B450M-HDV R4.0 AMD B450 AM4 Socket Ryzen 2000 - 5000 Processors DDR4 3200 64GB HDMI DVI-D D-Sub Motherboard SATA 6Gb/s Micro ATX M.2

I had a prior build since early 2020, with an Antec PSU that shorted out recently and died with a bang, and in the process killed the motherboard (MSI). Fortunately, my M.2 NVMe Intel disc (with Windows 11 Pro) was intact, and I did not know then about the CPU (Ryzen 5 3400G Picasso) or RAM (16GB Crucial Ballistix 8GBx2). Typically, a PSU outputs first to the MOBO and CPU, and next to the RAM. Older memories were notoriously susceptible to current and used to die with the MOBO. Fortunately, things have gotten better. Antec was great in sending me a new replacement PSU under warranty. I needed a new replacement MOBO and wanted to stick with AM4 chipset without spending a lot. I found this board on Amazon at a great price, and the several positive reviews were encouraging. Throughout the years, I had always used MSI boards for my builds, except once (ASUS). This was my first experience with ASRock, and I am very pleased so far. The box I received states "AMD Ryzen Desktop 2000 Ready" and had an added sticker "AMD Ryzen 5000 Desktop Ready", and another "Windows 11 Ready". I imagine some (older) stock did not have the added (Ryzen 5000) sticker, which would explain some reviewers who had to update the Bios using an earlier generation CPU. When I received it, I did a minimal basic build outside the case, with the new PSU and tested my old CPU and RAM. It booted into BIOS and I was so relieved that the CPU and RAM were fine. I then put the Intel NVMe disc, placed the board in the case, hooked my old Plextor DVDRW, case fans and all the headers. Windows 11 Pro loaded up and all is good. The Bios/set up on this ASRock board is very easy to navigate and has a lot of 'AUTO' settings in the default parameters, and I only had to change few things. For the technically savvy, there are several settings you can adjust, but for most people, you will only need the boot menu, particularly for Win 11, and very few advanced configurations. I did not even use the included support CD. The box contains the MOBO, CD, Installation guide, 2 SATA cables, a small M.2 screw and the I/O shield. The guide and illustrations are very adequate. It has 2 DIMM slots (288 pin) and supports up to 64GB, 32GBx2, per ASRock. I bought new 32GB RAM (16GBx2) which was easily recognized. ASRock states for Picasso, the frequency is 2667/2933, but the new memory is 3200 and runs as such, with or without XMP. I am not a gamer and never overclock a CPU and don't use a discrete GPU anymore. It has on board USB2 (x2) and USB3 headers. The CPU connector is only 4 pin and if you have an 8-pin cable (4+4), you just split it. The MOBO is the standard 24 pin. There are 2 chassis fan connectors (4 pin and 3 pin), 4 SATA connectors, HD audio and a standard front panel system header. There is one M.2 and 2 PCI slots. The I/O shield is as shown (Single PS2, but supports Y-splitter, 2 USB2, 4 USB3, Gigabit LAN, rear audio, VGA, DVI and HDMI). It is a basic board (No WIFI, BT, M-Flash, USB C) and is very well priced. As such, I would recommend as a budget motherboard. Even though I am biased toward MSI boards (I guess force of habit), I will definitely keep this motherboard in mind. Thank you.I bought a second one to upgrade an older computer (Athlon A6 APU and FM2+ socket MOBO). It also had the Ryzen 5000 and Windows 11 ready stickers. Very satisfied, just like the first time. Recommend. Thank you.

Nice replacement for my aging Q9650 desktop. I installed this board with a Ryzen 5 4500, 32GB of RAM, and a budget graphics card (Intel Arc A380). eManufacturer still provides updates (as of this writing, latest BIOS released 8/2024).

Used it with a ryzen 5500 and 16gb 4000mhz ddr4 it works just fine even has all the pbo settings nothing seemed missing in the bios.

I'd assume its a pretty decent board, though i've always found asrocks cheaper boards to lack in the bios department.Anyways I come bearing a warning to other click happy buyers, this motherboard only supports a 4 pin CPU power per the product listing. Make sure your processor doesn't require 8 pin such as mine or you will obviously run into issues.

This motherboard worked as expected. I have no gripes.

Not too quick to boot and not a lot of features - just the bare minimum of ports and connectors. But what more can you ask from a $60 (on sale) mobo? Works wonderfully with my 5700g

I built a budget Linux system on this board, with the following specs:2x8GB OLOy 3000mhz RGB RAMAMD Ryzen 3 2200GKingston A2000 256GB M.2 NVMe SSDCorsair 450W modular PSUCoolerMaster Q300L mATX caseIt’s simple to install, although I’d have liked 4 RAM slots, but tbh I’d probably never use them.The install went mostly smoothly - the CPU tray on the back is secure and it was easy to remove the clips to install the stock heatsink. Uses a 4 pin CPU connector, so CPU upgrade and overclocking/volting options are limited. While I knew about the power and RAM slots going into this because I did my research, it’s still a 4 star product at best due to these limitations. HOWEVER...My biggest gripe, and worth docking an extra star, was the utterly subpar IO shield. It’s flimsy and bent outward a lot when pushing it into the case with minimal pressure, so now it has a convex shape. Seriously, it felt like I was pushing on tinfoil. In addition, the spring clips designed to put pressure against the motherboard were not bent in enough, and three of them were intruding into the HDMI port when I installed the motherboard in the case. Had I not noticed this, I could have damaged the HDMI port, cable, or worse, shorted the whole thing out when I booted up for the first time.Since I didn’t want to remove the whole thing to bend the clips back inward, I just grabbed some pliers and bent them back and forth until they snapped off.An extra 25 cents spent on a sturdier and better made IO shield would have prevented this. In 2020, even on budget systems, IO shields should be of better quality than the ones I used to get in 1995.That said, Linux install was relatively painless aside from som quirkiness supporting the onboard AMD GPU; I had to try several distros before landing in Linux Mint, which works fine. Considering that other Linux users have had success with the 2200G in various distros, I have to wonder how much of this is due to AMD, and how much is due to this motherboard’s iGPU output implementation. Since Linux support can be dicey, it’s not worth docking another star, but beware if you plan to use this in a cheap Linux build.