Product Comparison: ASRock B450 PRO4 vs MSI B450 GAMING PLUS MAX

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ASRock B450 PRO4 ATX Motherboard

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General Specifications

Brand

ASRock

MSI

Model

B450 PRO4

B450 GAMING PLUS MAX

Origin

China

About the Product

ASRock ATX Motherboard. Pure black PCB appearance. Using only carefully selected copper materials for PCB layers. Complete with all three types of most used connectors. ASRock applied solid capacitors on this motherboard.

Satisfying gamers with what they really need, B450 GAMING PLUS MAX is equipped with Core boost, Turbo M.2, DDR4 Boost, USB 3.2 Gen2 Connector.

Key Specs

Form Factor

ATX

Socket

AM4

Chipset

AMD Promontory B450

AMD B450

Supported Processors

AMD Radeon Vega Series

Supports 1st, 2nd and 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen

Memory Slot Type

288 pin

What customers say about "Key Specs"

ASRock B450 PRO4 ATX Motherboard

Looks great. Good form factor.
It's great so far, I've been pushing it little by little while gaming. Great processor and form factor.
Physically solid board. Nice layout. Awesome form factor for my case.
No issues, works great out of the Box with AMD Chips.
Based on AM4 socket. Reputation for stability, upgradability.

MSI B450 GAMING PLUS MAX ATX Motherboard

It is equipped with PCI slot Express 3.0 x16, so not the fastest standard (4.0 currently), however even installing a third generation Ryzen, which supports PCIe 4.0, there is backward compatibility.
It works perfectly on a 3600x AMD receives BIOS updates in no time.
Excellent motherboard socket to mount a ryzen 5 2600, the card looks very good aesthetically and not for nothing the idea of being cheap.
When I restart times it can sometimes happen that you simply black image has.
Mainboard looks good, but unfortunately has some problems booting is unstable, takes too long.

Size & Weight

Height

12.01 in.

12 in.

Width

8.82 in.

9.61 in.

Depth

1.57 in.

2.12 in.

Weight

1.1 lbs.

2.64 lbs.

ASRock B450 PRO4

MSI B450 GAMING PLUS MAX

ASRock B450 PRO4

MSI B450 GAMING PLUS MAX

ASRock B450 PRO4

MSI B450 GAMING PLUS MAX

ASRock B450 PRO4

MSI B450 GAMING PLUS MAX

Memory

Memory Type

DDR4

Maximum Speed

3200 MHz

4133 MHz

Number Of Memory Slots

Max. Memory Supported

64 GB

128 GB

ASRock B450 PRO4

MSI B450 GAMING PLUS MAX

ASRock B450 PRO4

MSI B450 GAMING PLUS MAX

ASRock B450 PRO4

MSI B450 GAMING PLUS MAX

What customers say about "Memory"

ASRock B450 PRO4 ATX Motherboard

4 memory slots, lots of fan headers, I like it.
Great Memory/RAM support.
Rock solid stability. Good memory slots.
The memory slots are useless if not populated correctly.
My memory chips did not work on dimms A1 AND B1, due to memory chips clocks being too fast.

MSI B450 GAMING PLUS MAX ATX Motherboard

I like that it supports four dual-channel DDR4 memory slots, with maximum frequency depending on the installed CPU.
The card supports RAM up to 4133 (OC) MHz hard has USB sockets of type 3.1 GEN 2 in addition to HDMI and VGA as it also supports ryzen with integrated Vega graphics.
Motherboard is really good. It works out-of-the-box with Ryzen 3000. And has great speed of memory.
Overclocks well both ram and cpu and it has pretty much every feature you need.
It supports faster RAM speeds than the older variant it replaced and has a larger BIOS chip allowing for flashy UEFI features.

Connectivity

PCI

PCI-E

6x PCIe 3.0 x16, 4x PCIe 2.0 x1

2x PCIe 3.0 x16, 4x PCIe 3.0 x1

HDMI

USB

2x USB 2.0, 2x USB 3.1 Gen2, 4x USB 3.1 Gen1

4x USB 3.2 Gen1, 2 x USB 3.2 Gen2, 6x USB 2.0

SATA

Other Interfaces

Ultra M.2, M.2, PS/2, VGA, DisplayPort 1.2, RJ-45, 3x audio jacks

M.2, PS/2, DVI-D port, RJ-45, 6x audio jacks, Serial port connector

ASRock B450 PRO4

MSI B450 GAMING PLUS MAX

What customers say about "Connectivity"

ASRock B450 PRO4 ATX Motherboard

No gimmicky plastic I/O port cover obstructing airflow. Good connect.
Good amount of USB ports. Numerous fan headers.
Plenty of USB, SATA ports, and 2 M.2 slots that is awesome.
Easy to install. Fast and easily overclockable with ASUS downloadable software for Windows.
Easy to Install. Great Connectivity options.

MSI B450 GAMING PLUS MAX ATX Motherboard

The PCIe 3.0 slot is reinforced with a metal frame to reduce the risk of the weight of the graphics cards.
It is equipped with M.2 slot on PCIe 3.0 x4 and 4 SATA 6 Gb/s ports.
This board has excellent connection options.
Only two ports will work if you install a SSD in the M.2 slot.
The board I received had USB chipset errors and had to be returned.

Features

Native Audio

Realtek ALC892

Additional Accessories Included

I/O Shield, 2x SATA cable, 2x M.2 Screw

Driver disk, 2x SATA cable

Extras

Dual M.2 For SSD, Premium Power Choke, Sapphire Black PCB, 2oz Copper PCB, Solid Capacitor Design, ELNA Audio Caps, A-Tuning, Full Spike Protection

AMD Turbo USB 3.2 Gen2, Turbo M.2, Flash BIOS Button, Audio Boost, Core Boost, DDR4 Boost, Multi-GPU, EZ Debug LED

What customers say about "Features"

ASRock B450 PRO4 ATX Motherboard

RGB lights controllable from Windows using included software.
Supports Ryzen 5 and 7 processors for future upgrades.
Fits comfortably in Mid-tower case with extra room for small liquid cooling rigs.
Great features. Looks great.
Looks good, had all the features and supported the cpu I bought.

MSI B450 GAMING PLUS MAX ATX Motherboard

The LAN controller is a Realtek 8111H up to 1 Gbps while the built-in audio is provided by a Realtek ALC892 codec up to 7.1 channels
Internally provides connectors for 5 4-pin fans (including CPU) and for a pump in the case of liquid cooling systems.
It provides two headers for RGB LEDs with 4 pin and 12 V. customizable with the Mystic Light app.
Compatible with MSI Mystic Light software for RGB management.
Great for my configuration, low price and top features.

Power

Power Connectors

24-pin ATX, 8-pin ATX 12V

Warranty / Certifications

Manufacturer Warranty

1 year(s)

Certifications

CE, FCC

Other Information

Manufacturer

Link

Manual