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MSI B450M Mortar Max AM4 Micro ATX Motherboard $109 Delivered @ First Blood

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MSI B450M Mortar Max AM4 Micro ATX Motherboard $109 Delivered @ First Blood
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Look Up on 02/11/2022 - 17:12 aufirstblood.com.au (721 clicks)
Last edited 02/11/2022 - 17:53

Thanks to tekisei for spotting this

One of the best feature sets and VRM/heatsink setups on a B450 board, can run a stock 5950X if you wanted to go extreme
Excellent for a budget APU build with the 5600G and DDR4

2x M2 slots
BIOS flashback
PCI Gen 3 only

Previous mobo feedback:
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/10861625/redir
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/product/msi-b450m-mortar-max

Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcRdeN51UWI
BIOS flashback: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ_HYufEmo4

Specs:
https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/B450M-MORTAR-MAX/Overview

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  • RtN on 02/11/2022 - 17:20
    +2

    Have this for a few years and it's been good I guess, no problems. If you use 2nd M2 you lose one of the PCIEs I think.

    • [Deactivated] on 02/11/2022 - 17:56

      Apart from them gimping the GUI bios because it didn't have enough memory, yes

      • Little veg on 02/11/2022 - 17:59
        +6

        From what I understand is that the Max version of boards have a bigger BIOS chip that fixed the gimped GUI.

        • [Deactivated] on 02/11/2022 - 18:08

          Nice. I'll await my free upgrade in the post. Lol.

      • [Deactivated] on 02/11/2022 - 18:04
        +4

        This is the max version. Its not gimped. I have this and its got everything. One of the best boards out there. Only issue is when a new bios is flashed, this stupid MSI bios gets reset and i cannot load stuff from saved profiles. Need to reconfigure everything from scrathch. But its rare and takes only 5 mins if you have made a note of your changes.

    • chrisandrew on 02/11/2022 - 17:56

      I also had this board in thepast and I believe you're right re: using the 2nd M.2.

      No WiFi was also a bit of a bummer, IMO. 2 M.2s plus a decent Wi-Fi 6 card and you're out of PCIe slots if I'm not mistaken..?

    • G-rig on 04/11/2022 - 10:22

      Awesome boards still using as well.
      True, I just removed the second m.2 and got a USB C enclosure so I could free up the PCIe 4 slot for a wifi card (the smaller wifi slot is too close to underside of GPU and blocks the fan.

  • futaris on 02/11/2022 - 17:29

    What is a good cheap case and power supply to run a budget 5600G APU build?

    • vinni9284 on 02/11/2022 - 18:01
      +3

      During covid, I bought 4 x of this for $79 each delivered so not the best price.
      https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/642324

      • LuslecGrace on 02/11/2022 - 18:14
        +1

        to build 4 pcs?

        • vinni9284 on 02/11/2022 - 18:19

          Yep…. I bought another several from other sites at the time. Amazon and other PC retailers were selling this for the same price. During Covid, it was good building several PC's and selling them

          • LuslecGrace on 02/11/2022 - 18:20

            @vinni9284: Huh, I never thought of it that way. Was it somewhat profitable?

            • vinni9284 on 02/11/2022 - 18:23
              +2

              @LuslecGrace: You can see that it is $30 more for each board now. I got a few second hand CPU's and GPU's. SSD's were cheap too. With a combination of a mixed used and new parts, I've made a decent profit. Covid times, many items were selling like hotcakes. Would it make me leave my day-time job? No. But a nice side-hustle/hobby.

              • LuslecGrace on 02/11/2022 - 18:26
                +1

                @vinni9284: Definitely does sound fun also

                • vinni9284 on 02/11/2022 - 18:28
                  +1

                  @LuslecGrace: Thanks. It was. I have been working on PC builds for years. So I have a decent idea with parts and prices. Due to the interest rate rises, it's harder to sell now plus many part prices have fallen, such as the GPU. Cheers

                • vinni9284 on 02/11/2022 - 18:34
                  +1

                  @LuslecGrace: I would like to add, that this board is fantastic for the price. They have never let me (or others down)

                  • LuslecGrace on 02/11/2022 - 18:43
                    +1

                    @vinni9284: At this price it really is, just recently i went with the msi b550m wifi one, there was only a small margain between them but for a bit better, plus it had wifi which is essential to me till i find a place to pull an ethernet from. I believe if i didnt need wifi then this would probably have been my choice as mortar mobos are really good.

