 2133/ 2400/ 2667/ 2800/ 2933/ 3000/ 3066/ 3200 MHz by JEDEC
- Supports DDR4 2667/ 2800 /2933 /3000 /3066 /3200 /3466 /3600/ 3733 /3866 /4000 /4133 /4266 /4400+ MHz by A-XMP OC MODE
- 1DPC 1R Max speed 4800 MHz
- 1DPC 2R max speed 3866 MHZ
- 2DPC 1R max speed 4000 MHZ
- 2DPC 2R max speed 3600 MHZ
- Dual channel memory architecture
- Supports non-ECC UDIMM memory
- Supports ECC UDIMM memory (non-ECC mode)
- Supports un-buffered memory
- Supported Memory: msi.com/Mot…ort
EXPANSION SLOT:
- 1x PCIe 4.0/ 3.0 x16 slot (PCI_E1) 1
- 1x PCIe 3.0 x16 slot (PCI_E3), supports x4 speed 2
- 2x PCIe 3.0 x1 slots
MULTI-GPU:
- Supports 2-Way AMD CrossFire™ Technology
- 1x HDMI™ 2.1 port, supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 @60Hz 12
Support HDCP 1.4 & 2.3 - 1x DisplayPort, supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 @60Hz 1
- Maximum shared memory of 16 GB
STORAGE: AMD B550 Chipset
- 6x SATA 6Gb/s ports
- 2x M.2 slots (Key M)
- M2_1 slot (from AMD Processor)
- Supports PCIe 4.0/ 3.0 x4 1
- Supports SATA 6Gb/s
- Supports 2242/ 2260/ 2280/ 22110 storage devices
- M2_2 slot (from AMD B550 chipset)
- Supports PCIe 3.0x4
- Supports 2242/ 2260/ 2280 storage devices
- M2_1 slot (from AMD Processor)
RAID:
- Supports RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices
- Supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 for M.2 NVMe storage devices
AMD B550 Chipset
- 3x USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps ports (1 Type-C internal connector, and 2 ports are available through the internal USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps connector)
- 8x USB 2.0 ports (4 Type-A ports on the back panel, 4 ports through the internal USB 2.0 connectors)
- 2x USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps ports (1 Type-C port and 1 Type-A port on the back panel)
- 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps Type-A ports on the back panel
AUDIO:
Realtek® ALC892/ALC897 Codec
- 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio
INTERNAL CONNECTORS:
- 1x 24-pin ATX main power connector
- 1x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
- 6x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
- 2x M.2 slots (M-Key)
- 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps Type-C port
- 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps connector (supports additional 2 USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps ports)
- 2x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 2.0 ports)
- 1x 4-pin CPU fan connector
- 1x 4-pin water-pump fan connector
BACK PANEL PORTS
DIMENSIONS:- ATX Form Factor
- 12 in. x 9.6 in. (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm)
MOUNTING: 9 mounting holes
More info can be found here: msi.com/Mot…ion
More details at Community Updates
Edited by a community support team member, 31 August 2023
10 Comments
sorted byAnyway found a useful guide comparing lots of features that ranks motherboards. Not sure on links policy so suggest people search for
All 300 Motherboard Feature Set and General Use Tier List For Intel Z690, H670, B660, H610, and AMD X570, B550, A520 Buildapc edition (edited)
it was rated when it was £140 (or maybe $) but its a good write-up and, Tier A, which is my kinda tier anyway:
Another good quote:
So yeah, it appears to be a good board!
Good, as it arrived about 30 mins ago (edited)
I went for the VDE WIFI which was £103 when I bought it and includes WiFi/Bluetooth and a few other bits. Certainly worth the £103.
On a side note do you reckon this offers a worthwhile upgrade over the x470 gaming plus?