      • PowerPC on 02/11/2022 - 18:32
        +1

        This is because retailers were forced to bundle multiple mobos with a single GPU at the time so they would lose money on boards and make their profit on the GPU.

        Otherwise you get stuck on cashflow.

        • vinni9284 on 02/11/2022 - 18:33

          I purchased the board separately without any other parts. At that time, there were a few decent boards going for cheap. But I can remember the bundles as you have mentioned.

          • PowerPC on 02/11/2022 - 18:46
            +1

            @vinni9284: Retailers mostly didn't sell as bundles but they were forced to buy every single GPU as part of a bundle from distributors hence why they sold the motherboards for cheap to get rid of them.

            • vinni9284 on 02/11/2022 - 18:49
              +1

              @PowerPC: Ok I see. I guess it was an advantage to the consumer. Thanks for sharing

  • tsugnev on 02/11/2022 - 17:47
    +1

    OOS

  • foxpants on 02/11/2022 - 17:54
    +1

    This with a ~$550 5800X3D and 16/32GB of decent RAM would be one hell start for a gaming build, but can easily go even more budget than the 5800X3D.

    • [Deactivated] on 02/11/2022 - 18:05
      +2

      5700X and a 3080 off ebay. Settled for next 4 years :)

    • reader64 on 02/11/2022 - 18:20
      -2

      Yeah those VRMS are shit on this board.

      It's wby b450 was phased out in less than 7 months.

      20 bucks more nets you a good MSI tomahwak b550

      • [Deactivated] on 02/11/2022 - 18:41
        +5

        This board has decent VRMs, unless you want to OC a 5950X etc it should be fine.

      • netsurfer on 02/11/2022 - 19:20
        +3

        Do you have link to Tomahawk B550 for $129? Quite interested in a B550 board at that price.

        • futaris on 02/11/2022 - 20:21

          MSI B550M PRO ProSeries Motherboard (Support 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen, AM4, DDR4, PCIe 4.0, SATA 6Gb/s, M.2, USB 3.2 Gen 1, HDMI/DP, Micro-ATX) https://amzn.asia/d/369VkVm

      • G-rig on 04/11/2022 - 10:23

        Good VRMs he means.
        Awesome budget board.

  • Doomedgrind on 02/11/2022 - 18:43
    +3

    Got the ATX version of this running a 5600g with no graphics card, can't believe it plays most, if not all games 1080p and even some AAA titles 1440p lowest. can throw out my GT1030 now lol. also note, Gamers Nexus has now tested the 4090 against PCI-E 3.0 vs PCI-E 4.0. only lose one or two frames at 300 frames per sec in most cases…
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2SuyiHs-O4

    Just in case people thought they needed PCI-E 4.0 for a 4090… but proven not required

  • ob dia on 02/11/2022 - 18:59
    +1

    I'm still using this board with a 5700X, fine board overall but I imagine you could get a decent B550 for a similar price? Should note that it only has RGB headers and not ARGB, so personally would not recommend if you're looking at it to control your RGB components…

    • Kjlay on 02/11/2022 - 19:18

      Yep 100%. It only has two 4 pin RGB headers which are mainly for LED strips. I only wish read the specs earlier. :/

  • SteveP24 on 02/11/2022 - 19:13

    Ordered this from them last week same price, get email today OOS still showed in stock today on website, asking me to swap for another b450 which all suck.

    • tekisei on 02/11/2022 - 19:56

      Welp RIP looks like orders might have to be cancelled.

  • VoidIvory on 02/11/2022 - 20:15

    I remember this one used to be $99… times changed

    • kapone on 02/11/2022 - 20:27

      When?

      Lowest I've seen these go for over the last few years is $149, with a regular price around $180

      • tpanny on 02/11/2022 - 23:27

        i paid $75 around this time last year in the afterpay sales

        it's still a good mobo but pretty old now

  • tebbybabes on 02/11/2022 - 21:00

    Just echoing that I have this in one in one of my rigs and yep, it does everything advertised, beautifully.

    If its features fit your requirements, then its a good buy

  • Ninja9 on 02/11/2022 - 22:27

    Does the type c port support display and power ?

  • Ilee7 on 03/11/2022 - 10:13

    Anyone had experience with First Blood customer service? Never bought from them.

  • CheapGit on 03/11/2022 - 14:22

    How does this compare with a Gigabyte B450m Aorus Elite mATX board?

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